Judiciary Committee Executive Meeting - March 27, 2006

A prelude to what promises to be a busy week in the Senate. Add one Circuit Court nominee to the Senate's Executive Calendar, and discuss three hot topics: Immigration, proposed legislation dealing with the President's NSA Terrorist Surveillance Program, and bring up Feingold's proposed censure resolution.

The Monday Executive Business Meeting sets the stage for Hearings the rest of the week.

TENTATIVE AGENDA
Executive Business Meeting
Senate Judiciary Committee
226 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Monday, March 27, 2006 at 10:00 a.m.

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

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

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

II. Bills
S. _____, Comprehensive Immigration Reform [Chairman's Mark]

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]

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]

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]