[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 81 (Friday, June 17, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D628-D631]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 20 through June 25, 2005

                             Senate Chamber

  OnMonday, at 2 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 6, 
Energy Policy Act. Also, at 5 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of 
the nomination of John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be U.S. 
Representative to the United Nations, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador, and the U.S. Representative in the Security Council of the 
United Nations, and at 6 p.m., Senate will consider and agree to the 
motion to proceed to the motion to reconsider the vote by which the 
motion to invoke cloture on the nomination was not agreed to, agree to 
the motion to reconsider, and then proceed to the vote on the motion to 
invoke cloture on the nomination.
  OnTuesday, Senate will continue consideration of H.R. 6, Energy 
Policy Act. During the balance of

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the week, Senate expects to complete action on H.R. 6, Energy Policy 
Act, and will consider any other cleared legislative and executive 
business, including appropriation bills, when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: June 22, to 
hold hearings to examine the nomination of Richard A. Raymond, of 
Nebraska, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety, 10 
a.m., SR-328A.
  June 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Livestock 
Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999, 10:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: June 21, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Justice, Science and Related Agencies, business meeting to mark up 
H.R. 2862, making appropriations for Science, the Departments of 
State, Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2006, 2 p.m., S-128, Capitol.
  June 21, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and 
Related Agencies, business meeting to mark up H.R. 2744, making 
appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, 3 p.m., SD-192.
  June 23, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up H.R. 2744, 
making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, and proposed legislation making appropriations 
for fiscal year 2006 for the Legislative Branch, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 21, to hold a closed briefing on 
the nature of the evolving Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) 
threat and the Department of Defense's approach to addressing this 
threat, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 21, to hold 
hearings to examine regulatory relief proposals, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 21, 
Subcommittee on Fisheries and Coast Guard, to hold hearings to 
examine the Coast Guard's revised deepwater implementation plan, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  June 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine telecom 
mergers, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine 
financial stability of airlines, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  June 23, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 22, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine grants management within the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 23, to hold hearings to examine United 
States-China economic relations, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 21, to hold hearings to 
examine the United States policy toward Russia, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  June 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Larry Miles Dinger, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of the Fiji Islands, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Nauru, the 
Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Republic of Kiribati; Joseph A. 
Mussomeli, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia; 
and Emil A. Skodon, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to Brunei 
Darussalam, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  June 22, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Ronald E. Neumann, of Virginia, a Career Member of 
the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of 
America to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan; Gregory L. Schulte, 
of Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of America to 
the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador; 
Michael E. Hess, of New York, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development; and Dina 
Habib Powell, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Educational and Cultural Affairs), Time to be announced, S-116, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 23, to 
meet to discuss the Family Medical Leave Act, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 21, 
to hold hearings to examine issues relating to juvenile diabetes, 
focusing on the personal toll on families, financial costs to the 
Federal health care system, and research progress toward a cure, 10 
a.m., SH-216.
  June 22, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  June 23, Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and 
International Security, to hold oversight hearings to examine 
disparities in Federal HIV/AIDS CARE programs, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 22, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine the In Re Tribal Lobbying Matters, Et Al, 9:30 a.m., SH-
216.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 23, Subcommittee on Constitution, 
Civil Rights and Property Rights, to hold hearings to examine the 
consequences of Roe V. Wade and Doe V. Bolton, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: June 21, to hold hearings 
to examine the issue of voter verification in the Federal elections 
process, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: June 23, to hold hearings to 
examine pending veterans benefits related legislation, 10 a.m., SR-
418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 22, to hold a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  June 23, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

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                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 22, hearing to Review the 
Centennial of the USDA Forest, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 22, Subcommittee on Department 
of Homeland Security, on U.S. Coast Guard, Deepwater Program, 2 
p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Science, The Departments of State, 
Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies, on United Nations Task 
Force, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 21, hearing to review Marine 
Corps force protection, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  June 22, hearing on Afghanistan: Operations and Reconstruction, 10 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, June 22, hearing on Budgeting in the 
Congress, Reflections on How the Budget Process Functions, 10 a.m., 
210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 22, Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations, to mark up H.R. 2830, Pension 
Protection Act of 2005, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 21, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``The United Nations 
Oil-For-Food Program: A Review of the 661 Sanctions Committee,'' 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Medicaid 
Prescription Drugs: Examining Options for Payment Reform,'' 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, 
hearing entitled ``Reauthorization of the National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 22, Subcommittee on Domestic 
and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Combating Trafficking in Persons: An International 
Perspective,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``Banking on Retirement Security: A 
Guaranteed Rate of Return,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, June 21, Subcommittee on Criminal 
Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources, hearing entitled 
``Authorizing the President's Vision: Making Permanent The Faith-
Based and Community Initiative--H.R. 1054, Tools for Community 
Initiatives Act,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 21, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and 
International Relations hearing entitled ``The Development Fund for 
Iraq: U.S. Management of Iraq Oil Proceeds and Compliance with U.N. 
Security Council Resolution 1483,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 22, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Wasted Space, Wasted 
Dollars: The Need for Federal Real Property Management Reform,'' 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and 
Accountability, to consider pending business; followed by a hearing 
entitled ``The Evolution of Federal Financial Management--A Review 
of the Need to Consolidate, Simplify, and Streamline,'' 2 p.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, June 21, Subcommittee on 
Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment, 
hearing entitled ``Using Open-Source Information Effectively,'' 10 
a.m., room to be announced.
  June 21, Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological 
Attack and the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and 
Technology, joint hearing entitled ``Detecting Nuclear Weapons and 
Radiological Materials: How Effective Is Available Technology?'' 2 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure, 
Protection, and Cybersecurity, hearing entitled ``Ensuring the 
Security of America's Borders through the Use of Biometric Passports 
and Other Identity Documents,'' 11 a.m., room to be announced.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science and 
Technology and the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and 
Oversight, joint hearing entitled ``The National Training Program: 
Is Anti-Terrorism Training for First Responders Efficient and 
Effective,'' 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, June 20, Subcommittee on 
Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations, hearing on 
Human Rights in Vietnam, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 21, Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia, hearing 
on Democracy in the Middle East: Toward an Inter-Arab Democratic 
Charter, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 22, full Committee, hearing on Sudan: Consolidating Peace 
While Confronting Genocide, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats, hearing on 
The EU Constitution and U.S.-EU Relations: The Recent Referenda in 
France and the Netherlands and the U.S.-EU Summit, 2:15 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 21, Subcommittee on Courts, the 
Internet, and Intellectual Property, oversight hearing on Copyright 
Office Views on Music Licensing Reform, 10 a.m., and to hold a 
hearing on H.R. 1229, Federal Consent Decree Fairness Act, 5:15 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 21, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, 
oversight hearing on the Lack of Worksite Enforcement and Employer 
Sanctions, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, June 22, Subcommittee on Water and Power, 
oversight hearing entitled ``Environmental Regulations and Water 
Supply Reliability,'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing entitled ``The Vast North American Resource Potential of Oil 
Shale, Oil Sands, and Heavy Oils,'' Part 1, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 518, Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation 
Improvement Act of 2005; and

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H.R. 2693, Great Ape Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2005, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, June 20, to consider the following: H.J. Res. 
10, Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
authorizing the Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the 
flag of the United States; and H.R. 2475, Intelligence Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2006, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  June 21, to consider the Legislative Branch Appropriations for 
Fiscal Year 2006, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, June 21, Subcommittee on Regulatory 
Reform and Oversight, hearing on Veteran's Access to Capital, 2 
p.m., 311 Cannon.
  June 21, Subcommittee on Workforce, Empowerment, and Government 
Programs, hearing entitled ``Union Salting--Organizing Against Small 
Business, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 21, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, oversight 
hearing on Deepwater Implementation, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  June 21, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings 
and Emergency Management, oversight hearing on The Judiciary's 
Ability to Pay for Current and Future Space Needs, 1 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  June 22, Subcommittee on Aviation, oversight hearing on Airline 
Pensions: Avoiding Further Collapse, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 23, to mark up H.R. 1220, 
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2005, 9:30 
a.m., followed by an oversight hearing to examine the budget 
modeling and methodologies used by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs to develop and forecast veterans' health care cost and 
utilization projections for future years, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 21 and 23, Subcommittee on 
Social Security, to continue hearings on Protecting and 
Strengthening Social Security, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing to review the Tax 
Deduction for Facade Easements, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.