[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 119 (Wednesday, September 21, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D948-D949]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 22, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the financial services industry's responsibilities and 
role in preventing identity theft and protecting sensitive financial 
information, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the protection of critical communications 
infrastructure in disaster, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 435, to amend the 
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Farmington 
River and Salmon Brook in the State of Connecticut for study for 
potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 
1096, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate portions 
of the Musconetcong River in the State of New Jersey as a component 
of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 1310, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to allow the Columbia Gas Transmission 
Corporation to increase the diameter of a natural gas pipeline 
located in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, S. 1378, 
to amend the National Historic Preservation Act to provide 
appropriation authorization and improve the operations of the 
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and S. 1627, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resources study 
to evaluate resources along the coastal region of the State of 
Delaware and to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
establishing a unit of the National Park System in Delaware, 2:30 
p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of George M. Gray, of Massachusetts, to be 
an Assistant Administrator, and Lyons Gray, of North Carolina, to be 
Chief Financial Officer, both of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Edward McGaffigan, Jr., of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, H. Dale Hall, of New Mexico, to be 
Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department 
of the Interior, and Santanu K. Baruah, of Oregon, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Alexander R. Vershbow, of the District of Columbia, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Patricia Louise Herbold, 
of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore, and 
William Paul McCormick, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to New Zealand, 
and serve concurrently as Ambassador to Samoa, 9 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Education and Early Childhood Development, to hold hearings to 
examine Hurricane Katrina's displaced school children, 3 p.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 1725, to strengthen Federal leadership, 
provide grants, enhance outreach and guidance, and provide other 
support to State and local officials to enhance emergency 
communications capabilities, to achieve communications 
interoperability, to foster improved regional collaboration and 
coordination, to promote more efficient utilization of funding 
devoted to public safety communications, to promote research and 
development by both the public and private sectors for first 
responder communications, an original bill to provide relief for the 
victims of Hurricane Katrina, a proposed bill to expand the 
responsibilities of the Special Inspector General for Iraq 
Reconstruction to provide independent and objective audits and 
investigations relating to the Federal programs for Hurricane 
Katrina, S. 939, to expedite payments of certain Federal emergency 
assistance authorized pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and to direct the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to exercise certain authority provided under that 
Act, S. 1700, to establish an Office of the Hurricane Katrina 
Recovery Chief Financial Officer, a proposed bill to amend title 5, 
United States Code, to allow employees of the judicial branch to 
establish an emergency leave transfer program in the event of a 
major disaster or emergency, S. 572, to amend the Homeland Security 
Act of 2002 to give additional biosecurity responsibilities to the 
Department of Homeland Security, and the nominations of Stewart A. 
Baker, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
Security, John R. Fisher, to be an Associate Judge of the District 
of Columbia Court of Appeals, Colleen Duffy Kiko, of Virginia, to be 
General Counsel of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, and Juliet 
JoAnn McKenna, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine 
cost and payment plans for the Medicare Modernization Act and if the 
new legislation will meet the needs of seniors, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of John G. Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, to be Chief 
Justice of the United States, Timothy Elliott Flanigan, of Virginia, 
to be Deputy Attorney General, 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 
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prosecution of juvenile gang members who commit violent crimes, to 
expand and improve gang prevention programs, S. 1086, to improve the 
national program to register and monitor individuals who commit 
crimes against children or sex offenses, and S. 956, to amend title 
18, United States Code, to provide assured punishment for violent 
crimes against children, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine the impact of Hurricane Katrina on small businesses, 10 
a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
whether Capital offenders should be buried in America's national 
cemeteries, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to mark 
up proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2006 for 
the intelligence community, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Threat Panel, hearing on threats in 
Eurasia, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``The Commerce and 
Consumer Protection Implications of Hurricane Katrina,'' 11 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, joint hearing entitled ``Assessing Public Health and 
the Delivery of Care in the Wake of Katrina,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing on H.R. 3505, Financial 
Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Prevention of 
Nuclear and Biological Attack, hearing entitled ``Trends in Illicit 
Movement of Nuclear Materials,'' 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, hearing entitled ``Political 
Speech on the Internet: Should it be Regulated?'' 9 a.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing entitled ``United 
States Policy in Afghanistan: Establishing Democratic Governance and 
Security in the Wake of Parliamentary Elections,'' 10:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
oversight hearing entitled ``The Supreme Court's Kelo Decision and 
Potential Congressional Responses,'' 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, 
oversight hearing entitled ``Reducing Peer-To-Peer Piracy (P2P) on 
University Campuses: A Progress Update,'' 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3824, 
Threatened and Endangered Species Recovery Act of 2005; H.R. 1129, 
Pitkin County Land Exchange Act of 2005; H.R. 2383, To redesignate 
the facility of the Bureau of Reclamation located at 19550 Kelso 
Road in Byron, California, as the ``C. W. `Bill' Jones Pumping 
Plant;'' H.R. 2875, Public Lands Corps Healthy Forests Restoration 
Act of 2005; H.R. 3351, Native American Technical Corrections Act of 
2005; and S. 1339, Junior Duck Stamp Reauthorization Act of 2005, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, Briefing on 
Global Updates, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and 
Response to Hurricane Katrina, to meet for organizational purposes; 
followed by a hearing entitled ``Predicting Hurricanes: What We Knew 
About Katrina and When,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.