[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 64 (Monday, May 16, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D490-D491]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                         TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, 
to hold hearings to examine the progress of the Capitol Visitor 
Center, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 for the Department of Defense, 
2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the current legal and regulatory requirements and 
industry practices for credit card issuers with respect to consumer 
disclosures and marketing efforts, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine measures that have been taken since September 
11, 2001, to secure our nation's ports, focusing on the 
implementation of the Maritime Transportation Security Act and 
vulnerabilities that remain in the maritime transportation sector, 
10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider comprehensive energy legislation, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean 
Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety, to hold closed hearings to 
examine nuclear security, 9:30 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
activities of the Commission for Africa, focusing on recommendations 
for a coherent strategy for Africa, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Retirement Security and Aging, to hold hearings to examine the 
Administration's recommendations for the Older Americans Act 
Reauthorization, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations, to resume hearings to examine the 
United Nations' Oil-for-Food Program, the illegal surcharges paid on 
Iraqi oil sales, and the nature and extent of the 2003 Khor al-Amaya 
incident, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Border 
Security and Citizenship, with the Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Technology and Homeland Security, to hold joint hearings to examine 
strengthening our national security, regarding the need for 
comprehensive immigration reform, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing entitled ``High 
School Reform: Examining State and Local Efforts,'' 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing entitled 
``Examining Pay-for-Performance Measures and Other Trends in 
Employer-Sponsored Health Care,'' 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Subversion of Drug Testing 
Programs,'' 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Community Opportunity, hearing on H.R. 1999, State and Local Housing 
Flexibility Act of 2005, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce 
and Agency Organization, to consider the following bills: H.R. 994, 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian 
and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax 
basis and to allow a deduction for a TRICARE supplemental premiums; 
H.R. 1283, To provide that transit pass transportation fringe 
benefits be made available to all qualified Federal employees in the 
National Capital Region; to allow passenger carriers which are owned 
or leased by the Government to be used to transport Government 
employees between their place of employment and mass transit 
facilities; and H.R. 1765, Generating Opportunity by Forgiving 
Educational Debt for Service Act of 2005; followed by a hearing 
entitled ``Question: What is More Scrambled Than an Egg? Answer: the 
Federal Food Inspection Program,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and 
International Relations, hearing entitled ``Fostering Democracy in 
the Middle East: Defeating Terrorism with Ballots?'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, 
and Intellectual Property, oversight hearing on Intellectual 
Property Theft in China, 10 a.m., and an oversight hearing on 
Intellectual Property Theft in Russia, 12 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 1817, Department of Homeland 
Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, 2:30 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, to mark up the following: H.R. 50, National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Act; and a measure to 
establish a Science and Technology Scholarship Program to award 
scholarships to recruit and prepare students for careers in the 
National Weather Service and in Administration marine research, 
atmospheric research and satellite programs, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, 
hearing on Protecting and Strengthening Social Security, 2 p.m., B-
318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on the Future of the World Trade 
Organization, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.