[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 143 (Wednesday, November 2, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1136-D1137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            NOVEMBER 3, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider the nominations of Matthew Slaughter, of New Hampshire, 
and Katherine Baicker, of New Hampshire, each to be a Member of the 
Council of Economic Advisers, Orlando J. Cabrera, of Florida, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Gigi 
Hyland, of Virginia, and Rodney E. Hood, of North Carolina, each to 
be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board, 10:30 
a.m., S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Wan J. Kim, of Maryland, to be Assistant Attorney 
General, Civil Rights Division, Steven G. Bradbury, of Maryland, to 
be Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel, Sue 
Ellen Wooldridge, of Virginia, to be Assistant Attorney General, 
Environment and Natural Resources Division, Thomas O. Barnett, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, all 
of the Department of Justice, James F.X. O'Gara, of Pennsylvania, to 
be Deputy Director for Supply Reduction, Office of National Drug 
Control Policy, Emilio T. Gonzalez, of Florida, to be Director of 
the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of 
Homeland Security, and Julie L. Myers, of Kansas, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security, S. 1088, to establish streamlined 
procedures for collateral review of mixed petitions, amendments, and 
defaulted claims, S. 1789, to prevent and mitigate identity theft, 
to ensure privacy, to provide notice of security breaches, and to 
enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other 
protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse 
of personally identifiable information, S. 751, to require Federal 
agencies, and persons engaged in interstate commerce, in possession 
of data containing personal information, to disclose any 
unauthorized acquisition of such information, S. 1699, to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to provide criminal penalties for 
trafficking in counterfeit marks, S. 1095, to amend chapter 113 of 
title 18, United States Code, to clarify the prohibition on the 
trafficking in goods or services, H.R. 683, to amend the Trademark 
Act of 1946 with respect to dilution by blurring or tarnishment, S. 
1787, to provide bankruptcy relief for victims of natural disasters, 
and S. 1647, to amend title 11, United States Code, to provide 
relief to victims of Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters, 
9:30 a.m., SD-226.

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                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Your Troops: Their Story, 
8:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Terrorism and Radical Islam Gap Panel, hearing on Understanding 
Aspirations of Radical Islam: Why Mainstream Islam is Radically 
Different, 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, to mark up the Deficit Reduction Act of 
2005, 10 a.m., 219 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, to mark up H.R. 4127, Data Accountability 
and Trust Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Economic Security, 
Infrastructure Protection, Cybersecurity, hearing entitled ``The 
Future of TSA's Registered Traveler Program,'' 12 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and 
Cybersecurity and the Subcommittee Intelligence, Information 
Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment, executive, briefing on the 
security vulnerabilities of portable electronic devices and U.S. 
government cyber systems, 3 p.m., John Adams.
  Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack, 
hearing entitled ``Bioscience and the Intelligence Community,'' 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, 
and Intellectual Property, oversight hearing entitled ``Content 
Protection in the Digital Age: The Broadcast Flag, High-Definition 
Radio, and the Analog Hole,'' 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing 
on H.R. 1704, Second Chance Act of 2005; and to mark up H.R. 3889, 
Methamphetamine Epidemic Elimination Act, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, oversight 
hearing entitled ``Offender Re-entry: What is Needed to Provide 
Offenders with a Real Second Chance? 12 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, 
oversight hearing on the Growing Problem of Invasive Asian Carp in 
the Great Lakes and Mississippi River System, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
Subcommittee on National Parks, hearing on H.R. 3699, Federal and 
    District of Columbia Government Real Property Act of 2005, 2 p.m., 
    1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 1190, San Diego Water Storage and Efficiency Act of 2005; H.R. 
2563, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct 
feasibility studies to address certain water shortages within the 
Snake, Boise, and Payette River systems in Idaho; and H.R. 3153, 
Upper Colorado and San Juan River Basin Endangered Fish Recovery 
Implementation Programs Reauthorization Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, hearing on Status of NASA's Programs, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, 
hearing on proposals in response to Hurricane Katrina, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, oversight hearing on the 
development of the Veterans Benefits Administration's annual budget 
request, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on Review of Credit Union Tax 
Exemption; followed by consideration of the draft implementing 
proposal on the United States-Bahrain Free Trade Agreement 
Implementation Act, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Global Updates/Hotspots, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the current 
economic outlook, 10 a.m., 2175 RHOB.