[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 97 (Friday, July 21, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D819-D823]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 24 through July 29, 2006

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 3 p.m., Senate will begin consideration of the 
nomination of Jerome A. Holmes, of Oklahoma, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of S. 403, Child Custody 
Protection Act, consider certain amendments, and after a period of 
debate, vote on final passage thereon. Also, Senate will continue 
consideration of the nomination of Jerome A. Holmes, of Oklahoma, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, with a vote on 
confirmation of the nomination to occur thereon.
  During the balance of the week, Senate will continue consideration of 
any other cleared legislative and executive business, including 
appropriation bills and conference reports, when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: July 26, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Michael

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V. Dunn, of Iowa, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, Nancy Montanez-Johner, of Nebraska, to be Under 
Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, 
and to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation, Margo M. McKay, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Agriculture, and Bruce I. Knight, of South Dakota, to 
be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory 
Programs, and to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural 
Revitalization, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the 
Department of Agriculture's use of technical service providers, 10 
a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 25, Subcommittee on Airland, to 
hold hearings to examine the F-22A multiyear procurement proposal in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2007, 
9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 25, to hold 
hearings to examine regulation of hedge funds, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 25, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
the Joint Planning and Development Office, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  July 27, Full Committee, to hold a hearing to examine pending 
nominations, 11 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 26, business 
meeting to consider 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.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 3638, to encourage the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in projects to plan, design, and construct water supply 
projects and to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
Study and Facilities Act to encourage the design, planning, and 
construction of projects to treat impaired surface water, reclaim 
and reuse impaired groundwater, and provide brine disposal in the 
State of California, S. 3639, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to provide standards and 
procedures for the review of water reclamation and reuse projects, 
H.R. 177, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the Prado Basin Natural Treatment System Project, to 
authorize the Secretary to carry out a program to assist agencies in 
projects to construct regional brine lines in California, to 
authorize the Secretary to participate in the Lower Chino Dairy Area 
desalination demonstration and reclamation project, H.R. 2341, to 
amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the design, planning, and construction of a project 
to reclaim and reuse wastewater within and outside of the service 
area of the City of Austin Water and Wastewater Utility, Texas, and 
H.R. 3418, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the Central Texas Water Recycling and Reuse Project, 
2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 27, to hold 
hearings to examine a path forward for the nation's emergency 
preparedness and response system relating to the Stafford Act, 9:30 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 25, Subcommittee on Health Care, to 
hold hearings to examine a decade of covering children relating to 
State Children's Health Insurance Program, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, to hold 
hearings to examine the size and sources of the tax gap, 2 p.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 27, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be 
the U.S. Representative to the United Nations, with the rank and 
status of Ambassador, and the U.S. Representative in the Security 
Council of the United Nations, to which position he was appointed 
during the recess of the Senate from July 29, 2005, to September 1, 
2005, and to be U.S. Representative to the Sessions of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of service as U.S. 
Representative to the United Nations, to which position he was 
appointed during the recess of the Senate from July 29, 2005, to 
September 1, 2005, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 27, to 
hold hearings to examine S. 3128, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, 
and Cosmetic Act to provide for uniform food safety warning 
notification requirements, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 25, 
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.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the 
Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine the Department of Defense Supply Chain Management Plan, 
focusing on the extent to which the supply chain management 
improvement plan is integrated with other Department of Defense 
logistics strategies, concepts, and plans, and if the Department has 
identified valid performance metrics and data to use in monitoring 
initiatives and measuring progress, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the 
Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine a progress report on protecting and enforcing intellectual 
property rights here and abroad, focusing on the Administration's 
Strategy Targeting Organized Piracy (STOP!) and the extent to which 
it has been effective in educating businesses about the issues 
related to conducting business in the global economy, the progress 
made since the appointment

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of the IP Coordinator last July, and explore if the STOP! initiative 
has identified effective human capital and strategic plans to build 
on the existing program, and if it has the necessary resources 
required to complete its mission, 3:30 p.m., SD-342.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine 
the Health Resources and Services Administration financial 
management of its budget in carrying out its mission to increase 
access to and quality of health care, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  July 28, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine 
recovery and reconstitution of critical networks relating to cyber 
security, focusing on immediate steps that Department of Homeland 
Security and the private sector can take to formalize a partnership 
and to ensure effective response and recovery to major cyber network 
disruption, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 25, to hold hearings to examine 
the authority to prosecute terrorists under the war crime provisions 
of Title 18, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  July 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the current 
and future status of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act which 
prescribes procedures for requesting judicial authorization for 
electronic surveillance and physical search of persons engaged in 
espionage or international terrorism against the United States on 
behalf of a foreign power, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland 
Security, to hold hearings to examine detecting smuggled nuclear 
weapons, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: July 27, 
business meeting to mark up an original bill to reauthorize the 
Small Business Administration, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: July 27, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Patrick W. Dunne, of New York, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Policy and Planning, and 
Thomas E. Harvey, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs for Congressional Affairs, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 25, to hold a closed 
hearing regarding intelligence matters, 10 a.m., SH-219.
  July 26, Full Committee, to hold a closed meeting regarding 
intelligence matters, 10 a.m., SH-219.
  July 27, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing regarding 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: July 27, to hold hearings to examine 
at home DNA tests, focusing on whether these should be considered a 
marketing scam or a medical breakthrough, 10 a.m., SD-106.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, July 27, Subcommittee on Conservation, 
Credit, Rural Development, and Research, hearing to review 
Conservation Issues, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, July 26, Subcommittee on Defense, 
oversight hearing on Defense Contracting, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing on Border 
Security and Immigration Enforcement, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Science, the Departments of State, 
Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies, hearing on the Census, 
9:30 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 26, hearing on standards of 
military commissions and tribunals, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on plutonium 
disposition and the U.S. Mixed Oxide Fuel Facility, 3 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 26, Subcommittee on 
Education Reform, hearing on Examining Views on English as the 
Official Language, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 27, full Committee, hearing on No Child Left Behind: Can 
Growth Models Ensure Improved Education for All Students, 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 25 and 27, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearings on How To Build a Payment System That Provides 
Quality, Efficient Care for Medicare Beneficiaries, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing on the 
following: Pipeline Safety Improvement Act Reauthorization; and H.R. 
5872, Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2006, 11 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to continue 
hearings entitled ``Questions Surrounding the `Hockey Stick' 
Temperature Studies: Implications for Climate Change Assessments,'' 
2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 25, Subcommittee on Housing 
and Community Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Changing Real Estate 
Market,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the 
Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism 
Risk Assessment of the Committee on Homeland Security, joint hearing 
entitled ``Terrorism Threats and the Insurance Market,'' 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  July 26, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
5503, FHA Multifamily Loan Limit Adjustment Act of 2006; H.R. 5851, 
Hawaiian Ownership Opportunity Act; and H.R. 5637, Nonadmitted and 
Reinsurance Reform Act of 2006, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary 
Policy, Trade, and Technology, hearing entitled ``Review of the 
Repatriation of Holocaust Art Assets in the United States,'' 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, July 25, Subcommittee on Federal 
Workforce and Agency Organization, hearing entitled ``Retirees 
Returning to the Rescue: Re-employing Annuitants in Times of 
National Need,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and 
International Relations, hearing entitled ``DOD Excess Property: 
Inventory Control Breakdowns Present a Security Risk,'' 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.

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  July 25, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, hearing entitled ``Is 
the Federal Government Doing All It Can To Stem the Tide of Illegal 
Immigration,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Prescription Drug Abuse: What Is Being 
Done To Address This New Drug Epidemic,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and 
Accountability, hearing entitled ``Implementing FOIA--Does the 
Administration's Executive Order Improve Processing?'' 2 p.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  July 27, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Code Yellow: Is The 
DHS Acquisition Bureaucracy a Formula for Disaster?'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Energy and Resources, hearing entitled 
``Royalty Relief and Price Thresholds III,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, July 26, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Preparedness, Science and Technology, hearing entitled ``Emergency 
Care Crisis: A Nation Unprepared for Public Health Disasters,'' 2 
p.m., 210 Cannon.
  July 27, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 5695, Chemical Facility 
Anti-Terrorism Act of 2006, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, July 27, oversight hearing on 
the Library of Congress, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, July 25, Subcommittee on 
Middle East and Central Asia, hearing on Assessing Energy and 
Security Issues in Central Asia, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on 
Immigration: Responding to a Regional Crisis, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Africa, Human Rights and International 
Operations, hearing to Review the Progress and Charting the Path 
Ahead: The Microenterprise Results and Accountability Act of 2004, 2 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on the Report 
of the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 25, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, oversight hearing entitled ``The 60th 
Anniversary of the Administrative Procedure Act: Where Do We Go From 
Here?'' 11:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 26, full Committee, to continue mark up of H.R. 1704, Second 
Chance Act of 2005; and to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2679, 
Public Expression of Religion Act of 2005; H.R. 5092, Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE) Modernization and 
Reform Act of 2006; H.R. 5005, Firearms Corrections and Improvements 
Act; H.R. 1384, Firearm Commerce Modernization Act; and H.R. 1415, 
NICS Improvement Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual 
Property, hearing on H.R. 5055, To amend title 17, United States 
Code, to provide protection for fashion design, 9 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Claims, 
oversight hearing on Whether Attempted Implementation of the Senate 
Immigration Bill Will Result in an Administrative and National 
Security Nightmare, 11:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, July 25, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
oversight hearing entitled ``The Recently Released Final Draft of 
the National Park Service Management Policies,'' 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  July 26, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 4893, To amend section 20 
of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to restrict off-reservation 
gaming, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, oversight hearing 
to Examine Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation and Management, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 5760, Giant Sequoia National Monument 
Transition Act of 2006; H.R. 5149, Eastern Sierra Rural Heritage and 
Economic Enhancement Act; H.R. 4784, Eugene Land Conveyance Act; 
H.R. 4235, Browns Canyon Wilderness Act; H.R. 2718, Idaho Land 
Enhancement Act; H.R. 2030, and S. 225, Federal Land Recreational 
Visitor Protection Act of 2005, 1334 Longworth.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 630, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain Federal lands to the City of Yuma, Arizona, in 
exchange for certain lands owned by the City of Yuma, Arizona; H.R. 
5666, Southern Idaho Bureau of Reclamation Act of 2006; H.R. 5796, 
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to exclude and defer from 
the pooled reimbursable costs of the Central Valley Project the 
reimbursable capital costs of the unused capacity of the Folsom 
South Canal, Auburn-Folsom South Unit, Central Valley Project, and 
S. 895, Rural Water Supply Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, July 24, to consider H.R. 1956, Business 
Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2006, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  July 25, to consider H.R. 5682, United States and India Nuclear 
Cooperation Promotion Act of 2006, 3:30 p.m., H-3113 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, July 25, hearing on Scientific and Technical 
Assessment and Advice for the U.S. Congress, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 26, hearing on How Can Technologies Help Secure Our Borders? 
2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Environment, Technology and Standards, 
hearing on Undersea Research and Ocean Exploration: H.R. 3835, 
National Ocean Exploration Program Act, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 25, hearing on the Failure to 
Comply with the Regulatory Flexibility Act: IRS Endangering Small 
Businesses Yet Again, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 25, 
Subcommittee on Railroads, oversight hearing on Human Factors Issues 
in Rail Safety, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings 
and Emergency Management, oversight hearing on proposed amendments 
to and reauthorization of the National Dam Safety Program Act, 2 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 27, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, oversight hearing on VA's accelerated education 
benefits, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 25, Subcommittee on Trade, 
hearing on Customs Budget Authorizations and Other Customs Issues, 
10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  July 26, full Committee, hearing on Impacts of Border Security and 
Immigration on Ways and Means Programs, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Emergency Care, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 26, executive, 
hearing on Intelligence Community Acquisition Reform, 12:30 p.m., H-
405 Capitol.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis 
and Counterintelligence, executive, hearing on DOD HUMINT Way Ahead, 
3 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 27, full Committee, executive, briefing on Global Updates/
Hotspots, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 27, hearing on FISA legislation, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy, executive, hearing 
on U.S.-Russian Strategic Considerations, 
4 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: July 27, to hold 
hearings to examine how the United States Government can live up to 
its commitment to promote human rights and democratic governance in 
Russia while preserving a relationship with Moscow, 1 p.m., SD-226.