[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 76 (Wednesday, June 14, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D634-D635]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 15, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight Report of 
the Special Examination of Fannie Mae, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Fisheries and Coast Guard, to hold hearings to examine the Coast 
Guard budget, 10:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Superfund and Waste Management, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the superfund program, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Robert O. Blake, Jr., of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
the Republic of Maldives, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  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, and H.R. 3508, to authorize improvements in 
the operation of the government of the District of Columbia, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider 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

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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, 
H.R. 1036, to amend title 17, United States Code, to make technical 
corrections relating to Copyright Royalty Judges, 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, and the nominations of Kenneth L. 
Wainstein, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General. (New 
Position), Frank D. Whitney, of North Carolina, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, and 
Thomas D. Anderson, of Vermont, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Vermont, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Jerome A. Holmes, of Oklahoma, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Tenth Circuit, Daniel Porter Jordan III, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, and Gustavo 
Antonio Gelpi, to be United States District Judge for the District 
of Puerto Rico, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, hearing to review Efforts to Eliminate Waste, 
Fraud and Abuse in the Crop Insurance Program, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, hearing on Effects of Illegal 
Immigration on Public and Tribal Lands, 9 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land 
Forces, hearing to receive an update on the use of combat helmets, 
vehicle armor, and body armor by ground forces in Operation Iraq; 
Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to consider the following 
measures: S. 655, A bill to amend the Pub Health Service Act with 
respect to the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention; H.R. 5573, Health Centers Renewal Act of 
2006; H.R. 5574, Children's Hospital GME Support Reauthorization Act 
of 2006; H. Con. Res. 426, Recognizing the Food and Drug 
Administration of the Department of Health and Human Services on the 
occasion of the 100th anniversary of the passage of the Food and 
Drug Act for the important service it provides to the Nation; and 
H.R. 4157, Health Information Technology Promotion Act of 2005, 11 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to consider a motion 
authorizing the issuance of subpoenas in connection with the 
Committee's investigation on silicosis, following full meeting, 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Regional 
Insecurity: DHS Grants to the National Capital Area,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Management, 
Integration, and Oversight, hearing entitled ``An Examination of the 
Department of Homeland Security's Procurement Process Regarding 
Shirlington Limousine and Transportation, Inc.,'' 11:30 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to mark up H.R. 1369, To prevent discriminatory 
taxation of natural gas pipeline property, 11:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, 
oversight hearing on Patent Trolls: Fact or Fiction? 9 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4957, Tylersville Fish Hatchery 
Conveyance Act; H.R. 5061, Paint Bank and Wytheville National Fish 
Hatcheries Conveyance Act; and H.R. 5381, National Fish Hatchery 
System Volunteer Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to mark up H.R. 4890, Legislative Line Item 
Veto Act of 2006, 2:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways, Transit and Pipelines, oversight hearing on Intermodalism, 
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, oversight hearing on recent patient safety issues, 
10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 4157, Health 
Information Technology Promotion Act of 2006, 3:30 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on the Social Security 
Administration's Improved Disability Determination Process, 11 a.m., 
B-318 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine human rights challenges that countries in South Central 
Europe face as they seek integration into the European Union and/or 
NATO Alliance, focusing on legal restrictions on religions 
activities and other attacks on religious freedom, lagging efforts 
to combat trafficking in persons, discrimination and violence 
against Roma, and the prevalence of official corruption and 
organized crime, 2 p.m., 2226 RHOB.