[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 36 (Monday, April 4, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D279-D282]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of April 5 through April 9, 2005

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 4:45 p.m., Senate will vote on a resolution relating 
to the death of the Holy Father, Pope John Paul II. Also, Senate expect 
to begin consideration of the State Department Authorization.
  On Wednesday, Senate will meet with the House of Representatives for 
a joint meeting to hear an address from Viktor Yushchenko, President of 
Ukraine.
  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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: April 6, to 
hold hearings to examine the nomination of Charles F. Conner, of 
Indiana, to be Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, 9:15 a.m., SR-336.
  Committee on Appropriations: April 6, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings to 
examine the proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 for the 
National Institutes of Health, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine the 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 for the Air Force, 
9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  April 6, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up the Emergency 
Supplemental bill for fiscal year 2005, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and General 
Government, to hold hearings to examine the proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2006 for the Internal Revenue Service, 
9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Energy and Water, to hold hearings to 
examine the proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 for the 
Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 5, Subcommittee on Personnel, 
to hold hearings to examine active component, reserve component, and 
civilian personnel programs in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2006, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold 
hearings to examine military installation programs in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2006, 9:30 a.m., SR-
232A.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine 
tactical aviation programs in review of the Defense Authorization 
request for fiscal year 2006, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine Ballistic Missile Defense Programs in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2006, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 6, to hold 
hearings to examine regulatory reform of the Government-Sponsored 
Enterprises, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  April 7, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine 
regulatory reform of the Government-Sponsored Enterprises, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 5, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, to hold 
hearings to examine highway, motor carrier and hazardous materials 
transportation safety, and transportation of household goods, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  April 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2006 for the 
Department of Homeland Security's Transportation Security 
Administration and related programs, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 6, to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of David Garman, of Virginia, to 
be Under Secretary of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 6, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Stephen L. Johnson, of 
Maryland, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Luis Luna, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency for Administration and Resource 
Management, John Paul Woodley, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Major General Don T. Riley, 
United States Army, to be a Member and President of the Mississippi 
River Commission, Brigadier General William T. Grisoli, United 
States Army, to be a Member of the Mississippi River Commission, D. 
Michael Rappoport, of Arizona, to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
National Environmental Policy Foundation, and Michael Butler, of 
Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. 
Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy 
Foundation, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: April 5, to hold hearings to examine 
proposals for reform regarding charities and charitable giving, 10 
a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 7, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be 
U.S. Representative to United Nations, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador and U.S. Representative in the Security Council of the 
United Nations, and Representative to the Sessions of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of service as 
Representative of the United States of America to the United 
Nations, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.

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  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: April 5, 
Subcommittee on Education and Early Childhood Development, to hold 
hearings to examine Head Start, focusing on ensuring dollars benefit 
children, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  April 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine health care 
provided to non-ambulatory persons, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  April 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the future 
viability of the U.S. Postal Service, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: April 5, 
Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine monitoring CMS' 
vital signs, focusing on implementation of the Medicare prescription 
drug benefit, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  April 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the ongoing 
need for comprehensive postal reform, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  April 7, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 21, to 
provide for homeland security grant coordination and simplification, 
S. 335, to reauthorize the Congressional Award Act, S. 494, to amend 
chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the 
disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel 
practices, require a statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and 
agreements that such policies, forms, and agreements conform with 
certain disclosure protections, provide certain authority for the 
Special Counsel, S. 501, to provide a site for the National Women's 
History Museum in the District of Columbia, and certain committee 
reports, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: April 5, to hold hearings to examine 
S. 113, to modify the date as of which certain tribal land of the 
Lytton Rancheria of California is deemed to be held in trust, 9:30 
a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 5, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine the implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act, 9:30 a.m., SH-
216.
  April 7, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 378, to 
make it a criminal act to willfully use a weapon with the intent to 
cause death or serious bodily injury to any person while on board a 
passenger vessel, S. 119, to provide for the protection of 
unaccompanied alien children, S. 629, to amend chapter 97 of title 
18, United States Code, relating to protecting against attacks on 
railroads and other mass transportation systems, and the nominations 
of Terrence W. Boyle, of North Carolina, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Priscilla Richman Owen, of Texas, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Robert J. 
Conrad, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of North Carolina, James C. Dever III, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, and 
Thomas B. Griffith, of Utah, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the District of Columbia Circuit, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  April 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the patent 
system today and tomorrow, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: April 7, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Jonathan Brian Perlin, of Maryland, to be 
Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health, 10 a.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, April 7, hearing to review 
implementation of the Secure Rural Schools Act of 2000: A Continuing 
Commitment to Rural Education and Sustainable Forestry, 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, April 5, Subcommittee on Departments 
of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, 
on Employee Benefits Security Administration, on Employment 
Standards Administration, and on International Labor Affairs Bureau, 
10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Natural Resources and 
Environment, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Army Acquisition, 
10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related 
Agencies, on Kennedy Center, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, on Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, 10:15 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life, and Veterans' 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, on Defense Health Program, 10 a.m., 
on United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 1:30 p.m., on 
American Battle Monuments Commission 2 p.m., on Arlington National 
Cemetery, 2:30 p.m., and on Armed Forces Retirement Home, 3 p.m., H-
143 Capitol.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Research, Education, 
and Extension, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on National Park Service, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 7, Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, on OSHA, on Mine 
Safety and Health Administration, and on National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 7, Subcommittee Military Quality of Life, and Veterans' 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, on BRAC/Global Posture Review; 9:30 
a.m., and on public witnesses, 1:30 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Departments of Transportation, Treasury, 
and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of 
Columbia, and Independent Agencies, on GSA, 3 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  April 8, Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, on Substance Abuse 
and Mental Health Administration, on National Institute on Drug 
Abuse, on National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, and

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on National Institute on Mental Health, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, April 6, hearing on the Iraq's past, 
present and future, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on Fiscal Year 2006 
National Defense Authorization budget request--Military Service's 
Requirement on Reconstitution of Equipment, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2006 National Defense 
Authorization budget request--Destruction of the U.S. Chemical 
Weapons Stockpile--Program Status and Issues, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on the Fiscal 
Year 2006 National Defense Authorization budget request--Military 
Resale and Morale Welfare and Recreation Overview, 2 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing on 
Fiscal Year 2006 National Defense Authorization budget request--
Department of Defense's major rotorcraft programs 3 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, April 5, hearing 
entitled ``Financial Accountability in the Head Start Early 
Childhood Program,'' 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 5 and 6, to mark up the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005, 4 p.m., on April 5 and 10 a.m., on April 
6, 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, April 6, hearing entitled 
``Strengthening America's Communities: A Review of the 
Administration's FY 2006 Budget Initiative,'' 1 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government 
Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Additional Accounting and 
Management Failures at Fannie Mae-OFHEO's Efforts to Ensure Safe and 
Sound Operations,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Starving Terrorists of Money: Breaking the Links between 
Islamic Charities and Terrorists,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, April 5, Subcommittee on Federal 
Workforce and Agency Organization, hearing entitled ``Yucca Mountain 
Project: Have Federal Employees Falsified Documents?'' 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census, hearing 
entitled ``Lands of Lost Opportunity: What Can Be Done to Spur Re-
Development at America's Brownfield Sites,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 5, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and 
International Relations, hearing entitled ``Assessing Anthrax 
Detection Methods,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Energy and Resources, hearing entitled 
``America's Energy Needs as Our National Security Policy,'' 2 p.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  April 7, full Committee, hearing entitled ``No Computer Left 
Behind: A Review of the Federal Government's D+Information Security 
Grade,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, April 6, Subcommittee on 
Asia and the Pacific, oversight hearing on China's Anti-Secession 
Law and Developments across the Taiwan Strait, 9 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats, oversight 
hearing on Bosnia-Herzegovina: Unfinished Business, 1 p.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, oversight hearing on 
China's Influence in the Western Hemisphere, 1:30 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  April 7, full Committee, oversight hearing on Defense Trade: Arms 
Export Controls in the Post-9/11 Security Environment, 9:30 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and 
International Operations, oversight hearing on Foreign Relations 
Authorization for FY 2005-2006: Department of State Management 
Initiatives, 2:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Middle East and Central Asia, to mark up 
H.R. 282, Iran Freedom Support Act, 12 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, oversight 
hearing on The United Nations Secretary-General's Reform Plan: 
Rhetoric vs. Reality, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 5, Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing and markup of H.R. 1279, 
Crime Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2005, 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  April 6, full Committee, oversight hearing on USA Patriot Act: A 
Review for the Purposes of its Reauthorization, 1 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  April 6, Subcommittee on Courts, The Internet, and Intellectual 
Property, oversight hearing on Digital Music Interoperability and 
Availability, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, April 6, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
oversight hearing on the Implementation of the National Park Service 
Concessions Act of 1998, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, April 5, to consider S. 256, Bankruptcy Abuse 
Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, 5 p.m., H-313 
capitol.
  Committee on Science, April 7, to mark up H.R. 1215, Green 
Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, April 6, to mark up the following 
resolutions: H. Res. 130, Recognizing the contributions of 
environmental systems and the technicians who install and maintain 
them to the quality of life of all Americans and supporting the 
goals and ideals of National Indoor Comfort Week; and H. Res. 22, 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that American 
small businesses are entitled to a Small Business Bill of Rights, 2 
p.m., followed by a hearing on the commitment of the Export-Import 
Bank of the United States (Ex-Im) to assist small business 
exporters, 3 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 6, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, oversight hearing on Efforts to Prevent 
Pandemics by Air Travel, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 7, Subcommittee on Aviation, oversight hearing on 
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Review of the Air Traffic Organization and the Joint Program 
Development Office, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 7, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing on the 2005 tax return filing season, current issues in tax 
administration, and the Internal Revenue Service budget for fiscal 
year 2006, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 6, executive, 
Briefing on Weapons of Mass Destruction, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  April 7, executive, hearing on General Defense Intelligence 
Programs, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: April 6, to hold 
hearings to examine the efforts of the Chabad community and the U.S. 
Government to recover the ``Schneerson Collection'' of Jewish books 
and manuscripts from the Russian Government, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  April 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the recent 
revolution in Kyrgyzstan and the prospects now for consolidating 
democracy, focusing on the implications for Central Asia, Belarus, 
Russia and the United States, 1 p.m., SD-406.