[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 63 (Friday, May 19, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D519-D523]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of May 22 through May 27, 2006

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 1 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of S. 2611, 
Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act, with a vote to occur at 5:30 
p.m., on or in relation to Chambliss/Isakson Amendment No. 4009, to be 
followed by a vote on, or in relation to, Ensign/Graham Modified 
Amendment No. 4076.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any other cleared 
legislative and executive business, including the conference report to 
accompany H.R. 4939, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and the 
nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.

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                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: May 23, Subcommittee on Homeland 
Security, to hold hearings to examine biodefense and pandemic 
influenza issues, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  May 24, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to 
examine progress of the Capitol Visitor Center construction, 10 
a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 23, to hold 
hearings to examine improving financial literacy in the United 
States, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 23, to 
hold hearings to examine price-gouging related to gas prices, 10 
a.m., SD-562.
  May 24, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine 
National Transportation Safety Board reauthorization, 10 a.m., SD-
562.
  May 24, Subcommittee on Disaster Prevention and Prediction, to 
hold hearings to examine 2006 hurricane forecast and at-risk cities, 
2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  May 25, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine S. 2686, to 
amend the Communications Act of 1934 and for other purposes, 10 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 22, to hold 
hearings to examine nuclear power provisions contained in the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  May 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the National 
Research Council report, Managing Construction and Infrastructure in 
the 21st Century Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Bureau of 
Reclamation Report, Managing for Excellence: An Action Plan for the 
21st Century, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  May 24, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 997, to 
direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in the 
Beaverhead-Deerlodge Forest, Montana, to Jefferson County, Montana, 
for use as a cemetery, S. 1529, to provide for the conveyance of 
certain Federal land in the city of Yuma, Arizona, S. 1548, to 
provide for the conveyance of certain Forest Service land to the 
city of Coffman Cove, Alaska, S. 1957, to authorize the Secretary of 
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. 2003, to make permanent the authorization for 
watershed restoration and enhancement agreements, S. 2028, to 
provide for the reinstatement of a license for a certain Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission project, S. 2035, to extend the time 
required for construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of 
Idaho, S. 2054, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
study of water resources in the State of Vermont, S. 2150, to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Bureau of Land 
Management Land to the city of Eugene, Oregon, S. 2373, to provide 
for the sale of approximately 132 acres of public land to the city 
of Green River, Wyoming, at fair market value, 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, S. 2568, to amend the National Trails System Act to 
designate the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, 
S. Res. 468, supporting the continued administration of Channel 
Islands National Park, including Santa Rosa Island, in accordance 
with the laws (including regulations) and policies of the National 
Park Service, H.R. 394 and S. 2034, bills to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to conduct a boundary study to evaluate the 
significance of the Colonel James Barrett Farm in the Commonwealth 
of Massachusetts and the suitability and feasibility of its 
inclusion in the National Park System as part of the Minute Man 
National Historical Park, H.R. 482, to provide for a land exchange 
involving Federal lands in the Lincoln National Forest in the State 
of New Mexico, H.R. 486, to provide for a land exchange involving 
private land and Bureau of Land Management land in the vicinity of 
Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, for the purpose of removing 
private land from the required safety zone surrounding munitions 
storage bunkers at Holloman Air Force Base, H.R. 1492 and S. 1719, 
bills to provide for the preservation of the historic confinement 
sites where Japanese Americans were detained during World War II, 
H.R. 3507, to transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, 
and San Diego County, California, from the Bureau of Land Management 
to the United States to be held in trust for the Pechanga Band of 
Luiseno Mission Indians, and H.R. 4000, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to revise certain repayment contracts with the 
Bostwick Irrigation District in Nebraska, the Kansas Bostwick 
Irrigation District No. 2, the Frenchman-Cambridge Irrigation 
District, and the Webster Irrigation District No. 4, all a part of 
the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, and other pending calendar 
business, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  May 24, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold hearings 
to examine S. 2466, to authorize and direct the exchange and 
conveyance of certain National Forest land and other land in 
southeast Arizona, S. 2788, to direct the exchange of certain land 
in Grand, San Juan, and Uintah Counties, Utah, and S. 2567, to 
maintain the rural heritage of the Eastern Sierra and enhance the 
region's tourism economy by designating certain public lands as 
wilderness and certain rivers as wild and scenic rivers in the State 
of California, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  May 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the outlook 
for growth of coal-fired electric generation and whether sufficient 
supplies of coal will be available to supply electric generators on 
a timely basis both in the near term and in the future, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 23, business 
meeting to consider S. 2735, to amend the National Dam Safety 
Program Act to reauthorize the national dam safety program, S. 2832, 
to reauthorize and improve the program authorized by the Appalachian 
Regional Development Act of 1965, S. 2430, to amend the Great Lakes 
Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1990 to provide for 
implementation of recommendations of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service contained in the Great Lakes Fishery Resources 
Restoration Study, S.

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1509, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to add non-human 
primates to the definition of prohibited wildlife species, S. 2041, 
to provide for the conveyance of a United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service administrative site to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, S. 
2127, to redesignate the Mason Neck National Wildlife Refuge in the 
State of Virginia as the ``Elizabeth Hartwell Mason Neck National 
Wildlife Refuge'', S. Res. 301, commemorating the 100th anniversary 
of the National Audubon Society, S. 2781, to amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to enhance the security of wastewater 
treatment works, S. 2650, to designate the Federal courthouse to be 
constructed in Greenville, South Carolina, as the ``Carroll A. 
Campbell, Jr. Federal Courthouse'', S. 801, to designate the United 
States courthouse located at 300 North Hogan Street, Jacksonville, 
Florida, as the ``John Milton Bryan Simpson United States 
Courthouse'', the proposed Great Lakes Coordination and Oversight 
Act, S. 2023, to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to improve that 
Act, the nominations of Molly A. O'Neill, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and 
Dale Klein, of Texas, Gregory B. Jaczko, of the District of 
Columbia, and Peter B. Lyons, of Virginia, each to be a Member of 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and other pending committee 
business, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Finance: May 23, Subcommittee on Long-Term Growth and 
Debt Reduction, to hold hearings to examine encouraging economic 
self-determination in Indian country, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 23, to hold hearings to 
examine the Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear 
Damage, with a declaration, done at Vienna on September 12, 1997, 
Convention Adopted by a Diplomatic Conference convened by the 
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and opened for signature 
at Vienna, September 29, 1997, during the IAEA General Conference 
(Treaty Doc. 107-21), S. Res. 312, expressing the sense of the 
Senate regarding the need for the United States to address global 
climate change through the negotiation of fair and effective 
international commitments, S. Res. 359, concerning the Government of 
Romania's ban on intercountry adoptions and the welfare of orphaned 
or abandoned children in Romania, S. Res. 456, expressing the sense 
of the Senate on the discussion by the North Atlantic Council of 
secure, sustainable, and reliable sources of energy, S. 559, to make 
the protection of vulnerable populations, especially women and 
children, who are affected by a humanitarian emergency a priority of 
the United States Government, S. 1950, to promote global energy 
security through increased cooperation between the United States and 
India in diversifying sources of energy, stimulating development of 
alternative fuels, developing and deploying technologies that 
promote the clean and efficient use of coal, and improving energy 
efficiency, S. 2125, to promote relief, security, and democracy in 
the Democratic Republic of the Congo, S. 2200, to establish a United 
States-Poland parliamentary youth exchange program, S. 2566, to 
provide for coordination of proliferation interdiction activities 
and conventional arms disarmament, S. 2697, to establish the 
position of the United States Ambassador for ASEAN, and pending 
nominations, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  May 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Gaddi H. Vasquez, of California, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S. Representative to 
the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, and John Clint 
Williamson, of Louisiana, to be Ambassador at Large for War Crimes 
Issues, Department of State, 3:30 p.m., SD-419.
  May 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the current 
status of United Nations reform, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  May 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Michael E. Ranneberger, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Kenya, Eric M. Bost, of Texas, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of South Africa, and W. Stuart Symington IV, of 
Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti, 3 p.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: May 22, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Robert J. Portman, 
of Ohio, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
Robert Irwin Cusick, Jr., of Kentucky, to be Director of the Office 
of Government Ethics, and David L. Norquist, of Virginia, to be 
Chief Financial Officer, Department of Homeland Security, Time to be 
announced, S-216, Capitol.
  May 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination 
of Lurita Alexis Doan, of Virginia, to be Administrator of General 
Services, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  May 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination 
of R. David Paulison, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for Federal 
Emergency Management, Department of Homeland Security, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-342.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine 
Congress' role in Federal financial management, focusing on 
Congress' role and effectiveness in the Federal budget process, as 
well as ways it can improve the management of Federal funds, 2:30 
p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 25, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine Indian education, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 23, to hold hearings to examine 
ensuring competition and innovation related to reconsidering 
communication laws, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  May 23, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, to hold hearings to 
examine post-grant review procedures and other litigation reforms 
relating to patents, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  May 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the McCarran-
Ferguson Act, focusing on implications of repealing the insurers' 
antitrust exemption, 10:15 a.m., SD-226.
  May 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine judicial 
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Property 
Rights, to hold hearings to examine the

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consequences of legalized assisted suicide and euthanasia, 1 p.m., 
SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: May 25, to hold hearings to 
examine pending benefits related legislation, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 23, closed business meeting 
to mark up intelligence authorization for fiscal year 2007, 2:30 
p.m., SH-219.
  May 24, Full Committee, closed business meeting to consider 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: May 25, to hold hearings to examine 
the status of preparing for a pandemic flu, 10 a.m., SD-G50.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, May 23, Subcommittee on Defense, an 
oversight hearing on Defense Contracting, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  May 25, full Committee, to consider the Legislative Branch 
appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, May 24, hearing on Border Security--
Mission of the National Guard, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on Applying Lessons Learned From Hurricane 
Katrina: How the Department of Defense Is Preparing for the Upcoming 
Hurricane Season, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, May 25, hearing on the Line-Item Veto--
Perspectives on Applications and Effects, 9:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, May 23, Subcommittee on 
21st Century Competitiveness, hearing on Paying for College: 
Innovative Private-Sector Proposals to Complement Record Federal 
Investment in Student Aid,'' 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 23, Subcommittee on 
Environment and Hazardous, hearing on H.R. 2567, Antifreeze 
Bittering Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  May 23, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Examining the 
Federal Government's Partnership With America's Pharmacists,'' 11 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 24, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing entitled 
``Vehicle and Fuels Technology: Next Generation,'' 1 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, May 23, Subcommittee on Housing 
and Community Opportunity, to consider the following bills: H.R. 
1999, State and Local Housing Flexibility Act of 2005; and H.R. 
5039, Saving America's Rural Housing Act of 2006, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  May 24, full Committee, to consider the following bills: H.R. 
5117, To exempt persons with disabilities from the prohibition 
against providing section 8 rental assistance to college students; 
H.R. 4127, Data Accountability and Trust Act (DATA); H.R. 5341, 
Seasoned Customer CTR Exemption Act of 2006; H.R. 4804, FHA 
Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act of 2006; H.R. 3043, Zero 
Downpayment Pilot Program Act of 2005; H.R. 5347, HOPE VI 
Reauthorization Act of 2006; H.R. 5121, Expanding American 
Homeownership Act of 2006; and H.R. 5068, Export-Import Bank 
Reauthorization Act of 2006, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 25, to continue hearings entitled ``Protecting Investors and 
Fostering Efficient Markets: A Review of the S.E.C. Agenda,'' 1 
p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the Office of Thrift Supervision,'' 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, May 23, Subcommittee on Criminal 
Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources, hearing entitled ``FY 
2007 Drug Control Budget and the Byrne Grant, HIDTA, and Other Law 
Enforcement Programs: Are We Jeopardizing Federal, State and Local 
Cooperation?'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 23, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, 
hearing entitled ``Office of Government Ethics Reauthorization,'' 2 
p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  May 23, Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census, hearing 
entitled ``Public Housing in the Competitive Market Place: Do 
Affordable and Public Housing Development Benefit from Private 
Market and Other Financing Tools?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 24, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Getting Ready for the 
'06 Hurricane Season,'' 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, May 23, Subcommittee on 
Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk, executive, 
briefing on sharing information among Federal intelligence partners: 
DHS access and information controls, 11 a.m., H2-176 Fore.
  May 24, full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Need for CFIUS 
Reform to Address Homeland Security Concerns,'' 1 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  May 24, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and 
Terrorism Risk Assessment, hearing entitled ``Examining the Progress 
of the DHS Chief Intelligence Officer,'' 3:30 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological 
Attack, hearing entitled ``Enlisting Foreign Cooperation in U.S. 
Efforts to Prevent Nuclear Smuggling,'' 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, May 25, oversight hearing on 
the Smithsonian Business Ventures, 12 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, May 25, to consider pending 
business, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and 
International Operations, briefing and hearing on Food Aid: Taking a 
Bite out of Hunger, 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and 
Nonproliferation, hearing on the A.Q. Khan Network: Case Closed? 2 
p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on U.S.-
Canada Relations, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 23, Subcommittee on Courts, the 
Internet, and Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 435, Equal 
Access to Justice Reform Act of 2005, 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.

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  May 23, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 
hearing on H.R. 4239, Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  May 25, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 5417, 
Internet Freedom and Nondiscrimination Act of 2006; H.R. 4777, 
Internet Gambling Prohibition Act; H.R. 4411, Unlawful Internet 
Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006; H.R. 4894, To provide for certain 
access to national crime information databases by schools and 
education agencies for employment purposes, with respect to 
individuals who work with children; H.R. 5318, Cyber-Security 
Enhancement and Consumer Data Protection Act of 2006; and H.R. 4127, 
Data Accountability and Trust Act (DATA), 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, 
oversight hearing on Alien Smuggling: Issues and Responses, 2 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, May 25, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4275, To amend Public Law 106-
348 to extend the authorization for establishing a memorial in the 
District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became 
disabled while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States; 
H.R. 5057, To authorize the Marion Park Project and Committee of the 
Palmetto Conservation Foundation to establish a commemorative work 
on Federal land in the District of Columbia, and its environs to 
honor Brigadier General Francis Marion; and S. 1627, Delaware 
National Coastal Special Resources Study Act, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, May 22, to consider the Energy and Water 
Development, and Related Agencies appropriations for Fiscal Year 
2007, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  May 23, to consider the Homeland Security appropriations for 
Fiscal Year 2007, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, May 24, Subcommittee on Environment, 
Technology, and Standards, hearing on the Views of the NIST Nobel 
Laureates on Science Policy, 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 23, Subcommittee on Regulatory 
Reform and Oversight, hearing entitled ``The Liabilities Driving 
Better Consumer Data Protection Practices,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, Agriculture and 
Technology, hearing entitled ``Unlocking Charitable Giving,'' 9:45 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 23, 
Subcommittee on Railroads, hearing on Impacts of Railroad-Owned 
Waste Facilities, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 24, Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines, oversight 
hearing on Understanding Contemporary Public Private Highway 
Transactions: The Future of Infrastructure Finance? 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 15, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, oversight hearing on VA's oversight on patient 
safety, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 23, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, hearing to Review Proposals To Improve Child Protective 
Services, 2 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on Charities and 
Employment Taxes: Are Charities in the Combined Federal Campaign 
Meeting Their Employment Tax Responsibilities? 11 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 25, executive, 
briefing on Global Updates/Hotspots, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  May 26, hearing on Media's Role and Responsibilities on Leaks of 
Classified Information, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.