[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 125 (Friday, September 30, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1000-D1001]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

               Week of October 3 through October 8, 2005

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 3 p.m., Senate resume consideration of H.R. 2863, 
Department of Defense Appropriations.
  During the balance of the week, Senate will consider any other 
cleared legislative and executive business, including any appropriation 
bills, when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Armed Services: October 6, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Michael W. Wynne, of Florida, to be 
Secretary of the Air Force, and Donald C. Winter, of Virginia, to be 
Secretary of the Navy, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 6, to 
hold hearings to examine the implementation of the Exon-Florio 
provision by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United 
States (CFIUS), Department of the Treasury, which seeks to serve 
U.S. investment policy through reviews that protect national 
security while maintaining the credibility of open investment 
policy, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: October 6, to hold 
hearings to examine Hurricanes Katrina and Rita's effects on energy 
infrastructure and the status of recovery efforts in the Gulf Coast 
region, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  October 6, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1025, to amend the Act entitled ``An Act to provide for 
the construction of the Cheney division, Wichita Federal reclamation 
project, Kansas'' to authorize the Equus Beds Division of the 
Wichita Project, S. 1498, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain water distribution facilities to the Northern 
Colorado Water Conservancy District, S. 1529, to provide for the 
conveyance of certain Federal land in the city of Yuma, Arizona, S. 
1578, to reauthorize the Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin 
endangered fish recovery implementation programs, and S. 1760, to 
authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of 
Reclamation within Rogue River Valley Irrigation District or within 
Medford Irrigation District, 3 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: October 5, to hold 
hearings to examine the status of efforts to reduce greenhouse gases 
relating to the Kyoto Protocol, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
  October 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine actions of 
the Environmental Protection Agency, the Army Corps of Engineers and 
the Federal Highway Administration relating to Hurricane Katrina, 
9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: October 6, to hold hearings to examine the 
future of the Gulf Coast by using tax policy to help rebuild 
businesses and communities and support families after disasters, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  October 6, Subcommittee on International Trade, to hold hearings 
to examine the U.S.-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: October 
6, to hold hearings to examine Federal Emergency Management Agency 
(FEMA) status report on recovery efforts in the Gulf States, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  October 6, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the 
Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine improving Department of Defense logistics, focusing on a 
piece of the Department's business transformation efforts, supply 
chain management, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  October 6, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, 
Government Information, and International Security, to hold hearings 
to examine how the Federal government leases needed space, 2:30 
p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on the Judiciary: October 6, to hold hearings to examine 
pending judicial nominations, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: October 5, to receive a closed 
briefing regarding certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  October 6, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing regarding 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: October 5, to hold hearings to examine 
preparing for and meeting the needs of older Americans during a 
disaster, 10:30 a.m., SH-216.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, October 6, Subcommittee on Homeland 
Security, hearing on Financial Oversight of Supplemental 
Appropriations for Hurricane Katrina, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  October 6, Subcommittee on the Departments of Transportation, 
Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District 
of Columbia, and Independent Agencies, hearing on Department of 
Transportation (Hurricane Katrina), 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, October 6, hearing on After the 
Hurricanes: Impact on the Fiscal Year 2007 Budget, 2 p.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, October 6, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``FCC's E-rate Plans 
to Assist Gulf Coast Recovery,'' 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, October 5, Subcommittee on Federal 
Workforce and Agency Organization, hearing entitled ``Mom, Apple 
Pie, and Working for America: Accountability and Rewards for the 
Federal Workforce,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.

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  Committee on International Relations, October 6, hearing entitled 
``The Six-Party Talks and the North Korean Nuclear Issues: Old Wine 
in New Bottles?'' 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 6, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and 
International Operations, hearing entitled ``India's Unfinished 
Agenda: Equality and Justice for 200 Million Victims of the Caste 
System,'' 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, October 6, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 1369, To prevent certain 
discriminatory taxation of natural gas pipeline property, 2 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  October 6, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual 
Property, oversight hearing on Improving Federal Court Adjudication 
of Patent Cases, 4:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, October 6, Subcommittee on Water and 
Power, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 122, Eastern Municipal 
Water District Recycled Water System Pressurization and Expansion 
Project; H.R. 2341, To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and 
construction of a project to reclaim and reuse wastewater within and 
outside of the service area of the City of Austin Water and 
Wastewater Utility, Texas; H.R. 3418, Central Texas Water Recycling 
Act of 2005; and H.R. 3929, To amend the Water Desalination Act of 
1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assist in 
research and development, environmental and feasibility studies, and 
preliminary engineering for the Municipal Water District of Orange 
County, California, Dana Point Desalination Project located at Dana 
Point, California, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight 
hearing entitled ``Restoration after Recent Hurricanes and other 
Natural Disasters: Federal Role in Recovery after Catastrophic 
Events Affecting Forest Lands,'' 9 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, October 7, hearing on NOAA Hurricane 
Forecasting, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, October 7, hearing entitled ``Small 
Businesses and Hurricane Katrina: Rebuilding the Economy,'' 10:30 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October 6, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency 
Management, oversight hearing entitled ``Recovering after Katrina: 
Ensuring that FEMA is up to the task,'' 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, October 7, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on gainsharing to align the interests of health care 
providers, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and 
Response to Hurricane Katrina, October 6, to continue hearings on 
Hurricane Katrina, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: October 7, to hold hearings to examine 
the employment situation for September, 9:30 a.m., 1334 LHOB.