“Executive Business Meeting”

March 27, 2006
An Executive Business Meeting has been scheduled by the Committee on the Judiciary, for Thursday,
March 30, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. in the Senate Dirksen Building Room 226.

By order of the Chairman
AGENDA

Executive Business Meeting
Senate Judiciary Committee
226 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, March 30, 2006 at 9:30 a.m.

I. Nominations
Norman Randy Smith
to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit

Michael A. Chagares
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit

Patrick J. Schiltz
to be U.S. District Court Judge for the District of Minnesota

Gray Hampton Miller
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas

Steven G. Bradbury
to be an Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel

Sharee M. Freeman
to be Director, Community Relations Service, U.S. Department of Justice

Jeffrey L. Sedgwick
to be Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice

II. Bills
S. 1768, A bill to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings
[Specter, Leahy, Cornyn, Grassley, Schumer, Feingold, Durbin]

S. 829, Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2005
[Grassley, Schumer, Cornyn, Leahy, Feingold, Durbin, Graham, DeWine, Specter]

S. 489, Federal Consent Decree Fairness Act
[Alexander, Kyl, Cornyn, Graham, Hatch]

S. 2039, Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2005
[Durbin, Specter, DeWine, Leahy, Kennedy, Feinstein, Feingold, Schumer]

S. 2292, A bill to provide relief for the Federal judiciary from excessive
rent charges
[Specter, Leahy, Cornyn, Feinstein, Biden]

S. 2453, National Security Surveillance Act of 2006
[Specter]

S. 2455, Terrorist Surveillance Act of 2006
[DeWine, Graham]

S. 2468, A bill to provide standing for civil actions for declaratory and injunctive relief to persons who refrain from electronic communications through fear of being subject to warrantless electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence purposes, and for other purposes
[Schumer]

III. Matters
S.J. Res. 1, Marriage Protection Amendment
[Allard, Sessions, Kyl, Hatch, Cornyn, Coburn, Brownback]

S. Res. 398, A resolution relating to the censure of George W. Bush
[Feingold]