[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 26 (Friday, March 3, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D179-D181]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of March 6 through March 11, 2006

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate may begin debate on the proposed lobbying reform 
bill. At 5 p.m., Senate will begin consideration the nominations of 
Timothy C. Batten, Sr., to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Georgia, Thomas E. Johnston, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, and Aida M. 
Delgado-Colon, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Puerto Rico, and at 5:30 p.m., proceed to consecutive votes on 
confirmation of the nominations.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 2320, LIHEAP 
Funding bill, with a vote on the motion to invoke cloture thereon.
  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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: March 9, to 
hold hearings to examine the United States Department of 
Agriculture's management and oversight of the Packers and Stockyards 
Act, 10:30 a.m., SR-328A.

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  Committee on Appropriations: March 7, to hold hearings to examine 
the proposed supplemental funding request for additional resources 
to assist the Gulf Coast region in its recovery from hurricanes in 
the Gulf of Mexico in 2005, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the Department of 
Defense, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  March 8, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine the 
proposed supplemental funding request for additional resources to 
assist the Gulf Coast region in its recovery from hurricanes in the 
Gulf of Mexico in 2005, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  March 8, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine potential effects of a flat Federal income tax in the 
District of Columbia, 2 p.m., SD-124.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the Department of Agriculture, 
8:30 a.m., SD-192.
  March 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the proposed 
supplemental funding request for additional resources to assist in 
ongoing military, diplomatic, and intelligence operations in the 
Global War on Terror; Stabilization and counter-insurgency 
activities in Iraq and Afghanistan, and other humanitarian 
assistance, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Energy and Water, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the Army 
Corps of Engineers, 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 7, to hold hearings to examine 
military strategy and operational requirements in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2007 and the future 
years defense program, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine the nuclear weapons and defense environmental cleanup 
activities of the Department of Energy in review of the defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2007 and the future years 
nuclear security program; to be followed by a closed session in SR-
222, 2:45 p.m., SR-232A.
  March 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Department of Defense quadrennial defense review; to be followed by 
a closed session in SR-222, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  March 9, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine the defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2007 and the future years 
defense program, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  March 10, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to 
hold hearings to examine the roles and missions of the Department of 
Defense regarding homeland defense and support to civil authorities 
in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2007 
and the future years defense program, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 7, to hold 
hearings to examine the current oversight and operation of credit 
rating agencies, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  March 8, Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance, to hold 
hearings to examine the proposed reauthorization of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  March 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine self-
regulatory organizations in the securities markets, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 7, to 
hold hearings to examine rural telecom, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  March 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pending 
nominations, 3:15 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 7, to hold 
hearings to examine the goal of energy independence, 9:30 a.m., SD-
366.
  March 8, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  March 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Raymond L. Orbach, of California, to be Under 
Secretary for Science, Alexander A. Karsner, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and 
Dennis R. Spurgeon, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary for 
Nuclear Energy, all of the Department of Energy, and David Longly 
Bernhardt, of Colorado, to be Solicitor of the Department of the 
Interior, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 9, Subcommittee 
on Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 9:30 
a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Finance: March 6, Subcommittee on International 
Trade, to hold hearings to examine The U.S.-Oman Free Trade 
Agreement, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  March 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine a prognosis 
of the nation's health care tax policy, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 7, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Randall L. Tobias, of Indiana, to be 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  March 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Richard T. Miller, of Texas, to be U.S. 
Representative on the Economic and Social Council of the United 
Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be an U.S. Alternate 
Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United 
Nations during his tenure of service as U.S. Representative on the 
Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, and John A. 
Simon, of Maryland, to be Executive Vice President of the Overseas 
Private Investment Corporation, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and 
Narcotics Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the impact of the 
American Servicemembers' Protection Act on Latin America, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 7, to 
hold hearings to examine the response of community-based 
organizations to the 2005 Gulf Coast hurricanes, 10 a.m., SD-430.

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  March 8, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S.1955, to 
amend title I of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 and 
the Public Health Service Act to expand health care access and 
reduce costs through the creation of small business health plans and 
through modernization of the health insurance marketplace, S.1902, 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize funding for the 
establishment of a program on children and the media within the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to study the role and 
impact of electronic media in the development of children, and the 
nominations of Michell C. Clark, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Management, Department of Education, Jean B. Elshtain, 
of Tennessee, to be a Member of the National Council on the 
Humanities, Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., of South Carolina, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Labor, Allen C. Guelzo, of Pennsylvania, to 
be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities, Arlene Holen, 
of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Mine 
Safety and Health Review Commission, George Perdue, of Georgia, to 
be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial 
Fellowship Foundation, Anne-Imelda Radice, of Vermont, to be 
Director of the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Craig T. 
Ramey, of West Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the National Board for Education Sciences, Sarah M. Singleton, of 
New Mexico, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Legal 
Services Corporation, Richard Stickler, of West Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health, Kent D. 
Talbert, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Department of 
Education, Horace A. Thompson, of Mississippi, to be a Member of the 
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, and certain 
nominations in the Public Health Service, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: March 8, 
to resume hearings to examine Hurricane Katrina, focusing on 
recommendations for reform, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine 
Crime Victims Fund rescission, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine 
agencies' progress relating to reporting improper payments, 2:30 
p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: March 8, to hold hearings to examine 
S. 2078, to amend the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to clarify the 
authority of the National Indian Gaming Commission to regulate class 
III gaming, to limit the lands eligible for gaming, 9:30 a.m., SR-
485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 7, to hold hearings to examine 
defective products relating to criminal penalties ensuring corporate 
accountability, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  March 8, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: March 9, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2007 for the Small Business Administration, and related 
measures, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 7, to hold hearings to 
examine the legislative presentation of the Veterans of Foreign 
Wars, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  March 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
legislative presentations of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, the 
Blinded Veterans of America, The Non-Commissioned Officers 
Association, the Military Order of the Purple Heart, and the Jewish 
War Veterans, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 7, closed business meeting 
to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  March 8, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing regarding 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  March 9, Full Committee, closed business meeting to consider 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: March 9, to hold hearings to examine 
how to prepare Americans for long-term care financing, 10 a.m., SD-
138.