[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 46 (Monday, April 18, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D358-D359]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             APRIL 19, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, 
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2006 for the Library of Congress, the Open World Leadership 
Center, and the Government Accountability Office, 10:30 a.m., SD-
116.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Gordon England, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Defense, and Admiral Michael G. Mullen, USN, for reappointment, to 
the grade of admiral and to be Chief of Naval Operations, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-106.
  Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings to examine the United 
States Marine Corps ground and rotary wing programs and seabasing in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2006, 3 
p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine proposals to improve the regulation of the Housing 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, 3 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine offshore hydrocarbon production and the future of alternate 
energy resources on the outer Continental Shelf, focusing on recent 
technological advancements made in the offshore exploration and 
production of traditional forms of energy, and the future of deep 
shelf and deepwater production; enhancements in worker safety, and 
steps taken by the offshore oil and gas industry to meet 
environmental challenges, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to examine S. 
166, to amend the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 to 
reauthorize the participation of the Bureau of Reclamation in the 
Deschutes River Conservancy, S. 251, to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a 
water resource feasibility study for the Little Butte/Bear Creek 
Sub-basins in Oregon, S. 310, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey the Newlands Project Headquarters and Maintenance 
Yard Facility to the Truckee-Carson Irrigation District in the State 
of Nevada, S. 519, to amend the Lower Rio Grande Valley Water 
Resources Conservation and Improvement Act of 2000 to authorize 
additional projects and activities under that Act, and S. 592, to 
extend the contract for the Glendo Unit of the Missouri River Basin 
Project in the State of Wyoming, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.

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  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider proposed 
Highway Reauthorization and Excise Tax Simplification Act of 2005, 
and S. 661, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide 
for the modernization of the United States Tax Court, 10 a.m., SD-
628.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
Near East and South Asian experience relating to combating terrorism 
through education, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine S. 334, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act with respect to the importation of prescription drugs, 
10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition 
Policy and Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine SBC/ATT and 
Verizon/MCI mergers, focusing on remaking the telecommunication 
industry, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Jonathan Brian Perlin, of Maryland, to be Under 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health; to be followed by a 
hearing on ``Back from the Battlefield, Part II: Seamless Transition 
to Civilian Life,'' 10:15 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine the 
USA Patriot Act, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the Department 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 the IRS, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing on College 
Access: Is Government Part of the Solution, or Part of the Problem? 
2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing on the State of the 
International Financial System, 3 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, 
Drug Policy and Human Resources, hearing entitled ``Federal Health 
Programs and Those Who Cannot Care for Themselves: What Are Their 
Rights, and Our Responsibilities?'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census, hearing entitled 
``Halfway to the 2010 Census: The Countdown and Components to a 
Successful Decennial Census,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, hearing 
entitled ``Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs): Can They Improve 
the Thrift Savings Plan?'' 2 p.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Preparedness, Science, and Technology, to mark up the following: 
H.R. 1544, Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act of 
2005; and a measure to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
provide for homeland security technology development and transfer, 
1:30 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attacks, 
hearing entitled ``DHS Coordination of Nuclear Detection Efforts, 
Part 1,'' 9 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Human Rights and International Operations, hearing on the UN 
Commission on Human Rights: Protector or Accomplice? 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, oversight hearing on the Implementation of the 
USA PATRIOT Act: Effect of Sections 203(b) and (d) on Information 
Sharing, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, 
hearing on H.R. 1489, Coastal Ocean Observation System Integration 
and Implementation Act of 2005, 1 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act of 2005, 
5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Long Term Care, 4 p.m., 1100 Longworth.