[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 151 (Tuesday, November 15, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1213-D1215]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 16, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, 
to resume hearings to examine the progress of the Capitol Visitor 
Center construction, 11 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider S. 467, to extend the applicability of the Terrorism 
Risk Insurance Act of 2002, an original bill entitled ``Public 
Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2005'', and the 
nominations of Ben S. Bernanke, of New Jersey, to be a Member and 
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 
10:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Reauthorization Act of 2005, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  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.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 11:15 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine transportation fuels of the future, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
new currency of foreign policy, focusing on the high costs of crude, 
9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine how government can learn from the private 
sector's response to Hurricane Katrina, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine The 
Streamlined Procedures Act relating to habeas reform, 9:30 a.m., SD-
226.
  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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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, hearing on U.S. 
Immigration Policy and Its Impact on the American Economy, 10:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Fair Use: Its Effects on 
Consumers and Industry,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, hearing 
entitled ``Superfund Laws and Animal Agriculture,'' 2 p.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider the following 
measures: H.R. 3422, Small Public Housing Authority Act; H.R. 2695, 
Safe Housing Identity Exception for the Lives of Domestic Violence 
Victims Act; the Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 
2005; the Terrorism Risk Insurance Revision Act of 2005; and H.R. 
3505, Financial Services, Regulatory Relief Act, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing 
entitled ``Addressing Seniors' Housing Needs,'' 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, 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

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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 
Phillippines 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;'' H. Con. Res. 289, Supporting the goal and 
mission of American Recycles Day; 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.'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, hearing 
entitled ``Mitigating the Impact of High Gas Prices on the American 
Workforce,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, to mark up H.R. 4312, To establish 
operational control over the international land and maritime borders 
of the United States, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the U.S.-India 
Global Partnership: How Significant for American Interests? followed 
by markup of the following measures: 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; H. Con. Res. 
275, Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the education 
curriculum in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; H. Con. Res. 280, 
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. 284, Expressing the sense of Congress with 
respect to the 2005 presidential and parliamentary elections in 
Egypt; H. Con. Res. 294, Calling on the international community to 
condemn the Laogai, the system of forced labor prison camps in the 
People's Republic of China, as a tool for suppression maintained by 
the Chinese Government; 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. Res. 456, Expressing support for the 
memorandum of understanding signed by the Government of the Republic 
of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement on August 15, 2005, to end 
the conflict in Aceh, a province in Sumatra, Indonesia; 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; H. Res. 479, Recognizing the 50th Anniversary of the 
Hungarian Revolution that began on October 23, 1956 and reaffirming 
the friendship between the people and governments of the United 
States and Hungary; H. Res. 499, Condemning the murder of American 
journalist Paul Klebnikov on July 9, 2004, in Moscow and the murders 
of other members of the media in the Russian Federation; H. Res. 
529, Recommending the integration of the Republic of Croatia into 
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization; and H. Res. 535, Honoring 
the life, legacy, and example of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak 
Rabin on the tenth anniversary of his death, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats, to mark up the 
following resolutions: H. Res. 479, Recognizing the 50th Anniversary 
of the Hungarian Revolution that began on October 23, 1956 and 
reaffirming the friendship between the people and governments of the 
United States and Hungary; H, Res, 499, Condemning the murder of 
American journalist Paul Klebnikov on July 9, 2004, in Moscow and 
the murders of other members of the media in the Russian Federation; 
and H. Res. 529, Recommending the integration of the Republic of 
Croatia into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 9:45 a.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 452, 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to 
determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the 
Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum located in St, Louis, Missouri, 
as a unit of the National Park System; H.R. 1071, Desalination 
Drought Protection Act of 2005; H.R. 1090, To designate a Forest 
Service trail at Walso Lake in the Willamette National Forest in the 
State of Oregon as a national recreation trail in honor of Jim 
Weaver, a former Member of the House of Representatives; H.R. 1190, 
San Diego Water Storage and Efficiency Act of 2005; H.R. 1595, Guam 
World War II Loyalty Recognition Act; H.R. 1728, French Colonial 
Heritage National Historic Site Study Act of 2005; H.R. 2720, Salt 
Cedar and Russian Olive Control Demonstration Act; H.R. 3124, 
Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area Natural Gas Pipeline 
Enlargement Act; H.R. 3153, Upper Colorado and San Juan Basin 
Endangered Fish Recovery Implementation Programs Reauthorization Act 
of 2005; H.R. 3626, Arthur V. Watkins Dam Enlargement Act of 2005; 
H.R. 3897, Madera Water Supply and Groundwater Enhancement Project 
Act; H.R. 3929, Dana Point Desalination Project Authorization Act; 
H.R. 4192, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate 
the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, 
Arkansas, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park 
System; H.R. 4195, Southern Oregon Bureau of Reclamation Repayment 
Act of 2005; H.R. 4292, To amend Public Law

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107-153 to further encourage the negotiated settlement of tribal 
claims; and S. 362, Marine Debris Research, Prevention and Reduction 
Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, hearing on Ongoing Problems and Future Plans 
for NOAA Weather Satellites, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Select Revenue 
Measures, hearing on individuals tax proposals, 2 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 889, to authorize 
appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 2006, to make 
technical corrections to various laws administered by the Coast 
Guard, 4 p.m., SH-216.