[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 69 (Monday, May 23, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D530-D531]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                              MAY 24, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
State, and the Judiciary, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 for the Department of Justice, 
10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine S. 529, to designate a United States Anti-Doping 
Agency and to examine the competitive pressures that lead amateur 
athletes to use drugs, the sources of such drugs, and the science of 
doping, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Eduardo Aguirre, Jr., of Texas, to be Ambassador to 
Spain and Andorra, Julie Finley, of the District of Columbia, to be 
U.S. Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation 
in Europe, with the rank of Ambassador, Victoria Nuland, of 
Connecticut, to be Permanent Representative of the United States of 
America on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 
with the rank and status of Ambassador, and John F. Tefft, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to Georgia, and Craig Roberts Stapleton, 
of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to France, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Oversight 
of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of 
Columbia, to hold an oversight hearing to examine a review of the 
U.S. Office of Special Counsel, focusing on safeguarding the merit 
system by protecting federal employees and applicants from 
prohibited personnel practices, especially reprisal for 
whistleblowing, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, and International Security, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the competitive effects of specialty hospitals, 2 
p.m., SD-562.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to resume hearings to examine 
the USA Patriot Act (P.L. 107-56), 9:30 a.m., SD-106.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, hearing to Review the U.S. Grain Standards Act, 
10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, 
to mark up the Fiscal Year 2006 appropriations, 2 p.m., H-140 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and 
Commerce, and Related Agencies, to mark up the Fiscal Year 2006 
appropriations, 9:30 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Select 
Education, hearing entitled ``An Examination of the Older Americans 
Act,'' 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Reducing the Threat of Nuclear Terrorism: 
A Review of the Department of Energy's Global Threat Reduction 
Initiative, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Community Opportunity and the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit, joint hearing entitled ``Legislative Solutions 
to Abusive Mortgage Lending Practices,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federalism and the 
Census, hearing entitled ``Bringing Community Development Block 
Grant Program (CDBG) Spending into the 21st Century: Introducing 
Accountability and Meaningful Performance Measures into the Decades-
Old CDBG Program,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Management, 
Integration, and Oversight, hearing entitled ``Training More Border 
Patrol Agents: How the Department of Homeland Security Can Increase 
Training Capacity Most Effectively,'' 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution and 
the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, joint 
oversight hearing on Economic Development and the Dormant Commerce 
Clause: The Lessons of Curo v. Daimler Chrysler and Its Effect on 
State Taxation Affecting Interstate Commerce,'' 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, 
oversight hearing on the Federal Fish Hatchery System, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight hearing on 
Current Obstacles in Biomass Utilization: A GAO Report on Problems 
Agencies Face in the utilization of Woody Biomass, and the extent to 
which they are addressing these problems, 3:30 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on H.R. 1071, 
Desalination Drought Protection Act of 2005, and a hearing entitled 
``Reducing Power and other Costs of the Desalination Process,'' 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 1815, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, 2:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Workforce, 
Empowerment, and Government Programs and the Subcommittee on 
Economic Opportunity of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, joint 
hearing entitled ``How Are Our Veteran-Owned Small Business Owners 
Being Served?'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.J. Res. 27, Withdrawing 
the approval of the United States from the Agreement establishing 
the World Trade Organization, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing on Tax Credits 
for Electricity Production from Renewable Sources, 2 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, to continue hearings on 
Protecting and Strengthening Social Security, 2 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to mark up 
H.R. 2475, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, 
12:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.