[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 149 (Thursday, November 10, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1192-D1195]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of November 14 through November 19, 2005

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 2 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of S. 1042, 
National Defense Authorization. Senate will consider the conference 
report to accompany H.R. 2419, Energy and Water Appropriations, with 
one hour for debate, and at 5:30 p.m., vote on adoption of the 
conference report.
  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of S. 1042, National 
Defense Authorization, with a vote on, or in relation to, Warner/Frist 
Amendment No. 2518, to be followed by a vote on, or in relation to, 
Levin Amendment No. 2519, to be followed by votes on or in relation to, 
certain second-degree amendments, followed by a vote on Graham 
Amendment No. 2515, as amended, followed by a vote on final passage of 
the bill.
  During the balance of the week, Senate will consider any other 
cleared legislative and executive business, including appropriation 
conference reports, when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: November 17, to 
hold hearings to examine the role of United States agriculture in 
the control and eradication of avian influenza, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: November 16, Subcommittee on 
Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to examine the progress of the 
Capitol Visitor Center construction, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: November 15, business meeting to 
consider certain military nominations, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  November 15, Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine 
defense acquisition issues related to tactical aviation and Army 
programs, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 15, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations: of Ben S. Bernanke, of New 
Jersey, to be a Member and to be Chairman of the Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: November 14, 
to hold hearings to examine legislation required to implement the 
Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of the Russian Federation on the Conservation and 
Management of the Alaska-Chukotka Polar Bear Population, 11:30 a.m., 
SD-562.
  November 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of J. Thomas Rosch, of California, and William E. 
Kovacic, of Virginia, each to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, 2:30 
p.m., SD-562.

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  November 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine public 
policy options for encouraging alternative automotive fuel 
technologies, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  November 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization 
Act of 2005, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  November 16, Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Product Safety, and 
Insurance, to hold hearings to examine protecting the consumer from 
flooded and salvage vehicle fraud, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  November 17, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine 
aviation safety, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  November 17, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: November 15, to hold 
hearings to examine a status report on the Environmental Protection 
Management programs of the Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  November 15, Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 431, to establish a program to award grants to improve 
and maintain sites honoring Presidents of the United States, S. 505, 
to amend the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area Act of 2000 to 
adjust the boundary of the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area, S. 
1288, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 
cooperative agreements to protect natural resources of units of the 
National Park System through collaborative efforts on land inside 
and outside of units of the National Park System, S. 1544, to 
establish the Northern Plains National Heritage Area in the State of 
North Dakota, S. Con. Res. 60, designating the Negro Leagues 
Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as America's National 
Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, S. 748 and H.R. 1084, bills to 
authorize the establishment at Antietam National Battlefield of a 
memorial to the officers and enlisted men of the Fifth, Sixth, and 
Ninth New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiments and the First New 
Hampshire Light Artillery Battery who fought in the Battle of 
Antietam on September 17, 1862, and H.R. 2107, to amend Public Law 
104-329 to modify authorities for the use of the National Law 
Enforcement Officers Memorial Maintenance Fund, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  November 16, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 11:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 16, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine transportation fuels of the future, 
9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  November 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
degree to which the preliminary findings on the failure of the 
levees are being incorporated into the restoration of hurricane 
protection, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: November 14, Subcommittee on 
International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion, to hold 
hearings to examine a clean technology solution relating to U.S.-
International climate change approach, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  November 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Treaty 
Between the United States of America and Japan on Mutual Legal 
Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Washington on August 5, 
2003; including a related exchange of notes (Treaty Doc.108-12), 
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Federal Republic 
of Germany on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at 
Washington on October 14, 2003, and a related exchange of notes 
(Treaty Doc. 108-27), Extradition Treaty Between the United States 
of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
Ireland, and related exchanges of letters, signed at Washington on 
March 31, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 108-23), and Protocol between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
State of Israel, signed at Jerusalem on July 6, 2005 (Treaty Doc. 
109-3), 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  November 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the new 
currency of foreign policy, focusing on the high cost of crude, 9:30 
a.m., SD-419.
  November 17, Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine cross-continental progress relating to African organizations 
and institutions, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: November 
15, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, and International Security, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the current nuclear situation in Iran and the 
U.S. response, focusing on the relationship between Iran's pursuit 
of nuclear weapons and its status as a state sponsor of terrorism, 3 
p.m., SD-342.
  November 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine how 
government can learn from the private sector's response to Hurricane 
Katrina, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  November 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
regulations for the National Security Personnel System, 10 a.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: November 17, to hold oversight 
hearings to examine issues relating to In Re Tribal Lobbying 
Matters, Et Al, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary: November 15, to hold hearings to 
examine judicial nominations, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  November 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine The 
Streamlined Procedures Act relating to habeas reform, 9:30 a.m., SD-
226.
  November 16, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the 
Courts, to hold hearings to examine issues relative to creating new 
Federal judgeships, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  November 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine recent 
developments in assessing future asbestos claims under the FAIR Act, 
2 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 16, to receive a closed 
briefing regarding intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  November 17, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
the nomination of Dale W. Meyerrose, of Indiana, to be Chief 
Information Officer, Office of the Director of National 
Intelligence, 10:30 a.m., SH-219.
  November 17, Full Committee, closed business meeting to consider 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

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                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, November 15, hearing to review recent 
litigation on Forest Service firefighting and forest health efforts, 
2 p.m.,1300 Longworth.
  November 16, hearing to review issues related to the prevention, 
detection, and eradication of avian influenza, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, November 16, hearing on 
U.S. Immigration Policy and Its Impact on the American Economy, 
10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  November 17, Subcommittee on Education Reform, hearing on 
Combating Methamphetamines through Prevention and Education, 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, November 16, Subcommittee on 
Environment and Hazardous Materials, hearing entitled ``Superfund 
Laws and Animal Agriculture'', 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  November 17, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing 
entitled ``Coal: A Critical Fuel for America's Energy Needs and 
Security'', 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  November 17, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Thoroughbred Horse Racing Jockeys and Workers: Examining 
On-Track Injury Insurance and Other Health and Welfare Issues'', 1 
p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, November 15, Subcommittee on 
Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, 
hearing on Increasing Efficiency and Economic Growth Through Trade 
in Financial Services, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  November 16, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing entitled ``Addressing Seniors' Housing Needs'', 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, November 15, Subcommittee on 
National Security. Emerging Threats and International Relations, 
hearing entitled ``Examining VA Implementation of the Persian Gulf 
War Veterans Act of 1998'', 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  November 16, to consider the following: H.R. 3934, To designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 80 
Killian Road in Massapequa, New York, as the ``Gerard A. Fiorenza 
Post Office''; H.R. 4101, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 170 East Main Street in Patchogue, 
New York, as the ``Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Post Office 
Building''; H.R. 4107, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 1826 Pennsylvania Avenue in 
Baltimore, Maryland, as the ``Maryland State Delegate Lena K. Lee 
Post Office Building''; H.R. 4108, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 3000 Homewood Avenue, 
Baltimore, Maryland, as the ``State Senator Verda Welcome and Dr. 
Henry Welcome Post Office Building''; H.R. 4109, To designate the 
United States Postal Service located at 6101 Liberty Road in 
Baltimore, Maryland, as the ``United States Representative Parren J. 
Mitchell Post Office''; H.R. 4152, To designate the United States 
Postal Service located at 320 High Street in Clinton, Massachusetts, 
as the ``Raymond J. Salmon Post Office''; H. Con. Res. 218, 
Recognizing the centennial of sustained immigration from the 
Philippines to the United States and acknowledging the contributions 
of our Filipino-American community to our country over the last 
century; H. R. 4295, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 12760 South Park Avenue in Riverton, Utah, 
as the ``Mont and Mark Stephensen Veterans Memorial Post Office 
Building; and an Investigative Report, Investigation into Rafael 
Palmeiro's March 17, 2005 Testimony at the Committee on Government 
Reform's Hearing: ``Restoring Faith in America's Pastime: Evaluating 
Major League Baseball's Efforts to Eradicate Steroid Use'', 1 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  November 16, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency 
Organization, hearing entitled ``Mitigating the Impact of High Gas 
Prices on Federal Employees and Other Workers'', 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  November 17, Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance and 
Accountability, hearing entitled ``15 Years of the CFO Act--What is 
the Current State of Federal Financial Management?'', 2:30 p.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, November 15, Subcommittee on 
Management, Integration and Oversight, hearing entitled ``CBP and 
ICE: Does the Current Organizational Structure Best Serve U.S. 
Homeland Security Interests? Part 2'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  November 17, Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure 
Protection and Cybersecurity, hearing entitled ``Improving TSA: 
Transportation Industry Legislative Proposals'', 10 a..m., 311 
Cannon.
  November 17, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and 
Terrorism Risk Assessment, hearing entitled ``Terrorism Risk 
Assessment at the Department of Homeland Security'', 3 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  November 17, Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological 
Attack, hearing entitled ``International Efforts to Promote Nuclear 
Security'', 1 p.m., room to be announced.
  Committee on International Relations, November 15, Subcommittee on 
Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations, hearing on 
In Defense of Human Dignity: The 2005 International Religious 
Freedom Report, and to mark up H. Con. Res. 190, Expressing the 
sense of the Congress that the Russian Federation should fully 
protect the freedoms of all religious communities without 
distinction, whether registered and unregistered, as stipulated by 
the Russian Constitution and international standards, 10:30 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  November 16, full Committee, hearing on the U.S.-India Global 
Partnership: How Significant for American Interests?, 10:30 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  November 17, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and 
International Operations, hearing on Getting to Yes: Resolving the 
30-Year Conflict over the Status of Western Sahara, 1:30 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  November 17, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on 
Democracy in Venezuela, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, November 15, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, oversight hearing on the Voting Rights Act: Sections 6 
and 8--Federal Examiner and Observer Programs, 12:30 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.

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  November 15, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and 
Intellectual Property, oversight hearing on Federal Jurisdiction 
Clarification Act, 4 p.m., 2142 Rayburn.
  November 15, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and 
Claims, to continue oversight hearings on How Illegal Immigration 
Impacts Constituencies: Perspectives from Members of Congress, (Part 
II), 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  November 17, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security and the Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and 
Claims, joint oversight hearing on Weak Bilateral Law Enforcement 
Presence at the U.S.-Mexico Border: Territorial Integrity and Safety 
Issues for American Citizens, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  November 17, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and 
Claims, to continue oversight hearings on ``How Illegal Immigration 
Impacts Constituencies'', Perspectives from Members of Congress, 
(Part III), 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, November 17, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources, hearing on the Outer Continental Shelf Natural 
Gas Relief Act, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  November 17, Subcommittee on National Parks, oversight hearing on 
the National Parks Service's efforts to combat the growth of illegal 
drug farms in national parks, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  November 17, NEPA Task Force, hearing on NEPA: Lessons Learned and 
Next Steps, 10:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, November 15, to consider H.R. 1065, United 
States Boxing Commission Act, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, November 16, hearing on Ongoing Problems and 
Future Plans for NOAA Weather Satellites, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  November 17, hearing on Environmental and Safety Impacts of 
Nanotechnology: What Research is Needed?, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, November 17, hearing on Building a 
Wall Between Friends: Passports to and from Canada?, 9 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, November 15, 
Subcommittee on Railroads, hearing on Current Governance Issues at 
Amtrak, 10 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, November 15, to mark up H.R. 4297, To 
provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201(b) of the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006, 5 p.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  November 16, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing on 
individuals tax proposals, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, November 17, 
executive, briefing on Global Updates/Hotspots, 9 a.m., H-405 
Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: November 14, meeting of conferees on H.R. 3010, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2006, 6:30 p.m., H140.