[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 29 (Wednesday, March 8, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D206-D207]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 9, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: 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.
  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  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.
  Committee on Armed Services: to resume hearings to examine the 
defense authorization request for fiscal year 2007 and the future 
years defense program, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine self-regulatory organizations in the securities markets, 
10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: business meeting to continue markup of 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2007, 9 a.m., S-
207, Capitol.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine pending nominations, 3:15 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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: 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 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine 
agencies' progress relating to reporting improper payments, focusing 
on the success or failure of agencies to report and/or reduce 
improper payments in fiscal year 2005 performance and accountability 
reports, and to discuss whether or not the various ways in which 
agencies measure improper payments is accurately depicting the 
magnitude of the problem, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights, 
business meeting to consider S. J. Res. 12, proposing an amendment 
to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to 
prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States, 
1:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: 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: 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., SD-G50.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine how to 
prepare Americans for long-term care financing, 10 a.m., SD-138.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Army Budget and Acquisition 
Overview, 10:30 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security, on United States 
Coast Guard, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Department of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies, on Department of 
Education, 9:30 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on DOE, Environment Management, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
Programs, on HIV/AIDS Programs, 10:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, on 
Forest Service, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, on VA/DHP Information Technology, 9:30 a.m., H-143 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and 
Commerce, and Related Agencies, on the Secretary of State, 2 p.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2007 
National Defense Authorization Budget Request for the U.S. Pacific 
Command and U.S. Forces Korea, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2007 
National Defense Authorization budget request for the Missile 
Defense Agency and Ballistic Missile Defense Programs, 1 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing on Fiscal 
Year 2007 National Defense Authorization Act Budget Request for the 
Department of Defense major rotorcraft programs, 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.

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  Committee on Energy and Commerce, hearing entitled ``Department of 
Energy's Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Proposal,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Community Opportunity, hearing entitled ``The Federal Role in 
Facilitating Recovery and Long-term Rebuilding Efforts in the Gulf 
Coast Region,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to consider the following: H.R. 
4855, to amend the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999 
to reauthorize for 5 additional years the public and private school 
tuition assistance programs established under the Act; S. 1736, To 
provide for the participation of employees in the judicial branch in 
the Federal leave transfer program for disasters and emergencies; a 
Committee Report on the National Drug Control Strategy for 2006 and 
the National Drug Control Budget for Fiscal Year 2007; H.R. 4674, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 110 North Chestnut Street in Olathe, Kansas, as the ``Governor 
John Anderson, Jr. Post Office Building;'' H.R. 4688, To designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1 Boyden 
Street in Badin, North Carolina, as the ``Mayor John Thompson `Tom' 
Garrison Memorial Post Office;'' H.R. 4786, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 535 Wood 
Street in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, as the ``H. Gordon Payrow Post 
Office Building;'' H.R. 4805, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service at 105 North Quincy Street in Clinton, 
Illinois, as the ``Gene Vance Post Office Building;'' H.R. 85, 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National ``MPS Day;'' H.R. 517, 
Recognizing the life of Wellington Timothy Mara and his outstanding 
contributions to the New York Giants Football Club, the National 
Football League, and the United States; and H.R. 556, Expressing the 
sense of the House of Representatives that a National 
Methamphetamine Prevention Week should be established to increase 
awareness of methamphetamine and to educate the public on ways to 
help prevent the use of that damaging narcotic; followed by a 
hearing entitled ``The Regulation of Dietary Supplements: A Review 
of Consumer Safeguards,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, to mark up H.R. 4439, 
Transportation Security Administration Reorganization Act of 2005, 
10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, to mark up H.R. 1606, Online 
Freedom of Speech Act, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Middle East 
and Central Asia and the Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, joint hearing on Afghanistan: Progress Report, 10:30 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Afghanistan: Is the Aid Getting Through? 8 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, 
and Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 1458, To require any 
Federal or State court to recognize any notarization made by a 
notary public licensed by a State other than the State where the 
court is located when such notarization occurs in or affects 
interstate commerce, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, to 
continue oversight hearings on White Collar Enforcement (Part 2): 
Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, 
oversight hearing on the FY '07 Budget Request of the U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on the 
following measures: H.R. 1370, Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform 
Act; H.R. 1644, Puerto Rico Karst Conservation Act; H.R. 2110, 
Colorado Northern Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study 
Act; H.R. 4382, Southern Nevada Readiness Center Act; H.R. 4789, To 
require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public land 
located wholly or partially within the boundaries of the Wells 
Hydroelectric Project of Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas 
County, Washington, to the utility district; and S. 56, Rio Grand 
Natural Area Act, 9 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to continue hearings on lobby reform, entitled 
``Lobby Reform: Reforming the Gift and Travel Rules,'' 10 a.m., H-
313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, hearing on Should Congress Establish ``ARPA-
E,'' The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy? 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Tax, Finance and 
Exports, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Small Business 
Administration's Finance Programs,'' 10:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, oversight hearing on 
Foreign Operations of U.S. Port Facilities, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, oversight hearing on the VA's Vocational Rehabilitation 
and Employment Service contract services and its coordination with 
the Department of Labor's Veterans' Employment and Training Service, 
10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Background on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) , 9 
a.m., H-405 Capitol.