[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 75 (Tuesday, June 13, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D624-D625]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to mark up S. 418, to protect members of the Armed Forces from 
unscrupulous practices regarding sales of insurance, financial, and 
investment products, S. 811, to require the Secretary of the 
Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the 
birth of Abraham Lincoln, S. 2321, to require the Secretary of the 
Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of Louis Braille, and 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, Robert M. Couch, 
of Alabama, to be President, Government National Mortgage 
Association, 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; to be followed by a hearing to examine Financial 
Accountability Standards Board's proposed standard on ``Employers' 
Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement 
Plans'', 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, to hold hearings to 
examine extension of HUD's mark-to-market program, 2:30 p.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness, to hold hearings to 
examine alternative energy technologies, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine whether potential liability deters abandoned hard 
rock mine clean up, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 2145, to enhance security and protect against 
terrorist attacks at chemical facilities, S. 1554, to establish an 
intergovernmental grant program to identify and develop homeland 
security information, equipment, capabilities, technologies, and 
services to further the homeland security of the United States and 
to address the homeland security needs of Federal, State, and local 
governments, S. 1741, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to 
carry out a program for the protection of the health and safety of 
residents, workers, volunteers, and others in a disaster area, S. 
1838, to provide for the sale, acquisition, conveyance, and exchange 
of certain real property in the District of Columbia to facilitate 
the utilization, development, and redevelopment of such property, S. 
2068, to preserve existing judgeships on the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia, S. 2146, to extend relocation expenses test 
programs for Federal employees, S. 2296, to establish a fact-finding 
Commission to extend the study of a prior Commission to investigate 
and determine facts and circumstances surrounding the relocation, 
internment, and deportation to Axis countries of Latin Americans of 
Japanese descent from December 1941 through February 1948, and the 
impact of those actions by the United States, and to recommend 
appropriate remedies, H.R. 3508, to authorize improvements in the 
operation of the government of the District of Columbia, S. 2228, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 2404 Race Street, Jonesboro, Arkansas, as the ``Hattie W. Caraway 
Post Office.'', S. 2376, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 80 Killian Road in Massapequa, New 
York, as the ``Gerard A. Fiorenza Post Office Building'', S. 2722, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 170 East Main Street in Patchogue, New York, as the 
``Lieutenant Michael P. Murphy Post Office Building'', H.R. 4108, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 3000 Homewood Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland, as the ``State 
Senator Verda Welcome and Dr. Henry Welcome Post Office Building'', 
H.R. 3440, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 100 Avenida RL Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, 
as the ``Dr. Jose Celso Barbosa Post Office Building'', H.R. 4786, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 535 Wood Street in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, as the ``H. 
Gordon Payrow Post Office Building'', H.R. 4561, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8624 
Ferguson Road in Dallas, Texas, as the ``Francisco `Pancho' Medrano 
Post Office Building'', H.R. 4688, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 1 Boyden Street in Badin, 
North Carolina, as the ``Mayor John Thompson `Tom' Garrison Memorial 
Post Office'', H.R. 4995, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 7 Columbus Avenue in Tuckahoe, New 
York, as the ``Ronald Bucca Post Office'', H.R. 3549, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 210 West 
3rd Avenue in Warren, Pennsylvania, as the ``William F. Clinger, Jr. 
Post Office Building'', H.R. 2977, to designate the facility of

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the United States Postal Service located at 306 2nd Avenue in 
Brockway, Montana, as the ``Paul Kasten Post Office Building'', S. 
2690, 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'', S. 3187, to designate the Post Office located 
at 5755 Post Road, East Greenwich, Rhode Island, as the ``Richard L. 
Cevoli Post Office'', and 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'', 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine S. 374, 
to provide compensation to the Lower Brule and Crow Creek Sioux 
Tribes of South Dakota for damage to tribal land caused by Pick-
Sloan projects along the Missouri River, and S. 1535, to amend the 
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Equitable Compensation Act to provide 
compensation to members of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe for damage 
resulting from the Oahe Dam and Reservoir Project, 9:30 a.m., SR-
485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine ensuring 
competition and innovation relating to reconsidering communication 
laws, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Science, the 
Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies, 
to mark up appropriations for fiscal year 2007, 9:30 a.m., H-141 
Capitol.
  Committee on the Budget, to mark up H.R. 4890, Legislative Line 
Item Veto Act of 2006, 10:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing entitled ``Addressing Concerns About 
the U.S. Department of Labor's Use of Non-Consensus Standards in 
Workplace Health and Safety,'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, hearing on Violent and Explicit Video 
Games: Informing Parents and Protecting Children, 2 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations continue hearings 
entitled ``Human Tissue Samples: NIH Research Policies and 
Practices,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 5337, Reform of National Security Reviews of Foreign Direct 
Investments Act; H.R. 5068, Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act 
of 2006; H.R. 2990, Credit Rating Agency Duopoly Relief Act of 2005; 
H.R. 5024, Promoting Transparency in Financial Reporting Act of 
2006; the Financial Netting Improvements Act of 2006; H.R. 5039, 
Saving America's Rural Housing Act of 2006; H.R. 4804, FHA 
Manufactured Housing Loan Modernization Act of 2006; H.R. 5527, 
Mark-to-Market Extension Act of 2006; H.R. 5393, Natural Disaster 
Housing Reform Act of 2006; and H.R. 5443, Section 8 Voucher Reform 
Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 3197, Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate Act of 2005; H.R. 
4941, Homeland Security Science and Technology Enhancement Act of 
2006; and H.R. 4942, Promoting Antiterrorism Capabilities Through 
International Cooperation Act, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism 
Risk Assessment, hearing entitled ``Transportation Security 
Administration's Office of Intelligence: Progress and Challenges,'' 
2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Investigations, hearing entitled ``Waste, Fraud 
and Abuse in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina,'' 11 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Human Rights and International Operations, briefing and 
hearing on Modern-Day Slavery: Spotlight on the 2006 Trafficking in 
Persons Report, Forced Labor, and Sex Trafficking at the World Cup, 
11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, hearing on H.R. 4761, Domestic Energy 
Production through Offshore Exploration and Equitable Treatment of 
State Holdings Act of 2006, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, to mark up H.R. 5450, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration Act, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, oversight hearing on 
Deepwater Implementation, 1 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs, oversight hearing on information 
security at the Department of Veterans Affairs, 10:30 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on the Implementation of the 
Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence, 
executive, briefing on Title 50/Title 10 Concerns, 3 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.