[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 22 (Monday, February 27, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D125-D129]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

               Week of February 28 through March 4, 2006

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of S. 2271, USA 
PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act, with a vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the bill to occur at 2:30 p.m.
  On Wednesday, at 11 a.m., Senate will meet with the House of 
Representatives for a joint meeting to hear an address from Silvio 
Berlusconi, Prime Minister of Italy. Also, Senate expects to vote on 
final passage of S. 2271, USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing 
Amendments Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any other cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: February 28, Subcommittee on Homeland 
Security, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2007 for the Department of Homeland Security, 10:30 
a.m., SD-192.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the Department of 
Education, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the 
Library of Congress, Open World Leadership Council, and Government 
Accountability Office, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Energy and Water, to hold hearings to 
examine an outline of the Global Nuclear Energy Plan and the future 
of nuclear power, 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 28, to hold hearings to 
examine current and future worldwide threats to the national 
security of the United States; to be followed by a closed session in 
SH-219, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine 
active component, reserve component, and civilian personnel programs 
in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2007, 
9:30 a.m., SR-232A.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine Army 
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systems acquisition strategy in review of the defense authorization 
request for fiscal year 2007 and the future years defense program, 
2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  March 1, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
military nominations, 4 p.m., SR-222.
  March 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2007 and the future years 
defense program, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold 
hearings to examine military installations, military construction, 
environmental programs, and base realignment and closure programs in 
review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2007, 2 
p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 28, to 
hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2007 for the Federal Transit Administration, Department 
of Transportation, 10:30 a.m., SD-538.
  March 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine regulatory 
relief proposals, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  March 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
implementation of the Exon-Florio Amendment, focusing on Dubai Ports 
World acquisition of Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation 
Company, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on the Budget: March 1, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's budgetary proposals for fiscal year 2007 for the 
Department of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  March 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget for fiscal year 2007, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 28, 
to hold hearings to examine the Universal Service Fund (USF) 
contribution system, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  February 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
security of terminal operations at U.S. ports, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention and Prediction, to 
hold hearings to examine winter storms, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  March 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine USF 
distribution, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 28, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2007 for the Forest Service, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to 
examine the Bureau of Reclamation Reuse and Recycling Program (Title 
XVI of Public Law 102-575), 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  March 1, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
the state of the economies and fiscal affairs in the Territories of 
Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold 
hearings to examine the role of the Forest Service and other Federal 
agencies in protecting the health and welfare of foreign guest 
workers carrying out tree planting and other service contracts on 
National Health System lands, and to consider related Forest Service 
guidance and contract modifications issued in recent weeks, 2:30 
p.m., SD-366.
  March 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2007 for the 
Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 1, to hold 
hearings to examine the status of the Yucca Mountain Project, 2:30 
p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 2, to hold a closed briefing 
on the challenges and responses with respect to a nuclear Iran, 9 
a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  March 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
challenges and responses with respect to a nuclear Iran, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 28, 
Subcommittee on Education and Early Childhood Development, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 2198, to ensure the United States 
successfully competes in the 21st century global economy, 10 a.m., 
SD-430.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Education and Early Childhood 
Development, to continue hearings to examine S. 2198, to ensure the 
United States successfully competes in the 21st century global 
economy, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  March 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
reauthorization of the Ryan White CARE Act relating to fighting the 
AIDS epidemic of today, 3 p.m., SD-430.
  March 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the state of 
mine safety and health, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: February 
28, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
S. 2060, to extend the District of Columbia College Access Act of 
1999 and make certain improvements, S. 1838, to provide for the 
sale, acquisition, conveyance, and exchange of certain real property 
in the District of Columbia to facilitate the utilization, 
development, and redevelopment of such property, and H.R. 3508, to 
authorize improvements in the operation of the government of the 
District of Columbia, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  March 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2007 for the 
Department of Homeland Security, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  March 2, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2128, to 
provide greater transparency with respect to lobbying activities, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 28, to hold oversight 
hearings to examine Indian gaming activities, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  March 1, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on Resources to examine the settlement of Cobell v. 
Norton, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 28, to resume hearings to 
examine issues relating to wartime executive power and the NSA's 
surveillance authority, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.

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  March 1, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and 
Citizenship, with the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and 
Homeland Security, to hold joint hearings to examine Federal 
strategies to end border violence, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  March 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine judicial 
nominations, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  March 2, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: February 28, business 
meeting to markup an original bill to make the legislative process 
more transparent, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: March 1, to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Eric M. Thorson, of Virginia, 
to be Inspector General, Small Business Administration, 2 p.m., SR-
428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: February 28, to hold hearings to 
examine legislative presentation of the Disabled American Veterans, 
2 p.m., SH-216.
  March 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine legislative 
presentations of the Fleet Reserve Association, the Air Force 
Sergeants Association, the Retired Enlisted Association, the Gold 
Star Wives of America, and the Military Officers Association of 
America, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 1, to receive a closed 
briefing to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  March 2, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, March 1, Subcommittee on Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies, on Office of Inspector General, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on Secretary of the Interior, 9 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life, and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, on public witnesses, 10 a.m., H-143 
Capitol.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Science, The Departments of State, 
Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies, on FCC, 2 p.m., H-309 
Capitol.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Rural Development, 
9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Energy and Water, and Related Agencies, 
on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 2 p.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
Related Programs, on Avian Influenza-International Response, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on Administrator of EPA, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, on American Competitiveness 
Initiative,10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life, and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, on U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans 
Claims, 9:30 a.m., on American Battler Monuments Commission, 10 
a.m., on Arlington National Cemetery, 10:30 a.m., and on Armed 
Forces Retirement Home, 11 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Science, The Departments of State, 
Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies, on NSF, 10 a.m., H-309 
Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 28, Subcommittee on 
Protection Forces, hearing on the U.S. Air Force on Aerial Refueling 
Recapitalization Requirements, 6 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 1, full Committee, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2007 National 
Defense Authorization Budget Request for the Department of the Air 
Force, 10 a.m., and to hold a hearing on the Fiscal Year 2007 
National Defense Authorization Budget Request for the Department of 
the Navy, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 1, full Committee, to mark up the following resolutions: H. 
Res. 645, Requesting the President and directing the Secretary of 
Defense to transmit to the House of Representatives all information 
in the possession of the President or the Secretary of Defense 
relating to the collection of information pertaining to persons 
inside the United States without obtaining court-ordered warrants 
authorizing the collection of such information and relating to the 
policy of the United States with respect to the gathering of 
counterterrorism intelligence within the United States; and H. Res. 
685, Requesting the President and directing the Secretary of State 
and the Secretary of Defense provide to the House fo Representatives 
certain documents in their possession relating to any entity with 
which the United States has contracted for public relations purposes 
concerning Iraq, 6:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the Fiscal 
Year 2007 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for the 
Department of Energy's Atomic Energy Defense Activities, 4:30 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  March 2, full Committee, hearing on the National Security 
Implications of the Dubai Ports World Deal to Take over Management 
of U.S. Ports, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, March 1, hearing on the Department of 
Defense Budget Priorities Fiscal Year 2007, 9:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, March 1, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing entitled ``Evaluating Health and 
Safety Regulations in the American Mining Industry,'' 12 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 1, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Car 
Title Fraud: Issues and Approaches for Keeping Consumers Safe on the 
Road,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  March 1, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Medicare Part 
D; Implementation of the New Drug Benefit,'' 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing entitled ``Legislation to Implement the POPs, PIC, and LRTAP 
POPs Agreements,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 28, Subcommittee on 
Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Fair Housing 
Issues in the Gulf Coast in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and 
Rita,'' 11 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary 
Policy, Trade, and Technology, hearing entitled ``Foreign 
Investment, Jobs and National Security: The CFIUS Process,'' 2 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, February 28, Subcommittee on 
National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations 
hearing entitled ``Progress Since 9/11: Protecting Public Health and 
Safety Terrorist Attacks,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Energy and Resources, hearing entitled 
``Oil and Gas Royalties: The Facts, The Remedies,'' 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census, hearing 
entitled ``Apportionment in the Balance: A Look into the Progress of 
the 2010 Decennial Census,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and 
Accountability, hearing entitled ``U.S. Fiscal Outlook and the FY 
2005 Governmentwide Financial Statements,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, hearing entitled 
``Plain English Regulations: Helping the American Public Understand 
the Rules,'' 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, March 1, executive, briefing on 
the acquisition of terminal operations in six United States ports by 
Dubai Port World, 5:30 p.m., H2-176 Ford Building.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and 
Technology, hearing entitled ``The State of Interoperable 
Communications: Perspectives from State and Local Governments,'' 2 
p.m., 311 Cannon.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure 
Protection, and the Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information 
Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment, executive, joint briefing on 
terrorist intentions toward U.S. aircraft, 10 a.m., H2-176 Ford.
  Committee on International Relations, February 28, Subcommittee on 
Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations, to mark up 
the following measures: H.R. 4423, Ethiopia Consolidation Act of 
2005; H.R. 3189, Central Asia Democracy and Human Rights Act of 
2005; H. Con. Res. 320, Calling on the Government of the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam to immediately and unconditionally release Dr. 
Pham Hong Son and other political prisoners and prisoners of 
conscience; and H. Res. 578, Concerning the Government of Romania's 
ban on intercountry adoptions and the welfare of orphaned or 
abandoned children in Romania, 5 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 2, full Committee, hearing on United States Policy Toward 
the Palestinians in the Aftermath of Parliamentary Elections, 10:30 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and 
Nonproliferation, oversight hearing on Assessing Rights under the 
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, oversight hearing on 
Western Hemisphere Energy Security, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 28, Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism, and Homeland Security, to continue oversight hearings on 
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (BATFE) Part 
2: Gun Show Enforcement, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 1, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
2829, Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthozation Act of 
2005; H.R. 4709, Law Enforcement and Phone Privacy Protection Act of 
2006; H.R. 4356, Emergency and Disaster Assistance Fraud Penalty 
Enhancement Act of 2005; H.R. 1871, Volunteer Pilot Organization 
Protection Act of 2005; H.R. 1176, Nonprofit Athletic Organization 
Protection Act of 2005; and H.R. 2955, Intellectual Property 
Jurisdiction Clarification Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, 
oversight hearing entitled ``The Energy Employees Occupational 
Illness Compensation Program Act--Are We Fulfilling the Promise We 
Made to these Veterans of the Cold War When We Created the 
Program,'' 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing 
entitled ``The Scope and Myths of Roe v. Wade,'' 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Immigration , Border Security, and Claims 
and the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 
joint oversight hearing entitled ``Outgunned and Outmanned: Local 
Law Enforcement Confronts Violence Along the Southern Border,'' 12 
p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, March 1, Subcommittee on Water and Power, 
oversight hearing entitled ``How the Federal Marketing 
Administrations are Implementing the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and 
an Assessment of the Proposed Fiscal Year Budgets for these 
Agencies,'' 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 2, Subcommittee on National Parks, oversight hearing on the 
National Park Service's Fiscal Year 2007 Budget, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing 
entitled ``The President's Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Requests for the 
Bureau of Reclamation and the Water Division of the U.S. Geological 
Survey,'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, March 1, to consider H.R. 4167, National 
Uniformity for Food Act of 2005, 2:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  March 2, hearing entitled ``Lobbying Reform: Accountability 
through Transparency,'' 10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.

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  Committee on Science, March 2, hearing on NASA Science Mission 
Directorate: Impacts of the Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Proposal, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, March 2, Subcommittee on Workforce, 
Empowerment and Government Programs, oversight hearing on the SBA's 
Entrepreneurial Development Programs, 10:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 1, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, oversight 
hearing on the United States Coast Guard and the Federal Maritime 
Commission Fiscal Year Budget Requests, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  March 1, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
oversight hearing on Agency Budgets and Priorities for Fiscal Year 
2007 for the following Agencies: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
The Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Saint Lawrence 
Seaway Development Corporation, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines, 
oversight hearing on Curbside Operations: Bus Safety and ADA 
Regulatory Compliance, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, March 2, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, oversight hearing regarding the Department of 
Veterans Affairs' Fiscal Year 2007 information technology budget, 10 
a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 1, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on MedPAC's March Report on Medicare Payment Policies, 3 
p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Social Security, to continue hearings on 
Social Security Number High-Risk Issues, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 28, 
executive, hearing in Accordance with the Framework Agreement, 10 
a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  February 28, executive, hearing on the Department of Defense's 
Intelligence Budget, 1 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: March 1, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Resources to examine 
the settlement of Cobell v. Norton, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.