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 United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As part of its oversight responsibilities, the Committee performs an annual review of the intelligence budget submitted by the President and prepares legislation authorizing appropriations for the various civilian and military agencies and departments comprising the Intelligence Community.
The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is dedicated to overseeing the United States Intelligence Community—the agencies and bureaus of the U.S. federal government who provide information and analysis for leaders of the executive and legislative branches.
The committee was established in 1975 by the 94th Congress.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Senate_Intelligence_Committee   (338 words)

  
 U.S. Senate: Art & History Home > Origins & Development > Institutional Development > Senate Committees
Also in the first session, the entire membership of the Senate was divided into two large committees, with half the senators on the committee to prepare legislation establishing the federal judiciary and the other half on the committee to define the punishment of crimes against the United States.
Committees, except Appropriations and Budget, are not allowed to meet for more than two hours beyond the Senate's daily convening time, and not beyond two o'clock in the afternoon without the express permission of both party floor leaders, or their designees.
Senate Rule XXIV specifies that committee chairmen and members be appointed on the authority of a Senate Resolution, unless otherwise ordered.
www.senate.gov /artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Committees.htm   (338 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations is a standing committee of the United States Senate.
Its role is defined by the U.S. Constitution, which requires "appropriations made by law" prior to the expenditure of any money from the Treasury, and is generally recognized as one of the most powerful committees in the Senate.
It was first organized on March 6, 1867, when power over appropriations was taken out of the hands of the Finance Committee.
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 Senate Committee on Appropriations
This document is sponsored by the U.S. Senate on the United States Government Printing Office web site.
Status of Appropriation Bills, First Session, One Hundred Eighth Congress (Extracted from the current Senate Calendar of Business.) [TEXT] [PDF]
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 Patty Murray - U.S. Senator from Washington State
Senator Murray is holding meetings throughout Washington state to educate the public about the new Medicare Prescription Drug law, her legislation (S.1822) and to gather stories she can use in the United States Senate to pass her legislation.
Murray, a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security, and Collins, Chairman of the full Senate Homeland Security Committee, co-authored the bill to improve the security of the millions of cargo containers that enter America's ports unchecked each year.
Senators Norm Coleman (R-MN) and Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) are original cosponsors of this legislation.
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 U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is dedicated to overseeing the American Intelligence Community—the agencies and bureaus of the U.S. federal government who provide information and analysis for leaders of the executive and legislative branches.
The committee was established in 1975 by the 94th Congress.
As part of its oversight responsibilities, the Committee performs an annual review of the intelligence budget submitted by the President and prepares legislation authorizing appropriations for the various civilian and military agencies and departments comprising the Intelligence Community.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Senate_Intelligence_Committee   (252 words)

  
 U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence is dedicated to overseeing the American Intelligence Community—the agencies and bureaus of the U.S. federal government who provide information and analysis for leaders of the executive and legislative branches.
As part of its oversight responsibilities, the Committee performs an annual review of the intelligence budget submitted by the President and prepares legislation authorizing appropriations for the various civilian and military agencies and departments comprising the Intelligence Community.
The Committee makes recommendations to the Senate Armed Services Committee on authorizations for the intelligence-related components of the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and U.S. Marine Corps.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/U.S._Senate_Select_Committee_on_Intelligence   (234 words)

  
 U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations
Today, Senator Ted Stevens, President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate, joined Vice President Dick Cheney and Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert in receiving the remains of President Ronald Wilson Reagan to the United States Capitol Rotunda, where he will lie in state until Friday morning.
He first proved that as Governor of California and later as the President of the United States.
During the ceremony Senator Stevens offered this eulogy of our nation’s 40th President.
www.senate.gov /comm/appropriations/general/releases/record.cfm?id=222518   (818 words)

  
 Stories in the News (Sitnews) - Ketchikan, Alaska - News, Features, Opinions...
The importance of a Republican majority in the United States Senate: With a Republican majority in the Senate, Senator Stevens maintains his position at the President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate and will become the Chairman of the Senate Commerce Science and Transportation Committee.
Of particular note at this year's address was that Senator Stevens' son, Senator Ben Stevens, President Pro Tempore of the Alaska State Senate presided over the joint session of the Alaska State Legislature.
Education: Alaska's rural schools will be addressing the lack of adequate teacher housing through a number of appropriations requested by Senator Lisa Murkowski.
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 United States Senate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arthur Capper of Kansas became chairman of the Agriculture Committee, even though “he could neither make himself understood, nor understand others.” Also in the 1940s, Carter Glass of Virginia “chaired” Appropriations, even though he had not appeared in the Senate since
The Senate sits as jury, with either the President of the Senate or President pro tempore presiding.
The United States Senate is the upper house of the
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 GPO Marc Internet Resources - July 1, 2000
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty : hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session : special hearing : Department of Defense, Department of Energy.
Evaluate the president's use of the line item veto authority for military construction fiscal year 1998 appropriations : hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session, special hearing.
Military construction appropriations for fiscal year 2000 : hearings before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, first session, on H.R. http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2000_sapp_mil_1&docid=f:54227.pdf
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 Health Insurance Books 1977-1979
Black lung supplemental and oversight on HEW positions : hearing before a subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session : special hearing held at Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Department of Labor.
Oversight of the administration of the black lung program, 1977 : hearings before the Subcommittee on Labor of the Committee on Human Resources, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, first session...
Medi-gap, private health insurance supplements to medicare : hearing before the Special Committee on Aging, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, second session, Washington, D.C. Washington, U.S. Govt.
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 DoD Testimony - 107th Congress - Second Session (2002)
Brigadier General Charles B. Green, USAF, Command Surgeon, United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) -- Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Role of the Air Force Aeromedical Evacuation in Support of Military Operations (.rtf) (03/13/2002)
General Joseph W. Ralston, U.S. Air Force, Commander In Chief, United States European Command -- House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction hearing on U.S. Operational and Quality of Life Facilities in Europe (.rtf) (02/14/2002)
Admiral Dennis C. Blair, USN, Commander In Chief for United States Pacific Command -- House Appropriations Committee hearing on Military Infrastructure in the United States Pacific Command.rtf) (03/07/2002)
www.defenselink.mil /dodgc/olc/testimony_old/107_second.html   (254 words)

  
 Hundred Seventh Congress: New & Used Books Search Result for Hundred Seventh Congress
Legislative Branch Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2003: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 5121/S 2720, an Act Making Appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the Fiscal Year Ending September 30, 20
Legislative Branch Appropriations for 2003: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session
Legislative Branch Appropriations for 2002: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Seventh Congress, First Session
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 Recent Testimony before Congressional Committees
COMMITTEE: Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the Subcommittee on Interior Appropriations of the Senate Appropriations Committee
COMMITTEE: Subcommittee On Fisheries, Wildlife, And Waterof The Committee On Environment And Public Works United States Senate
COMMITTEE: Subcommittee on Forests and Public Lands Management of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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 Law - What's Been Published - Alphabetically by Title Beginning: S
261--Biennial Budgeting and Appropriations Act : hearing before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session, April 23, 1997.
Safety of Soviet-designed nuclear powerplants : hearing before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Second Congress, second session...
1868, the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 : hearings before the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, second session, May 12 and June 17, 1998.
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 United States Navy - Current Testimony 2005
Statement of Honorable B J Penn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment), before the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Senate Appropriations Committee, 8 March 2005
Joint statement of the Honorable B J Penn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Installations and Environment), and Admiral Vern Clark, Chief of Naval Operations, and General Michael Hagee, Commandant of the Marine Corps, before the Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs of the House appropriations Committee, 9 March 2005
Statement of Admiral Vern Clark, Chief of Naval Operations, before the Defense Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee, the Posture Statement, 10 March 2005
www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/testimony/testimon.html   (2448 words)

  
 2C29.txt
The Comptroller General shall report the results of the evaluation to the Chief of the Capitol Police, the Capitol Police Board, the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate, the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
The Capitol Police Board, with the approval of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, acting jointly, shall, by contract or otherwise, provide for such unified payroll administration.
(2) United States Supreme Court The authority under subsection (a) of this section shall not apply with respect to the admission of any person to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
uscode.house.gov /download/pls/2C29.txt   (8805 words)

  
 Best Book Buys - United States - Food and Drug Administration Books
Nomination: Hearing of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, on Jane E. Henney, of New Mexico, to Be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services, September 2, 1998
FDA Export Reform and Enhancement Act of 1995: Hearing before the Subcommittee on Aging of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Fourth Congress, First Session on S. July 13, 1995
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2006: Hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, First Session
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 CICC The Americas :: United States of America
On 20 December 2001, the United States House and Senate agreed in conference committee to reject the Senate's American Servicemembers' Protection Act (ASPA), a bill introduced by Senator Jesse Helms as an amendment to the Defense Department Appropriations Bill for 2002.
The Constitution of the United States requires that the President propose ratification of a treaty to the Senate and obtain its 'advice and consent' to this proposal.
The United States wanted its military and political officials and personnel to be exempt from the jurisdiction of the Court until the United States has ratified the treaty.
www.iccnow.org /countryinfo/theamericas/unitedstates.html   (2808 words)

  
 Appendix, Fiscal Year 1999 Budget of the United States Government
(c) In this section, the term ``congressional defense committees'' means the following: (1) The Committee on Armed Services and the Military Construction Subcommittee, Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
None of the funds appropriated in Military Construction Appropriations Acts for minor construction may be used to transfer or relocate any activity from one base or installation to another, without prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations.
No part of the funds appropriated in Military Construction Appropriations Acts may be used for the procurement of steel for any construction project or activity for which American steel producers, fabricators, and manufacturers have been denied the opportunity to compete for such steel procurement.
www.fas.org /man/docs/fy99/appendix/314-316.htm   (2808 words)

  
 Committee Reports
The Committee further notes that the House and Senate Appropriations Committees decided to delegate an extraordinary authority to the Executive Branch in Public Law 107-38, the 2001 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist Attacks on the United States.
The Committee recommendation includes $10,000,000 for the building and grounds of the Supreme Court of the United States.
The Committee is aware the agency has not allocated the full amount transferred from the emergency response fund as provided by Division B of the fiscal year 2002 Defense Appropriations Act, and directs that $9,700,000 held in contingency funds, in addition to funds made available under this heading, be used for this purpose.
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 *COLOMBIA INFOinBRIEF
COLOMBIA AID PACKAGE PASSES IN THE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: US AID PACKAGE TO COLOMBIA WILL BE CONSIDERED IN THE FULL SENATE AS On May 9, the Senate appropriations committee approved the U.S. aid package to Colombia.
Support Senator Wellstone's amendment that shifts funds for military assistance to demand reduction, drug prevention and treatment programs in the United States and any other positive amendments that cut or shift military assistance to Colombia;
Please ask your senators to share their concerns regarding human rights in Colombia with the Senate during the vote.
colhrnet.igc.org /infobrief/ib200005.htm   (13310 words)

  
 Budgets and Taxes
In the report on the budget resolution, the Budget Committees allocate the amounts of budget authority and outlays within the functional category totals to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees and the other committees that have jurisdiction over the pro-grams in the functions.
The budget system of the United States Government provides the means for the President and Congress to decide how much money to spend, what to spend it on, and how to raise the money they have decided to spend.
In the Senate, the Finance Committee has jurisdiction over tax laws.
www.policyalmanac.org /economic/budget.shtml   (13310 words)

  
 400. Harold Brown (1927-). Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989
secretary of defense, testimony, January 31, 1979.— Department of Defense Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1980, hearings before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, 96th Congress, 1st session, p.
More succinctly, Brown noted, “Soviet spending has shown no response to U.S. restraint—when we build they build; when we cut they build,” in a statement before a joint meeting of the House and Senate Budget Committees in early 1979 regarding the fiscal 1980 budget.
And they increased their defense expenditures as we decreased ours.
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 National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination Council Report to Congress 2000
The Council's mission is "to coordinate domestic and international intellectual property law enforcement among federal and foreign entities." The Council is required to "report annually on its coordination activities" to the President and to the Appropriations and Judiciary Committees of the House and Senate.
The Council shall report annually on its coordination activities to the President, and to the Committees on Appropriations and on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
Robinson served as a member of the Committee on Rules of Evidence of the United States Judicial Conference by appointment of Chief Justice William Rehnquist.
www.uspto.gov /web/offices/dcom/olia/niplecc   (13310 words)

  
 U.S. Senate: Legislation & Records Home
The Senate document room provides copies of publications generated by the Senate; including bills, reports, and committee assignment lists.
Active Legislation is a list of current bills, arranged by subject, that have been receiving legislative or media attention.
Congress considers a series of appropriations bills each fiscal year to fund federal government programs and agencies.
www.senate.gov /pagelayout/legislative/g_three_sections_with_teasers/legislative_home.htm   (326 words)

  
 082903.html
The California Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act of 2003 passed the Assembly in June, the Senate Judiciary Committee in July and the Senate Appropriations Committee on Monday Aug. 25.
AB 205 would expand previous legislation to include such rights as the joint ownership of property, the custody of children if a partner dies, and the right not to be forced to testify against a partner.
She quoted James Madison from his famous Memorial and Remonstrance, "The equal right of every citizen to the free exercise of his Religion according to the dictates of conscience is held by the same tenure with all other rights." Dr.
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 Leland L. Sage on William Boyd Allison
He was for many years a member of the powerful Senate Committee on Finance, often a policy-making body, whose decisions he could help put into effect as chairman of the Committee on Appropriations.
Allison was challenged by the brilliant Progressive Republican governor of Iowa, Albert Baird Cummins, for the Republican nomination for senator, to be decided in a preferential primary in June 1908.
As a virtually penniless young school teacher from the Lima community in Fayette County in northeast Iowa, the son of an unsuccessful country doctor, young Lacy had been invited in 1868 by a distinguished relative, Judge Westel Willoughby [11] of Alexandria, Virginia, to come east and live with him and study law in his office.
www.lib.uiowa.edu /spec-coll/Bai/sage.htm   (4330 words)

  
 The Full Senate
By voice vote, the Senate passed a largely symbolic amendment, proposed by Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama), reaffirming the United States' support for the Colombian government in its fight against insurgent groups.
The Senate's version of the aid package changed little since the Senate Appropriations Committee approved it on May 9.
The U.S. Senate approved its version of the Colombia aid package on June 22, when it approved the 2001 Foreign Operations Appropriations bill (S. 2522) -- which includes most of the package -- by a 95-4 vote.
www.ciponline.org /colombia/fullsenate.htm   (4330 words)

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