[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 104 (Tuesday, August 1, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D879-D880]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             AUGUST 2, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization, to hold hearings 
to examine H.R. 4200, to improve the ability of the Secretary of 
Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to promptly implement 
recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events affecting 
Federal lands under their jurisdiction, including the removal of 
dead and damaged trees and the implementation of reforestation 
treatments, to support the recovery of

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non-Federal lands damaged by catastrophic events, to revitalize 
Forest Service experimental forests, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, 
to continue hearings to examine progress of the Capitol Visitor 
Center construction, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: to resume hearings to examine the 
future of military commissions in light of the Supreme Court 
decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 2 p.m., SH-216.
  Full Committee, to hold a closed meeting to discuss Overhead 
Imagery Systems, 5 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider an original bill to improve ratings quality for the 
protection of investors and in the public interest by fostering 
accountability, transparency, and competition in the credit rating 
agency industry, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, to hold hearings to 
examine efforts to meet the housing needs of veterans, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold oversight 
hearings to examine the Toxic Substances Control Act and the 
chemicals management program at the Environmental Protection Agency, 
9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine fake IDs 
relating to border security, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of John C. Rood, of Arizona, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of State for International Security and Non-Proliferation, 9:30 
a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider numerous pending Nominations:, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the status of Iraq reconstruction, focusing on 
contracting and procurement issues, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
authority to prosecute terrorists under the war crime provisions of 
Title 18, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights, to 
hold hearings to examine creating a fair standard for attorney's fee 
awards in establishment clause cases, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  No committee meetings are scheduled.