[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 26 (Tuesday, March 8, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D199-D201]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 9, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 
for the Army, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities, to hold hearings to examine the Department of Defense 
science and technology budget and strategy, 9:30 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider the nomination of Ronald Rosenfeld, of Oklahoma, to be a 
Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board; to be followed by a 
hearing to examine the state of the securities industry, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: business meeting to markup the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006, 3 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Patricia Lynn Scarlett, of California, to 
be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, and Jeffrey Clay Sell, of 
Texas, to be Deputy Secretary 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider the Personal 
Responsibility and Individual Development for Everyone (PRIDE) Act, 
and the nominations of Harold Damelin, of Virginia, to be Inspector 
General, Department of the Treasury, and Raymond Thomas Wagner, Jr., 
of Missouri, to be a Member of the Internal Revenue Service 
Oversight Board, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 250, to amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational 
and Technical Education Act of 1998 to improve the Act, S. 525, to 
amend the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to 
reauthorize the Act, to improve early learning opportunities and 
promote school preparedness, and S. 172, to amend the Federal Food, 
Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of all contact 
lenses as medical devices, and the Patient Safety and Quality 
Improvement Act of 2005, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 
for the Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 147, 
to express the policy of the United States regarding the United 
States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a process 
for the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian 
governing entity; to be followed by an oversight hearing on trust 
reform, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold joint hearings with the 
House Committee on Veterans Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, to continue hearings on Reauthorization of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 10 a.m., 1302 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Acting Commissioner for FDA, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on National Intelligence 
Program Budget, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on The Department of Homeland Security, on FEMA, 2 
p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education and Related Agencies, on NIH, 10:15 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on Secretary of Energy, 9 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, on 
Fish and Wildlife Service, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life, and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, on Air Force Budget, 10 a.m., and on Navy/
Marine Corps Budget, 1:30 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Science, State, Justice, and Commerce, and Related 
Agencies, on Secretary of State, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Armed Services, to continue hearings on the Fiscal 
Year National Defense Authorization budget request, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2006 
National Defense Authorization budget request for space activities, 
3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing on the 
Fiscal Year 2006 National Defense Authorization budget request on 
Department of Defense unmanned aerial vehicle and Joint Unmanned 
Combat Air System investment programs, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, to markup the Budget Resolution Fiscal 
Year 2006, 10:30 a.m., Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to markup H.R. 366, 
Vocational and Technical Education for the Future Act, 11 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to markup H.R. 29, Spy Act, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``The Implementation of GEOSS: A Review of the All-Hazards Warning 
System and its Benefits to Public Health, Energy and the 
Environment,'' 2:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled 
``GSE Reform and the Federal Home Loan Bank System,'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee Management, 
Integration and Oversight, hearing entitled ``CBP and ICE: Does the 
Current Organizational Structure Best Serve U.S. Homeland Security 
Interests?'' 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to markup the following 
measures: H. Con. Res. 18, Expressing the grave concern of Congress 
regarding the continuing gross violations of human rights and civil 
liberties of the Syrian and Lebanese people by the Government of the 
Syrian Arab Republic; H. Con. Res. 32, Expressing the grave concern 
of Congress regarding the occupation of the Republic of Lebanon by 
the Syrian Arab Republic; H. Con. Res. 34, Honoring the life and 
contributions of Yogi Bhajan, a leader of Sikhs, and expressing 
condolences to the Sikh community on his passing; H. Con. Res. 81, 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the 
two-year anniversary of the human rights crackdown in Cuba; H. Con. 
Res. 82, Expressing the grave concern of Congress regarding the 
arrest of Ayman Nour, the leader of the al-Ghad party, by the 
Government of the Arab Republic of Egypt and the support of Congress 
for continued progress toward democracy in Egypt; H. Res. 101, 
Urging the European Union to add Hezbollah to the European Union's 
wide-ranging list of terrorist organizations; H. Res. 120, 
Commending the outstanding efforts by members of the Armed Forces 
and civilian employees of the Department of State and the United 
States Agency for International Development in response to the 
earthquake and tsunami of December 26, 2004; H. Res. 135, Providing 
for the establishment of a commission in the House of 
Representatives to assist parliaments in emerging democracies; H. 
Con. Res. 83, Urging the appropriate representative of the United 
States to the 61st session of the United Nations Commission on Human 
Rights to introduce a resolution calling upon the Government of the 
People's Republic of China to end its human rights violations in 
China; H. Res. 99, Expressing the condolences of the House of 
Representatives to the families of the victims of the terrorist 
attacks in Madrid that occurred one year ago, on March 11, 2004, and 
expressing deepest sympathy to the individuals injured in those 
attacks and to the people of the Kingdom of Spain; and H. Res. 108, 
Commemorating the life of the late Zurab Zhvania, Prime Minister of 
the Republic of Georgia, 10:15 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International 
Operations, hearing on Combating Human Trafficking: Achieving Zero 
Tolerance, 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats, hearing on 
Developments in U.S.-Russia Relations, 1 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Middle East and Central Asia, hearing on U.S. 
Policy Toward the Palestinians in the Post-Arafat Era, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on The State of 
Democracy in Latin America, 1:30 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to markup the following measures: S. 
167, Family Entertainment and Copyright Act of 2005; H.R. 683, 
amended, Trademark Dilution Revision Act of 2005; H.R. 1037, To make 
technical corrections to title 17, United States Code; H.R. 1036, To 
amend title 17, United States Code, to make technical corrections 
relating to copyright royalty judges; H.R. 1038, 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; and 
to consider pending Committee business, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, 
oversight hearing on FY'06 President's Budget for the Forest Service 
and the Bureau of Land Management, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Research, hearing on the NSF 
Budget and Management Challenges, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on the Future of Social 
Security, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.

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  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
the Budget, 12 p.m., and, executive, hearing on the Budget, 1:30 
p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             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 Veterans of Foreign 
Wars, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine the Russian-Syrian connection and threats to democracy in 
the Middle East and the great OSCE region, 1 p.m., SD-226.
  Joint Committee on Taxation: Organizational business meeting to 
consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures for 
committee operations and committee's rules of procedure for the 
109th Congress, 5 p.m., S-219.