[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 41 (Monday, April 11, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D314-D315]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             APRIL 12, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 for the Department of 
Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding assessment of Iraqi Security Forces, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold closed hearings to examine Navy 
shipbuilding and industrial base status in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2006; to be followed by an 
open hearing in SR-232A, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Michael D. Griffin, of 
Virginia, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, Joseph H. Boardman, of New York, to be Administrator 
of the Federal Railroad Administration, Department of 
Transportation, Nancy Ann Nord, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and William 
Cobey, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, 10:15 a.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine developing a reliable supply of oil from domestic oil shale 
and oil sands resources, focusing on opportunities to advance 
technology that will facilitate environmentally friendly development 
of oil shale and oil sands resources, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to examine 
management and planning issues for the National Mall, including the 
history of the development, security projects and other planned 
construction, and future development plans, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to continue 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., SD-419.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of John D. Negroponte, of New

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York, to be Director of National Intelligence, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Full Committee, to continue hearings in closed session to examine 
the nomination of John D. Negroponte, of New York, to be Director of 
National Intelligence, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine role of 
employer-sponsored retirement plans in increasing national savings, 
2:30 p.m., SD-106.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the Department of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, 
on Pandemic Preparedness and Influenza Vaccine Supply, 10 a.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and 
Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia 
and Independent Agencies, on the Federal Judiciary, 9:30 a.m., and 
on the Supreme Court, 1 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to continue mark up of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled 
``Reforming Credit Rating Agencies: The SEC's Need for Statutory 
Authority,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce 
and Agency Organization, hearing entitled ``NSPS: The New Department 
of Defense Civilian Personnel System--Reaching Readiness,'' 2 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and 
International Relations hearing entitled ``Oil-for-Food: The 
Inevitable Failure of U.N. Sanctions,'' 11 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, hearing entitled ``The Impact 
of Regulation on U.S. Manufacturing,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Preparedness, Science, and Technology, hearing entitled ``The Need 
for Grant Reform and The Faster and Smarter Funding for First 
Responders Act of 2005,'' 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, hearing on H.R. 1528, Defending America's Most 
Vulnerable Safe Access to Drug Treatment and Child Protection Act of 
2005; followed by a markup of H.R. 1528 and H.R. 1279, Gang 
Deterrence and Community Protection Act of 2005, 1 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, oversight 
hearing on Snowmobile Use in the National Park System, 2 p.m , 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 8, Death Tax 
Repeal Permanency Act of 2005; and S. 256, Bankruptcy Abuse 
Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005, 5 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Central Intelligence Program (CIAP) Budget, 1:30 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.