[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 132 (Tuesday, October 18, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1050-D1051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            OCTOBER 19, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business 
meeting to consider recommendations which it will make to the 
Committee on the Budget with respect to spending reductions and 
revenue increases to meet reconciliation expenditures as imposed by 
H. Con. Res. 95, establishing the congressional budget for the 
United States Government for fiscal year 2006, revising appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal year 2005, and setting forth appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2007 through 2010, 10 a.m., SR-
328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine the potential of stem cell and nuclear transplantation 
research, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine United 
States foreign policy relating to Iraq, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of 
David M. Hale, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Hashemite 
Kingdom of Jordan, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Employment and Workplace Safety, to hold hearings to examine 
enhancing cooperation between employers and guardsmen/reservists, 2 
p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine issues and 
implications regarding reporters' privilege legislation, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, 
to hold hearings to examine video competition in 2005, 2 p.m., SD-
226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, 
hearing on the defense health program overview, 2 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to mark up amendments to 
the Social Security Act, Welfare Reform regarding the Committee's 
Instructions pursuant to the Conference Report on H. Con. Res. 95, 
Establishing the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2006, revising appropriate budgetary 
levels for fiscal year 2005, and setting forth appropriate budgetary 
levels for fiscal years 2007 through 2010, H.R. 240, Personal 
Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2005 and H. Res. 
467, Requesting that the President transmit to the House of 
Representatives information in his possession relating to contracts 
for services or construction related to Hurricane Katrina recovery 
that relate to wages and benefits to be paid to workers, 10:30 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Protecting Property 
Rights After Kelo,'' 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing entitled ``EIA's 
Report on Short-term Energy Outlook and Winter Fuels Outlook,'' 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Petroleum Refineries: Will Record 
Profits Spur Investment in New Capacity?'' 2 p.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Federalism and 
Disaster: Response: Examining the Rules and Responsibilities of 
Local, State, and Federal Agencies,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.

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  Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism 
Risk Assessment and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human 
Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence of the Permanent 
Select Committee on Intelligence, joint hearing entitled ``The 
Department of Homeland Security Second Stage Review: The Role of the 
Chief Intelligence Officer,'' 3 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on the Western 
Hemisphere, hearing on Policy Overview of the Caribbean Region, 
10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up the following: a resolution 
Expressing the sense of the Congress upholding the Makah Tribe 
treaty rights; H.R. 323, To redesignate the Ellis Island Library on 
the third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, located on 
Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the ``Bob Hope Memorial 
Library;'' H.R. 326, To amend the Yuma Crossing National Heritage 
Area Act of 2000 to adjust the boundary of the Yuma Crossing 
National Heritage Area and to extend the authority of the Secretary 
of the Interior to provide assistance under that Act; H.R. 679, To 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey a parcel of real 
property to Beaver Count, Utah; H.R. 1096, Act Commemorating the 
LITE;'' H.R. 1183, To require the Secretary of the Interior to 
provide public access to Navassa National Wildlife Refuge and 
Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge; H.R. 1436, To remove certain use 
restrictions on property located in Navajo County, Arizona; H.R. 
1564, Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District Conveyance Act of 2005; H.R. 
1972, Franklin National Battlefield Study Act; H.R. 3443, To direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain water distribution 
facilities to the Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District; H.R. 
3818, Forest Service Partnership Enhancement Act of 2005; and S. 
229, Albuquerque Biological Park Title Clarification Act, 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Oversight, hearing entitled ``Status of the Office of the Director 
of National Intelligence,'' 9 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and 
Response to Hurricane Katrina, to continue hearings on Hurricane 
Katrina, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.