[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 86 (Friday, June 24, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D670-D673]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of June 27 through July 2, 2005

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 3 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 2361, 
Interior Appropriations.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 6, Energy Policy 
Act, with a vote on final passage of the bill to occur at 9:45 a.m. 
Also, Senate will continue consideration of H.R. 2361, Interior 
Appropriations.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to complete action on 
H.R. 2361, Interior Appropriations, and begin consideration of H.R. 
2360, Homeland Security Appropriations, and will consider any other 
cleared legislative and executive business, including any other 
appropriation bills, when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: June 28, to 
hold hearings to examine the Agricultural Risk Protection Act of 
2000 and related crop insurance issues, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: June 28, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction and Veterans' Affairs and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine the Commission on the Review of Overseas 
Military Facility Structure of the United States (Overseas Basing 
Commission) Report on the U.S. overseas military basing posture, 4 
p.m., SD-138.
  June 28, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, business meeting to mark up proposed legislation making 
appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for the Department of State and 
foreign operations, 4:30 p.m., SD-116.
  June 30, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for fiscal year 2006 for the 
Department of State and foreign operations, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 29, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of General Peter Pace, USMC, for reappointment to 
the grade of general and to be Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
Admiral Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr., USN, for reappointment to the 
grade of admiral and to be Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
General T. Michael Moseley, USAF, for reappointment to the grade of 
general and to be Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Eric S. Edelman, 
of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Daniel R. 
Stanley, of Kansas, to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Legislative Affairs, and James A. Rispoli, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management, 9:30 
a.m., SD-106.
  June 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the status of 
the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps in fighting the global war on 
terrorism, 9:30 a.m., SR-325.

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  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 29, to 
hold hearings to examine Spectrum-DTV, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention and Prediction, to 
hold hearings to examine national weather service-severe weather, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Technology, Innovation, and 
Competitiveness, to hold hearings to examine how information 
technology can reduce medical errors, lower healthcare costs, and 
improve the quality of patient care, including the importance of 
developing interoperable electronic medical records and highlight 
new technologies that will impact how health services are provided 
in the future, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 28, Subcommittee 
on National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 206, to designate 
the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, S. 556, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to 
jointly conduct a study of certain land adjacent to the Walnut 
Canyon National Monument in the State of Arizona, S. 588, to amend 
the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to jointly conduct a study 
on the feasibility of designating the Arizona Trail as a national 
scenic trail or a national historic trail, and S. 955, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to 
determine the suitability and feasibility of including in the 
National Park System certain sites in Williamson County, Tennessee, 
relating to the Battle of Franklin, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: June 28, business meeting to mark up S. 
1307, to implement the Dominican Republic-Central America-United 
States Free Trade Agreement, and S.J. Res. 18, approving the renewal 
of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and 
Democracy Act of 2003, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine threatening 
the health care safety net regarding Medicaid waste, fraud and 
abuse, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  June 29, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine 
threatening the health care safety net regarding Medicaid waste, 
fraud and abuse, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, to hold 
hearings to examine savings and investment issues, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 29, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of John Ross Beyrle, of Michigan, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, Marie L. Yovanovitch, of 
Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, Robert H. 
Tuttle, of California, to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and Ronald Spogli, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Italian Republic, 2:30 p.m., SD-
419.
  June 29, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and 
Trade Promotion, to hold hearings to examine U.S. economic 
development strategy and the south Caucasus, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50.
  June 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine challenges of 
the Middle East road map, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 29, 
business meeting to consider S. 681, to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to establish a National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank 
Network to prepare, store, and distribute human umbilical cord blood 
stem cells for the treatment of patients and to support peer-
reviewed research using such cells, and any nominations cleared for 
action, 9:50 a.m., SD-430.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Education and Early Childhood 
Development, to hold hearings to examine issues relating to American 
history, 3 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 28, 
Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine the security 
clearance process of the Department of Defense (DOD), focusing on 
the transfer of investigative responsibilities from DOD to the 
Office of Personnel Management (OPM), including the impact this 
shift will have on the ability to investigate and adjudicate 
security clearances in a thorough and expeditious manner, including 
strategies employed by DOD and OPM to remove the Personnel Security 
Clearance Program from the high-risk list, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  June 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
vulnerabilities in the United States passport system, 9:30 a.m., SD-
562.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 28, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine regulation of Indian gaming, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  June 29, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S.J. Res. 
15, to acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-
conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian 
tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the 
United States, S. 374, to provide compensation to the Lower Brule 
and Crow Creek Sioux Tribes of South Dakota for damage to tribal 
land caused by Pick-Sloan projects along the Missouri River, S. 113, 
to modify the date as of which certain tribal land of the Lytton 
Rancheria of California is deemed to be held in trust, S. 881, to 
provide for equitable compensation to the Spokane Tribe of Indians 
of the Spokane Reservation for the use of tribal land for the 
production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam, S. 449, to 
facilitate shareholder consideration of proposals to make Settlement 
Common Stock under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act available 
to missed enrollees, eligible elders, and eligible persons born 
after December 18, 1971, H.R. 797 and S. 475, bills to amend the 
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 
1996 and other Acts to improve housing programs for Indians, S. 623, 
to direct the Secretary of Interior to convey certain land held in 
trust for the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah to the City of Richfield, 
Utah, S. 598, to reauthorize provisions in the Native American 
Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 relating to 
Native Hawaiian low-income housing and Federal loan guarantees for 
Native Hawaiian housing, proposed legislation to condemn certain 
subsurface rights

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to land held in trust by the State of Arizona, and convey subsurface 
rights held by Bureau of Land Management, for the Pascua Yaqui 
Tribe, proposed legislation to authorize funding for the National 
Indian Gaming Commission, S. 1239, to amend the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act to permit the Indian Health Service, an Indian 
tribe, a tribal organization, or an urban Indian organization to pay 
the monthly part D premium of eligible Medicare beneficiaries, S. 
1231, to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act to modify provisions relating to the National Fund 
for Excellence in American Indian Education, proposed legislation to 
require former Federal employees who are employed by tribes to 
adhere to conflict of interest rules, and proposed legislation to 
amend the Tribally Controlled Community College and Universities 
Assistance Act, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 30, business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and 
Citizenship, to hold hearings to examine securing the cooperation of 
participating countries relating to the need for comprehensive 
immigration reform, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 29, to hold a closed 
briefing regarding certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  June 30, Full Committee, to hold a closed briefing regarding 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: June 28, to hold hearings to examine 
the structure of the Medicaid program and its use of mandatory and 
optional populations and benefits, focusing on how Congress can meet 
its budgetary obligations to find savings in Medicaid and strengthen 
the Program for the long-term, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50.
  June 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
importance of prevention in curing Medicare, 10 a.m., SH-216.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, June 28, Subcommittee on Military 
Quality of Life, and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, on 
Veterans Affairs, 9 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 28, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing on the religious climate at the U.S. Air Force 
Academy, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces and the 
Subcommittee on Projection Forces, joint hearing on Small Business 
Technologies, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 28, Subcommittee on 
Education Reform, hearing entitled ``How the Private Sector is 
Helping States and Communities Improve High School Education,'' 2 
p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 29, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 2830, Pension Protection 
Act of 2005, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 28, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on H.R. 2355, Health Care Choice Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 30, Subcommittee on Housing 
and Community Opportunity, hearing on H.R. 3043, Zero Downpayment 
Pilot Program Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, June 28, hearing entitled ``Under 
Fire: Does the District of Columbia's Gun Ban Help or Hurt the Fight 
Against Crime?'' 2:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, hearing entitled 
``The Impact of Regulation on U.S. Manufacturing: Spotlight on 
Department of Labor and Department of Transportation,'' 2 p.m., 2203 
Rayburn.
  June 29, full Committee, hearing entitled ``To Lead or To Follow: 
The Next Generation Internet and the Transition to IPv6,'' 2 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Interrupting Narco-terrorist Threats 
on the High Seas: Do We Have Enough Wind in Our Sails?'' 2 p.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Energy and Resources, hearing entitled 
``The Next Generation of Nuclear Power,'' 2 p.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency 
Organization, hearing entitled ``Yucca Mountain Project: Digging for 
the Truth,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 30, full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Next Flu Pandemic: 
Evaluating U.S. Readiness,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, June 28, Subcommittee on 
Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack, hearing entitled 
``Pathways to the Bomb: Security of Fissile Materials Abroad,'' 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure 
Protection, and Cybersecurity, hearing entitled ``Improving Pre-
Screening of Aviation Passengers against Terrorist and Other Watch 
Lists,'' 10 a.m., room to be announced.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight, 
hearing entitled ``Transforming the Department of Homeland Security 
Through Mission-based Budgeting,'' 3 p.m., room to be announced.
  Committee on International Relations, June 29, briefing and 
hearing on The Global Water Crisis: Evaluating U.S. Strategies to 
Enhance Access to Safe Water and Sanitation, 10:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia, hearing 
on Iraq's Transition to Democracy, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, to mark up the 
following measures: H.R. 611, Haiti Economic and Infrastructure 
Reconstruction Act; H.R. 953, Social Investment and Economic 
Development Fund for the Americas Act of 2005; H.R. 1213, Caribbean 
Basin Trade Enhancement Act of 2005; and H. Con. Res. 175, 
Acknowledging African descendants of the transatlantic slave trade 
in all of the Americas with an emphasis on descendants in Latin 
America and the Caribbean, recognizing the injustices suffered by 
these African descendants, and recommending that the United States 
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Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the Caribbean, 2 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  June 30, to mark up the following: H.R. 611, Haiti Economic and 
Infrastructure Reconstruction Act; H.R. 2017, Torture Victims Relief 
Reauthorization Act of 2005; the East Asia Security Act of 2005; H. 
Con. Res. 140, Recognizing and affirming the efforts of the Great 
Lakes Governors and Premiers in developing a common standard for 
decisions relating to withdrawal of water from the Great Lakes and 
urging that management authority over the Great Lakes should remain 
vested with the Governors and Premiers; H. Con. Res. 168, Condemning 
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for the abductions and 
continued captivity of citizens of the Republic of Korea and Japan 
as acts of terrorism and gross violations of human rights; H. Con. 
Res. 175, Acknowledging African descendants of the transatlantic 
slave trade in all of the Americas with an emphasis on descendants 
in Latin America and the Caribbean, recognizing the injustices 
suffered by these African descendants, and recommending that the 
United States and the international community work to improve the 
situation of Afro-descendant communities in Latin America and the 
Caribbean; a resolution expressing the sense of Congress concerning 
Uzbekistan; H. Con. Res. 191, Commemorating the 60th anniversary of 
the conclusion of the war in the Pacific and honoring veterans of 
both the Pacific and Atlantic theaters of the Second World War; H. 
Res. 328, Recognizing the 25th anniversary of the workers' strikes 
in Poland in 1980 that led to the establishment of the Solidarity 
Trade Union; and H. Res. 333, Supporting the goals and ideals of a 
National Weekend of Prayer and Reflection for Darfur, Sudan, 10:30 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and 
International Operations, hearing on The G8 Summit and Africa's 
Development, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 30, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and 
Nonproliferation, hearing on Nonproliferation and the G-8, 2:30 
p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 28, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, hearing on the Health Act, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on the Legal Services Corporation: A Review of Leasing 
Choices and Landlord Relations, 12 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, 
hearing on H.R. 2933, Alien Gang Removal Act of 2005, 3 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, 
oversight hearing entitled ``Immigration Removal Procedures 
Implemented in the Aftermath of the September 11th Attacks,'' 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, June 30, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources, oversight hearing entitled ``The Vast North 
American Resource Potential of Oil Shale, Oil Sands, and Heavy 
Oils--Part 2,'' 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, June 27, to consider the following 
appropriations bills: H.R. 3057, Making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2006; and H.R. 3058, Making appropriations 
for the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and 
Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, and 
independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 
5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, June 28, hearing on The Future of NASA, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and Standard, 
hearing on Small Business Innovation and Research: What is the 
Optimal role of Venture Capital?'' 3 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Research, hearing on Nanotechnology: 
Where Does the U.S. Stand? 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 28, Subcommittee on Workforce, 
Empowerment and Government Programs, hearing entitled ``How the 
Clean Air Act Affects Auto Repair,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, Agriculture and 
Technology, hearing entitled ``Different Applications for 
Genetically Modified Crops,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 29, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, oversight 
hearing on the Implementation of the Maritime Transportation 
Security Act, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 29, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, oversight hearing on the Transition Assistance and 
Disabled Transition Assistance Programs (TAP/DTAP), 2 p.m., 334 
Cannon.
  June 30, full Committee, oversight hearing on the Department of 
Veterans Affairs' necessity to reprogram $1 billion to the medical 
services account in Fiscal Years 2005 and its implication for Fiscal 
Year 2006, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 28, Subcommittee on Select 
Revenue Measures, hearing on Funding Rules for Multiemployer Defined 
Benefit Plans in H.R. 2830, Pension Protection Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing to Examine Tax Fraud 
Committed by Prison Inmates, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 30, executive, 
Briefing on Global Updates, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.