[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 32 (Tuesday, March 14, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D237-D239]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 15, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 
for the Department of the Navy, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the Secretary of 
the Senate, Architect of the Capitol, including an update on the 
progress of the Capitol Visitor Center, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and 
Management Support, to hold hearings to examine ground forces 
readiness in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal 
year 2007, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Joint Strike 
Fighter F136 Alternative Engine Program in review of the defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2007 and the future years 
defense program, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine innovation and competitiveness legislation, 1:30 
p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 11:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine Post-
Palestinian election challenges in the Middle East, 9:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 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, 9 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
the progress of the programs on the Government Accountability 
Office's high-risk list, including whether a proposal to create a 
Chief Management Officer at the Department of Homeland Security and 
Department of Defense would foster a culture of accountability 
necessary for improved high-risk program performance, 2:30 p.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine S. 1899, 
to amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention 
Act to identify and remove barriers to reducing child abuse, to 
provide for examinations of certain children, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Norman Randy Smith, of Idaho, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Patrick Joseph Schiltz, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, and 
Steven G. Bradbury, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General, and John F. Clark, of Virginia, to be Director of the 
United States Marshals Service, both of the Department of Justice, 
proposed comprehensive immigration reform legislation, S. 1768, to 
permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings, S. 829, to allow 
media coverage of court proceedings, S. 489, to amend chapter 111 of 
title 28, United States Code, to limit the duration of Federal 
consent decrees to which State and local governments are a party, S. 
2039, to provide for loan repayment for prosecutors and public 
defenders, S. 2292, to provide relief for the Federal judiciary from 
excessive rent charges, and S.J. Res. 1, proposing an amendment to 
the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage, 9 a.m., 
SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, 
to hold hearings to examine hospital group purchasing, focusing on 
if the industry's reforms are sufficient to ensure competition, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine 
eliminating retirement income disparity for women, 10 a.m., SD-106


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, hearing to review the Federal Crop Insurance 
System, 3 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on DOE, Nuclear Waste Disposal, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, on 
Fish and Wildlife Service, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 
Related Agencies, on Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 9 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and 
Commerce, and Related Agencies, on SBA, 10 a.m., H-309 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2007 
National Defense Authorization Budget Request for the U.S. Central 
Command, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee in Military Personnel, hearing on the Military Resale 
and Morale, Welfare Morale, Welfare and Recreation Overview, 3 p.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Projection Forces, hearing on evolving Navy 
missions and the role of surface and subsurface combatants, 3 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on Implementing the Global War on Terror 
Strategy: Overcoming Interagency Problems, 5 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing entitled ``Status of the Yucca Mountain Project,'' 
2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``What's the Cost? 
Proposals To Provide Consumers With Better Information About 
Healthcare Service Costs,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider the following: H.R. 
3997, Financial Data Protection Act of 2005; H.R. 4411, Unlawful 
Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2005; H.R. 4916, To authorize 
United States participation in, and appropriations for, the United 
States contribution to the first replenishment of the resources of 
the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund; H.R. 
4912, Rural Health Care Capital Access Act of 2006; the Flood 
Insurance Modernization and Reform Act of 2006; H.R. 2990, Credit 
Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act of 2005; and S. 2141, To make 
improvements to the Federal Deposit Insurance Act, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Strengthening the Nation's Water 
Infrastructure: The Army Corps of Engineers' Planning Priorities,'' 
3 p.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, hearing 
entitled ``Improving the Quality of Healthcare in the FEHBP,'' 3:15 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance and Accountability, 
hearing entitled ``OMB's Financial Management Line of Business 
Initiative: Too Much Too Soon?'' 3 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, hearing entitled ``Taking on 
Water: The National Park Service's Stalled Rulemaking Effort on 
Personal Watercraft,'' 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Preparedness, Science, and Technology, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 4942, Promoting Antiterrorism Capabilities Through 
International Cooperation Act; and H.R. 4941, Homeland Security 
Science and Technology Enhancement Act of 2006, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight, to mark up 
the Department of Homeland Security Management and Operations 
Improvement Act of 2006, 3:30 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following 
measures: H.R. 282, Iran Freedom Support Act; H. Con. Res. 90, 
Conveying the sympathy of Congress to the families of the young 
women murdered in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, and encouraging 
increased United States involvement in bringing an end to these 
crimes; 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; H. Res. 578, Concerning the Government of Romania's ban 
on intercountry adoptions and the welfare of orphaned or abandoned 
children in Romania; and H.R. 658, Supporting the goals and ideals 
of Work Water Day, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International 
Operations and the Subcommittee on Europe and Emerging Threats, 
joint hearing on the Northern Ireland Peace Process: Policing 
Advances and Remaining Challenges, 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on Unrest in South 
Asia: Recent Developments in Nepal and Sri Lanka, 3 p.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following: H.R. 4698, 
Disaster Relief Volunteer Protection Act of 2006; 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 H. Con. Res. 319, 
Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the successful and 
substantial contributions of the amendments to the patent and 
trademark laws that were enacted in 1980 (Public Law 96-517, 
commonly known as the Bayh-Dole Act), on the occasion of the 25th 
anniversary of its enactment; H.R. 3127, Darfur Peace and 
Accountability Act of 2005; a resolution Honoring Leonidas Ralph 
Mecham, Director, Administrative Office of the United States Courts 
and Secretary of the Judicial Conference of the United States; and 
to consider pending Committee business, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up the following: H.R. 122, 
Eastern Municipal Water District Recycled Water System 
Pressurization and Expansion Project; H.R. 4123, Bleeding Kansas 
National Heritage Area Act; H.R. 518, Neotropical Migratory Bird 
Conservation Improvement Act of 2005; H.R. 2563, To authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct feasibility studies to address 
certain water shortages with the Snake, Boise, and Payette River 
systems in Idaho; H.R. 3418, Central Texas Water Recycling Act of 
2005; H.R. 3418, Central Texas Waste Recycling Act of 2005, H.R. 
3462, To provide for the conveyance of the Bureau of Land Management 
parcels known as the White Acre and Gambel Oak properties and 
related real property to Park City, Utah; H.R. 3682, To redesignate 
the Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge in Virginia as the Elizabeth 
Hartwell Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge; H.R. 4013, To amend 
the Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to 
provide for conjunctive use of surface and groundwater in Juab 
County, Utah; H.R. 4080, Glendo Unit of the Missouri River Basin 
Project Contract Extension Act of 2005; H.R. 4084, To amend the 
Forest Service use and occupancy permit program to restore the 
authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to utilize the special use 
permit fees collected by the Secretary in connection with the 
establishment and operation of marinas in units of the National 
Forest System derived from the public domain; H.R. 4200, Forest 
Emergency Recovery and Research Act; H.R. 4204, American River Pump 
Station Project Transfer Act of 2005; H.R. 4686, Multi-State and 
International Fisheries Conservation and Management Act of 2006; 
H.R. 4882, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Visitor Center Deadline 
Enforcement Act; S. 584, Betty Dick Residence Protection Act; S. 
1165 James Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2005; 
and S. 1869, Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2005, 
10 a.m.; and a hearing on H.R.

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4893, To amend section 20 of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to 
restrict off-reservation gaming, 3 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 1606, Online Freedom of 
Speech Act, 4:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on the Legislative and Budget Process, hearing on 
H.R. 4890, Legislative Line Item Veto Act of 2006, 10 a.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Research, hearing on 
Undergraduate Science, Math and Engineering Education: What's 
Working? 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on the issues confronting the 
Small Business Administration in the upcoming fiscal years, 2:45 
p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Rural Enterprise, Agriculture and Technology, 
hearing entitled ``The Missouri River and Its Spring Rise: Science 
or Science Fiction? 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, hearing on Implementation of the Recently Expanded Rail 
Infrastructure Loan Program, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, oversight hearing on education 
benefits for the total military force, 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, Hearing on 
Long-Term Acute Care Hospitals, 3 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing Regarding New Research on 
Unemployment Benefit Recipients, 10:30 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.