[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 25 (Monday, March 7, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D190-D191]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





             COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY, MARCH 8, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine the reauthorization of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2006 for defense wide and navy budget overview, 2:30 
p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine military 
strategy and operational requirements in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2006, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on current operations 
in Iraq, 5 p.m., SR-222.

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  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine S. 213, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to Rio 
Arriba County, New Mexico, S. 267, to reauthorize the Secure Rural 
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, S. 305, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to recruit volunteers to 
assist with or facilitate the activities of various agencies and 
offices of the Department of the Interior, S. 179, to provide for 
the exchange of land within the Sierra National Forest, California, 
S. 476, to authorize the Boy Scouts of America to exchange certain 
land in the State of Utah acquired under the Recreation and Public 
Purposes Act, and S. 485, to reauthorize and amend the National 
Geologic Mapping Act of 1992, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine ways to encourage the 
diversification of power generation resources, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine physician-owned 
specialty hospitals, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs, 
to hold hearings to examine the future of democracy in the Black Sea 
area, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Thomas B. Griffith, of Utah, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, 9:30 a.m., SD-
226.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security, to 
hold hearings to examine terrorism and the electromagnetic pulse 
(EMP) threat to homeland security, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold hearings to examine 
S. 271, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to 
clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 must register as political committees, 9:30 
a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold joint hearings with the 
House Committee on Veterans Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation of the Disabled American Veterans, 2 p.m., 345 CHOB.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, to mark up a Fiscal Year 2005 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, 4 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Department of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education and Related Agencies, on the Administration for 
Children and Families/National Institute of Child Health and Human 
Development, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life, and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, on Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., and 
1 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Science, The Departments of State, Justice, and 
Commerce, and Related Agencies, on Director of the FBI, 10 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Is Uncle Sam 
Still Passing the Buck? The Burden of Unfunded Mandates on State, 
County, and City Governments,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Europe and 
Emerging Threats, to mark up H. Res. 101, Urging the European Union 
to add Hezbollah to the European Union's wide-ranging list of 
terrorist organizations, 5 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, 
and Intellectual Property, hearing entitled ``Digital Music 
Licensing and Section 115 of the Copyright Act,'' 4:30 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 3, Transportation Equity Act: 
A Legacy for Users, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on Small Business Priorities 
for the 109th Congress, will discuss H. Res. 22, expressing the 
sense of the House of Representatives that American small businesses 
are entitled to a Small Business Bill of Rights, 3 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Physician-Owned Specialty Hospitals, 4 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing on the 
President's Proposal for Single-Employer Pension Funding Reform, 3 
p.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold 
joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to 
examine the legislative presentation of the Disabled American 
Veterans, 2 p.m., 345 CHOB.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine the challenges facing the Organization for Security and 
Cooperation in Europe in 2005, focusing on security and human 
rights, 3 p.m., SD-192.