[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 53 (Friday, May 5, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D445-D447]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of May 8 through May 13, 2006

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 1 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of the motion 
to proceed to consideration of S. 22, Medical Care Access Protection 
Act, with a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to 
proceed to occur at 5:15 p.m.; if cloture is not invoked on the motion 
to proceed to consideration of S. 22, Senate will resume consideration 
of S. 23, Healthy Mothers and Healthy Babies Access to Care Act, with a 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to occur 
thereon.
  On Tuesday, Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization and 
Affordability Act, with a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
bill, if cloture is not invoked on the motions to proceed to 
consideration of S. 22, and S. 23.
  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: May 10, to hold 
hearings to examine the implementation of the sugar provisions of 
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  May 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Department of 
Agriculture's national response plan to detect and control the 
potential spread of Avian Influenza into the United States, 10:30 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 9, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction and Veterans' Affairs and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 
for military construction, 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on the Budget: May 11, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Robert J. Portman, of Ohio, to be Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 9, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, to hold 
hearings to examine CAFE standards, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine 
Department of Transportation's notice of proposed rulemaking, 2:30 
p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 8, to hold hearings 
to examine issues associated with the implementation of the 
provisions of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 addressing licensing of 
hydroelectric facilities, 3 p.m., SD-366.
  May 10, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Dirk Kempthorne, of Idaho, to be Secretary of the 
Interior, 11:30 a.m., SD-366.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold hearings 
to examine S. 906, to promote wildland firefighter safety, S. 2003, 
to make permanent the authorization for watershed restoration and 
enhancement agreements, H.R. 585, to require Federal land managers 
to support, and to communicate, coordinate, and cooperate with, 
designated gateway communities, to improve the ability of gateway 
communities to participate in Federal land management planning 
conducted by the Forest Service and agencies of the Department of 
the Interior, and to respond to the impacts of the public use of the 
Federal lands administered by these agencies, and H.R. 3981, to 
authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out certain land 
exchanges involving small parcels of National Forest System land in 
the Tahoe National Forest in the State of California, 2:30 p.m., SD-
366.

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  May 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the status of 
Yucca Mountain Repository Project within the Office of Civilian 
Radioactive Waste Management at the Department of Energy, 10 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: May 10, to hold hearings to examine progress 
achieved and challenges ahead for America's child welfare system, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 10, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Earl Anthony Wayne, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to Argentina, David M. Robinson, of Connecticut, to be 
Ambassador to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, and Lisa Bobbie 
Schreiber Hughes, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Suriname, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 9, 
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed reform of Longshore Harbor Workers' Compensation 
Act, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: May 8, to 
hold hearings to examine the nomination of David L. Norquist, of 
Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Homeland 
Security, 3:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 10, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine economic development, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 9, to hold hearings to examine an 
introduction to the expiring provisions of the Voting Rights Act and 
legal issues relating to reauthorization, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  May 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine judicial 
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  May 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine modern 
enforcement of the Voting Rights Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: May 11, to hold hearings to 
examine pending health care related legislation, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 9, closed business meeting 
to consider pending intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  May 10, Full Committee, closed business meeting to consider 
pending intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  May 11, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, May 9, to consider the following: 
Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2007; and the 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007, 4:30 p.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  May 10, to consider the following appropriations for Fiscal Year 
2007: the Military Quality of Life, and Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies; and the Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, May 10, Subcommittee on 
Select Education, to mark up H.R. 5293, Senior Independence Act of 
2006, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 9, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``Examining the Children's Hospital Graduate 
Medical Education Program,'' 3 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Thoroughbred Horse Racing Jockeys and Workers: Examining 
On-Track Injury Insurance and Other Health and Welfare Issues, 2 
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 10 and 11, full Committee, hearings entitled ``Gasoline 
Supply, Price and Specifications,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, 
hearing entitled ``Social Security Numbers in Commerce: Reconciling 
Beneficial Uses with Threats to Privacy''. 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, May 11, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing on H.R. 3206, Credit Union 
Charter Choice Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, May 9, Subcommittee on National 
Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, hearing 
entitled ``Anthrax Protection: Progress or Problems,'' 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census, hearing 
entitled ``Public Housing Management: Do the Public Housing 
Authorities have the Flexibility They Need to Meet the Changing 
Demands of the 21st Century?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance and 
Accountability, hearing entitled ``After Katrina: The Role of the 
Department of Justice Katrina Fraud Task Force and Agency Inspectors 
General in Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse,'' 2 p.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  May 11, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Working Through an 
Outbreak: Pandemic Flu Planning and Continuity of Operations,'' 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, May 9, oversight hearing on 
proposed legislation to strengthen the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency and better integrate it into the Department, 2 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and 
Risk Assessment, hearing entitled ``Building the Information Sharing 
Environment: Addressing the Challenges of Implementation,'' 2 p.m., 
311 Cannon.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and 
Terrorism Risk Assessment, to continue hearings entitled 
``Protection of Privacy in the DHS Intelligence Enterprise,'' 4 
p.m., 311 Cannon.
  May 11, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and 
Terrorism Risk Assessment, executive, briefing on the different 
governance structures of State and Local Fusion Centers, 2 p.m., H2-
176 Ford.
  May 1l, Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight, 
hearing entitled ``CBP and ICE: Does the Current Organizational 
Structure Best Serve U.S. Homeland Security Interests? Part III,'' 
2:30 p.m., 311 Cannon.

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  May 11, Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological 
Attack, hearing entitled ``Creating a Nation-wide, Integrated 
Biosurveillance Network,'' 2 p.m., 1311 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, May 10, hearing on A 
Resurgent China: Responsible Stakeholder or Robust Rival? 10:30 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Africa, Human Rights and International 
Operations, hearing on Current Issues in U.S. Refugee Protection and 
Resettlement, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  May 11, full Committee, hearing on the U.S.-India Global 
Partnership: Legislative Options, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 11, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and 
Nonproliferation, hearing on Reviewing the State Department's Annual 
Report on Terrorism, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 11, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Visa Overstays: Can We Bar the Terrorist Door? 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 11, Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing on the Cyber-Security 
Enhancement and Consumer Data Protection Act of 2006, 9 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, May 10, Subcommittee on Fisheries and 
Oceans, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4947, Cahaba River 
National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act; H.R. 5094, Lake Mattamuskeet 
Lodge Preservation Act; and H.R. 5232, Cherry Valley National 
Wildlife Refuge Study Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 4588, Water Resources Research Act Amendments of 2005; 
H.R. 5079, North Unit Irrigation District Act of 2006; and S. 214/
H.R. 469, United States-Mexico Transboundary Aquifer Assessment Act, 
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 11, full Committee, oversight hearing on Minimum Internal 
Control Standards (MICS) for Indian gaming, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 11, Subcommittee on National Parks, oversight hearing on 
Disability access in the National Park System, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, May 9, to consider H.R. 5122, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, May 11, hearing on the Inspector General 
Report on NOAA Weather Satellites, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 10, hearing entitled ``Bridging 
the Equity Gap: Examining the Access to Capital for Entrepreneurs 
Act of 2006,'' 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 10, 
Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines, oversight hearing 
on Highway Capacity and Freight Mobility: The Current Status and 
Future Challenges, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Railroads, oversight hearing on 
Operational Experience Under the 2001 Railroad Retirement Reform 
Law, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 11, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
oversight hearing on Coast Guard Mission Capabilities, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 10, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3082, Veteran-
Owned Small Business Promotion Act of 2005; and H.R. 5220, Veterans 
Certification and Licensure Act of 2006, 2:30 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 9, Subcommittee on Select Revenue 
Measures, hearing on Corporate Tax Reform, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  May 11, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on Social 
Security Service Delivery Challenges, 9 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 11, executive, 
briefing entitled ``Global Updates/Hotspots,'' 9 a.m., H-405 
Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: May 10, to hold hearings to examine the 
next generation of health information tools for consumers, 10 a.m., 
SD-106.