[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 51 (Wednesday, May 3, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D432-D433]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 4, 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 Federal Aviation 
Administration, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: closed business meeting to mark up 
the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
2007, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to mark up Financial Services Regulatory Relief Act of 2006, 10:30 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, to hold hearings to 
examine protecting consumers from fraudulent practices in the moving 
industry, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Subcommittee on Trade, Tourism, and Economic Development, to hold 
hearings to examine promoting economic development opportunities 
through nano commercialization, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Dirk Kempthorne, of Idaho, to be Secretary 
of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs, 
to hold hearings to examine housing and urbanization issues in 
Africa, 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, Milan D. Smith, Jr., of California, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Renee Marie Bumb, Noel 
Lawrence Hillman, Peter G. Sheridan, and Susan Davis Wigenton, each 
to be a United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, 
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. 2039, to provide for loan 
repayment for prosecutors and public defenders, and S.J. Res. 1, 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
relating to marriage, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights, 
business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 1 p.m., SD-
226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, to mark up the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 
2007, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life, and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, to mark up the Military Quality of Life, and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal 
Year 2007, 1 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations, hearing entitled ``Examining the Impact 
of State Mandates on Employer-Provided Health Insurance,'' 10:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, hearing entitled ``World Crude-
Oil Pricing,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``The Critical Role of 
Community Health Centers in Ensuring Access to Care,'' 1 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to consider the following: H.R. 
4768, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 777 Corporation Street in Beaver, Pennsylvania, as the 
``Robert Linn Memorial Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5086, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 2633 11th Street in Rock Island, Illinois, as the ``Lane Evans 
Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5104, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 1750 16th South in St. 
Petersburg, Florida, as the ``Morris W. Milton Postal Office;'' H.R. 
5245, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1 Marble Street in Fair Haven, Vermont, as the ``Matthew 
Lyon Post Office Building;'' H. Res. 327, Supporting the goals and 
ideals of National Passport Month; H. Res. 626, Congratulating 
Albert Pujols on being named the Most Valuable Player for the 
National League for the 2005 Major League Baseball season; H. Res. 
627, Congratulating Chris Carpenter on being named the Cy Young 
Award winner for the National League for the 2005 Major League 
Baseball season; H. Res. 729, Supporting National Tourism Week; H. 
Res. 753, Commending American craft brewers; H. Res. 763, Supporting 
the goals and ideals of a National Children and Families Day, in 
order to encourage adults in the United States to support and listen 
to children and to help children throughout the Nation achieve their 
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dreams; H. Res. 773, Commending the American Jewish Committee for 
its century of leadership; a resolution Supporting the goals and 
ideals of Peace Officers Memorial Day; and H. Res. 752, Requesting 
the President to transmit to the House of Representatives not later 
than 14 days after the date of adoption of this resolution documents 
in the possession of the President relating to the receipt and 
consideration by the Executive Office of the President of any 
information concerning the variation between the version of S. 1932, 
the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, that the House of Representatives 
passed on February 1, 2006, and the version of the bill that the 
President signed on February 8, 2006, followed by a hearing entitled 
``Sifting Through Katrina's Legal Debris: Contracting in the Eye of 
the Storm,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Prevention of 
Nuclear and Biological Attack, to continue hearings entitled 
``BioScience and the Intelligence Community (Part II): Closing the 
Gap,'' 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Human Rights and International Operations, hearing on 
Germany's World Cup Brothels: 40,000 Women and Children at Risk of 
Exploitation through Trafficking, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
hearings on a measure to Reauthorize and Amend the Voting Rights Act 
of 1965, Part 1, 9 a.m., and Part II, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, 
oversight hearing on the Energy Employee Occupation Illness 
Compensation Program Act, 11:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing on the Future of Federal Coal: Status, 
Availability and Impact of Technological Advances in Using Coal To 
Create Alternative Energy Resources, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, hearing on H.R. 3835, 
National Ocean Exploration Program Act, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and 
Standards, hearing on Improving Drought Monitoring and Preparedness: 
H.R. 5136, National Integrated Drought Information System Act of 
2006; followed by markup of H.R. 5136, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing on The Chesapeake Bay 
Program Reauthorization; and H.R. 4126, Chesapeake Bay Restoration 
Enhancement Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing on Unemployment Compensation Aspects of U.S. Department of 
Labor Fiscal Year 2007 Budget, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, hearing on Al-Qaeda 
Use of Strategic Communications, 2:30 p.m., 1302 Rayburn.