Business Meeting

HEARING
before the

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS
SECOND SESSION

Thursday, March 4, 2004

Time: 9:30 AM
Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Presiding: Senator Lugar
Senator Lugar's Opening Statement
 
The Committee Will Consider and Vote on the
Following Agenda Item:
    Legislation:
+S. 2144, an Original Bill, Entitled Foreign Relations
   Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2005, to Authorize
   Appropriations for the Department of State and
   International Broadcasting Activities for Fiscal Year
   2005, for the Peace Corps for Fiscal Years 2005
   Through 2007, and for Foreign Assistance Programs
   for Fiscal Year 2005, and for Other Purposes.
+S. 2096, a Bill to Promote a Free Press and Open
   Media Through the National Endowment for
   Democracy and for Other Purposes.
+S. 2127, a Bill to Build Operational Readiness in
   Civilian Agencies, and for Other Purposes.
   Treaties:
+Convention between the Government of the United
   States of America and the Government of Japan for
   the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention
   of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income,
   together with a related Protocol (Treaty Doc. 108-14).
+Convention Between the Government of the United
   States of America and the Government of the
   Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka for the
   Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of
   Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income,
   (Treaty Doc 99-10) as Amended by the Protocol    Signed at Washington on September 20, 2002
    (Treaty Doc 108-9).
+The Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between
   the United States of America and the International
   Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of
   Safeguards in the United States of America, with
   Annexes, Signed at Vienna June 12, 1998
   (The "Additional Protocol") (T. Doc 107-7)
   Nominations:
1. Mr. Feliciano Foyo
    To be a Member of the Advisory Board for Cuba
      Broadcasting
2. Mr. Edward E. Kaufman
    To be a Member of the Broadcasting Board of
      Governors
3. Mr. Steven J. Simmons
    To be a Member of the Broadcasting Board of
      Governors
4. Mr. Glyn T. Davies
    For the Rank of Ambassador During His Tenure as
      Political Director for U.S. Presidency of the G-8
5. Mr. Sanford Gottesman
    To be a Member of the Board of Directors of OPIC
6. Ms. Diane M. Ruebling
    To be a Member of the Board of Directors of OPIC
7. Mr. William Swank
    To be a Member of the Board of Directors of OPIC
8. Mr. Robert McKinney
    To be a Member of the Advisory Board for Cuba
    Broadcasting
9. Mr. Richard S. Williamson
    For the Rank of Ambassador During His Tenure as
    US Representative to the United Nations Human
    Rights Commission of the Economic and Social
    Council

 

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