[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 96 (Friday, July 15, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D762-D765]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 18 through July 23, 2005

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 2:30 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 
3057, Foreign Operations Appropriations.
  On Tuesday, at 10 a.m., Senate will meet with the House of 
Representatives in the House Chamber to receive an address from Dr. 
Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to complete 
consideration of H.R. 3057, Foreign Operations 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: July 20, to 
hold hearings to examine biosecurity preparedness and efforts to 
address agroterrorism threats, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: July 19, Subcommittee on 
Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, business meeting to consider 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, 10 a.m., SD-116.
  July 21, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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, H.R. 2863, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 
H.R. 2528, making appropriations for military quality of life 
functions of the Department of Defense, military construction, the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2006, and proposed legislation making 
appropriations for the government of the District of Columbia and 
other activities chargeable in whole or in part against the revenues 
of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 2 
p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 21, to hold 
hearings to examine the semiannual monetary policy report to the 
Congress, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: July 20, to hold hearings to examine the 
Federal role and budget implications relating to health information 
technology, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 19, to 
hold hearings to examine modifications to the organizational 
structure and operations of the Department of Homeland Security as 
part of an effort to make it more efficient and effective, 11:15 
a.m., SR-253.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Global Climate Change and Impacts, to 
hold hearings to examine the climate policy of the United States, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 19, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the effects of the U.S. nuclear testing 
program on the Marshall Islands, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 703, to provide for the conveyance of certain 
Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Nevada to the Las 
Vegas Motor Speedway, S. 997, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture 
to convey certain land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge Forest, Montana, 
to Jefferson County, Montana, for use as a cemetery, S. 1131, to 
authorize the exchange of certain Federal land within the State of 
Idaho, S. 1170, to establish the Fort Stanton-Snowy River National 
Cave Conservation Area, S. 1238, to amend the Public Lands Corps Act 
of 1993 to provide for the conduct of projects that protect forests, 
and H.R. 1101, to revoke a Public Land Order with respect to certain 
lands erroneously included in the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, 
California, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  July 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the current 
state of climate change scientific research and the economics of 
strategies to manage climate change, focusing on the relationship 
between energy consumption and climate change, new developments in 
climate change research and the potential effects on the U.S. 
economy of climate change and strategies to control greenhouse gas 
emissions, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 20, business 
meeting to consider H.R. 1428, to authorize appropriations for the 
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, S. 1339, to reauthorize the 
Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design Program Act of 1994, S. 
1250, to reauthorize the Great Ape Conservation Act of 2000, S. 
1340, to amend the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act to 
extend the date after which surplus funds in the wildlife 
restoration fund become available for apportionment, S. 1265, to 
make grants and loans available to States and other organizations to 
strengthen the economy, public health, and environment of the United 
States by reducing emissions from diesel engines, S. 158, to 
establish the Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative, S. 1400, to 
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Safe Drinking 
Water Act to improve water and wastewater infrastructure in the 
United States, S. 1410, to reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory 
Bird Conservation Act, the Lacey Act Technical Correction Act, the 
Alaska Native Villages Reauthorization Act, and the nominations of 
Marcus C. Peacock, of Minnesota, to be Deputy Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, and Granta Y. Nakayama, of 
Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 20, to hold hearings to examine pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 18, to hold hearings to 
examine improving security in Iraq, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.

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  July 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Gillian Arlette Milovanovic, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia, and James Cain, of North 
Carolina, to be Ambassador to Denmark, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  July 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine advancing 
Iraqi political development, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  July 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine economic 
progress in Iraq, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  July 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United 
Nations reform, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  July 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Alan W. Eastham, Jr., of Arkansas, a Career Member of 
the Senior Foreign Service, to be Ambassador of the United States to 
the Republic of Malawi, Katherine Hubay Peterson, of California, to 
be Ambassador of the United States of America to Republic of 
Botswana, and Michael Retzer, of Mississippi, to be Ambassador of 
the United States of America to the United Republic of Tanzania, 
2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  July 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Karen P. Hughes, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of 
State for Public Diplomacy, with the rank of Ambassador, Josette 
Sheeran Shiner, of Virginia, to be an Under Secretary of State 
(Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs), Kristen Silverberg, 
of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (International 
Organization Affairs), and Jendayi Elizabeth Frazer, of Virginia, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of State (African Affairs), 10 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 20, 
business meeting to consider proposed Better Healthcare through 
Information Technology Act, proposed Medical Device User Fee 
Stabilization Act of 2005, and pending nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-
430.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health 
Preparedness, to hold hearings to examine S. 3, to strengthen and 
protect America in the war on terror, and S. 975, to provide 
incentives to increase research by private sector entities to 
develop medical countermeasures to prevent, detect, identify, 
contain, and treat illnesses, including those associated with 
biological, chemical, nuclear, or radiological weapons attack or an 
infectious disease outbreak, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 18, 
to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Richard L. Skinner, 
of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Homeland 
Security, and Brian David Miller, of Virginia, to be Inspector 
General, General Services Administration; to be immediately followed 
by a hearing to examine the nomination of Edmund S. Hawley, of 
California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, 2 
p.m., SD-562.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine 
efforts to protect national information infrastructures that 
continue to face challenges relating to cyberspace, focusing on 
challenges in protecting U.S. critical infrastructures from 
cybersecurity threats, 2 p.m., SD-562.
  July 20, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Richard L. Skinner, of Virginia, to be Inspector 
General, and Edmund S. Hawley, of California, to be Assistant 
Secretary, both of the Department of Homeland Security, and Brian 
David Miller, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, General Services 
Administration, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine 
U.S. financial involvement relative to the United Nations' Capital 
Master Plan to renovate the U.N. headquarters in New York City, 2:30 
p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 21, to hold hearings to examine 
S. 1003, to amend the Act of December 22, 1974, relating to Navajo-
Hopi land settlement, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 19, to hold hearings to examine 
reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, 11 a.m., SD-226.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, 
to hold hearings to examine a review of Federal consent decrees, 
2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  July 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine issues and 
implications relating to reporters' shield legislation, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-226.
  July 21, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1088, to 
establish streamlined procedures for collateral review of mixed 
petitions, amendments, and defaulted claims, 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, S. 1389, to 
reauthorize and improve the USA PATRIOT Act, and a bill entitled the 
Personal Data Privacy and Security Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 19, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Benjamin A. Powell, of Florida, to be 
General Counsel of the Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence, 2:30 p.m., SDG-50.
  July 20, Full Committee, to hold a closed briefing regarding 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

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  July 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of John S. Redd, of Georgia, to be Director of the 
National Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Special Committee on Aging: July 20, to hold hearings to examine 
solutions to saving money in Medicaid, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations,  July 21, Subcommittee on Homeland 
Security, hearing on U.S. Coast Guard Deepwater Program, 10 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 19, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing on the Current Status of Military Recruiting and 
Retention, 11 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  July 19 and 20, Subcommittee on Projection Forces, hearings on 
Department of the Navy FY06 Plans and Programs for the DD(X) Next-
Generation Multi-Mission Surface Combatant Ship, 3:30 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn on July 19 and 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn July 20.
  July 20, full Committee, hearing on the Air Force's Future Total 
Force Plan, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities and the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science 
and Technology of the Committee on Homeland Security, joint hearing 
on counter terrorism technology sharing, 2:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, July 20, hearing on Performance-Based 
Budgeting, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 19, hearing entitled 
``China's Bid for U.S. Energy Assets,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 19, hearing entitled ``Legislation to Reauthorize the 
National Institutes of Health,'' 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing entitled ``Electronic Waste: An Examination of Current 
Activity, Implications for Environmental Stewardship, and the Proper 
Federal Role,'' 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee on Resources, 
July 19, joint hearing entitled ``Improving Land Title Grant 
Procedures for Native Americans,'' 11 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 20, hearing on Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy, 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Credit Card Data Processing: How Secure Is It?'' 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, July 19, Subcommittee on National 
Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, hearing 
entitled ``Occupational and Environmental Health Surveillance of 
Deployed Forces: Tracking Toxic Casualties,'' 10:30 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and 
Accountability, hearing entitled `` Implementing the Improper 
Payments Information Act--Are We Making Progress?'' 2 p.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, hearing entitled 
``Improving the Information Quality in the Federal Government,'' 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 21, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Controlling Restricted 
Airspace: An Examination of the Management and Coordination of Our 
National Air Defense,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, July 19, Subcommittee on Economic 
Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity, to continue 
hearings entitled ``Leveraging Technology to Improve Aviation 
Security, Part II,'' 2 p.m., room to be announced.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and 
Technology and the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and 
Oversight, to continue joint hearings entitled ``The National 
Training Program: Is Anti-Terrorism Training for First Responders 
Efficient and Effective, Part II,'' 9:30 a.m., room to be announced.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and 
Terrorism Risk Assessment, hearing entitled ``A Progress Report on 
Information Sharing for Homeland Security,'' 10 a.m., room be 
announced.
  Committee on International Relations, July 21, Subcommittee on 
Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations, hearing on 
Falun Gong and China's Continuing War on Human Rights, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 19, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, oversight hearing on Can Congress Create A Race-Based 
Government?: The Constitutionality of H.R. 309, Native Hawaiian 
Government Reorganization Act of 2005, and S.147, Native Hawaiian 
Government Reorganization Act of 2005, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H. Res. 97, 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that judicial 
determinations regarding the meaning of the Constitution of the 
United States should not be based on judgments, laws, or 
pronouncements of foreign institutions unless such foreign 
judgments, laws, or pronouncements inform an understanding of the 
original meaning of the Constitution of the United States, and the 
Appropriate Role of Foreign Judgements in the Interpretation of 
American Law, 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, July 19, oversight hearing entitled ``The 
Status of the Eastern Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) and the 
Petition to List the Eastern Oyster as Endangered or Threatened 
under the Endangered Species Act,'' 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing 
entitled ``Maintaining and Upgrading the Bureau of Reclamation's 
Facilities to Improve Power Generation, Enhance Water Supply and 
Keep our Homeland Secure,'' 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 1494, Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 2005; and 
H.R. 3179, Junior Duck Stamp Reauthorization Amendments Act of 2005, 
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, July 18, to consider H.R. 2601, Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 and 2007, 2:30 p.m., 
H-313 Capitol.
  July 19, to consider H.R. 3070, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Authorization Act of 2005, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.

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  Committee on Science, July 20, Subcommittee on Energy and the 
Subcommittee on Research, joint hearing on Fueling the Future: On 
the Road to the Hydrogen Economy, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 21, full Committee, hearing on U.S. Competitiveness: The 
Innovation Challenge, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 21, 
Subcommittee on Railroads, oversight hearing on Railroad Grade 
Crossing Safety Issues, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 20, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing on Fraud in Income Tax Return Preparation, 3 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Reforming Physician 
Payments under Medicare by moving to a Value-Based Purchasing 
Program, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: July 19, meeting of conferees on H.R. 6, to ensure 
jobs for our future with secure, affordable, and reliable energy, 10 
a.m., room to be announced.