[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 155 (Tuesday, December 6, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1255-D1256]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            DECEMBER 7, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  No meetings/hearings scheduled.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, December 7, hearing on H.R. 4200, Forest 
Emergency Recovery and Research Act, 10 a.m., and to consider the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Reauthorization Act of 
2005, 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, December 8, Subcommittee on Science, 
The Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on Federal efforts related to the exclusion, 
removal and prosecution of aliens and naturalized U.S. citizens who 
have committed war crimes or human rights abuses outside the U.S., 
10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, December 7, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled 
``Determining a Champion on the Field: A Comprehensive Review of the 
BCS and Postseason College Football,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  December 7, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing 
entitled ``Understanding the Peak Oil Theory,'' focusing on H. Res. 
507, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the 
United States, in collaboration with other international allies, 
should establish an energy project with the magnitude, creativity, 
and sense of urgency that was incorporated in the ``Man on the 
Moon'' project to address the inevitable challenges of ``Peak Oil,'' 
9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  December 8, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Improving 
America's Health: Examining Federal Research Efforts for Pulmonary 
Hypertension and Chronic Pain,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, December 8, Subcommittee on 
Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Housing 
Options in the Aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita,'' 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, December 7, Subcommittee on 
Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment and 
the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, 
and Cybersecurity, executive, joint briefing on the overview and 
roll of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Forensic 
Document Laboratory (FDL),'' 3 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  December 8, Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological 
Attack, executive, briefing on the Defense Science Board's 2005 
summer study entitled ``Reducing Vulnerabilities to Weapons of Mass 
Destruction,'' 2 p.m., 202 John Adams Building.
  Committee on International Relations, December 7, hearing on Avian 
Flu: Addressing the Global Threat, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  December 7, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to mark 
up a Subcommittee report entitled ``The Oil-for-Food Program: The 
Systematic Failure of the United Nations,'' 12:30 p.m., 2255 
Rayburn.
  December 8, full Committee, to mark up H. Res. 549, Requesting the 
President of the United States provide to the House of 
Representatives all documents in his possession relating to his 
October 7, 2002, speech in Cincinnati, Ohio, and his January 28, 
2003, State of the Union address, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, December 7, Subcommittee on Courts, 
the Internet, and Intellectual Property, oversight hearing on 
International IPR Report Card--Assessing U.S. Government and 
Industry Efforts to Enhance

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Chinese and Russian Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, December 7, Subcommittee on Water and 
Power, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 862, To redesignate the 
Rio Grande American Canal in El Paso, Texas, as the ``Travis C. 
Johnson Canal;'' H.R. 2334, City of Oxnard Water Recycling and 
Desalination Act of 2005; H.R. 2978, To allow the Assiniboine and 
Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation to enter into a 
lease or other temporary conveyance of water rights recognized under 
the Fort Peck--Montana Compact for the purpose of meeting the water 
needs of the Dry Prairie Rural Water Association, Incorporated; H.R. 
4000, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to revise certain 
repayment contracts with the Bostwick Irrigation District in 
Nebraska, the Kansas Bostwick Irrigation District No.2, the 
Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation District, and the Webster Irrigation 
District No 4, all a part of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program; 
and S. 101, To convey to the town of Frannie, Wyoming, certain land 
withdrawn by the Commissioner of Reclamation, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  December 8, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 4322, Indian Trust 
Reform Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, December 7, to 
consider the following: the Essential Gulf Coast Recovery Act of 
2005; and H.R. 3699, Federal and District of Columbia Government 
Real Property Act of 2005; a Building Project Survey Resolution; and 
other pending business, 11 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, December 7, oversight hearing on 
the challenges and opportunities facing disability claims process at 
the Veterans Benefits Administration, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, December 7, executive, 
briefing on Global Updates/Hotspots, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  December 7, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, 
Analysis and Counterintelligence and the Subcommittee on 
Intelligence Policy, executive, joint briefing on Muslim Extremism, 
3 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and 
Response to Hurricane Katrina, December 7, hearing entitled 
``Hurricane Katrina: Preparedness and Response by the State of 
Mississippi,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.