[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 84 (Monday, June 26, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1280-E1281]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, June 27, 2006 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JUNE 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold an oversight hearing on Environmental Protection 
           Agency regional inconsistencies.
                                                            SD-628
       Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Native American 
           Housing Programs.
                                                            SR-485
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine hedge funds and independent 
           analysts.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to continue markup of H.R. 5252, to 
           promote the deployment of broadband networks and 
           services.
                                                            SH-216
       Finance
       Business meeting to markup S. 1321, to amend the Internal 
           Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on 
           telephone and other communications, and proposed 
           legislation to implement the United States-Oman Free 
           Trade Agreement.
                                                            SD-215
       Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider an original bill, to exempt 
           from certain requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 
           1954 U.S. exports to India of nuclear materials, 
           equipment and technology, the nominations of Earl 
           Anthony Wayne, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
           Argentina, 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, John Clint Williamson, of Louisiana, 
           to be Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues, 
           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, W. Stuart 
           Symington IV, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Djibouti, Gayleatha Beatrice Brown, of New 
           Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, 
           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, Robert D. 
           McCallum, Jr., of Georgia, to be Ambassador to 
           Australia, and Leslie V. Rowe, of Washington, to be 
           Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, and to serve 
           concurrently and without additional compensation as 
           Ambassador to the Solomon Islands and Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Vanuatu.
                                                            SD-419
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider proposed Older Americans Act 
           Amendments of 2006, S. 3546, Dietary Supplement and 
           Nonprescription Drug Consumer Protection Act, S. 707, 
           to reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of 
           pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to 
           pregnancy, and to reduce infant mortality caused by 
           prematurity, S. 757, to amend the Public Health Service 
           Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute 
           of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the 
           development and operation of research centers regarding 
           environmental factors that may be related to the 
           etiology of breast cancer, and any pending nominations; 
           to be followed by a hearing on biodefense.
                                                            SD-430
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Mickey D. 
           Barnett, of New Mexico, Katherine C. Tobin, of New 
           York, and Ellen C. Williams, of Kentucky, each to be a 
           Governor of the United States Postal Service.
                                                            SD-342
     10:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Marc 
           Spitzer, of Arizona, to be a Member of the Federal 
           Energy Regulatory Commission.
                                                            SD-366
       Appropriations
       Legislative Branch Subcommittee
         To resume hearings to examine the progress of the Capitol 
           Visitor Center construction.
                                                            SD-138
     11 a.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine Belgium's Chairmanship of the 
           OSCE, focusing on developments in Central Asia and 
           neighboring Afghanistan, the emergence of the Shanghai 
           Cooperation Organization, the political situation in 
           the Caucasus, and human rights trends in the Russian 
           Federation.
                                                         2359 RHOB
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
       To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Kimberly Ann 
           Moore, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge 
           for the Federal Circuit, and Bobby E. Shepherd, of 
           Arkansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
           Eighth Circuit.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Richard E. 
           Hoagland, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador 
           to the Republic of Armenia, Peter R. Coneway, of Texas, 
           to be Ambassador to Switzerland, and to serve 
           concurrently and without additional compensation as 
           Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein and 
           Thomas C. Foley, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to 
           Ireland.
                                                            SD-419
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1812, to amend the 
           Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act 
           of 1992 to provide for the conjunctive use of surface 
           and ground water in Juab County, Utah, S. 1965, to 
           authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
           certain buildings and lands of the Yakima Project, 
           Washington, to the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District, 
           S. 2129, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
           convey certain land and improvements of the Gooding 
           Division of the Minidoka Project, Idaho, S. 2470, to 
           authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau 
           of Reclamation within the A&B Irrigation District in 
           the State of Idaho, S. 2502, to provide for the 
           modification of an amendatory repayment contract 
           between the Secretary of the Interior and the North 
           Unit Irrigation District, S. 3404, to reauthorize the 
           Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project, H.R. 2383, to 
           redesignate the facility of the Bureau of Reclamation 
           located at 19550 Kelso Road in Byron, California, as 
           the ``C.W. `Bill' Jones Pumping Plant'', and H.R. 4204, 
           to direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer 
           ownership of the American River Pump Station Project.
                                                            SD-366
     3 p.m.
       Library
         Business meeting to consider pending committee business.
                                                    H-140, Capitol

                                JUNE 29
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine Russia.
                                                            SD-419
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed legislation relating 
           to enhancing employee performance.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to continue markup of H.R. 5252, to 
           promote the deployment of broadband networks and 
           services.
                                                            SH-216
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine H.R. 5254, to set schedules 
           for the consideration of permits for refineries.
                                                            SD-366
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion 
           Agreement.
                                                            SD-215
     2 p.m.
       Appropriations
         Business meeting to markup H.R. 5427, making 
           appropriations for energy and water development for the 
           fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, H.R. 5441, 
           making appropriations for the Department of Homeland 
           Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, 
           H.R. 5522, making appropriations for

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           foreign operations, export financing, and related 
           programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, 
           and H.R. 5386, making appropriations for the Department 
           of the Interior, environment, and related agencies for 
           the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007.
                                                            SD-106
       Judiciary
       Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine H.R. 1038, to amend title 28, 
           United States Code, to allow a judge to whom a case is 
           transferred to retain jurisdiction over certain 
           multidistrict litigation cases for trial.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and 
           International Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the case for reform regarding 
           community development block grants, focusing on issues 
           surrounding program formulas, recipient communities, 
           and management of grants within the Community 
           Development Block program, including aspects of the 
           reform package, the ``CDBG Reform Act of 2006''.
                                                            SD-342
       Finance
       Long-term Growth and Debt Reduction Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine how to increase worker 
           coverage relating to small business pension plans.
                                                            SD-215
       Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing regarding intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                JULY 12
     10 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine USDA dairy programs.
                                                           SR-328A

                                JULY 13
     2 p.m.
       Appropriations
         Business meeting to markup proposed legislation making 
           appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and 
           Justice, Science, and related agencies for the fiscal 
           year ending September 30, 2007, and proposed 
           legislation making appropriations for the District of 
           Columbia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007.
                                                            SD-106
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine unmanned aerial systems in 
           Alaska.
                                                            SD-562

                                JULY 19
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the semiannual Monetary 
           Policy Report to Congress.
                                                            SD-538
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine high performance computing.
                                                            SD-562
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing on the implementation of 
           Public Law 108-148 The Healthy Forests Restoration Act.
                                                            SD-366

                                JULY 20
     2 p.m.
       Appropriations
         Business meeting to markup H.R. 5631, making 
           appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
           fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, proposed 
           legislation making appropriations for the Departments 
           of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
           Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
           30, 2007, H.R. 5385, making appropriations for the 
           military quality of life functions of the Department of 
           Defense, military construction, the Department of 
           Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal 
           year ending September 30, 2007, and H.R. 5576, making 
           appropriations for the Departments of Transportation, 
           Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the 
           Judiciary, District of Columbia, and independent 
           agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007.
                                                            SD-106

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                JUNE 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine antitrust concerns relating 
           to credit card interchange rates.
                                                            SD-226

                                JUNE 29
     10 a.m.
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine strengthening participation 
           of small businesses in Federal contracting and 
           innovation research programs.
                                                           SR-428A