Executive Business Meeting

An Executive Business Meeting has been scheduled by the Committee on the Judiciary, for
Thursday, September 30, 2004, at 9:30 am., in the Senate Dirksen Building, Room 226.

Senator Hatch will preside.

By order of the Chairman

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AGENDA
Executive Business Meeting
Senate Judiciary Committee
226 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Thursday, September 30, 2004 at 9:30 a.m.

I. Nominations

Claude A. Allen
to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit

Susan B. Neilson
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit
Micaela Alvarez
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas
Keith Starrett
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi
Christopher Boyko
to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio

Raymond L. Finch
to be Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands for a term of ten years. (Reappointment)
David E. Nahmias
to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia

Richard B. Roper
to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas for the term of four years.

Lisa Wood
to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia for the term of four years.

Ricardo H. Hinojosa
to be Chair of the United States Sentencing Commission
Michael O'Neill
to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission

Ruben Castillo
to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission

Beryl Alaine Howell
to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission

William Sanchez
to be Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair Employment Practice

II. Legislation

S. 1635, L-1 Visa (Intracompany Transferee) Reform Act of 2003
[Chambliss]

S. 2396, Federal Courts Improvement Act of 2004
[Hatch, Leahy, Chambliss, Durbin, Schumer]

S. 2204, A bill to provide criminal penalties for false information and hoaxes relating to terrorism Act of 2004
[Hatch, Schumer, Cornyn, Feinstein, DeWine]

S. 1860, A bill to reauthorize the Office of National Drug Control Policy Act of 2003
[Hatch, Biden, Grassley]

S. 2195, A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to clarify the definition of anabolic steroids and to provide for research and education activities relating to steroids and steroid precursors Act of 2004
[Biden, Hatch, Grassley, Feinstein]

S. 2560, A bill to amend chapter 5 of title 17, United States Code, relating to inducement of copyright infringement, and for other purposes Act 2004
[Hatch, Leahy, Graham]

S. J. Res. 23, A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for the event that one-fourth of the members of either the House of Representatives or the Senate are killed or incapacitated Act of 2003
[Cornyn, Chambliss]

S. 2373, A bill to modify the prohibition on recognition by United States courts of certain rights relating to certain marks, trade names, or commercial names
[Domenici, Graham, Sessions]

S. 1784, A bill to eliminate the safe-harbor exception for certain packaged pseudoephedrine products used in the manufacture of methamphetamine Act of 2003
[Feinstein, Grassley, Kohl, Biden, Kyl, Schumer]

S. 2863, A bill to reauthorize the Department of Justice
[Hatch, Leahy, DeWine, Schumer]

H.R. 2391, To amend title 35, United States Code, to promote cooperative research involving universities, the public sector, and private enterprises Act of 2003
[Smith - TX]

S. 2760, A bill to limit and expedite Federal collateral review of convictions for killing a public safety officer Act of 2004
[Kyl, Hatch, Craig, Cornyn, Sessions, Chambliss]

S. 1297, A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, with respect to the jurisdiction of Federal courts inferior to the Supreme Court over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag Act of 2003
[Hatch, Talent, Kyl]

S. 2089, A bill to allow aliens who are eligible for diversity visas to be eligible beyond the fiscal year in which they applied of 2004
[Chambliss, Kennedy, Miller]

S. 2302, A bill to improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas Act of 2004
[Conrad, Feingold, Kennedy Schumer, DeWine, Kohl]

S. 989, A bill to provide death and disability benefits for aerial firefighters who work on a contract basis for a public agency and suffer death or disability in the line of duty, and for other purposes Act of 2003
[Enzi, Reid]

S. 1728, Terrorism Victim Compensation Equity Act of 2003
[Specter, Leahy, Schumer]

S. 1740, Anthrax Victims Fund Fairness Act of 2003
[Leahy, Feingold]

S. 549 A bill to amend the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 (49 U.S.C. 40101 note; Public Law 107-42) to provide compensation for victims killed in the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993, and for other purposes Act of 2003
[Schumer]

S. 115, Private Bill; A bill for the relief of Richi James Lesley Act of 2004
[Cochran]

S. 2331, A bill for the relief of Fereshteh Sani Act of 2004
[Allen]

S. 1042, Private Bill; A bill for the relief of Tchisou Tho Act of 2003
[Coleman]

S. 2314, A bill for the relief of Nabil Raja Dandan, Ketty Dandan, Souzi Dandan, Raja Nabil Dandan, and Sandra Dandan Act of 2004
[Durbin]

S. 353, Private Bill; A bill for the relief of Denes and Gyorgyi Fulop Act of 2003
[Feinstein]

H.R. 867, Private Bill; For the relief of Durreshahwar Durreshahwar, Nida Hasan, Asna Hasan, Anum Hasan, and Iqra Hasan Act of 2003
[Holt - NJ]

S. 2012, Private Bill; A bill for the relief of Luay Lufti Hadad Act of 2004
[Levin]

S. Res. 424, A resolution designating October 2004 as "Protecting Older Americans From Fraud Month" Act of 2004
[Craig, DeWine, Feinstein, Kohl, Sessions, Hatch]