[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 22 (Wednesday, March 2, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D168-D169]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 3, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 
for the U.S. Forest Service, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 
for the Department of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: to resume 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 Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2006 
for the Department of Energy, 10 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, 3 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider an 
original resolution entitled Foreign Relations Authorization Act, 
fiscal years 2006 and 2007, to authorize appropriations for the 
Department of State and international broadcasting activities for 
fiscal years 2006 and 2007, for foreign assistance programs for 
fiscal years 2006 and 2007, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine ensuring drug safety, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Terrence W. Boyle, of North Carolina, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, James C. Dever III, to 
be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North 
Carolina, and Robert J. Conrad, Jr., to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine 
implementation of the Medicare Modernization Act regarding 
delivering prescription drugs to dual eligibles, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, hearing on the Reauthorization of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Under Secretary for Farm

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and Foreign Agricultural Services, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Department of Homeland Security, on 
Transportation Security Administration, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Department of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies, on Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 10 a.m., and on Bureau of 
Reclamation, 2 p.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, 
oversight hearing on U.S. Geological Survey/Hazards: tsunamis, 
landslides, earthquakes, 10 a.m., and on Forest Service, 2 p.m., B-
308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life, and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, on Army Budget, 9:30 a.m., and on Cental 
Command, 1:30 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, 
hearing on the Care of Injured and Wounded Service Members, 10 a.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2006 
National Defense Authorization budget request on the Adequacy of the 
Budget to Meet Readiness Needs, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Tactical and Land Forces, hearing on the Fiscal 
Year 2006 National Defense Authorization budget request on the 
Department of Navy and Department of the Air Force Aviation 
Acquisition Programs, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2006 National Defense 
Authorization budget request on Tactical C-4 Systems: Why Does the 
DOD Have So Many Different Systems Performing the Same 
Functionality? 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Members' Day, 2 p.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, hearing on the United States Boxing 
Commission Act, 11:30 a. m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Making Networx 
Work: Countdown to the RFP for the Federal Government's 
Telecommunications Program,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Human Rights and International Operations and the 
Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, joint hearing on Year Two of 
Castro's Brutal Crackdown on Dissidents, following Subcommittee on 
Western Hemisphere mark up, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation, to 
mark up H. Res. 101, Urging the European Union to add Hezbollah to 
the European Union's wide-ranging list of terrorist Organizations; 
followed by a hearing on Algeria's Struggle Against Terrorism, 2 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, to mark up a resolution 
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the two-year anniversary 
of the human rights crackdown in Cuba, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
hearing on H.R. 748, Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, 
2:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, 
to mark up the following: S. 167, Family Entertainment and Copyright 
Act of 2005; H.R. 683, Trademark Dilution Revision of 2005; 
Technical corrections to the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and 
Reauthorization Act of 2004; Technical corrections to the Copyright 
Royalty and Distribution Reform Act of 2004; the Multidistrict 
Litigation Restoration Act of 2005; and H. Con. Res. 53, Expressing 
the sense of the Congress regarding the issuance of the 500,000th 
design patent by the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 9:30 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, 
oversight hearing entitled ``The Immigration Enforcement Resources 
Authorized in the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Act of 2004,'' 
11:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight 
hearing entitled ``President's Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Request for 
the Bureau of Reclamation and the Water Division of the U.S. 
Geological Survey,'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, hearing on H.R. 798, Methamphetamine 
Remediation Research Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on the Fiscal Year 
2006 Budget for Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Programs, 
and H.R. 889, Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2005, 
12 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 996, To amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the extension of 
highway-related taxes and trust funds, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.