[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 28, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D135-D137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 1, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  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, 
10:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine Army 
Transformation and the future combat 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.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending military 
nominations, 4 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine regulatory relief proposals, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: 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.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Disaster Prevention and Prediction, to hold hearings to examine 
winter storms, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the state of the economies

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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.
  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.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the status of the Yucca Mountain Project, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 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.
  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.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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.
  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.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Norman Randy Smith, of Idaho, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit, and Patrick Joseph Schiltz, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Minnesota, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: 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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Office of Inspector General, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, on 
Secretary of the Interior, 9 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life, and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, on public witnesses, 10 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and 
Commerce, and Related Agencies, on FCC, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2007 
National Defense Authorization Budget Request for the Department of 
the Air Force, 10 a.m., to hold a hearing on the Fiscal Year 2007 
National Defense Authorization Budget Request for the Department of 
the Navy, 2 p.m., and to mark up 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, 6:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on the Department of Defense 
Budget Priorities Fiscal Year 2007, 9:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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, 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.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Medicare Part D: 
Implementation of the New Drug Benefit,'' 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Oil and Gas Royalties: The Facts, The 
Remedies,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  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.
  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.
  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, executive briefing on the 
acquisition of terminal operations in six United States ports by 
Dubai Port World, 5:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.

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  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.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, 
and Intellectual Property, to mark up the following measures: H.R. 
4742, To amend title 35, United States Code, to allow the Director 
of the Patent and Trademark Office to waive statutory provisions 
governing patents and trademarks in certain emergencies; and S. 
1785, Vessel Hull Design Protection Amendments of 2005, 12 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, to begin 
hearings 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,'' Part 
1, 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 4167, National Uniformity for 
Food Act of 2005, 2:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
  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.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
MedPAC's March Report on Medicare Payment Policies, 3 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Meetings: 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.