[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 103 (Monday, July 31, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D873]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             AUGUST 1, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: To receive a closed briefing from the 
Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, 11 a.m., SR-
222.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Boeing Company 
Global Settlement Agreement, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water, to hold hearings to examine 
interpreting the effect of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent decision 
in the joint cases of Rapanos v. United States and Carabell v. U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers on ``The Waters of the United States'', 2:30 
p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Business meeting to consider S. 
3722, to authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign 
recipients, Treaty Between the United States and the Oriental 
Republic of Uruguay Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal 
Protection of Investment, with Annexes and Protocol, signed at Mar 
Del Plata, Argentina, on November 4, 2005 (Treaty Doc. 109-9), 
United Nations Convention Against Corruption (the ``Corruption 
Convention''), adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 
October 31, 2003 (Treaty Doc. 109-6), and the nominations of Richard 
E. Hoagland, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Armenia; Christina B. Rocca, of Virginia, for the rank 
of Ambassador during her tenure of service as U.S. Representative to 
the Conference on Disarmament; Philip S. Goldberg, of Massachusetts, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bolivia; 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; Richard W. Graber, of Wisconsin, to 
be Ambassador to the Czech Republic; and Karen B. Stewart, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus; Mark R. Dybul, 
of Florida, to be Coordinator of United States Government Activities 
to Combat HIV/AIDS Globally, with the rank of Ambassador; Henry M. 
Paulson, Jr., of New York, to be United States Governor of the 
International Monetary Fund, United States Governor of the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, United States 
Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank, United States 
Governor of the African Development Bank, United States Governor of 
the Asian Development Bank, United States Governor of the African 
Development Fund, United States Governor of the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development; and certain officer promotion lists 
in the Foreign Service, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: To hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Andrew von Eschenbach, of 
Texas, to be Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health 
and Human Services, and Paul DeCamp, of Virginia, to be 
Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor; to 
be followed by a business meeting to consider pending nominations, 
10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine the 
issue of tax havens and offshore abuses which are undermining the 
integrity of the Federal tax system, focusing on case histories on 
the use of offshore trusts and corporations to circumvent U.S. tax, 
securities and anti-money laundering laws, 9 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on the Judiciary: To hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Peter D. Keisler, of Maryland, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit; Valerie L. Baker 
and Philip S. Gutierrez, each to be a United States District Judge 
for the Central District of California; and Francisco Augusto 
Besosa, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Puerto Rico, 2 p.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  No committee meetings are scheduled.