[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 71 (Wednesday, June 7, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D592-D593]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              JUNE 8, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for USAID, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold a closed briefing on Overhead 
Imagery Systems, 9:30 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Full Committee, to hold an opening briefing regarding the loss of 
personal information about Department of Defense personnel as a 
result of the theft of a computer from a Department of Veterans 
Affairs analyst, 4 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the nominations of Sheila C. Bair, of Kansas, to be a 
Member and Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal 
Deposit Insurance Corporation, Kathleen L. Casey, of Virginia, to be 
a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Donald L. Kohn, 
of Virginia, to be Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System, and James B. Lockhart III, of Connecticut, 
to be Director of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise 
Oversight, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on National Ocean Policy Study, to hold hearings to examine 
challenges of fish farming in Federal waters relating to offshore 
aquaculture, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pending nominations, 
2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Philip D. Moeller, of Washington, and Jon 
Wellinghoff, of Nevada, each to be a Member of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider the Medicare, 
Medicaid and SCHIP Indian Health Care Improvement Act of 2006, and 
the Improving Outcomes for Children Affected by Meth Act of 2006, 11 
a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
role of non-governmental organizations in the development of 
democracy, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings 
to examine the status of Asian adoptions in the United States, 2:30 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine national emergency management issues, 10 a.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Andrew J. Guilford, to be United States District 
Judge for the Central District of California, Frank D. Whitney, to 
be United States District Judge for the Western District of North 
Carolina, Kenneth L. Wainstein, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, and Charles P. Rosenberg, to be United States 
Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, both of the 
Department of Justice, 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. 3001, 
to ensure that all electronic surveillance of United States persons 
for foreign intelligence purposes is conducted pursuant to 
individualized court-issued orders, to streamline the procedures of 
the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, S. 2831, to 
guarantee the free flow of information to the public through a free 
and active press while protecting the right of the public to 
effective law enforcement and the fair administration of justice, 
and S.J. Res. 12, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical 
desecration of the flag of the United States, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Corrections and Rehabilitation, to hold hearings 
to examine the findings and recommendations of the Commission on 
Safety and Abuse in America's Prisons, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
pending benefits related legislation, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold a closed briefing on 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Assessing the Iranian 
Threat, Its Geopolitics, and U.S. Policy Options, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, to continue hearings on the Line Item 
Veto, Constitutional Issues, 9:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, to mark 
up the following: S. 655, A bill to amend the Public Health Service 
Act with respect to the National Foundation for the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention; the Community Health Center 
Reauthorization Act of 2006; the Children's Hospitals Graduate 
Medical Education Payment Program Reauthorization Act of 2006; and 
H.R. 4157, Health Information Technology Promotion Act of 2005, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Community Opportunity, to consider the following measures: H.R. 
5443, Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2006; H.R. 5393, Natural 
Disaster Housing Reform Act of 2006; H.R. 5527, Mark-to-Market 
Extension Act of 2006; and H.R. 4804, FHA Manufactured Housing Loan 
Modernization Act of 2006, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to consider the following: H.R. 
1167, To amend the Truth in Regulating Act to make permanent the 
pilot project for the report on rules; H.R. 4416, To reauthorize 
permanently the use

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of penalty and franked mail in efforts relating to the location and 
recovery of missing children; H.R. 4809, Regulation in Plain 
Language Act of 2006; H.R. 5216, Preservation of Records of 
Servitude, Emancipation, and Post-Civil War Reconstruction Act of 
2006; the Reservist Pay Security Act of 2006; S. 959, Star-Spangled 
Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission Act; H.R. 5169, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 1310 Highway 64 NW, in Ramsey, Indiana, as the ``Wilfred Edward 
`Cousin Willie' Sieg, Sr. Post Office;'' H.R. 5194, To Designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8801 Sudley 
Road in Manassas, Virginia, as the ``Harry J. Parrish Post Office 
Building;'' H.R. 5224, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 350 Uinta Drive in Green River, 
Wyoming as the ``Curt Gowdy Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5426, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 326 South Main Street in Princeton, Illinois as the ``Congressman 
Owen Lovejoy Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5428, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 202 East 
Washington Street in Morris, Illinois, as the ``Joshua A. Terando 
Princeton Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5434, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 40 South 
Walnut Street in Chillicothe, Ohio, as the ``Larry Cox Post 
Office;'' H.R. 5504, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service at 6029 Broadmoor Street in Mission, Kansas, as the 
``Larry Winn, Jr. Post Office Building;'' a measure to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located in Dimmitt, 
Texas, as the ``Sgt. Jacob Dan Dones Post Office;'' H. Res. 498, 
Supporting the goals and ideals of School Bus Safety Week; and S. 
1445, A bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 520 Colorado Avenue in Arriba, Colorado, as the 
``William H. Emery Post Office,'' followed by a hearing entitled 
``Once More into the Data Breach: The Security of Personal 
Information at Federal Agencies,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, hearing entitled ``Oversight 
Hearing on the Election Assistance Commission,'' 10 a.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, oversight hearing to review 
Iraq Reconstruction, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Rights and International 
Operations, oversight hearing on Removing Obstacles for African 
Entrepreneurs, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
hearing on H.R. 4772, Private Property Rights Implementation Act of 
2005, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual Property, to 
mark up the Section 115 Reform Act of 2006, 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, 
oversight hearing entitled ``The Need to Implement WHTI to Protect 
U.S. Homeland Security,'' 11:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, hearing on The Future of NPOESS: Results of 
the Nunn-McCurdy Review of NOAA's Weather Satellite Program, 2:30 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Reauthorization of the 
Brownfields Program--Successes and Future Challenges, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, oversight hearing on the Veterans 
Benefits Administration's fiduciary program, including 
implementation of Title V of Public Law 108-454; and to mark up of 
the following bills: H.R. 601, Native American Veterans Cemetery Act 
of 2005; H.R. 4843, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment 
Act of 2006; and H.R. 5038, Veterans' Memorial Marker Act of 2006, 
10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Global Updates/Hotspots, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.