[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 94 (Wednesday, July 13, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D746-D747]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              JULY 14, 2005

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to 
resume hearings to examine the progress of the Capitol Visitors Center 
construction, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider H.R. 3010, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2006, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold 
hearings to examine military justice and detention policy in the global 
war on terrorism, 9:30 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings to 
examine the Department of Treasury's report to Congress entitled: 
``Assessment: The Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002'', 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of R. Thomas Weimer, of Colorado, and Mark A. Limbaugh, 
of Idaho, each to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to examine the 
National Park Service's business strategy for operation and management of 
the national park system, including development and implementation of 
business plans, use of business consultants, and incorporating business 
practices into day-to-day operations, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of Marcus C. Peacock, of Minnesota, to be Deputy 
Administrator, Susan P. Bodine, of Maryland, to be Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, and Granta Y. Nakayama, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and 
Compliance Assurance, all of the Environmental Protection Agency, 9:30 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Henry Crumpton, of Virginia, to be Coordinator for 
Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large, 
Department of State, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness, to discuss preparing an 
effective and immediate public health response in the aftermath of a 
terrorism attack, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Full Committee, with the Committee on Indian Affairs, to hold joint 
hearings to examine S. 1057, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act to revise and extend that Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia, to

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hold hearings to examine how prepared the National Capitol Region is for 
terrorism, focusing on how the National Capitol Region (NCR) is spending 
its homeland security grant funding, the organizational structures 
established to provide coordinated security, and if the NCR can be used 
as a model for security in other regions of the country, 9:30 a.m., SD-
562.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Department of Homeland 
Security, 1:30 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: with the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions, to hold joint hearings to examine S. 1057, to amend 
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act, 
2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider 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, and committee rules for the 109th 
Congress, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of James Philip Terry, of Virginia, to be Chairman of the 
Board of Veterans' Appeals, Department of Veterans Affairs, and Charles 
S. Ciccolella, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Veterans' Employment and Training, 10:30 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                  House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies, oversight hearing on Bureau of Land Management/Forest 
Service National Fire Plan, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Mid-Session Review Budget of the 
United States Government Fiscal Year 2006, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 21st Century 
Competitiveness, to continue mark up of H.R. 609, College Access and 
Opportunity Act of 2005, 11:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, to mark up 
the following measures: H.R. 3204, State High Risk Pool Funding Extension 
Act of 2005; H.R. 3205, To amend title IX of the Public Health Service 
Act to provide for the improvement of patient safety and to reduce the 
incidence of events that adversely affect patient safety; and H. Res. 
220, Recognizing America's Blood Centers and its member organizations for 
their commitment to providing over half the Nation with a safe and 
adequate volunteer donor blood supply, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``One Year Later: 
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Project BioShield,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``The Secretary's 
Second-Stage Review: Re-thinking the Department of Homeland Security's 
Organization and Policy Direction,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific, hearing entitled ``North Korean Nuclear Negotiations: Strategies 
and Prospects for Success,'' 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, hearing entitled ``Status of Settling 
Recognized Tribes' Land Claims in the State of New York,'' 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 233, Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness 
Act; H.R. 1129, Pitkin County Land Exchange Act of 2005; H.R. 2720, Salt 
Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act; and H.R. 2875, Public 
Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2005, 11:30 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, to mark up H.R. 3070, National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration Authorization Act of 2005, 11 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 230, 
National Small Business Regulatory Assistance Act of 2005; H.R. 527, 
Vocational and Technical Entrepreneurship Development Act of 2005; H.R. 
2981, To amend the Small Business Act to expand and improve the 
assistance provided by Small Business Development Centers to Indian tribe 
members, Native Alaskans, and Native Hawaiians; and H.R. 3207, Second-
Stage Small Business Development Act of 2005, 9:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, oversight hearing on Cell Phones on Aircraft: Nuisance or 
Necessity?, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency 
Management, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3208, Disaster Relief 
Equity Act of 2005; and H.R. 2338, Rural Disaster Assistance Fairness Act 
of 2005, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up the following: H.R. 3200, 
Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance Enhancement Act of 2005; and a 
resolution recognizing the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the 
Veterans Administration on July 21, 1930, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing 
on Welfare and Work Data, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, Briefing on 
Global Updates, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.