[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 43 (Wednesday, April 13, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D333-D335]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 14, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, 
Treasury, the Judiciary, and Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2006 for the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2006 for the Office of Marketing and Regulatory 
Programs, the Office of Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, and 
the Office of Food Safety and Inpection Service, all of the 
Department of Agriculture, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 
for the National Nuclear Security Administration, 2 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine 
implementation by the Department of Defense of the National Security 
Personnel System, 9:30 a.m., SR-325.
  Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine Air Force 
acquisition oversight 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 the implementation of the Terrorism Risk Insurance 
Program, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider S. 364, to establish a program within the 
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration to integrate Federal 
coastal and ocean mapping activities, S. 714, to amend section 227 
of the Communications Act of 1934 relating to the prohibition on 
junk fax transmissions, S. 432, to establish a digital and wireless 
network technology program, the proposed Surface Transportation 
Safety Improvement Act of 2005, and the nominations of a National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Promotion List, Coast Guard 
Promotion List, and Coast Guard Promotion List, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine how to solve the 
tax gap, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine lifelong education opportunities, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Oversight 
of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of 
Columbia, to hold oversight hearings to examine a review of the 
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA), focusing on the impact of the

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UMRA has had on Federal, state, and local governments and explore if 
changes are necessary to strengthen the law's procedures, 
definitions, and exclusions, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the ongoing need for 
comprehensive postal reform, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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, S. 555, to amend 
the Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal, 
and the nominations of Thomas B. Griffith, of Utah, and Janice R. 
Brown, of California, each to be a United States Circuit Judge for 
the District of Columbia Circuit, 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, and James 
C. Dever III, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of North Carolina, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship, with 
the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security, to 
hold joint hearings to examine deportation and related issues 
relating to strengthening interior enforcement, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold joint hearings with the 
House Committee on Veterans Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentations of the Military Officers Association of America, the 
National Association of State Director of Veterans Affairs, AMVETS, 
the American Ex-Prisoners of War, and Vietnam Veterans of America, 
10 a.m., 345 CHOB.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Lieutenant General Michael V. Hayden, United States 
Air Force, to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, 
10:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Full Committee, closed business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 3 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, on 
Recruiting and Retention, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on The Department of Homeland Security, on Science 
and Technology, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies, on Public Witnesses, 10 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and 
Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, 
and Independent Agencies, on Election Assistance Commission, 10 
a.m., and on Consumer Product Safety Commission, 2 p.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Agencies, on Members of Congress and Public Witnesses, 9 a.m., H-144 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, on 
Public Witnesses: Native Americans, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, and the Committee on International 
Relations, joint hearing regarding U.S. national security and 
foreign policy implications of arms exports to the People's Republic 
of China by member states of the European Union, 9 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing on the 
Fiscal Year 2006 National Defense Authorization budget request on 
the Department of Defense's major rotorcraft programs, 3:30 p.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Education Reform, hearing on The Best of Head Start: Learning from 
Model Programs, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to continue mark up of the 
Energy Policy Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing 
entitled ``The ORBIT Act: An Examination of Progress Made in 
Privatizing the Satellite Communications Marketplace,'' 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Community Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Review and Oversight of 
the National Flood Insurance Program,'' 11 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Grant Reform: 
The Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act of 2005,'' 
11 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight, hearing 
entitled ``The Need to Strengthen Information Security at the 
Department of Homeland Security,'' 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Human Rights, and International Operations, hearing on 
Foreign Relations Authorization for FY 2005-2006: Department of 
State Management Initiatives, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation, 
hearing on Averting Nuclear Terrorism, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, 
oversight hearing on the Relationship between the Magnuson-Stevens 
Fishery Conservation and Management Act and the National 
Environmental Policy Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 432, Betty Dick Residence Protection Act; H.R. 481, Sand Creek 
Massacre National Historic Site Trust Act of 2005; and H.R. 1492, To 
provide for the preservation of the historic confinement sites where 
Japanese Americans were detained during Work War II, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, hearing on the 2004 Presidential Awardees 
for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.

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  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Tax, Finance and 
Exports, hearing entitled ``The Estate Tax and the Alternative 
Minimum Tax--Inequity for America's Small Businesses,'' 2 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, oversight hearing on Transforming the Federal Aviation 
Administration: a Review of the Air Traffic Organization and the 
Joint Program Development Office, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and 
Emergency Management, oversight hearing on The National Preparedness 
System: What are we preparing for? 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on United States-China 
Economic Relations and China's Role in the World Economy, 11 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on 2005 Tax Return Filing 
Season and the IRS Budget for Fiscal Year 2006, 2 p.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Global Updates, 9 a.m., and executive, hearing on General Defense 
Intelligence Program (GDIP) Budget, 10 a.m., HJ-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 presentations of the Military Officers 
Association of America, the National Association of State Director 
of Veterans Affairs, AMVETS, the American Ex-Prisoners of War, and 
Vietnam Veterans of America, 10 a.m., 345 CHOB.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine problems experienced by unregistered religious 
communities operating within the Russian Federation, 11 a.m., 2200 
RHOB.
  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the current 
economic outlook for April, 9:30 a.m., 2212 RHOB.