[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 25, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D549-D551]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 26, 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 Commerce, 2 p.m., S-146, 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, to 
hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 
for the U.S. Agency for International Development, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings to 
examine the report to Congress on international economic and exchange 
rate policies, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation, to hold hearings to examine aviation capacity and congestion 
challenges regarding summer 2005 and future demand, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to consider 
comprehensive energy legislation, focusing on provisions relating to oil 
and gas, and incentives for innovative technology, and other related 
issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.

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  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, 
Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Dina Habib Powell, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of 
State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, and Sean Ian McCormack, of 
the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Public 
Affairs, 10:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Rodolphe 
M. Vallee, of Vermont, to be Ambassador to the Slovak Republic, Molly 
Hering Bordonaro, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malta, 
and Ann Louise Wagner, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to Luxembourg, 2:30 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold hearings 
to examine issues relating to the 21st century workplace, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine the container 
security initiative and the customs-trade partnership against terrorism, 
focusing on how Customs utilizes container security initiative and 
customs trade partnership against terrorism in connection with its other 
enforcement programs and review the requirements for and challenges 
involved in transitioning these from promising risk management concepts 
to effective and sustained enforcement operations, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International 
Security, to hold hearings to examine federal funding for private 
research and development, focusing on effectiveness of federal financing 
of private research and development, and whether some of these programs 
result in the development of new technologies or displace private 
investment, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  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, pending nominations:, and 
committee rules for the 109th Congress, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship, to hold 
hearings to examine the need for comprehensive immigration reform 
relating to the national economy, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine challenges 
facing the VA claims adjudication and appeal process, 2 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to consider 
certain intelligence matters, 9 a.m., SH-219.


                                  House

  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections, hearing on the following measures: the Improving Access to 
Workers' Compensation for Injured Federal Workers Act; and H.R. 697, 
Federal Firefighters Fairness Act of 2005, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing on the Administration's Clear Skies Initiative, 2 p.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``The Threat of and Planning 
for Pandemic Flu,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing on the DTV 
Transition Act of 2005, 11:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``The First Line of Defense: The Role of 
Financial Institutions in Detecting Financial Crimes,'' 9:30 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to mark up H.R. 2565, to reauthorize 
the Office of National Drug Control Policy and to establish minimum drug 
testing standards for major professional sports leagues; followed by a 
hearing entitled ``Federal Student Loan Program: Are They Meeting the 
Needs of Students and Schools?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear 
and Biological Attack, hearing entitled ``Building a Nuclear Bomb: 
Identifying Early Indicators of Terrorist Activities,'' 1 p.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, to mark up H.R. 1316, 527 Fairness 
Act of 2005, 2 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Human Rights and International Operations, to mark up the following 
measures: H.R. 2601, Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 
2006 and 2007; and H. Res. 199, Expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives regarding the massacre at Srebrenica in July 1995, 1 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on the United States and 
Northeast Asia, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, oversight hearing on the Implementation of the USA 
PATRIOT Act: Section 505 and 804. Section 505 of the Act Addresses 
National Security Letters; Section 804 of the Act Addresses Jurisdiction 
Over Crimes Committed at U.S. Facilities Abroad; and Material Witness 
Provisions of the Criminal Code, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, oversight 
hearing on Public Access within the National Wildlife Refuge System, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, 
Agriculture and Technology and the Subcommittee on Tax, Finance and 
Exports, joint hearing on Does China Enact Barriers to Fair Trade? 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on the Tax-Exempt Hospital Sector, 
10 a.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, Briefing on 
Global Updates, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.