[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 16 (Tuesday, February 15, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D94-D95]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                      WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2006 for the 
Emergency Supplemental, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the semiannual monetary policy report to Congress, 10 
a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine transparency 
of budget measures, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 11:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider S. 131, to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce air pollution 
through expansion of cap and trade programs, to provide an 
alternative regulatory classification for units subject to the cap 
and trade program, and S. 125, to designate the United States 
courthouse located at 501 I Street in Sacramento, California, as the 
``Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse'', 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the President's 
budget proposals for fiscal year 2006, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget for fiscal year 2006 for foreign 
affairs, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the realities of safety and security regarding 
drug importation, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine transforming government for the 21st Century, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
President's fiscal year 2006 budget request for Indian programs, 
9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil 
Rights and Property Rights, to hold hearings to examine obscenity 
prosecution and the Constitution, 3 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine the 
world threat, 10 a.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to meet for organizational purposes, and 
to consider the following: an Oversight Plan for the 109th Congress; 
and Budget Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 2006 for submission 
to the Committee on the Budget, 11 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Secretary of Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Force Protection, 10 a.m., 
H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs, on Secretary of State, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
and Related Agencies, on Social Security Administration, 10:15 a.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life, Veterans' Affairs and 
Related Agencies, on Quality of Life, 9:30 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, to continue hearings on the Fiscal 
Year 2006 National Defense budget request, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on National and Homeland 
Security: Meeting the Needs, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up H.R. 27, Job 
Training Improvement Act of 2005, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade 
and Consumer Protection, to mark up H.R. 29, Spy Act, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, to continue hearings 
entitled ``Energy Policy Act of 2005: Ensuring Jobs for Our Future 
with Secure and Reliable Energy,'' 11 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Terrorist Responses to Improved 
U.S. Financial Defenses,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, 
Drug Policy, and Human Resources, hearing entitled ``Is There Such a 
Thing as Safe Drug Abuse?'' 2:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and 
Accountability, hearing entitled ``Improving Internal Controls--A 
Review of Changes to OMB Circular A-123,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence, 
Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment, hearing 
entitled: ``The Proposed Fiscal Year 2006: Building the Information 
Analysis Capability of DHS,'' 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on United States 
Policy Toward Iran: Next Steps, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats, hearing An Overview 
of Transatlantic Relations Prior to President Bush's Visit to 
Europe, 1 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia and the 
Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation, joint 
hearing on Iran: A Quarter-Century of State-Sponsored Terror, 1 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, oversight hearing on the Status of the 
Indian Trust Fund Lawsuit, Cobell v. Norton, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources and the Subcommittee 
on Forests and Forest Health, joint oversight hearing on the Impact 
of High Energy Costs on the Competitiveness of America's Pulp and 
Paper Industry, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, hearing on An Overview of the Federal R&D 
Budget for Fiscal Year 2006, 11 a.m., 2328 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to consider the 
following: Budget Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 2006 for 
submission to the Committee on the Budget; an Oversight Plan for the 
109th Congress; and any other pending business, 11 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Water Resources, oversight hearing on the 
following Agency Budgets and Priorities for Fiscal Year 2006: EPA 
and NOAA, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on the Department of 
Veterans Affairs Budget for Fiscal Year 2006, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to continue 
hearings on Threats, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.