Senate Commerce Committee Co-Chairmen Ted Stevens and Daniel Inouye have scheduled a Full Committee Mark-up for Thursday, March 10 at 10:00 a.m. in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The mark-up is open to the public. Following is the tentative agenda (not necessarily in order of consideration):

Bills:

S. 148, Professional Boxing Amendments Act of 2005

S. 361, Ocean and Coastal Observation System Act of 2005

S. 39, National Ocean Exploration Program Act

S. 362, Marine Debris Research Prevention and Reduction Act

S. 50, Tsunami Preparedness Act

S. 268, Training for Realtime Writers Act of 2005

Nominations:

Coast Guard nominations: PN 66, 67, 123

NOAA Corps nominations: PN 138

Other Business:

Adoption of Committee Rules for the 109th Congress

The above items were all adopted by unanimous consent with few amendments. For further details, please visit the News Room page of this website.