[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 115 (Wednesday, September 14, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D916-D917]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 15, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, 
to resume hearings to examine the progress of Capitol Visitor Center 
construction, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the nominations of Keith E. Gottfried, of California, to 
be General Counsel, Kim Kendrick, of the District of Columbia, Keith 
A. Nelson, of Texas, and Darlene F. Williams, of Texas, each to be 
an Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, and Israel Hernandez, of Texas, to be Assistant 
Secretary and Director General of the United States and Foreign 
Commercial Service, Darryl W. Jackson, of the District of Columbia, 
to be an Assistant Secretary, Franklin L. Lavin, of Ohio, to be 
Under Secretary for International Trade, and David H. McCormick, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for Export Administration, all 
of the Department of Commerce, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to examine U.S.-Indonesia 
relations, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Stewart A. Baker, of 
Virginia, and Julie L. Myers, of Kansas, each to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to continue hearings to examine the 
nomination of John G. Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, to be Chief Justice 
of the United States, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to markup S. 
1182, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve health care 
for veterans, and S. 716, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
enhance services provided by vet centers, to clarify and improve the 
provision of bereavement counseling by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 10 a.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review Canada and Australia's 
experience with implementing national animal identification systems, 
10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Community Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Emergency Housing Needs in 
the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Back to the 
Drawing Board: A First Look at Lessons Learned from Katrina;'' 
followed by consideration of the following measures: H. Con. Res. 
59, Recognizing the contributions of African-American basketball 
teams and players for their achievements, dedication, and 
contributions to the sport of basketball and to the Nation; H. Con. 
Res. 209, Supporting the goals and ideals of Domestic Violence 
Awareness Month and expressing the sense of Congress that Congress 
should raise awareness of domestic violence in the United States and 
its devastating effects on families; H.J. Res. 61, Supporting the 
goals and ideals of Gold Star Mothers Day; H.R. 2062, To designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 57 West 
Street in Newville, Pennsylvania, as the ``Randall D. Shughart Post 
Office Building;'' H.R. 2413, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 1202 1st Street in Humble, 
Texas, as the ``Lillian McKay Post Office Building;'' H.R. 3439, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 201 North 3rd Street in Smithfield, North Carolina, as the ``Ava 
Gardner Post Office;'' H.R. 3440, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 100 Avenida RL Rodreguez in 
Bayamon, Puerto Rico, as the ``Dr. Jose Celso Barbosa Post Office 
Building;'' H.R. 3667, To designate the facility of the United

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States Postal Service located at 200 South Barrington Street in Los 
Angeles, California, as the ``Karl Malden Station;'' H.R. 3703, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 8501 Philatelic Drive in Spring Hill, Florida, as the ``Staff 
Sergeant Michael Schafer Post Office Building;'' S. 1275, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 7172 North Tongass Highway, Ward Cove, Alaska, as the ``Alice R. 
Brusich Post Office Building;'' a Committee Report entitled ``A 
Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the 
Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government Records; H.R. 3699, To 
provide for the sale, acquisition, conveyance, and exchange of 
certain real property in the District of Columbia to facilitate the 
utilization, development, and redevelopment of such property; H.R. 
3508, 2005 District of Columbia Omnibus Authorization Act; a measure 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 2600 Oak Street in St. Charles, Illinois, as the ``Jacob 
L. Frazier Post Office Building;'' H. Res. 429, Congratulating the 
West Oahu Little League Baseball team for winning the 2005 Little 
League Baseball World Series; and H.R. 3128, Clarification of 
Federal Employment Protections Act, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark the following 
measures: H. Con. Res. 195, Commemorating the Armenian Genocide of 
1915-1923, urging the Government of the Republic of Turkey to 
acknowledge the culpability of its predecessor state, the Ottoman 
Empire, for the Armenian Genocide and engage in rapprochement with 
the Republic of Armenia and the Armenian people, and supporting the 
accession of Turkey to the European Union if Turkey meets certain 
criteria; H. Res. 316, Affirmation of the United States Record on 
the Armenian Genocide Resolution; H.R. 1409, Assistance for Orphans 
and Other Vulnerable Children in Developing Countries Act of 2005; 
H.R. 1973, Water for the Poor Act of 2005; H.R. 3184, To ensure that 
countries that have signed a Small Quantities Protocol also sign, 
ratify, and implement the Additional Protocol and provide access by 
IAEA inspectors to their nuclear-related facilities and to direct 
the United States Permanent Representative to the IAEA to make every 
effort to rescind and eliminate the Small Quantities Protocol and 
ensure compliance by all Member States of the IAEA with IAEA 
obligations and the purposes and principles of the Charter of the 
United Nations; H.R. 3269, To amend the International Organizations 
Immunities Act to provide for the applicability of that Act to the 
Bank for International Settlements; H. Res. 38, Expressing support 
for the accession of Israel to the Organization for Economic Co-
operation and Development (OECD); H. Res. 388, Expressing the sense 
of the House of Representatives regarding the July, 2005, measures 
of extreme repression on the part of the Cuban Government against 
members of Cuba's prodemocracy movement, calling for the immediate 
release of all political prisoners, the legalization of political 
parties and free elections in Cuba, urging the European Union to 
reexamine its policy toward Cuba, and calling on the representative 
of the United States to the 62d session of the United Nations 
Commission on Human Rights to ensure a resolution calling upon the 
Cuban regime to end its human rights violations; H. Res. 409, 
Condemning the Government of Zimbabwe's ``Operation Murambatsvina'' 
under which homes, businesses, religious structures, and other 
buildings and facilities were demolished in an effort characterized 
by the Government of Zimbabwe as an operation to ``restore order'' 
to the country; H. Con. Res. 237, Expressing the sense of Congress 
welcoming President Chen Shui-bian of Taiwan to the United States on 
September 20, 2005; and H. Con. Res. 238, Honoring the victims of 
the Cambodian genocide that took place from April 1975 to January 
1979, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, 
and Intellectual Property, hearing entitled ``An Amendment in the 
Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 2795, `The Patent Act of 2005' '' 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, 
oversight hearing entitled ``Sources and Methods of Foreign 
Nationals Engaged in Economic and Military Espionage,'' following an 
executive session on this subject, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, hearing on Cybersecurity: How Can the 
Government Help Address Vulnerabilities in Critical Industries? 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Rural Enterprise, 
Agriculture and Technology, hearing entitled ``The Need for 
Improvements and More Incentives in the Endangered Species Act,'' 
9:30 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, Briefing on 
Inspector General's 9/11 Accountability Report, 9:30 a.m., and 
executive, to consider H. Res. 418, Requesting the President to 
transmit to the House of Representatives not later than 14 days 
after the date of the adoption of this resolution documents in the 
possession of the President relating to the disclosure of the 
identity and employment of Ms. Valerie Plame, 1 p.m., H-405 Capitol.