[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 150 (Monday, November 14, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1200-D1201]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 15, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: 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: 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: to hold 
hearings to examine public policy options for encouraging 
alternative automotive fuel technologies, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine a status report on the Environmental Protection Management 
programs of the Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  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.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider an original 
bill pertaining to certain expiring tax provisions and additional 
incentives for hurricane affected areas, Time to be announced, SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
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.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Virginia Mary Kendall, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, Kristi Dubose, to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, 
and W. Keith Watkins, to be United States District Judge for the 
Middle District of Alabama, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review recent litigation on 
Forest Service firefighting and forest health efforts, 2 p.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up H.R. 3889, 
Methamphetamine Epidemic Elimination Act, 3 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Domestic and 
International Monetary Policy, Trade, and

[[Page D1201]]

Technology, hearing on Increasing Efficiency and Economic Growth 
Through Trade in Financial Services, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, 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.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
  Committee on International Relations, 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.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia, to mark up the 
following measures: H. Con. Res. 284, Expressing the sense of 
Congress with respect to the 2005 presidential and parliamentary 
elections in Egypt; H. Res. 438, Urging member states of the United 
Nations to stop supporting resolutions that unfairly castigate 
Israel and to promote within the United Nations General Assembly 
more balanced and constructive approaches to resolving conflict in 
the Middle East; H. Con. Res. 275, Expressing the sense of Congress 
regarding the education curriculum in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; 
and H. Res. 535, Honoring the life, legacy, and example of Israeli 
Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin on the tenth anniversary of his death, 
5:30 p.m., 2200 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, 
oversight hearing on Federal Jurisdiction Clarification Act, 4 p.m., 
2142 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, to 
continue oversight hearings on How Illegal Immigration Impacts 
Constituencies: Perspectives from Members of Congress, (Part II), 3 
p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 1065, United States Boxing 
Commission Act, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, hearing on Current Governance Issues at Amtrak, 10 a.m., 
2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, 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.