[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 33 (Wednesday, March 15, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D250-D251]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 16, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2007 for the Forest Service, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 
for the Department of Transportation and Amtrak, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 
to hold hearings to examine an overview of democracy programs, 2 
p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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; to be followed by a closed session in SH-219, 8:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to examine 
Global Strike Plans and programs in review of the defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2007, 3:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Disaster Prevention and Prediction, to hold hearings to examine 
impacts on aviation regarding volcanic hazards, 10:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending calendar 
business, 3 p.m., S-128, Capitol.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration's strategy to restore 
and protect the Great Lakes, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade, to hold 
hearings to examine Cuno and competitiveness, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine reauthorization of Public Health Security and 
Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act relating to enhancing 
public health and medical preparedness, 10:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine 
understanding the obligation of Funds Transparency Act, focusing on 
the need for earmark reform and legislation that would be an 
important step toward achieving such reform, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Patrick Joseph Schiltz, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Minnesota, Norman Randy Smith, of Idaho, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, 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, David F. Kustoff, of 
Tennessee, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of 
Tennessee, proposed comprehensive immigration reform, 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, S.J. Res. 1, proposing an

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amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to 
marriage, and S. Res. 398, relating to the censure of George W. 
Bush, 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 Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
homeless programs administered by the VA, 10 a.m., SR-418.


                                  House

  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2007 National 
Defense Authorization Budget Request for the U.S. Southern Command, 9 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on Fiscal Year 2007 National 
Defense Authorization Budget Request for space activities, 1 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing on the Fiscal 
Year 2007 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for the 
Department of the Navy and the Department of the Air Force Aviation 
Acquisition Programs, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on the Key Budget Process Reforms, 10 
a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections, hearing entitled ``Mine Safety and Health: A Congressional 
Perspective,'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Legislative Proposals To Promote Electronic Health Records and 
a Smarter Health Information System,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to mark up the following: H.R. 3997, 
Financial Data Protection Act of 2005; 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, hearing entitled ``Leave No Computer 
System Behind: A Review of the 2006 Federal Computer Security 
Scorecards,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Economic Security, 
Infrastructure Protection, and Cybersecurity, to continue markup of H.R. 
4439, Transportation Security Administration Reorganization Act of 2005, 
10 a.m., followed by a hearing on H.R. 4954, Security and Accountability 
for Every Port Act, 10:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the Status of Reform 
and Fraud Investigations at the United Nations, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International 
Operations, hearing on Monitoring Respect for Human Rights Around the 
World: A Review of the Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 
2005, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and 
Homeland Security, oversight hearing on United States v. Booker: One Year 
Later--Chaos or Status Quo? 10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, hearing on H.R. 4857, To better inform 
consumers regarding costs associated with compliance for protecting 
endangered and threatened species under the Endangered Species Act of 
1973, 3 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight hearing on the 
Department of the Interior and United States Forest Service Budgets for 
Fiscal Year 2007 Energy and Mineral Programs, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, oversight hearing on the Impact 
of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on the National Wildlife Refuge System, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, oversight hearing entitled ``National 
Park Service business strategies, including the development and 
implementation of National Park Service business plans,'' 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and 
Standards, hearing on EPA's Fiscal Year 2007 Science and Technology 
Budget Proposal, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Oversight, hearing on the State of Small Business Security in a Cyber 
Economy, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways, Transit and Pipelines, oversight hearing on Pipeline Safety, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance 
and Memorial Affairs, oversight hearing on the accuracy of benefits 
information provided to, and the quality of service received by, 
individuals calling into the Veterans Benefits Administration, 2 p.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, 
hearing on the Use of Tax-Preferred Bond Financing, 10:30 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  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, executive, briefing on 
Global/Updates, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Bipartisan Committee to Investigate the Preparation for and 
Response to Hurricane Katrina, to consider the Select Committee's 
Supplemental Report and Document Annex, 1:15 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.