[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 97 (Monday, July 18, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D770-D771]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JULY 19, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction 
and Veterans' Affairs and Related Agencies, business meeting to mark 
up 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, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  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, 3 p.m., SD-
116.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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.
  Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine the Federal 
Aviation Administration's Age 60 Rule, 3:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
advancing Iraqi political development, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
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.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine 
reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, 11 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold 
hearings to examine a review of Federal consent decrees, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: 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.

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                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, 
hearing on the Current Status of Military Recruiting and Retention, 
11 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Projection Forces, hearing 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.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, hearing entitled ``Legislation 
to Reauthorize the National Institutes of Health,'' 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee on Resources, 
joint hearing entitled ``Improving Land Title Grant Procedures for 
Native Americans,'' 11 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, 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.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Economic Security, 
Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity, to continue hearings 
entitled ``Leveraging Technology to Improve Aviation Security, Part 
II,'' 2 p.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  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, 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.
  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.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 3070, National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2005, 4 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 6, to ensure jobs for our 
future with secure, affordable, and reliable energy, 11 a.m., 2123 
RHOB.