[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 10 (Thursday, February 3, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D58-D59]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of February 7 through February 12, 2005

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 3 p.m., Senate will begin consideration of S. 5, Class 
Action Fairness Act, for debate only. Also, Senate may consider a 
resolution relating to the recent elections in Iraq, with a vote to 
occur at approximately 5:30 p.m.
  During the balance of the week Senate will consider any other cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Armed Services: February 10, to hold hearings to 
examine the proposed Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 
2006 and the Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 8, to 
hold hearings to examine the role of credit rating agencies in 
capital markets, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  February 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the role 
of government-sponsored enterprises in the mortgage market, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: February 8, to hold hearings to examine 
the Federal budget for the 21st century, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  February 9, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget for fiscal year 2006, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  February 10, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget for fiscal year 2006, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 8, 
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to 
examine the implementation of Titles I through III of P.L. 106-393, 
the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 
2000, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  February 9, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 11:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 9, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 
2006 for the Environmental Protection Agency, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: February 8, to hold hearings to examine 
revenue proposals in the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 
2006, 2:15 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 9, to hold closed 
hearings to examine an update on six-party talks, 11 a.m., S-407, 
Capitol.
  February 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine lessons 
learned regarding the tsunami response, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 9, 
business meeting to consider S. 172, to amend the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of all contact 
lenses as medical devices, proposed Reauthorization of the Trauma 
Care Systems Planning and Development Act, proposed Genetic 
Information Nondiscrimination Act, proposed Foundation for the 
National Institutes of Health Improvement Act, proposed Children's 
Hospitals Education Equity and Research Act, proposed legislation 
relating to High Risk Pool, and certain pending nominations, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: February 
7, business meeting to consider the nominations of Michael Chertoff, 
of New Jersey, to be Secretary of Homeland Security, and Allen 
Weinstein, of Maryland, to be Archivist of the United States, 6 
p.m., S-207, Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 10, to hold hearings to 
examine bankruptcy reform, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.


                             House Chamber

  Program to be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, February 9, hearing on the Fiscal 
Year 2006 National Defense Authorization budget request, 10 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 8, hearing on the President's 
Budget for Fiscal Year 2006, 10:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  February 9, hearing on Social Security: The Long-Term Budget 
Implications, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, February 9, Subcommittee 
on 21st Century Competitiveness, to mark up H.R. 27, Job Training 
Improvement Act of 2005, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 9, hearing entitled 
``Department of Energy's Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Proposal and the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005: Ensuring Jobs for Our Future with Secure 
and Reliable Energy,'' 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 9, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``How Internet Protocol-Enabled Services are 
Changing the Face of Communications: A View from Technology 
Companies,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing 
entitled ``The Energy Policy Act of 2005: Ensuring Jobs for Our 
Future with Secure and Reliable Energy,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 9, Subcommittee on 
Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, 
hearing entitled ``Accounting Irregularities at Fannie Mae and the 
Impact on Investors,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, February 9, to meet for 
organizational purposes, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn; and to hold a 
hearing entitled ``Financial Report of the United States Government 
for Fiscal Year 2004,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  February 10, hearing entitled ``The Perplexing Shift from Shortage 
to Surplus: Managing This Season's Flu Shot Supply and Preparing for 
the Future,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn; and a hearing entitled ``Fiscal 
Year 2006 Drug Budget,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, February 9, hearing entitled ``The 
Proposed Fiscal Year 2006 Budget: Towards Management Excellence at 
the Department of Homeland Security,'' 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, February 9, to meet for 
organizational purposes and to consider an Oversight Plan for the 
109th Congress, 9:30 a.m., and to hold a hearing on Implementation 
of the Help America Vote Act, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, February 9, to meet for 
organizational purposes, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 10, briefing on The Way Forward in the Middle East Peace 
Process, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
briefing on The Volcker Interim Report on the United Nations Oil-
for-Food Program, time and room to be determined.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 10, Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism, and Homeland Security, oversight hearing on the 
``Implications of the Booker/Fanfan Decisions for the Federal 
Sentencing Guidelines, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, February 10, hearing on H.R. 512, to 
require the prompt review by the Secretary of the Interior of the 
longstanding petitions for Federal recognition of certain Indian 
tribes, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing 
entitled ``Opportunities and Challenges on Enhancing Federal Power 
Generation and Transmission,'' 1 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, February 9, hearing on Improving the 
Nation's Energy Security: Can Cars and Trucks Be Made More Fuel 
Efficient? 2:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 10, to meet for 
organizational purposes, and to consider an Oversight Plan for the 
109th Congress; followed by a hearing to analyze the impact of the 
President's Fiscal Year 2006 budget request on small business, 9:30 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 9, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, oversight hearing on Commercial Space 
Transportation: Beyond the X Prize, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Highways, Transit, and Pipelines, to 
meet for organizational purposes, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 8 and 9, hearings on the 
President's Budget proposals for Fiscal Year 2006, 10 a.m., on 
February 8 and 2 p.m., on February 9, 1100 Longworth.
  February 9, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, to meet for 
organizational purposes, 10 a.m., 1129 Longworth.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Medicare payments 
to physicians, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 10, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on welfare 
reform reauthorization proposals, 1 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 9, executive, 
hearing on Global Updates, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.