[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 121 (Monday, September 26, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D964-D965]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 27, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine needed 
improvements to defense acquisition processes and organizations, 
9:30 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1701, to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation 
Act of 1977 to improve the reclamation of abandoned mines, and S. 
961, to amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 
to reauthorize and reform the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Program, 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of John J. Danilovich, of California, to be Chief 
Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation, 9:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade 
Promotion, to hold hearings to examine energy supplies in Eurasia 
and implications for U.S. energy security, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management,

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the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold 
hearings to examine assessing progress in the Federal government 
regarding alternative personnel systems, focusing on systems to 
learn where personnel systems have been successfully employed and 
what steps have been taken in their development to ensure effective 
implementation and operation, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine 
housing-related programs for the poor, focusing on existing 
challenges in measuring improper rent subsidy payments in housing 
assistance programs at HUD, as well as Federal oversight of the Low-
Income Home Energy Assistance Program, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Departments of 
Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the 
Judiciary, District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies, hearing 
on Department of Housing and Urban Development (Hurricane Katrina), 
9:30 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, to mark up a resolution disapproving 
the recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment 
Commission as submitted by the President on September 15, 2005, 7 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee Defense Review Threat Panel, hearing on Threats in Asia, 
10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and 
Hazardous Materials, hearing entitled ``Hurricane Katrina: Assessing 
the Present Environmental Status,'' 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Domestic and 
International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``IDA-14: Historic Advance or Incremental Change in Debt 
and Development Policy,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce 
and Agency Organization, hearing entitled ``It's Time to React--
Reauthorizing Executive Authority to Consolidate Tasks: Establishing 
Results and Sunset Commissions (H.R. 3276 and H.R. 3277),'' 2 p.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 1956, Business Activity Tax 
Simplification Act of 2005, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing 
on H.R. 3889, Methamphetamine Epidemic Elimination Act, 4 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 679, To direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to convey a parcel of real property to Beaver County, 
Utah; H.R. 2069, Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act of 2005; H.R. 
3462, To provide for the conveyance of the Bureau of Land Management 
parcels known as the White Acre and Gambel Oak properties and 
related real property to Park City, Utah; and H.R. 3818, Forest 
Service Partnership Enhancement Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following 
measures: H.R. 1564, Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District Conveyance 
Act of 2005; H.R. 2873, Albuquerque Biological Park Title 
Clarification Act; H.R. 2925, To amend the Reclamation States 
Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 to extend the authority for 
drought assistance; H.R. 3443, To direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain water distribution facilities to the 
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District; and a measure 
regarding a water supply project near Madera, California, 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 3402, Department of Justice 
Appropriations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2006 through 2009, 5 
p.m., H313 Capitol.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security and 
the Subcommittee on Human Resources, joint hearing on the 
Commissioner of Social Security's proposed regulation to improve the 
disability determination process, 4 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and 
Response to Hurricane Katrina, hearing entitled ``Hurricane Katrina: 
the Role of the Federal Emergency Management Agency,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.