[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 90 (Wednesday, July 12, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D762-D763]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              JULY 13, 2006

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark up H.R. 5672, 
making appropriations for Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and 
Commerce, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2007, and an original bill making appropriations for the government of 
the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, 2 
p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine military 
commissions in light of the Supreme Court decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 
10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Budget: business meeting to consider the nomination of 
Stephen S. McMillin, of Texas, to be Deputy Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold hearings to 
examine unmanned aerial systems in Alaska, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to examine 
H.R. 5254, to set schedules for the consideration of permits for 
refineries, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, 
Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings to examine the 
Environmental Protection Agency's proposed revisions to the particulate 
matter air quality standards, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the nomination of 
Eric Solomon, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 
for Tax Policy, 10 a.m., SD-215.

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  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the current 
situation relative to Iraq, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Stephen S. McMillin, of Texas, to 
be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 2:30 p.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Neil M. Gorsuch, of Colorado, and Jerome A. Holmes, of 
Oklahoma, each to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, 
Kimberly Ann Moore, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Federal Circuit, Bobby E. Shepherd, of Arkansas, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Gustavo Antonio Gelpi, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, Daniel Porter 
Jordan III, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District 
of Mississippi, Steven G. Bradbury, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, R. Alexander Acosta, to be United States Attorney for 
the Southern District of Florida, Martin J. Jackley, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of South Dakota, and Brett L. Tolman, to be 
United States Attorney for the District of Utah, 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, H.R. 
1036, to amend title 17, United States Code, to make technical 
corrections relating to Copyright Royalty Judges, S. 155, to increase and 
enhance law enforcement resources committed to investigation and 
prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to 
protect law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to 
revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to reform and 
facilitate prosecution of juvenile gang members who commit violent 
crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, S. 2703, to amend 
the Voting Rights Act of 1965, S. 1845, to amend title 28, United States 
Code, to provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit 
judges, to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit of the United States into 2 
circuits, and S. 2679, to establish an Unsolved Crimes Section in the 
Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice, and an Unsolved Civil 
Rights Crime Investigative Office in the Civil Rights Unit of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights, to hold 
hearings to examine renewing the temporary provisions of the Voting 
Rights Act relating to legislative options after LULAC v. Perry, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine challenges 
facing the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, focusing on efforts 
to address the backlog, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to consider 
pending intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine Medicaid to 
retiree benefits, focusing on the impact of seniors on health care costs 
in the United States, 10 a.m., SD-106.


                                  House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies, oversight hearing on Chesapeake Bay, 10 a.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Innovative Solutions to Medical Liability,'' 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Can You Clear Me 
Now?: Weighing `Foreign Influence' Factors in Security Clearance 
Investigations,'' 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Management, 
Integration, and Oversight, to continue hearings entitled ``Federal 9/11 
Assistance to New York: Lessons Learned in Fraud Detection, Prevention, 
and Control,'' Part 2, ``Recovery,'' 10 a.m, and Part 3, ``Rebuilding,'' 
2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on International 
Terrorism and Nonproliferation, hearing on Venezuela: Terrorism Hub of 
South America? 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, 
oversight hearing on Opportunities for Good Samaritan Cleanup of Hard 
Rock Abandoned Mine Lands, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, oversight hearing on Working 
Ranches, Healthy Range and Maintaining Open Space, focusing on the 
importance of federal grazing programs and working ranches to the 
landscape, 11 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
383, Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail Designation Act of 2005; H.R. 
4581, Easement Owners Fair Compensation Claims Act of 2005; and H.R. 
5132, River Raisin National Battlefield Study Act, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Oversight, hearing entitled ``An Update on Administration Action to 
Reduce Unnecessary Regulatory Burdens on America's Small Manufacturers,'' 
10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up H.R. 3082, Veteran-Owned 
Small Business Promotion Act of 2005, 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Medicare reimbursement of physician-administered drugs, 1 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing on issues relating to 
the patenting of tax advice, 10:30 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Global Updates/Hotspots, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.