[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 13 (Tuesday, February 7, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
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                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            FEBRUARY 8, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Consumer Affairs, Product Safety, and Insurance, to hold hearings 
to examine protecting consumers' phone records, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine pending nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine implementation 
of the new Medicare drug benefit, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine Iraq 
stabilization and reconstruction, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Janice L. Jacobs, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Senegal, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, and 
Jeanine E. Jackson, of Wyoming, to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso, 
4:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold oversight hearings to examine 
Indian tribes and the Federal Election Campaign Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold hearings to examine 
procedures to bring greater transparency to the legislative process, 
2 p.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2007 
National Defense Authorization budget request from the Department of 
Defense, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on the President's Budget for 
Fiscal Year 2007, 11 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Community Opportunity, hearing on H.R. 3186, Build Houses for Our 
Military's Enlisted Servicemembers Act, 11 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Prevention of 
Nuclear and Biological Attack and the Subcommittee on Emergency 
Preparedness, Science and Technology, joint hearing entitled 
``Protecting the Homeland: Fighting Pandemic Flu From the Front 
Lines,'' 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following 
measures: H. Res. 593, Directing the Secretary of State, the 
Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the 
Attorney General, and requesting the President, to provide certain 
information to the House of Representatives relating to 
extraordinary rendition of certain foreign persons; H. Res. 624, 
Requesting the President of the United States and directing the 
Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives 
certain documents in their possession relating to United States 
policies under the United Nations Convention Against Torture and 
Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the 
Geneva Conventions; and H. Res. 642, Requesting the President and 
directing the Secretary of State to provide to the House of 
Representatives certain documents in their possession relating to 
the Secretary of State's trip to Europe in December 2005, 3 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International 
Operations, hearing on The Impact of Liberia's Election on West 
Africa, 12 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, hearing on H.R. 1704, Second Chance Act of 2005 
(Part 2): An Examination of Drug Treatment Programs Needed to Ensure 
Successful Re-entry, 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health 
and the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, joint 
oversight hearing on the Effects of High Energy Costs on Jobs and 
the Potential for Expanded Use of Biomass for Energy, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 4013, To amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
Adjustment Act of 1992 to provide for conjunctive use of surface and 
groundwater in Juab County, Utah; H.R. 4080, Glendo Unit of the 
Missouri River Basin Project Contract Extension Act of 2005; H.R. 
4204, American River Pump Station Project Transfer Act of 2005; and 
H.R. 4301, Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal Land Conveyance Act of 
2005, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Oversight, hearing entitled ``The Internet Sales Tax: Headaches 
Ahead for Small Business?'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, oversight hearing entitled ``U.S.-E.U. Open Skies 
Agreement: with a focus on DOT's NPRM regarding 'actual control' of 
U.S. air carriers.'' 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, oversight hearing on the VA's 
Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2007, 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearings on the President's Fiscal 
Year 2007 Budget proposals for the Department of Health and Human 
Services, with Michael Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human 
Services 10:30 a.m., and on OMB, with Joshua Bolten, Director, OMB, 
4:30 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Fiscal Year 2007 Intelligence Budget, 9:30 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: 
to hold hearings to examine the current situation and future 
prospects for human rights, civil society, and democratic governance 
in Russia, 3 p.m., SD-226.