[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 133 (Wednesday, October 19, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1059-D1061]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            OCTOBER 20, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to resume 
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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine S. 1052, to improve transportation security, 
including public and private sector actions taken since September 
11, 2001, and the attacks on rail systems overseas, to enhance the 
security of passenger and freight rail transportation, 10 a.m., SD-
562.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider proposed DTV bill, S. 
1753, to establish a unified national hazard alert system, S. 967, 
to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ensure that prepackaged 
news stories contain announcements that inform viewers that the 
information within was provided by the United States Government, and 
S. 1063, to promote and enhance public safety and to encourage the 
rapid deployment of IP-enabled voice services, 2 p.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1016, to direct the Secretary of Energy to make incentive 
payments to the owners or operators of qualified desalination 
facilities to partially offset the cost of electrical energy 
required to operate the facilities, and S. 1860, to amend the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 to improve energy production and reduce energy 
demand through improved use of reclaimed waters, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Benson K. Whitney, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to 
Norway, Roland Arnall, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of the Netherlands, Susan Rasinski McCaw, of Washington, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria, and Nicholas F. Taubman, 
of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Romania, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine U.S. foreign policy, petroleum, and the Middle 
East, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine Federal employment programs for persons with 
disabilities, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the response to Hurricane Katrina in New 
Orleans, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights, to 
hold hearings to examine the constitutional amendment on marriage, 2 
p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine IT 
Management by the VA, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

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                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Military Quality of 
Life, and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, hearing on VA 
Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES), 10:30 a.m., 
H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the Army's M1114 Up-Armor 
High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (UAH) distribution 
strategy, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces and the Subcommittee 
on Technical and Tactical Intelligence of the Permanent Select 
Committee on Intelligence, joint hearing on the Aerial Common Sensor 
Program, 4 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, to continue mark up of 
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, and H.R. 240, 
Personal Responsibility, Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2005 and 
to mark up 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, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and the 
Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, joint hearing 
entitled ``Comprehensively Combating Methamphetamines: Impacts on 
Health and the Environment,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Community Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Management and Oversight 
of the National Flood Insurance Program,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``The Critical 
Role of the National Guard at Home and Abroad,'' 10 a.m., and to 
consider the following: H.R. 3256, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 3038 West Liberty Avenue in 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the ``Congressman James Grove Fulton 
Memorial Post Office Building;'' H.R. 3368, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6483 Lincoln 
Street in Gagetown, Michigan, as the ``Gagetown Veterans Memorial 
Post Office;'' H.R. 3548, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located on Franklin Avenue in Pearl River, New 
York, as the ``Heinz Ahlmeyer, Jr., Post Office Building;'' H.R. 
3770, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 205 West Washington Street in Knox, Indiana, as the 
``Grant W. Green Post Office Building;'' H.R. 3825, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 770 Trumbull 
Drive in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the ``Clayton J. Smithy 
Memorial Post Office Building;'' H.R. 3989, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 37598 
Goodhue in Dennison, Minnesota, as the ``Albert Harold Quie Post 
Office;'' H.R. 4053, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 545 North Rimsdale Avenue in Covina, 
California, as the ``Lillian Kinkella Keil Post Office;'' S. 37, To 
extend the special postage stamp for breast cancer research for 2 
years; H.R. 3134, Federal Real Property Disposal Pilot Program and 
Management Improvement Act of 2005; H.R. 1455, To amend titled 45 
and title 3, United States Code, to include the Department of 
Homeland Security and the Secretary of Homeland Security in the 
lists of executive departments and officers; H.R. 3496, National 
Capital Transportation Amendments Act of 2005; and H.R. 4057, To 
provide that attorneys employed by the Department of Justice shall 
be eligible for compensatory time of for travel under section 5550b 
of title 5, United States Code.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Economic Security, 
Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity, hearing entitled ``The 
London Bombings: Protecting Civilian Targets from Terrorist 
Attacks,'' 3 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack, 
hearing entitled ``Mitigating Catastrophic Events through Effective 
Medical Response,'' 1 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Human Rights and International Operations, hearing on African 
Growth and Opportunity Act: A Five-Year Assessment, 10:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on South Asia 
Earthquake: Impact and Humanitarian Response, 1:30 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
oversight hearing entitled ``An Examination of the Scope and 
Criteria for Coverage under the Special Provisions of the Voting 
Rights Act,'' 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight 
hearing entitled ``Water Supply Vulnerabilities in the Sacramento/
San Joaquin River System,'' 1 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, hearing on Science, Technology, and Global 
Economic Competitiveness, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways, Transit and Pipelines, oversight hearing on Rebuilding 
Highway and Transit Infrastructure on the Gulf Coast following 
Hurricane Katrina, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, oversight hearing 
entitled ``Expert Views on Hurricane and Flood Protection and Water 
Resources Planning for a Rebuilt Gulf Coast,'' 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 3665, Veterans Housing Improvement Act of 2005; H.R. 1691, To 
designate the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in 
Appleton, Wisconsin, as the ``John H. Bradley Department of Veterans 
Affairs Outpatient Clinic;'' and H.R. 4061, Department of Veterans 
Affairs Information Technology Management Improvement Act of 2005, 2 
p.m., 334 Cannon.

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  Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, 
oversight hearing on variances in disability compensation claims 
decisions made by the VA Regional Offices, the Post Traumatic Stress 
Disorder claims review; and United States Court of Appeals for the 
Federal Circuit decision Allen v Principi, 10:30 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, Briefing on 
Global Updates/Hotspots, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol, and executive, 
Briefing on Aerial Common Sensor Program, 4 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: To hold hearings to examine the current 
economic outlook, 10 a.m., 311 CHOB.