[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 17, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D500-D501]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              MAY 18, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine Regulation NMS designed to strengthen our national market 
system for equity securities, focusing on recent market 
developments, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of David A. Sampson, of Texas, 
to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, and John J. Sullivan, of 
Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Department of Commerce, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Science and Space, to hold hearings to examine 
human spaceflight, 10:30 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: to hold hearings to 
examine eco-terrorism specifically examining the Earth Liberation 
Front (``ELF'') and the Animal Liberation Front (``ALF''), 9:30 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 1021, to reauthorize the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998, and the nomination of Raymond Simon, of Arkansas, to be 
Deputy Secretary of Education, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine FEMA's response to the 2004 Florida hurricanes, 
and its impact on taxpayers, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of 
Linda M. Springer, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold oversight hearings to examine 
issues relating to the taking of land into trust, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, to consider the following: Revised 
Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2006; the 
Military Quality of Life, and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies 
appropriations for Fiscal Year 2006, and the Energy and Water 
Development, and Related Agencies appropriations for Fiscal Year 
2006, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, to mark up H.R. 1815, National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up H.R. 2123, 
School Readiness Act of 2005, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, hearing on H.R. 1862, Drug Free Sports Act, 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Increasing Generic Drug 
Utilization: Saving Money for Patients,'' 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``Enhancing Data 
Security: The Regulators' Perspective,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following: H. 
Con. Res. 44, Recognizing the historical significance of the Mexican 
holiday of Cinco de Mayo; H. Con. Res. 89, Honoring the life of 
Sister Dorothy Stang; H. Con. Res. 149, Recognizing the 57th 
anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel; H. Res. 191, 
Urging the Government of Romania to recognize its responsibilities 
to provide equitable, prompt, and fair restitution to all religious 
communities for property confiscated by the former Communist 
government in Romania; H. Res. 272, Recognizing the historic steps 
India and Pakistan have taken toward achieving bilateral peace; H.R. 
273, Urging the withdrawal of all Syrian forces from Lebanon, 
support for free and fair democratic elections in Lebanon, and the 
development of democratic institutions and safeguards to foster 
sovereign democratic rule in Lebanon; a resolution Expressing the 
sense of the House of Representatives regarding anti-Semitism at the 
United Nations; and a resolution Welcoming His Excellency Hamid 
Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, on the occasion of his visit 
to the United States in May 2005, and expressing support for a 
strong and enduring strategic partnership between the United States 
and Afghanistan; followed by a hearing on Kosovo: Current and Future 
Status, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International 
Operations, hearing on UN Peacekeeping Reform: Seeking Greater 
Accountability and Integrity, 2:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia, to mark up the 
following: H. Con. Res. 149, Recognizing the 57th anniversary of the 
independence of the State of Israel; H. Res. 273, Urging the 
withdrawal of all Syrian

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forces from Lebanon, support for free and fair democratic elections 
in Lebanon, and the development of democratic institutions and 
safeguards to foster sovereign democratic rule in Lebanon; a 
resolution Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives 
regarding anti-Semitism at the United Nations; and a resolution 
Welcoming His Excellency Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, 
on the occasion of his visit to the United States in May 2005, and 
expressing support for a strong and enduring strategic partnership 
between the United States and Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
742, Occupational Safety and Health Employer Access to Justice Act 
of 2005; H.R. 2293, To provide special immigrant status for aliens 
as translators with the United States Armed Forces; to continue mark 
up of H.R. 800, Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act; and to 
markup the following bills: H.R. 554, Personal Responsibility in 
Food Consumption Act; H.R. 420, Lawsuit Abuse Reduction Act of 2005; 
and H.R. 744, Internet Spyware Prevention (I-SPY) Act of 2005, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up the following measures H.R. 38, 
Upper White Salmon Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; H.R. 125, To 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct facilities to 
provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and 
other uses from the Santa Margarita River, California; H.R. 362, 
Ojito Wilderness Act; H.R. 394, To direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a boundary study to evaluate the significance of 
the Colonel James Barrett Farm in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts 
and the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the National 
Park System as apart of the Minuteman National Historical Park; H.R. 
432, Betty Dick Residence Protection Act; H.R. 481, Sand Creek 
Massacre National Historic Site Establishment Act of 2005; H.R. 517, 
Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination 
Reauthorization Act of 2005; H.R. 539, Caribbean National Forest Act 
of 2005; H.R. 599, Federal Lands Restoration, Enhancement, Public 
Education, and Information Resources Act of 2005; H.R. 774, Rocky 
Mountain National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2005; H.R. 853, To 
remove certain restrictions on the Mammoth Community Water 
District's ability to use certain property acquired by that District 
from the United States; H.R. 873, Northern Marianas Delegate Act; 
H.R. 975, Trail Responsibility and Accountability for the 
Improvement of Lands Act; 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; 
H.R. 1428, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Reauthorization Act 
of 2005; H.R. 1492, To provide for the preservation of the historic 
confinement sites where Japanese Americans were detained during 
World War II; H.R. 1797, Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane 
Reservation Grand Coulee Dam Equitable Compensation Settlement Act; 
H.R. 1905, Small Tracts Reform Act; H.R. 2130, Marine Mammal 
Protection Act Amendments of 2005; and the National Geologic Mapping 
Reauthorization Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth,
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Research, hearing on The 
National Nanotechnology Initiative: Review and Outlook, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to consider the 
following: GSA 3314 (b) Resolutions; H. Con. Res. 145, Expressing 
the sense of Congress in support of a national bike month and in 
appreciation of cyclists and others for promoting bicycle safety and 
the benefits of cycling; H. Res. 243, Recognizing the Coast Guard, 
the Coast Guard Auxiliary, and the National Safe Boating Council for 
their efforts to promote National Safe Boating Week; H.R. 624, To 
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize 
appropriations for sewer overflow control grants; H.R. 889, Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2005; and H.R. 1359, To 
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the pilot 
program for alternative water source projects, 11 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, oversight 
hearing on the use and development of telemedicine technologies in 
the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing on Protections for Foster Children Enrolled in Clinical 
Trials, 2 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.