[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 35 (Monday, March 27, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D270-D275]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of March 28 through April 1, 2006

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed 
to consideration of S. 2454, Securing America's Borders Act, with a 
vote on the

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motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to occur at 2:15 p.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate expects to resume 
consideration of S. 2349, Legislative Transparency and Accountability 
Act, and may consider any other cleared legislative and executive 
business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: March 28, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Water, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2007 for Bureau of Reclamation, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  March 28, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2007 for the Department of State and Foreign Operations, 
2 p.m., SD-138.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the Army, 2:30 
p.m., SD-192.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimate for fiscal year 2007 for the Air Force, 10 
a.m., SD-192.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans' 
Affairs and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 
for the Department of the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Energy and Water, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the 
Department of Energy's Supply and Conservation account, Electricity 
Delivery and Energy Reliability account, Office of Nuclear Energy, 
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Office of 
Environmental Management, Office of Fossil Energy Research and 
Development, and Office of Science, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2007 for programs under its jurisdiction, 
10 a.m., SD-192.
  March 30, Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold hearings 
to examine the potential effects of a flat Federal income tax in the 
District of Columbia, 1:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 28, Subcommittee on Airland, to 
hold hearings to examine Air Force and Navy tactical aviation 
programs in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal 
year 2007 and the future years defense program, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to 
hold hearings to examine U.S. nonproliferation strategy and the 
roles and missions of the Department of Defense and the Department 
of Energy in nonproliferation in review of the defense authorization 
request for fiscal year 2007 and the future years defense program, 
9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  March 29, 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, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  March 29, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings to examine 
Navy/Marine Corps force structure and future capabilities in review 
of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2007 and the 
future years defense program, 3:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine 
reserve component personnel policies in review of the defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2007, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 29, 
Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance, to hold hearings to 
examine economic impact issues in export-import bank 
reauthorization, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  March 30, Full Committee, business meeting to consider Foreign 
Investment and National Security Act of 2006, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, to hold 
hearings to examine McKinney-Vento Act reauthorization and 
consolidation of HUD's homeless programs, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 28, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine Federal 
Aviation Administration budget and the long-term viability of the 
Aviation Trust Fund, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Technology, Innovation, and 
Competitiveness, to hold hearings to examine the importance of basic 
research to United States' competitiveness, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  March 30, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention and Prediction, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine National Polar-Orbiting 
Operational Environmental Satellite System, 11 a.m., SD-562.
  March 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine competition 
and convergence, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 29, Subcommittee 
on Public Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine S. 2150, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Bureau of 
Land Management Land to the City of Eugene, Oregon, H.R. 3507, to 
transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, and San Diego 
County, California, from the Bureau of Land Management to the United 
States to be held in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission 
Indians, S. 1832, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
lease oil and gas resources underlying Fort Reno, Oklahoma, to 
establish the Fort Reno Management Fund, S. 1056, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey to the City of Henderson, 
Nevada, certain Federal land located in the City, and S. 2373, to 
provide for the sale of approximately 132 acres of public land to 
the City of Green

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River, Wyoming, at fair market value, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1577, to facilitate the transfer of Spearfish 
Hydroelectric Plant Number 1 to the city of Spearfish, South Dakota, 
S. 1962 and H.R. 4000, bills to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to revise certain repayment contracts with the Bostwick 
Irrigation District in Nebraska, the Kansas Bostwick Irrigation 
District No. 2, the Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation District, and the 
Webster Irrigation District No. 4, all a part of the Pick-Sloan 
Missouri Basin Program, S. 2028, to provide for the reinstatement of 
a license for a certain Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
project, S. 2035, to extend the time required for construction of a 
hydroelectric project in the State of Idaho, S. 2054, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of water resources in 
the State of Vermont, S. 2205, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain parcels of land acquired for the Blunt 
Reservoir and Pierre Canal features of the initial stage of the Oahe 
Unit, James Division, South Dakota, to the Commission of Schools and 
Public Lands and the Department of Game, Fish, and Parks of the 
State of South Dakota for the purpose of mitigating lost wildlife 
habitat, on the condition that the current preferential leaseholders 
shall have an option to purchase the parcels from the Commission, 
and H.R. 3812, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to prepare 
a feasibility study with respect to the Mokelumne River, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 29, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the impact of the elimination of MTBE, 
9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Finance: March 29, to hold hearings to examine U.S.-
China economic relations revisited, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 28, to hold hearings to 
examine promoting effectiveness and fighting corruption relating to 
multilateral development banks, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  March 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Rajkumar Chellaraj, of Texas, to be Assistant 
Secretary of State for Administration, Patricia P. Brister, of 
Louisiana, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service 
as the Representative of the United States of America on the 
Commission on the Status of Women of the Economic and Social Council 
of the United Nations, George McDade Staples, of Kentucky, to be 
Director General of the Foreign Service and Warren W. Tichenor, of 
Texas, to be Representative of the United States of America to the 
Office of the United Nations and Other International Organizations 
in Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  March 29, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing regarding 
U.S.-India atomic energy cooperation, focusing on the Indian 
separation plan and the Administration's related legislative 
proposal, 9:30 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  March 29, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine U.S.-Burma relations, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  March 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the hidden 
cost of oil, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 28, 
Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness, to hold 
hearings to examine public health preparedness in the 21st century, 
10 a.m., SD-430.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Retirement Security and Aging, to hold 
hearings to examine reauthorization of the Older Americans Act Title 
V, focusing on senior community service employment, 2:30 p.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: March 28, 
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to 
examine securing the global supply chain relating to neutralizing 
the nuclear and radiological threat, including the domestic and 
international deployment of radiation detection equipment, U.S. 
government efforts to prevent radiological or nuclear terrorism, 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Radiation Portal Monitor (RPM) 
Program to install Radiation Portal Monitors at U.S. ports of entry, 
the Department of Energy Second Line of Defense program to install 
RPMs at key international border crossings and ports, and the 
importation of radiological sources across the Northern and Southern 
border, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine 
eliminating Medicaid fraud, focusing on the current infrastructure 
for Medicaid program integrity at the state and Federal level, 
including a review of the current system for tracking improper 
spending and fraud at the state and Federal levels, 2:30 p.m., SD-
342.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the 
Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to resume hearings 
to examine how prepared is the nation's capital for terrorism, 
focusing on efforts to improve and refine coordination efforts and 
the NCR strategic plan and implementation, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  March 30, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to resume 
hearings to examine securing the global supply chain relating to 
neutralizing the nuclear and radiological threat, focusing on 
programs that form the defense against nuclear terrorism including 
the Container Security Initiative, the Megaports Initiative, the 
Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, and the role of the 
Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, a new office created within DHS 
to coordinate global nuclear detection architecture, 10 a.m., SD-
342.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the 
Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine the Federal government's implementation of veterans' 
preference in the hiring of employees, including an evaluation of 
the laws designed to protect and promote the employment of veterans, 
the impact workforce flexibilities had on veterans, and how 
veterans' redress mechanisms are working, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  March 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Uttam Dhillon, of California, to

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be Director of the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement, 
Department of Homeland Security, and Mark D. Acton, of Kentucky, to 
be a Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: March 28, to hold hearings to examine 
the settlement of Cobell v. Norton, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  March 29, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 28, to resume hearings to 
examine wartime executive power and the FISA Court, 9:30 a.m., SD-
226.
  March 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine judicial 
nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Property 
Rights, to hold hearings to examine state regulation of violent 
video games and the first amendment, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  March 30, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 829, to 
allow media coverage of court proceedings, and other pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  March 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the call to 
censure the President, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 30, to hold hearings to 
examine the legislative presentations of the National Association of 
State Directors of Veterans Affairs, the AMVETS, the American Ex-
Prisoners of War, and the Vietnam Veterans of America, 10 a.m., SD-
106.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 29, to receive a closed 
briefing regarding certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  March 30, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: March 29, to hold hearings to examine 
how seniors can stop investment fraud, 10 a.m., SD-106.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, March 30, Subcommittee on Conservation, 
Credit, Rural Development, and Research, hearing to review the Rural 
Development Programs, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, March 28, Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies, on the Food and Nutrition Service, 2:30 p.m., 
2362A Rayburn.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life, and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, on VA/DHP Joint Incentives Programs, 
1:30 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  March 28, Subcommittee on Science, the Departments of State, 
Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies, on FBI, 2 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Natural Resources and 
Environment, 9:30 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on National Foreign 
Intelligence Program, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and 
Related Agencies, on DOE, Science Research, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs, on Millennium Challenge Corporation, 10 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on FEMA, 2 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on Smithsonian, 10 a.m., on National Endowment for the 
Humanities, 2 p.m., and on National Endowment for the Arts, 3 p.m., 
B-308 Rayburn.
  March 29 and 30, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, on public witnesses, 10:15 a.m., 
and 2 p.m., on March 29 and 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., on March 30, 2358 
Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life, and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, on Army Budget, 10 a.m., and on VA/
DHP Information Technology, 1 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Science, the Departments of State, 
Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies, on Marshals/Prisons, 2 
p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  March 29, Subcommittee on the Departments of Transportation, 
Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District 
of Columbia, and Independent Agencies, on IRS, 10 a.m., and on DC, 
Courts and Criminal Justice, 3 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Research, Education, 
and Economics, 9:30 a.m., and on Avian Influenza, 1:30 p.m., 2362A 
Rayburn.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and 
Related Agencies, on DOE, National Nuclear Security Administration, 
10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn and on Energy Supply and Conservation, Fossil 
Energy, 2 p.m., 2362 Rayburn.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Preparedness, 2 
p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on Native American Issues (public witnesses), 10 a.m., B-
308 Rayburn.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Science, the Departments of State, 
Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies, on NASA, 10 a.m., and 
on FTC, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, March 28, Subcommittee on Projection 
Forces, hearing on U.S. Navy's future submarine force structure, 3 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 29, full Committee, hearing on issues relating to defense 
acquisition reform, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on the 
Defense Health Program--Department of Defense Initiatives to Control 
Costs, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on Defense Science and Technology: Investments 
To Shape the Evolving Terrorist Threat, 4 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 30, full Committee, hearing on building the capacity of 
foreign military forces, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.

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  March 30, Subcommittee on Projection Forces, hearing on the 
Department of the Navy's Fiscal Year 2007 shipbuilding acquisition 
strategy and how it supports the Navy's long-range fleet plan, 4 
p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Readiness and the Subcommittee on 
Tactical Air and Land Forces, joint hearing on Army and Marine Corps 
reset strategies for ground equipment and rotorcraft, 1 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, March 29, to mark up the Budget 
Resolution Fiscal Year 2007, 10:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 29, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Digital 
Content and Enabling Technology: Satisfying the 21st Century 
Consumer,'' 
1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Public Reporting of Hospital-
Acquired Infection Rates: Empowering Consumers, Saving Lives,'' 2 
p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, to 
consider the Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement 
Act of 2006, 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 31, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to 
continue hearings entitled ``The Silicosis Story: Mass Tort 
Screening and the Public Health,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, March 29, Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Insurance, and Government-Sponsored Enterprises, hearing 
entitled ``Fostering Accuracy and Transparency in Financial 
Reporting,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 30, full Committee, oversight hearing of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, including the Department's budget 
request for fiscal year 2007, 9 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, March 28, Subcommittee on Federal 
Workforce and Agency Organization, hearing entitled ``OPM's 2007 
Budget and New Strategic and Operational Plan: A Discussion With the 
OPM Director,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 28, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats, and 
International Relations, hearing entitled ``Setting Post-9/11 
Investigative Priorities at the Bureau of Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance and 
Accountability and the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and 
Oversight of the Committee on Homeland Security, joint hearing 
entitled ``Department of Homeland Security Information Technology 
Challenges and the Future of eMerge,'' 3 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  March 30, full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Need To Know: 
Information-Sharing Lessons for Disaster Response,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, March 28, Subcommittee on 
Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack, executive, briefing on 
Security Restraints on Biological Research: Where Are the 
Boundaries? 4:30 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information-Sharing, and 
Terrorism Risk Assessment, to mark up a measure To reorganize the 
Directorate for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection 
of the Department of Homeland Security, to facilitate homeland 
security information-sharing, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  March 30, full Committee, executive, briefing on the 
Transportation Security Administration airline passenger 
prescreening watchlist, 2 p.m., H2-176 Ford.
  Committee on International Relations, March 28, Subcommittee on 
Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations, hearing on 
Ethiopia's Troubled Internal Situation, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 29, full Committee, hearing on the Status of Reform and 
Fraud Investigations at the United Nations, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and 
International Operations and the Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific, joint hearing on The Human Rights Dialogue With Vietnam: Is 
Vietnam Making Significant Progress?, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Offshore Banking, Corruption, and the War on Terrorism, 2 p.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  March 30, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and 
Nonproliferation, hearing on The Terrorist Threat From Shoulder-
Fired Missiles, 2:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  March 30, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on 
Counternarcotics Strategies in Latin America, 10:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 28, Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism, and Homeland Security, oversight hearing on the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE): Reforming 
Licensing and Enforcement Authorities; followed by a hearing on H.R. 
5005, Firearms Correction and Improvements Act, 
2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 29, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
3509, Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2005; 
and H.R. 1956, Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2005, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual 
Property, oversight hearing on Remedies for Small Copyright Claims, 
2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
oversight hearing on the 10th Anniversary of the Congressional 
Review Act, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 
hearing on the Death Penalty Reform Act of 2006, 11:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and 
Claims, oversight hearing Should Congress Raise the H-1B Cap?, 9 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, March 29, to continue markup of H.R. 4200, 
Forest Emergency Recovery and Research Act and to mark up the 
following measures: H.R. 122, Eastern Municipal Water District 
Recycled Water System Pressurization and Expansion Project; H.R. 
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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. 3967, Pactola 
Reservoir Reallocation Authorization Act of 2005; 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. 4204, American 
River Pump Station Project Transfer Act of 2005; H.R. 4686, Multi-
State and International Fisheries Conservation and Management Act of 
2006; S. 584, Betty Dick Residence Protection Act; S. 1165, James 
Campbell National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2005; S. 1869, 
Coastal Barrier Resources Reauthorization Act of 2005; H.J. Res. 78, 
Approving the location of the commemorative work in the District of 
Columbia honoring former President Dwight D. Eisenhower; H.R. 374, 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain tribally-
owned reservation land into trust for the Puyallup Tribe; H.R. 1307, 
Musconetcong Wild and Scenic Rivers Act; and H.R. 2978, To allow the 
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation to 
enter into a lease or other temporary conveyance of water rights 
recognized under the Fort Peck-Montana Compact for the purpose of 
meeting the water needs of the Dry Prairie Water Association, 
Incorporated, 10 a.m., and to hold a hearing on H.R. 3350, Tribal 
Development Corporation Feasibility Study Act of 2005, 1 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  March 30, Subcommittee on National Parks, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 2134, Commission To Study the Potential Creation of a 
National Museum of the American Latino Community Act of 2005; H.R. 
3961, To authorize the National Park Service to pay for services 
rendered by subcontractors under a General Services Administration 
Indefinite Deliver/Indefinite Quantity Contract issued for work to 
be completed at Grand Canyon National Park; and H.R. 4294, Natural 
Resource Protection Cooperative Agreement Act, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, March 28, to consider H.R. 609, College Access 
and Opportunity Act of 2005, 3:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  March 30, hearing on H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and 
Transparency Act of 2006, 10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, March 29, to mark up H. Res. 717, Directing 
the Secretary of Commerce to transmit to the House of 
Representatives a copy of a workforce globalization final draft 
report produced by the Technology Administration, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on the 
Future of Air Traffic Control: The R&D Agenda, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 30, full Committee, hearing on K-12 Science and Math 
Education Across the Federal Agencies, 
10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, March 30, Subcommittee on Regulatory 
Reform and Oversight, oversight hearing on the procurement 
assistance programs of the SBA, 
2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 29, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, oversight hearing on Unmanned Aerial 
Vehicles (UAVs) and the National Airspace System, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  March 29, Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines, 
oversight hearing on Transit & Over-the-Road Bus Security, 2 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings 
and Emergency Management, hearing on the General Services 
Administration's Fiscal Year 2006 Capital Investment and Leasing 
Program, and to mark up the following: GSA's Fiscal Year 2007 
Capital Investment and Leasing Program; H. Con. Res. 360, 
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace 
Officers' Memorial Service; H. Con. Res. 359, Authorizing the use of 
the Capitol Grounds for the District of Columbia Special Olympics 
Law Enforcement Torch Run; and H. Con. Res. 349, Authorizing the use 
of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater Washington Soap Box Derby, 10 
a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
oversight hearing on Barriers to the Cleanup of Abandoned Mine 
Sites, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, March 29, oversight hearing on 
improving and enhancing access to quality care for our nation's 
veterans through VISN-wide care coordination demonstrations (Project 
HERO), 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  March 30, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 
Affairs, oversight hearing on policy and operational issues facing 
Arlington National Cemetery and the American Battle Monuments 
Commission, 1:30 p.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 30, Subcommittee on Social 
Security, to continue hearings on Social Security number (SSN) high-
risk issues, 2 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 30, executive, 
to mark up the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, 
9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.