[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 142 (Tuesday, November 1, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1127-D1128]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            NOVEMBER 2, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine funding needs for pandemic influenza preparedness, 9 a.m., 
SD-124.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Mark V. Rosenker, of 
Maryland, and Kathryn Higgins, of South Dakota, each to be a Member 
of the National Transportation Safety Board, and Shana L. Dale, of 
Georgia, to be Deputy Administrator of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, and other pending calendar business, 2:30 
p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine S. 1548, to provide 
for the conveyance of certain Forest Service land to the city of 
Coffman Cove, Alaska, S. 1541, to protect, conserve, and restore 
public land administered by the Department of the Interior or the 
Forest Service and adjacent land through cooperative cost-shared 
grants to control and mitigate the spread of invasive species, S. 
1552, to amend Public Law 97-435 to extend the authorization for the 
Secretary of the Interior to release certain conditions contained in 
a patent concerning certain land conveyed by the United States to 
Eastern Washington University until December 31, 2009, H.R. 482, to 
provide for a land exchange involving Federal lands in the Lincoln 
National Forest in the State of New Mexico, and S. 405, to provide 
for the conveyance of certain public land in Clark County, Nevada, 
for use as a heliport, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to resume hearings to 
examine the response to Hurricane Katrina, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
security and nonproliferation implications relating to U.S.-Indian 
nuclear energy cooperation, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine why the levees failed relating to Hurricane 
Katrina, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.

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  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine In Re Tribal Lobbying Matters, Et Al, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil 
Rights and Property Rights, business meeting to mark up S.J. Res. 1, 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
relating to marriage, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review Agricultural 
Negotiations in the Doha Development Round, 1:30 p.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, to approve the Report on the Revised 
Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2006, 11 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Department of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies, hearing on Pandemic 
Influenza, 1:30 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on acquisition reform, 12 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing entitled ``Natural Gas and Heating Oil for American 
Homes,'' 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to consider a motion 
for the issuance of subpoenas in the silicosis investigation, 5:30 
p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on the Western 
Hemisphere, to mark up the following: a measure Mourning the 
horrific loss of life caused by the floods and mudslides that 
occurred in October 2005 in Central America and Mexico and 
expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should do 
everything possible to assist the affected people and communities; 
H. Con. Res. 90, Conveying the sympathy of Congress to the families 
of the young women murdered in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, and 
encouraging increased United States involvement in bringing an end 
to these crimes; and H. Res. 458, Remembering and commemorating the 
lives and work of Maryknoll Sisters Maura Clarke and Ita Ford, 
Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel, and Cleveland Lay Mission Team Member 
Jean Donovan, who were executed by members of the armed forces of El 
Salvador on December 2, 1980, 3:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 4128, Private Property Rights 
Prevention Act of 2005, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing on Winning 
Teams and Innovation Technologies from the 2005 Solar Decathlon, 2 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to consider H. 
Res. 488, 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, 
1:30 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to consider the draft implementing 
proposal on the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement 
Implementation Act, 6 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and 
Response to Hurricane Katrina, hearing entitled ``Hurricane Katrina: 
The Federal Government's Use of Contractors to Prepare and 
Respond,'' 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.