[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 29, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D298-D301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 30, 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 Department of the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-
124.
  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.
  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.
  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: 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: Business meeting 
to consider Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2006, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1801, to amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
to reauthorize the Act, and provide for consolidation of HUD's 
homeless programs, and related proposals, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  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.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine competition and 
convergence, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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 
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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 Foreign Relations: To hold hearings to examine the 
hidden cost of oil, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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.
  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 are 
veterans' redress mechanisms are working, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  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, Michael A. Chagares, of New 
Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, 
Patrick Joseph Schiltz, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Minnesota, Gray Hampton Miller, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, and Steven G. 
Bradbury, of Maryland, to be Assistant Attorney General for the 
Office of Legal Counsel, Sharee M. Freeman, of Virginia, to be 
Director, Community Relations Service, and Jeffrey L. Sedgwick, of 
Massachusetts, to be Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 
all of the Department of Justice, 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. 2453, to establish procedures for the review of 
electronic surveillance programs, S. 2455, to provide in statute for 
the conduct of electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists for 
the purposes of protecting the American people, the Nation, and its 
interests from terrorist attacks while ensuring that the civil 
liberties of United States citizens are safeguarded, S.J. Res. 1, 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
relating to marriage, and S. Res. 398, relating to the censure of 
George W. Bush, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: 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: To hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, 
Rural Development, and Research, hearing to review the Rural 
Development Programs, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, 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.
  Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Navy/MC Budget/Acquisition, 
10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, on public witnesses, 10 a.m., and 2 
p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and 
Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, 
and Independent Agencies, on OMB, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on DOE, National Nuclear Security Administration, 10 a.m., 
2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Preparedness, 2 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, on 
Native American Issues (public witnesses), 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., B-
308 Rayburn.
  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, 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.
  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 Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing on the Communications 
Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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, to consider the following 
measures: H.R. 4368, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 60 Calle McKinley, West in Mayaguez, 
Puerto Rico, as the ``Miguel Angel Garcia Mendez Post Office 
Building;'' H.R. 4561, top designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 8624 Ferguson Road in Dallas, 
Texas, as the ``Francisco `Pancho' Medrano Post Office

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Building;'' H.R. 4586, Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission Act 
of 2005; H.R. 4646, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 7320 Reseda Boulevard in Harrison, 
Arkansas, as the ``John Paul Hammerschmidt Post Office Building;'' 
H.R. 4995, To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 7 Columbus Avenue in Tuckahoe, New York, as the 
``Ronald Bucca Post Office;'' H.R. 518, Honoring professional 
surveyors and recognizing their contributions to society; and a 
measure to support the goals and ideals of Financial Literacy Month; 
followed by a hearing entitled ``The Need To Know: Information-
Sharing Lessons for Disaster Response,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, executive, briefing on the 
Transportation Security Administration airline passenger 
prescreening watchlist, 2 p.m., H2-176 Ford.
  Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection, and 
Cybersecurity, to mark up H.R. 4954, SAFE Port Act, 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on 
International Terrorism and Nonproliferation, hearing on The 
Terrorist Threat From Shoulder-Fired Missiles, 2:30 p.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on 
Counternarcotics Strategies in Latin America, 10:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, oversight hearing on the 10th anniversary of the 
Congressional Review Act, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing 
on H.R. 5040, Death Penalty Reform Act of 2006, 11:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  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. 
413, 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. 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.
  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, hearing on H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability 
and Transparency Act of 2006, 10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, hearing on K-12 Science and Math Education 
Across the Federal Agencies, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, 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, 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.

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  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, 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, 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, executive, to mark up 
the Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, 9 a.m., H-
405 Capitol.