[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 61 (Wednesday, May 11, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D470-D471]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 12, 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 the proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2006 for the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation (Amtrak), 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, 
to hold hearings to examine the proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2006 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA), 2 p.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 
to hold hearings to examine the proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2006 for the Department of State and foreign operations, 2 
p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: closed business meeting to continue 
markup of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2006, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine S. 967, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 
to ensure that prepackaged news stories contain announcements that 
inform viewers that the information within was provided by the 
United States Government, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be the U.S. 
Representative to the United Nations, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador, and the U.S. Representative in the Security Council of 
the United Nations, and to be U.S. Representative to the Sessions of 
the General Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of 
service as U.S. Representative to the United Nations, 10 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 852, 
to create a fair and efficient system to resolve claims of victims 
for bodily injury caused by asbestos exposure, the nominations of 
Terrence W. Boyle, of North Carolina, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Fourth Circuit, William H. Pryor, Jr., of Alabama, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, and Brett 
M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
District of Columbia Circuit, and the committee's rules of procedure 
for the 109th Congress, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Rachel Brand, of Iowa, Alice S. Fisher, of Virginia, and Regina B. 
Schofield, of Virginia, each to be an Assistant Attorney General, 
Department of Justice, 4 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine issues 
relating to the planning, providing, and paying for veterans' long-
term care, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider pending intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine the threat 
of HIV affecting people over fifty, 3 p.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the Departments of 
Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the 
Judiciary, District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies, on the 
Saint Lawrence Seaway, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, to mark up Fiscal Year 2006 appropriations, 2 p.m., 2362 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life, and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, to mark up Fiscal Year 2006 appropriations, 11 
a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness, to mark up 
H.R. 1815, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, 
9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to mark up H.R. 1815, National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, 11 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.

[[Page D471]]


  Subcommittee on Tactical and Land Forces, to mark up H.R. 1815, 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, 1 p.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing entitled ``Examining Voluntary 
Compliance Programs that Improve Occupational Safety and Health,'' 
10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Specialty Hospitals: Assessing Their Role in the Delivery 
of Quality Health Care,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``Helping 
Consumers Obtain the Credit They Deserve,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Securing Our 
Borders: What Have We Learned From Government Initiatives and 
Citizen Patrols?'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Human Rights and International Operations, hearing entitled 
``Foreign Relations Authorization for FY 2005-2006: Embassy and 
Border Security,'' 11 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation, 
hearing entitled ``Reviewing the State Department's Annual Report on 
Terrorism,'' 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up H.R. 1817, Department of 
Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, hearing 
on H.R. 98, Illegal Immigration Enforcement and Social Security 
Protection Act of 2005, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, hearing on 
the following bills: H.R. 323, To redesignate the Ellis Island 
Library on the third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, 
located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the ``Bob Hope 
Memorial Library;'' H.R. 774, Rocky Mountain National Park Boundary 
Adjustment Act of 2005; and H.R. 1084, To authorize the 
establishment at Antietam National Battlefield of a memorial to the 
officers and enlisted men of the Fifth, Sixth, and Ninth New 
Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiments and the First New Hampshire 
Light Artillery Battery who fought in the Battle of Antietam on 
September 17, 1862, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, hearing on the Future of Computer Science 
Research in the U.S., 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on the Coast Guard 
Amendments of 2005, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, oversight hearing on the U.S. Department of Labor, 
Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS), 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to consider pending Committee 
business; followed by a hearing on Alternatives to Strengthen Social 
Security, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, Briefing on 
Global Updates, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.