[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 19 (Wednesday, February 15, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D107-D109]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





           COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine 
priorities and plans for the atomic energy defense activities of the 
Department of Energy and to review the President's proposed budget 
request for fiscal year 2007 for atomic energy defense activities of 
the Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security 
Administration, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the semiannual monetary policy report to the Congress, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: to resume hearings to examine the 
President's fiscal year 2007 budget proposal, 10 a.m., SR-325.

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  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine NOAA budget, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 2253, to require the Secretary of the Interior to offer 
the 181 Area of the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas leasing, 10 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 
1870, to clarify the authorities for the use of certain National 
Park Service properties within Golden Gate National Recreation Area 
and San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park, S. 1913, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease a portion of the 
Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center for use as a visitor center 
for the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, S. 1970, to amend the 
National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and suitability 
study originally prepared for the Trail of Tears National Historic 
Trail and provide for the inclusion of new trail segments, land 
components, and campgrounds associated with that trail, H.R. 562, to 
authorize the Government of Ukraine to establish a memorial on 
Federal land in the District of Columbia to honor the victims of the 
manmade famine that occurred in Ukraine in 1932-1933, and H.R. 318, 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability 
and feasibility of designating Castle Nugent Farms located on St. 
Croix, Virgin Islands, as a unit of the National Park System, 1:30 
p.m., SD-366.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Energy Information 
Administration's 2006 annual energy outlook on trends and issues 
affecting the United States' energy market, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the 
Administration's trade agenda for 2006, 10:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Richard A. Boucher, of Maryland, to be Assistant 
Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to resume 
hearings to examine the role of education in global competitiveness, 
10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2007 for the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 10:30 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to consider Committee Budget Views and 
Estimates for Fiscal Year 2007 for submission to the Committee on 
the Budget, 9 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
the FDA, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, on Fiscal Year 2007 DOD Budget overview, 
10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Department of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies, on Department of Labor 
Fiscal Year 2007 Budget, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Transportation Security 
Administration, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and 
Commerce, and Related Agencies, on U.S. Trade Representative, 2 
p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, hearing on Combating al 
Qaeda and the Militant Jihadist Threat, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 
2007 Discretionary Budget, Performance Evaluations and Spending 
Trends, 10:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up H.R. 2829, Office of 
National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Weapons of Mass Destruction: 
Stopping the funding--OFAC Role,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, 
Drug Policy and Human Resources, hearing entitled ``National Drug 
Control Budget for Fiscal Year 2007, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``The President's 
Proposed Fiscal Year 2007 Budget for the Department of Homeland 
Security: Maintaining Vigilance and Improving Mission Performance in 
Securing the Homeland,'' 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection and 
Cybersecurity, hearing entitled ``The President's Proposed FY07 
Budget: Risk-Based Spending at the Transportation Security 
Administration,'' 2 p.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight, to 
continue examination of the Integrated Surveillance Intelligence 
System with a hearing entitled ``Mismanagement of the Border 
Surveillance System and Lessons Learned for the New Border 
Initiative, Part 3,'' following full Committee hearing, 311 Cannon.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing entitled ``The 
International Affairs Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2007,'' 1:30 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, oversight hearing on Victims and the Criminal 
Justice System: How to Protect, Compensate, and Vindicate the 
Interests of Victims, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, 
hearing on H.R. 4686, Multi-State and International Fisheries 
Conservation and Management Act of 2006, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, hearing on NASA's Fiscal Year 2007 Budget 
Proposal, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to consider the 
following: Committee Budget Views and Estimates

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for Fiscal Year 2007 for submission to the Committee on the Budget; 
GSA Capital Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions; and other 
pending business, 12:30 p.m., followed by a hearing on Disasters and 
the Department of Homeland Security: Where Do We Go From Here? 1:30 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to continue hearings on annual 
legislative agenda, views and priorities for veterans organizations, 
10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, 
oversight hearing on the VA's Fiscal Year 2007 budget request for 
the compensation and pension business lines, 2 p.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security and 
the Subcommittee on Oversight, to hold a joint hearing on Social 
Security Number High-Risk Issues, 11 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Director of National Intelligence: Annual Assessment of Threats, 
9:30 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, executive, 
hearing on Future Imagery Architecture, 12:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: Joint Economic Committee, to hold hearings to 
examine the economic report of the President, 10:30 a.m., 2322 RHOB.