[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 95 (Wednesday, July 19, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D804-D805]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 20, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine USDA dairy programs, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark up 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, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding overhead imagery systems, 9:30 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of John Ray Correll, of Indiana, to be 
Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement, and Mark Myers, of Alaska, to be Director of the United 
States Geological Survey, both of the Department of the Interior, 
and Drue Pearce, of Alaska, to be Federal Coordinator for Alaska 
Natural Gas Transportation Projects, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine U.S. 
policy options regarding North Korea, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, and International Security, to receive a closed 
briefing regarding Iran, 11 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine 
Iran's nuclear impasse, focusing on the status of Iran's nuclear 
weapons capabilities, European negotiations and the UN Security 
Council, and the feasibility of further negotiations, democracy 
promotion, sanctions, and/or military operations, 1:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine ``VA 
Data Privacy Breach: Twenty-Six Million People Deserve Assurance of 
Future Security'', 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine the 
generic drug maze relating to access to affordable, life-saving 
drugs, 10 a.m., SD-106.

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                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing on H.R. 3849, PIC and POPs 
Conventions and the LRTAP POPs Protocol Implementation Act, 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations, hearing on H.R. 16, Tribal Labor 
Relations Restoration Act of 2005, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing on H.R. 5785, Warning, 
Alert, and Response Network Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing on monetary policy and 
the state of the economy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to consider the following: H.R. 
5664, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 110 Cooper Street Babylon, New York, as the ``Jacob 
Fletcher Post Office Building;'' H. Res. 605, Recognizing the life 
of Preston Robert Tisch and his outstanding contributions to New 
York City, the New York Giants Football Club, the National Football 
League, and the United States; H. Res. 823, Commending the 
outstanding efforts by members of faith-based and community 
organizations in response to Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita; 
H. Res. 901, Honoring former President William Jefferson Clinton on 
the occasion of his 60th birthday; a Committee Report entitled 
``Brownfields: What Will It Take to Turn Lost Opportunities Into 
America's Gain?'' H.R. 3282, Abolishment of Obsolete Agencies and 
Federal Sunset Act of 2005; and H.R. 5766, Government Efficiency Act 
of 2006; followed by a hearing entitled ``Climate Change: 
Understanding the Degree of the Problem,'' 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources 
and the Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure 
Protection, and Cyber-Security of the Committee on Homeland 
Security, joint hearing entitled ``Expanding the Border: 
Construction Options and Strategic Placement Fence,'' 2 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Resources, hearing entitled ``Hybrid 
Cars: Increasing Fuel Efficiency and Reducing Oil Dependence,'' 2 
p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, executive, briefing on the 
National Asset Database by the Department of Homeland Security 
Office of Infrastructure Protection, 10 a.m., H2-176 Ford.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on Asian Free Trade 
Agreements: Are They Good for the USA? 10 a.m., and a hearing on the 
Sale of F-16 Aircraft and Weapons Systems to Pakistan, 1:30 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International 
Operations, hearing on Angola's Long Delayed Election, 2 p.m., 2255 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on U.S. 
Nonproliferation Strategy: Policies and Technical Capabilities, 9:30 
a.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 682, Regulatory Flexibility 
Improvements Act, 11:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, 
oversight hearing entitled ``Energy Employees Occupational Illness 
Compensation Program Act: Are We Fulfilling the Promise We Made to 
Cold War Veterans When We Created the Program? Part 3 in a Series,'' 
2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, 
oversight hearing on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Growing 
Operations Crisis Within the National Wildlife Refuge System, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Rural Enterprises, 
Agriculture, and Technology and the Subcommittee on Tax, Finance, 
and Exports, joint hearing entitled ``Chinese Barriers to Trade: 
Does China Play Fair?'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, oversight hearing on U.S. 
Coast Guard Licensing and Documentation of Merchant Mariners, 11 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up the following measures: 
Veterans Identify and Credit Protection Act of 2006; Construction 
and Lease Authorization; H. Con. Res. 125, Expressing the support 
for the designation and goals of ``Hire a Veteran Week'' and 
encouraging the President to issue a proclamation supporting those 
goals; and H. Con. Res. 347, Honoring the National Association of 
State Veterans Homes and the 119 State veterans homes providing 
long-term care to veterans that are represented by that association 
for their contributions to the health care of veterans and the 
health-care system of the Nation, 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to consider the United States-Peru 
Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act, 9:30 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence, 
executive, hearing on FBI Confidential Human Source Operations, 1:30 
p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on S. 250, to amend the Carl D. 
Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998 to improve 
the Act, 3 p.m., HC-5, Capitol.