[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 64 (Monday, May 22, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D528-D529]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                              MAY 23, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security, to 
hold hearings to examine biodefense and pandemic influenza issues, 
10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine improving financial literacy in the United States, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Robert J. Portman, of Ohio, to be Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, Time to be announced, S-216, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine price-gouging related to gas prices, 10 a.m., 
SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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. 
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: 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: 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.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
markup intelligence authorization for fiscal year 2007, 2:30 p.m., 
SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.

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  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and 
Hazardous Materials, hearing on H.R. 2567, Antifreeze Bittering Act 
of 2005, 1:30 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Examining the Federal 
Government's Partnership with America's Pharmacists,'' 11 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  Committee on Government Reform, 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.
  Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency Organization, hearing 
entitled ``Office of Government Ethics Reauthorization,'' 2 p.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Federalism and the Census, hearing entitled 
``Public Housing in the Competitive Market Place: Do Affordable and 
Public Housing Developments Benefit from Private Market and Other 
Financing Tools?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence, 
Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment, executive, 
briefing on sharing classified information among Federal 
Intelligence Partners: DHS access and information controls, 11 a.m., 
H2-176 Fore.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing 
on H.R. 4239, Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the Homeland Security 
appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Oversight, hearing entitled ``The Liabilities Driving Better 
Consumer Data Protection Practices,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, hearing on Impacts of Railroad-Owned Waste Facilities, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing to review Proposals To Improve Child Protective Services, 2 
p.m., B-318 Rayburn.