[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 8, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D580-D581]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              JUNE 9, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Walter Lukken, of Indiana, to 
be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 
Reuben Jeffery, III, of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner 
and Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 2 p.m., 
SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark up H.R. 
2361, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, and to consider 302(b) subcommittee allocations 
of budget outlays and new budget authority allocated to the 
committee in H. Con. Res. 95, establishing the congressional budget 
for the United States Government for fiscal year 2006, revising 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2005, and setting forth 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 through 2010, 2 
p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider S. 582, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint 
coins in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the desegregation 
of the Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, and 
the nominations of Ben S. Bernanke, of New Jersey, to be a Member of 
the Council of Economic Advisers, and Brian D. Montgomery, of Texas, 
to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and 
Federal Housing Commissioner, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine general aviation (GA) security, the 
Transportation Security Administration's proposed plan to reopen 
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to GA operations, and to 
examine the security procedures followed during the recent air 
incursion that caused

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the emergency evacuation of the White House and the U.S. Capitol 
buildings, 11 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Richard J. Griffin, of Virginia, to be Director of 
the Office of Foreign Missions, and to have the rank of Ambassador, 
and Henrietta Holsman Fore, of Nevada, to be Under Secretary of 
State for Management, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Narcotics 
Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the Western Hemisphere 
initiative, regarding safety and convenience in cross-border travel, 
2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine protecting America's pensions plans from fraud, 
10 a.m., SD-430.
  Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness, to 
hold hearings to examine bringing promising medical countermeasures 
to bioshield, 2 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
pending health care related legislation, 10 a.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the Department of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, 
to mark up Fiscal Year 2006 appropriations, 9:30 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on PBGC's Unfunded Pension 
Liabilities: Will Taxpayers Have To Pay The Bill? 9:30 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Education Reform, hearing entitled ``The Role of Non-Profit 
Organizations in State and Local High School Reform Efforts,'' 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Issues before the U.S.-
China Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade,'' 1 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Patient Safety and 
Quality Initiatives,'' 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``Financial 
Services Regulatory Relief: The Regulators' Views,'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Assessing the 
Department of Homeland Security's Mission Effectiveness: Is it 
Enough to Meet the Terrorist Threat?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Economic Security, 
Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity, hearing entitled ``The 
Promise of Registered Traveler,'' 11 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, hearing on the Emergency 
Preparedness of the House and the Evacuation of May 11, 2005, 9:30 
a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, to continue markup of H.R. 
2601, Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 
2007; and to mark up H. Res. 199, Expressing the sense of the House 
of Representatives regarding the massacre at Srebrenica in July 
1995, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation, 
hearing entitled ``Proliferation Security Initiative: An Early 
Assessment,'' 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, 
and Intellectual Property, hearing on the Patent Act of 2005, 9 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing 
on the following: H.R. 764, To require the Attorney General to 
establish a Federal register of cases of child abuse or neglect; 
H.R. 95, Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender Public Database Act of 
2005; H.R. 1355, Child Predator's Act of 2005; H.R. 1505, Jessica 
Lunsford Act; H.R. 2423, Sex Offender Registration and Notification 
Act; H.R. 244, Save Our Children: Stop the Violent Predators Against 
Children DNA Act of 2005; and the DNA Enhancement and Child 
Protection Act of 2005, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, oversight 
hearing on ``Protection of our Nation's Children from Sexual 
Predators and Violent Criminals: What Needs to Be Done?'' 4 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, 
oversight hearing on ``The Olympic Family--Functional or 
Dysfunctional?'' 11:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, hearing on 
the following bills: H.R. 562, To authorize the Government of 
Ukraine to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of 
Columbia to honor the victims of the manmade famine that occurred in 
Ukraine in 1932-1933; H.R. 1096, To establish the Thomas Edison 
National Park in the State of New Jersey as the successor to the 
Thomas Edison Historic Site; and H.R. 1515, To adjust the boundary 
of the Barataria Preserve Unit of the Jean Lafitte National Historic 
Park and Preserve in the State of Louisiana, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, oversight hearing on Amtrak Food and Beverage Operations, 
9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to mark up H.R. 1220, Veterans' 
Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2005, 10:30 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing on Federal Foster Care Financing, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, to continue hearings on 
Protecting and Strengthening Social Security, 1 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 3, to authorize funds for 
Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs, 
3 p.m., 2167 RHOB.
  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the current 
economic outlook, 10 a.m., 2118 RHOB.