[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 37 (Tuesday, April 5, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D290-D291]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             APRIL 6, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: 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: 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.
  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.
  Full Committee, business meeting to mark up the Emergency 
Supplemental bill for fiscal year 2005, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  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.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine regulatory reform of the Government-Sponsored 
Enterprises, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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: 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

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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, 9:15 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine health care provided to non-ambulatory persons, 
9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Natural Resources and Environment, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Army Acquisition, 9:30 
a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on the Department of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies, on Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, 1 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, on 
Kennedy Center, 9 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the Iraq's past, present 
and future, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  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.
  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.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up H. Res. 134, 
Requesting the President to transmit to the House of Representatives 
certain information relating to plan assets and liabilities of 
single-employer pension plans, 1:15 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to continue consideration of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Strengthening 
America's Communities: A Review of the Administration's FY 2006 
Budget Initiative,'' 1 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Resources, hearing entitled ``America's Energy Needs as Our National 
Security Policy,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, 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.
  Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats, oversight hearing on 
Bosnia-Herzegovina: Unfinished Business, 12 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, oversight hearing on China's 
Influence in the Western Hemisphere, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, oversight hearing on the USA PATRIOT 
Act: A Review for the Purpose of its Reauthorization, 1 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, The Internet, and Intellectual Property, 
oversight hearing on Digital Music Interoperability and 
Availability, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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 Small Business, 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, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, oversight hearing on Efforts to Prevent Pandemics by Air 
Travel, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, Briefing on 
Weapons of Mass Destruction, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: 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.