[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 45 (Monday, April 24, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D370-D373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of April 25 through April 29, 2006


                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 10:45 a.m., Senate will begin 
consideration of the nomination of Gray Hampton Miller, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, with a 
vote on confirmation of the nomination to occur at approximately 11 
a.m.; following which, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 
4939, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, for debate only until 
after the 2:15 p.m. recess.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any other cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: April 26, to 
hold hearings to examine the state of the biofuels industry, 10 
a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: April 26, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2007 for National Guard and Reserve, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the 
Government Accountability Office and other issues, 10:30 a.m., SD-
138.

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  April 26, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2007 for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  April 27, 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 Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury, 9:30 
a.m., SD-138.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to resume hearings 
to examine the progress of the Capitol Visitor Center construction, 
10:30 a.m., SD-116.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 27, to hold a closed briefing 
on operations and intelligence, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 25, to 
hold hearings to examine current securities issues, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 25, 
Subcommittee on Science and Space, to hold hearings to examine 
certain NASA activities, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Technology, Innovation, and 
Competitiveness, to hold hearings to examine fostering innovation in 
math and science education, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Global Climate Change and Impacts, to 
hold hearings to examine certain marine and terrestrial systems, 
2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention and Prediction, to 
hold hearings to examine drought issues, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 26, business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Richard Capka, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation, and James B. 
Gulliford, of Missouri, to be Assistant Administrator for Toxic 
Substances, and William Ludwig Wehrum, Jr., of Tennessee, to be an 
Assistant Administrator, both of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, and a proposal to amend Committee Rule 7(d) relative to the 
naming of public buildings and facilities, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Finance: April 25, to hold hearings to examine the 
social and economic effects of the methamphetamine epidemic on 
America's child welfare system, 10:30 a.m., SD-215.
  April 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
authorizations of customs and trade functions, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 26, to hold hearings to 
examine United States-India atomic energy cooperation, focusing on 
strategic and nonproliferation implications, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and 
Narcotics Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the progress of 
implementing the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: April 25, 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine 
the scope of illicit activity funding the current regime of North 
Korea, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine 
ensuring early diagnosis and access to treatment for HIV/AIDS, 
focusing on how federal funding is being distributed to provide AIDS 
drugs and HIV testing opportunities in the United States, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 25, to hold hearings to examine 
immigration issues, focusing on economic impacts, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  April 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pending 
judicial nominations, 2:15 p.m., SD-226.
  April 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the future 
of the music industry in the digital radio revolution, focusing on 
parity, platforms, and protection issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  April 27, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  April 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine renewing the 
temporary provisions of the Voting Rights Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: April 26, to 
hold hearings to examine the reauthorization of the Finance and 
Entrepreneurial Development programs administered by the Small 
Business Administration, 10:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: April 27, business meeting to 
consider the nomination of Daniel L. Cooper, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Under Secretary for Benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs; 
to be followed by a hearing on issues relating to VA research, 10 
a.m., SR-418.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, April 26, Subcommittee on General Farm 
Commodities and Risk Management, hearing to review the Federal Crop 
Insurance Program, 11:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, April 26, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Water Development, and Related Agencies, on Oversight of Reform of 
the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
and Related Programs, on USAID, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Science, the Departments of State, 
Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies, on Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Science, the Departments of State, 
Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies, on SEC, 10 a.m., H-309 
Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, April 26, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, to mark up H.R. 5122, National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2007, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to mark up H.R. 5122, 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, 11:30 a.m., 
2212 Rayburn.

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  April 26, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, to mark up 
H.R. 5122, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, 
10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Projection Forces, to mark up H.R. 5122, 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, 11 a.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Readiness, to mark up H.R. 5122, 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, 9 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, to mark up H.R. 5122, National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2007, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, April 26, hearing 
entitled ``Gulf Coast Recovery: Facing Challenges and Coming Back 
Stronger in Education,'' 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing entitled: 
Examining the Use of Non-Consensus Standards in Workplace Health and 
Safety,'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 26, to mark up the 
Communications Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act, 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing on 
Pipeline Safety: A Progress Report Since the Enactment of the 
Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2002, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Reauthorizing 
the Ryan White CARE Act: How to Improve the Program to Ensure Access 
to Care,'' 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, April 25, Subcommittee on Housing 
and Community Opportunity, hearing on H.R. 5039, Saving America's 
Rural Housing Act of 2006, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``America's 
Capital Markets: Maintaining Our Lead in the 21st Century,'' 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing entitled `` Title Insurance: Cost and Competition,'' 2 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary 
Policy, Trade and Technology, hearing entitled ``CFIUS and the Role 
of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States,'' 11 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, April 25, Subcommittee on Federal 
Workforce and Agency Organization, hearing entitled ``Yucca 
Mountain: Broken Management, Broken Quality Assurance, Broken 
Project,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 25, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and 
International Relations, hearing entitled ``A New Assessment of 
Iraq,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Transit Zone Operations: Can We 
Sustain Record Seizures and Declining Resources,'' 2 p.m., 2203 
Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency 
Organization, hearing entitled ``Adding a Real Estate Investment 
Trust (REIT) Index Option to the Thrift Savings Plan: Considering 
the Views and Advisory Role of the Employee Thrift Advisory Council 
(ETAC);'' followed by a mark up of H.R. 1578, Real Estate Investment 
Thrift Savings Act, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 27, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Financial Friendly 
Fire: A Review of Persistent Military Pay Problems,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  April 28, hearing entitled ``Making the Grade? Examining District 
of Columbia Public Schools Reform Proposals,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, April 25, Subcommittee on 
Emergency Preparedness, Science and Technology, hearing entitled 
``The State of Interoperable Communications: Perspectives on Federal 
Coordination of Grants, Standards and Technology,'' 2 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  April 26, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 4954, SAFE Port Act, 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and 
Terrorism, executive, briefing on the GAO report Information 
Sharing: The Federal Government Needs to Establish Policies and 
Processes for Sharing Terrorism-Related and Sensitive but 
Unclassified Information (GAO-06-385), 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on International Relations, April 26, hearing on Iraq: 
Update on U.S. Policy, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and 
International Operations, hearing on the Endangered Children of 
Northern Uganda, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia, to 
continue hearings on U.S. Policy in Central Asia: Balancing 
Priorities (Part II), 2 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on U.S.-
Mexico Relations, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 27, full Committee, hearing on United Nations Reform: 
Improving Internal Oversight Within the UN, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific and the 
Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International 
Operations, joint hearing on North Korea: Human Rights Update and 
International Abduction Issues, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 25, Task Force on Telecom and 
Antitrust, oversight hearing on Network Neutrality: Competition, 
Innovation and Nondiscriminatory Access, 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
oversight hearing on the Department of Justice: Executive Office for 
United States Attorneys, Civil Division, Environment and Natural 
Resources Division, Executive Office for United States Trustees, and 
Office of the Solicitor General, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on 
the Constitution and Line Item Veto, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual 
Property, oversight hearing on Patent Harmonization, 9 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.

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  Committee on Resources, April 27, oversight hearing on The Report 
by the Administration's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status, 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight 
hearing on the GAO Report on Promoting Woody Biomass for Energy and 
Other Uses, 1 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  April 27, Subcommittee on National Parks, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 1796, Mississippi River Trail Study Act; H.R. 3085, to 
amend the National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and 
suitability study originally prepared for the Trail of Tears 
National Historic Trail and provide for the inclusion of new trail 
segments, land components, and campgrounds associated with that 
trail; and H.R. 4612 Wright Brothers-Dunbar National Historic Park 
Designation Act, 2:30 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, April 25, to consider H.R. 5020, Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, April 27, hearing on H.R. 5143, H-Prize Act 
of 2006, 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, April 26, hearing entitled ``Cutting 
Our Trade Deficit: Can the U.S. Muster Its Diverse Trade Promotion 
Operations to Make an Impact?'' 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Workforce Empowerment and Government 
Programs, hearing entitled ``Healthcare and Small Business: 
Proposals That Will Help Lower Costs and Cover the Uninsured,'' 
10:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 26, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, oversight hearing on Air Traffic Control 
Modernization: The Present and Future, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 26, Subcommittee on Railroads, oversight hearing on the U.S. 
Rail Capacity Crunch, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
oversight hearing on Implementation of the Oil Pollution Act, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 26, oversight hearing on 
Corporate Commitment to Hiring Veterans, 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing on the 
following: H.R. 4791, Disabled Veterans Adaptive Housing Improvement 
Act; the Veterans Employment State Grant Improvement Act of 2006; 
the GI Bill Flexibility Act of 2006; the Veterans and Credentialing 
Act of 2006; and a proposal to amend to H.R. 3082, Veterans-Owned 
Small Business Promotion Act of 2005, 1:30 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 27, executive, 
briefing on Global Updates/Hotspots, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: April 25, to 
hold hearings to examine the consequences of the Chornobyl disaster 
20 years later, and the response of the affected countries and the 
international community, 2 p.m., 2226 RHOB.
  Joint Economic Committee: April 27, to hold hearings to examine 
the current economic outlook, 10 a.m., Room to be announced.