[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 47 (Wednesday, April 26, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D392-D393]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 27, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to resume hearings to examine 
the progress of the Capitol Visitor Center construction, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold a closed briefing on 
operations and intelligence, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Disaster Prevention and Prediction, to hold hearings to examine 
drought issues, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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 the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Norman Randy Smith, of Idaho, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Brett M. Kavanaugh, of 
Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of 
Columbia Circuit, Michael Ryan Barrett, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, Brian M. Cogan, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of NewYork, 
Thomas M. Golden, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania, Timothy Anthony Junker, to be United 
States Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa, and Patrick 
Carroll Smith, Sr., of Maryland, to be United States Marshal for the 
Western District of North Carolina, S. 2557, to improve competition 
in the oil and gas industry, to strengthen antitrust enforcement 
with regard to industry mergers, 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. 2292, to provide relief for the Federal judiciary from 
excessive rent charges, 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, and S.J. Res. 1, 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
relating to marriage, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine renewing the temporary 
provisions of the Voting Rights Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: 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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review the Futures Market and 
Gasoline Prices, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Science, the 
Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies, on 
SEC, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Projection Forces, to 
mark up H.R. 5122, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2007, 11 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Readiness, to mark up H.R. 5122, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  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, 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, 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.

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  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, 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, hearing entitled ``Financial 
Friendly Fire: A Review of Persistent Military Pay Problems,'' 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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, hearing on United Nations 
Reform: Improving Internal Oversight Within the UN, 1 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  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, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
oversight hearing on the Constitution and Line Item Veto, 2 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, 
oversight hearing on Patent Harmonization, 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, oversight hearing on The Report by the 
Administration's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  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.
  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, and 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 Science, hearing on H.R. 5143, H-Prize Act of 2006, 
9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, 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, 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, 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, executive, briefing on 
Global Updates/Hotspots, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the current 
economic outlook, 10 a.m., SH-216.