[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 83 (Tuesday, June 21, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D646-D647]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JUNE 22, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: 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.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Livestock 
Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999, 10:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Ronald E. Neumann, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Gregory L. Schulte, of 
Virginia, to be U.S. Representative to the Vienna Office of the 
United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be U.S. 
Representative 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 in the Bureau of Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian 
Assistance, Dina Habib Powell, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary 
of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, 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, Emil A. Skodon, of 
Illinois, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, and Henrietta 
Holsman Fore, of Nevada, to be Under Secretary of State for 
Management, Time to be announced, S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S.662, to reform the postal laws of the United 
States, S.457, to require the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget to issue guidance for, and provide oversight of, the 
management of micropurchases made with Governmentwide commercial 
purchase cards, S. 611, to establish a Federal Interagency Committee 
on Emergency Medical Services and a Federal Interagency Committee on 
emergency Medical Services Advisory Council, S. 37, to extend the 
special postage stamp for breast cancer research for 2 years, and 
the nominations of Linda Morrison Combs, of North Carolina, to be 
Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of 
Management and Budget, Linda M. Springer, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Director of the Office of Personnel Management, Laura A. Cordero, of 
the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior 
Court of the District of Columbia, and A. Noel Anketell Kramer, of 
the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the District 
of Columbia Court of Appeals, and several post office naming bills, 
10 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the In Re Tribal Lobbying Matters, Et Al, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to Review the Centennial of the 
USDA Forest Service, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on The Department of 
Homeland Security, hearing on U.S. Coast Guard, Deepwater Program, 
10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  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, hearing on Afghanistan: Operations 
and Reconstruction, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Budgeting in the Congress, 
Reflections on How the Budget Process Functions, 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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, Subcommittee on Health, to mark 
up H.R. 1132, National All Schedules Prescription Electronic 
Reporting Act of 2005; followed by a hearing entitled ``Medicaid 
Prescription Drugs: Examining Options for Payment Reform,'' 2 p.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Domestic and 
International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Combating Trafficking in Persons: An International 
Perspective,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Wasted Space, 
Wasted Dollars: The Need for Federal Real Property Management 
Reform,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  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, Subcommittee on Economic Security, 
Infrastructure, Protection, and

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Cybersecurity, hearing entitled ``Ensuring the Security of America's 
Borders through the Use of Biometric Passports and Other Identity 
Documents,'' 11 a.m., 2257 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Sudan: 
Consolidating Peace While Confronting Genocide, 10:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  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 Resources, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight 
hearing entitled ``Environmental Regulations and Water Supply 
Reliability,'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the Department of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
for Fiscal Year 2006, 6 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up H.R. 
2864, Water Resources Development Act of 2005, 11 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Aviation, oversight hearing on Airline Pensions: 
Avoiding Further Collapse, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.