[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 87 (Monday, June 27, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D680-D681]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JUNE 28, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: 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: 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.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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: 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.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine threatening the health care 
safety net regarding Medicaid waste, fraud and abuse, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on 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.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
regulation of Indian gaming, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
shortfall in VA's medical care budget, 10:30 a.m., SR-418.
  Special Committee on Aging: 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, 
3 p.m., SD-G50.


                                  House

  Committee on Appropriations, 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, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, 
hearing on the religious climate at the U.S. Air Force Academy, 2 p.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Education 
Reform, hearing entitled ``How the Private Sector is Helping States and 
Communities Improve High School Education,'' 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
H.R. 2355, Health Care Choice Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, 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.
  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.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear 
and Biological Attack, hearing entitled ``Pathways to the Bomb: Security 
of Fissile Materials Abroad,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property, to mark 
up the following bills: H.R. 2791, United States Patent and Trademark Fee 
Modernization Act of 2005; and H.R. 2955, Intellectual Property 
Jurisdiction Clarification Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, hearing on 
H.R. 2933, Alien Gang Removal Act of 2005, 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, hearing on The Future of NASA, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.

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  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.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Workforce, Empowerment and 
Government Programs, hearing entitled ``How the Clean Air Act Affects 
Auto Repair,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, 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.