[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 89 (Wednesday, June 29, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D706-D707]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 30, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark up H.R. 
3057, making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2006, 2 p.m., SD-116.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, 
to hold hearings to examine savings and investment issues, 2 p.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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: Subcommittee 
on Education and Early Childhood Development, to hold hearings to 
examine issues relating to American history, 3 p.m., SD-430.
  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, proposed Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2005, 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, S. 1326, 
to require agencies and persons in possession of computerized data 
containing sensitive personal information, to disclose security 
breaches where such breach poses a significant risk of identity 
theft, 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. 103, to respond to 
the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamine in 
the United States, S. 1086, to improve the national program to 
register and monitor individuals who commit crimes against children 
or sex offenses, S. 956, to amend title 18, United States Code, to 
provide assured punishment for violent crimes against children, 
committee rules of procedures for the 109th Congress, and other 
committee matters, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  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: to hold a closed briefing 
regarding certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine the 
importance of prevention in curing Medicare, 10 a.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to continue markup of 
H.R. 2830, Pension Protection Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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, hearing entitled ``The Next Flu 
Pandemic: Evaluating U.S. Readiness,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following: 
H.R. 611, Haiti Economic and Infrastructure Reconstruction Act; H.R. 
2017, Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2005; H.R. 3100, 
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

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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; H. Con. 
Res. 187, 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; 
H. Res. 333, Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Weekend 
of Prayer and Reflection for Darfur, Sudan; and H. Res. 343, 
Commending the State of Kuwait for granting women certain important 
political rights, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International 
Operations, hearing on The G8 Summit and Africa's Development, 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation, 
hearing on Nonproliferation and the G-8, 2:30 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3060, 
Terrorist Death Penalty Enhancement Act of 2005; and H.R. 3035, 
Streamlined Procedures Act; and to mark up H.R. 1751, Secure Access 
to Justice and Court Protection Act of 2005, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  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, 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., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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, to mark up H.R. 3045, Dominican 
Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement 
Implementation Act, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, Briefing on 
Global Updates, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.