[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 42 (Wednesday, April 5, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D347-D349]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 6, 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 Environmental Protection Agency, 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 the Treasury, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, to hold hearings to examine the 
U.S. Coast Guard's role in border and maritime security, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-192.
  Subcommittee on District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
health care in the District of Columbia, 1:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the National 
Nuclear Security Administration, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold 
hearings to examine Navy Shipbuilding in review of the defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2007, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to examine 
military space 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 National Ocean Policy Study, to hold hearings to examine offshore 
aquaculture, focusing on current proposals to regulate offshore 
aquaculture operations, discuss research in this field being 
conducted off the coasts of New England and Hawaii, and the impacts 
that expanded aquaculture operations would have on fishermen, 
seafood processors, and consumers, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 1510, to designate as 
wilderness certain lands within the Rocky Mountain National Park in 
the State of Colorado, S. 1719 and H.R. 1492, bills to provide for 
the preservation of the historic confinement sites where Japanese 
Americans were detained during World War II, S. 1957, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the Missouri River Basin 
Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail and Visitor Center Foundation, 
Inc. certain Federal land associated with the Lewis and Clark 
National Historic Trail in Nebraska, to be used as an historical 
interpretive site along the trail, S. 2034 and H.R. 394, bills to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to evaluate 
the significance of the Colonel James Barrett Farm in the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts and assess the suitability and 
feasibility of including the farm in the National Park System as 
part of the Minute Man National Historical Park, S. 2252, to 
designate the National Museum of Wildlife Art, located at 2820 
Rungius Road, Jackson, Wyoming, as the National Museum of Wildlife 
Art of the United States, and S. 2403, to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to include in the boundaries of the Grand Teton 
National Park land and interests in land of the GT Park Subdivision, 
2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine challenges and 
opportunities relating to health care coverage for small businesses, 
10:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Subcommittee on Long-term Growth and Debt Reduction, to hold 
hearings to examine if America is saving enough to be competitive in 
the global marketplace relating to saving for the 21st century, 2:30 
p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Mark C. Minton, of Florida, to be Ambassador to 
Mongolia, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine 
the effectiveness of the Small Business Administration, focusing on 
SBA programs and their financial impact on the budget and economy, 
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, Steven G. Bradbury, of 
Maryland, to be Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal 
Counsel, and Timothy Anthony Junker, to be United States Marshal for 
the Northern District of Iowa, both of the Department of Justice, 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 
attack while ensuring that the civil liberties of United States 
citizens are safeguarded, S. 2468, to provide standing for civil 
actions for declaratory and injunctive relief to persons who refrain 
from electronic communications through fear of being subject to 
warrantless electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence 
purposes, 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.
  Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, to hold hearings to examine 
proposals for a legislative solution relating to orphan works, 2 
p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
VA's 5-year capital construction plan, 2 p.m., SR-418.

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  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine employment 
and community service for low-income seniors, 10 a.m., SD-106.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the Department of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, 
on NIH, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Departments of Transportation, Treasury, and 
Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia, 
and Independent Agencies, on District of Columbia, 10 a.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on Oversight of DOE's Waste Treatment Plant at Hanford, 10 
a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Secure Border Initiative/
Immigrations Custom Enforcement/Customs Border Protection, 2 p.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life, and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, on Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and 
Commerce, and Related Agencies, on DEA/ATF, 10 a.m., and on Members 
of Congress, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, 
hearing on policy, compensation and benefits overview, 9 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Projection Forces, hearing on Integration of 
Energy Efficient Propulsion Systems for Future U.S. Navy Vessels, 4 
p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on Navy Transformation, 2 p.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing on Fiscal 
Year 2007 National Defense Authorization budget request--Unmanned 
Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Intelligence, Surveillance, and 
Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on information technology issues and defense 
transformation, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing entitled 
``Building America's Competitiveness: Examining What Is Needed to 
Compete in a Global Economy,'' 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, to continue hearings entitled ``Sexual Exploitation 
of Children Over the Internet: What Parents, Kids, and Congress Need 
To Know About Child Predators,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Project Bioshield 
Reauthorization Issues, 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Counterterrorism Financing 
Foreign Training and Assistance: Progress Since 9/11,'' 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to consider the following: H.R. 
4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006; a 
measure to increase the transparency of agency contacts with the 
private sector, enhance the revolving door restrictions on executive 
branch employees, and provide for disclosure of federal sponsorship 
of communications; a Committee report ``Strengthening Disease 
Surveillance; and a Committee report ``Updating Nuclear Security 
Standards: How Long Can the Department of Energy Afford To Wait?''; 
followed by a hearing entitled ``Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth: 
A Post-Katrina Review of International Disaster Assistance,'' 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence, 
Information-Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment, hearing entitled 
``Protection of Privacy in the DHS Intelligence Enterprise,'' 9 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack and the 
Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology, 
executive, briefing on the implementation plan for the President's 
National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza, 1:30 p.m., Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, to mark up H.R. 4975, Lobbying 
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, 2 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following: 
H.R. 4681, Palestinian Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006; and H. Res. 697, 
Congratulating the people and Government of Italy, the Torino 
Olympic Organizing Committee, the International Olympic Committee, 
the United States Olympic Committee, the 2006 United States Olympic 
Team, and all international athletes upon the successful completion 
of the 2006 Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy, 1 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International 
Operations, hearing on An End to Impunity: Investigating the 1993 
Killing of Mexican Archbishop Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo; and to mark 
up the following measures: H.R. 4423, Ethiopia Consolidation Act of 
2005; and H. Res. 608, Condemning the escalating levels of religious 
persecution in the People's Republic of China, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Nonproliferation, 
hearing on Checking Terrorism at the Border, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on the Iraqi 
Documents: A Glimpse Into the Regime of Saddam Hussein, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, oversight hearing entitled ``The 
United States Department of Justice,'' 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing on the Role of the Federal Government 
and Federal Lands in Fueling Renewable and Alternative Energy in 
America, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 138, to revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal 
Barrier Resources System Jekyll Island Unit GA-06P; H.R. 479, To 
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Barrier Resources System map relating to Coastal Barrier Resources 
System Grayton Beach Unit FL-95P in Walton County, Florida; H.R. 
1656, To correct maps depicting Unit T-10 of the John H. Chafee 
Coastal Barrier Resources System; H.R. 3280, To exempt certain 
coastal barrier areas in Florida from Limitations on Federal 
expenditures and financial assistance under the Coastal Barriers 
Resources Act, and limitations on flood insurance coverage under the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968; and H.R. 4165, to clarify the 
boundaries of Coastal Barrier Resources System Clam Pass Unit FL-
64P, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, oversight hearing on Visitation 
Trends in the National Park System, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing entitled 
``Protecting Sacramento/San Joaquin Bay-Delta Water Supplies and 
Responding to Catastrophic Failures in California Water 
Deliveries,'' 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing on Assessing 
the Goals, Schedule and Costs of the Global Nuclear Energy 
Partnership, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Oversight, hearing entitled ``Can Small Healthcare Groups Feasibly 
Adopt Electronic Medical Records Technology?'' 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, oversight hearing on H.R. 4650, 
National Levee Safety Program Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on the following measures: 
H.R. 23, Belated Thank You to the Merchant Marines of World War II 
Act of 2005; H.R. 601, Native American Veterans Cemetery Act of 
2005; H.R. 2188, To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize 
the placement in a national cemetery of memorial markers for the 
purpose of commemorating servicemembers or other persons whose 
remains are interred in an American Battle Monuments Commission 
cemetery; H.R. 2963, Dr. James Allen Disabled Veterans Equity Act; 
H.R. 4843, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 
2006; H.R. 5037, Respect for America's Fallen Heroes Act; and H.R. 
5038, To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend and expand 
the application of the Department of Veterans Affairs benefit for 
Government markers for marked graves of veterans buried in private 
cemeteries and to provide Government markers or memorial headstones 
for deceased dependent children of veterans whose remains are 
unavailable for burial, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
health information technology (IT), 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on the 2006 tax return filing 
season, the Internal Revenue Service budget for fiscal year 2007, 
and other issues in tax administration, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, Briefing on 
Global Updates/Hotspots, 9 a.m., and, executive, Briefing entitled 
``Use of Strategic Communications by al-Qaeda,'' 2 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.