[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 84 (Wednesday, June 22, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D656-D657]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 23, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to markup H.R. 2744, 
making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, 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, and H.R. 
2985, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 2 p.m., SD-106.

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  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine United 
States military strategy and operations in Iraq, 9:30 a.m., SR-325.
  Full Committee, to hold a closed briefing to examine Iraqi 
security forces, 3:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider pending Calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine United States-
China economic relations, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine issues 
relative to developing an HIV/AIDS vaccine, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to meet to 
discuss the Family Medical Leave Act, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Federal 
Financial Management, Government Information, and International 
Security, to hold oversight hearings to examine disparities in 
federal HIV/AIDS CARE programs, focusing on the effectiveness of 
CARE Act funding allocations in ensuring that all Americans living 
with HIV are provided access to core medical services and life-
saving AIDS medications, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of James B. Letten, to be United States Attorney for the 
Eastern District of Louisiana, and Rod J. Rosenstein, to be United 
States Attorney for the District of Maryland, both of the Department 
of Justice, S. 1088, to establish streamlined procedures for 
collateral review of mixed petitions, amendments, and defaulted 
claims, S. 155, to increase and enhance law enforcement resources 
committed to investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to 
deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens 
and communities from violent criminals, to revise and enhance 
criminal penalties for violent crimes, to reform and facilitate 
prosecution of juvenile gang members who commit violent crimes, to 
expand and improve gang prevention programs, S. 751, to require 
Federal agencies, and persons engaged in interstate commerce, in 
possession of data containing personal information, to disclose any 
unauthorized acquisition of such information, and committee rules of 
procedure for the 109th Congress, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  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 Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
pending veterans benefits related legislation, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the Progress of the Iraqi 
Security Forces, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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, 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 Homeland Security, 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,, Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Human Rights and International Operations, hearing on 
Implementing the 1998 Torture Victims Relief Act, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International 
Operations, to mark up the following measures: H.R. 2017, Torture 
Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2005; and H. Con. Res. 168, 
Condemning the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for the 
abductions and continue captivity of citizens of the Republic of 
Korea and Japan as acts of terrorism and gross violations, 5 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, to mark up the following: H.R. 184, Controlled 
Substances Export Reform Act of 2005; H.R. 869, to amend the 
Controlled Substances Act to lift the patent limitation on 
prescribing drug addiction treatments by medical practitioners in 
group practices; and the United States Parole Commission Extension 
and Sentencing Commission Authority Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 518, Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Improvement 
Act of 2005; and H.R. 2693, Great Ape Conservation Reauthorization 
Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  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, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing to 
review the Tax Deduction for Facade Easements, 2 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, to continue hearings on 
Protecting and Strengthening Social Security, 10 a.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, Briefing on 
Global Updates, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.