[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 94 (Tuesday, July 18, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D794-D795]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JULY 19, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to resume hearings to examine 
military commissions in light of the Supreme Court decision in 
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 10 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider the nominations of Frederic S. Mishkin, of New York, to 
be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 
Linda Mysliwy Conlin, of New Jersey, to be First Vice President, 
James Lambright, of Missouri, to be President, and J. Joseph 
Grandmaison, of New Hampshire, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors, all of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 
Geoffrey S. Bacino, of Illinois, to be a Director of the Federal 
Housing Finance Board, Edmund C. Moy, of Wisconsin, to be Director 
of the Mint, Department of the Treasury; to be followed by a hearing 
to examine the semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, 10 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Mark V. Rosenker, of 
Maryland, to be Chairman of the National Transportation Safety 
Board, R. Hunter Biden, of Delaware, and Donna R. McLean, of the 
District of Columbia, each to be a Member of the Reform Board 
(Amtrak), John H. Hill, of Indiana, to be Administrator of the 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Andrew B. Steinberg, of 
Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, routine 
lists in the Coast Guard and NOAA, and other pending calendar 
business, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness, to 
hold hearings to examine high performance computing, 11 a.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands and Forests, to hold an oversight hearing on the 
implementation of Public Law 108-148, The Healthy Forests 
Restoration Act, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the science and risk assessment behind the Environmental 
Protection Agency's proposed revisions to the particulate matter air 
quality standards, 9 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 3678, to amend the Public Health Service Act 
with respect to public health security and all-hazards preparedness 
and response, S. 843, to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
combat autism through research, screening, intervention and 
education, and the nominations of Elizabeth Dougherty, of the 
District of Columbia, and Harry R. Hoglander, of Massachusetts, each 
to be a Member of the National Mediation Board, Ronald S. Cooper, of 
Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, and Lawrence A. Warder, of Texas, to be Chief Financial 
Officer, Department of Education, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine Department of Homeland Security purchase cards, 
10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine antitrust 
concerns relating to credit card interchange rates, 9:30 a.m., SD-
226.
  Full Committee, business meeting to mark up S. 2703, to amend the 
Voting Rights Act of 1965, 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 Education and the Workforce, hearing entitled ``Guest 
Worker Programs: Impact on the American Workforce and U.S. 
Immigration Policy,'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing entitled ``DOE's Revised Schedule for Yucca 
Mountain,'' 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Questions Surrounding the `Hockey Stick' Temperature Studies: 
Implications for Climate Change Assessments,'' 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, to consider H.R. 
5637, Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2006, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, 
and Technology, hearing entitled ``Coin and Currency Issues Facing 
Congress: Can We Still Afford Money?'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Cutting Out the 
Waste: An Overview of H.R. 5766, Government Efficiency Act; and H.R. 
3282, Abolishment of Obsolete Agencies and Federal Sunset Act of 
2005,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, to mark up H.R. 5814, Department 
of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.

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  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1704, Second Chance Act of 2005; H.R. 5414, To enact certain laws 
relating to public contracts as title 41, United States Code, 
``Public Contracts;'' H.R. 5673, Criminal Restitution Improvement 
Act of 2006; H.R. 3509, Workplace Goods Job Growth and 
Competitiveness Act of 2005; and H.R. 5535, Prevention of Civil RICO 
Abuse Act of 2006, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 138, 
To revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources 
System Jekyll Island Unit GA-06P; H.R. 383, Ice Age Floods National 
Geologic Trail Designation Act of 2005; H.R. 631, To provide for 
acquisition of subsurface mineral rights to land owned by the Pascua 
Yaqui Tribe and land held in trust for the Tribe; H.R. 1796, 
Mississippi River Trail Study Act; H.R. 2110, Colorado Northern 
Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study Act; H.R. 2334, City 
of Oxnard Water Recycling and Desalination Act of 2005; H.R. 3350, 
Tribal Development Corporation Feasibility Study Act of 2005; H.R. 
3534, Piedras Blancs Historic Light Station Outstanding Natural Area 
Act of 2005; H.R. 3961, To authorize the National Park Service to 
pay for services rendered by subcontractors under a General Service 
Administration Indefinite Deliver/Quantity Contract issued for work 
to be completed at the Grant Canyon National Park; H.R. 4382, 
Southern Nevada Readiness Center Act; H.R. 4588, Water Resources 
Research Act Amendments of 2005; H.R. 4750, Lower Republican River 
Basin Study Act; H.R. 4789, To require the Secretary of the Interior 
to convey certain public land located wholly or partially within the 
boundaries of the Wells Hydroelectric Project of Public Utility 
District No. 1 of Douglas County, Washington to the utility 
district; H.R. 4857, Endangered Species Compliance and Transparency 
Act of 2006; H.R. 4957, Tylersville Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act; 
H.R. 5016, Las Cienegas Enhancement Act; H.R. 5025, Mount Hood 
Stewardship Legacy Act; H.R. 5132, River Basin National Battlefield 
Study Act; H.R. 5381, National Fish Hatchery System Volunteer Act of 
2006; H.R. 5539, North American Wetlands Conservation 
Reauthorization Act of 2006; H.R. 5802, NPS Concessions Reform Act 
of 2006; and H.R. 3603, Central Idaho Economic Development and 
Recreation Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 5684, United States-Oman Free 
Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, and the Committee on House Administration, 
joint hearing on Voting Machines: Will New Standards and Guidelines 
Prevent Future Problems? 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the 
following: GSA Capital Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions; 
H.R. 4126, Chesapeake Bay Restoration Enhancement Act of 2005; H.R. 
5483, Railroad Retirement Disability Earnings Act; H.R. 5782, 
Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2006; H.R. 5808, Public 
Transportation Security Assistance Act of 2006; H.R. 5810, To amend 
the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act of 1980 to authorize funding for brownfields 
revitalization activities and State response programs; a measure to 
Reform the Wright Amendment; H.R. 5811, MARPOl Annex VI 
Implementation Act of 2006; and H.R. 5812, Appalachian Regional 
Development Act Amendments of 2006, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines, oversight hearing 
on Transit Safety: the Federal Transit Administration's State Safety 
Oversight Program, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on the role of national, 
state, and county veterans' service officers in claims development, 
1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing to Review Outcomes of 1996 
Welfare Reforms, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, hearing on FISA, 10 
a.m., 2212 Rayburn.