[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 110 (Friday, September 8, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D930-D933]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

            Week of September 11 through September 16, 2006

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 4 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 4954, 
SAFE Port Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business, including appropriation bills and 
conference reports, when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: September 14, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Water, to hold hearings to examine an overview of the Global 
Nuclear Energy Partnership, including proposed advanced reaction 
technologies for recycling nuclear waste, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, to hold hearings 
to examine the British system versus the U.S. system relating to 
catching terrorists, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 12, to 
hold hearings to examine Treasury's role in combating terrorist 
financing five years after 9/11, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation, with the 
Subcommittee on Economic Policy, to hold joint hearings to examine 
the housing bubble and its implications for the economy, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  September 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Department of Defense's report on predatory lending practices 
directed at members of the armed forces and their dependents, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 12, 
to hold hearings to examine pending nominations, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings to 
examine rural air service, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 12, to hold 
hearings to examine the effects of the BP pipeline failure in the 
Prudhoe Bay Oil Field on U.S. oil supply and to examine what steps 
may be taken to prevent a recurrence of such an event, 10 a.m., SD-
106.
  September 13, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of David Longly Bernhardt, of Colorado, to be Solicitor, 
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, all 
of the Department of the Interior, and other pending legislation, 
11:30 a.m., SD-628.
  September 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of C. Stephen Allred, of Idaho, to be Assistant 
Secretary, and Robert W. Johnson, of Nevada, to be Commissioner of 
Reclamation, both of the Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-
628.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 13, business 
meeting to consider H.R. 5689, to amend the Safe, Accountable, 
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to 
make technical corrections, S. 1848, to promote remediation of 
inactive and abandoned mines, S. 3630, to amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to reauthorize a program relating to the Lake 
Pontchartrain Basin, H.R. 3929, to amend

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the Water Desalination Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to assist in research and development, environmental and 
feasibility studies, and preliminary engineering for the Municipal 
Water District of Orange County, California, Dana Point Desalination 
Project located at Dana Point, California, S. 3617, to reauthorize 
the North American Wetlands Conservation Act, H.R. 5061, to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior to convey Paint Bank National Fish 
Hatchery and Wytheville National Fish Hatchery to the State of 
Virginia, S. 3551, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
the Tylersville division of the Lamar National Fish Hatchery and 
Fish Technology Center to the State of Pennsylvania, S. 3867, to 
designate the Federal courthouse located at 555 Independence Street, 
Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the ``Rush H. Limbaugh, Sr., Federal 
Courthouse'', H.R. 5187, to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to 
authorize additional appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center 
for the Performing Arts for fiscal year 2007, proposed Convention on 
Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear Damage Contingent Cost 
Allocation Act, an original bill, to amend the Clean Air Act to 
encourage the most polluted areas in the United States to attain 
clean air standards, S. 2348, to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 
to require a licensee to notify the Atomic Energy Commission, and 
the State and county in which a facility is located, whenever there 
is an unplanned release of fission products in excess of allowable 
limits, S. 3591, to improve efficiency in the Federal Government 
through the use of high-performance green buildings, and the 
nominations of William B. Wark, of Maine, and William E. Wright, of 
Florida, each to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board, and Stephen M. Prescott, of Oklahoma, and Anne 
Jeannette Udall, of North Carolina, each to be a Member of the Board 
of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
National Environmental Policy Foundation, and other committee 
matters; to be followed by a hearing to examine the nominations of 
Roger Romulus Martella, Jr., of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Administrator, and Alex A. Beehler, of Maryland, to be Inspector 
General, both of the Environmental Protection Agency, and William H. 
Graves, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Tennessee Valley Authority, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, and 
Nuclear Safety, to hold an oversight hearing on the NRC's authority 
and responsibility in complying with currently proposed nuclear 
waste legislation and appropriations, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: September 11, Subcommittee on International 
Trade, to hold hearings to examine NAFTA at year twelve, 2 p.m., SD-
215.
  September 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine law 
enforcement challenges relating to breaking the methamphetamine 
supply chain, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  September 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
charitable care and community benefits at nonprofit hospitals, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 12, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of James R. Kunder, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  September 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine securing 
a permanent cease-fire relating to Lebanon, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 14, 
to hold hearings to examine the value of a skills based point system 
relating to employment-based permanent immigration, 10:30 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 
12, to hold hearings to examine the next five years relating to 
homeland security, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  September 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Wayne Cartwright Beyer, of New Hampshire, to be a 
Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, and Stephen Thomas 
Conboy, of Virginia, to be United States Marshal for the Superior 
Court of the District of Columbia, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, 
Government Information, and International Security, to resume 
hearings to examine Federal agencies spending on conference meetings 
and travel, focusing on how they monitor and track conference 
participation and spending and control these activities, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 14, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Carl Joseph Artman, of Colorado, to be 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; to be 
immediately followed by a business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Carl Joseph Artman, of Colorado, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 12, to hold hearings to 
examine the Thompson Memorandum's effect on the right to counsel in 
corporate investigations, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  September 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine judicial 
nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  September 13, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, to hold hearings to 
examine challenges facing today's federal prosecutors, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 13, to receive a 
closed briefing regarding intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  September 14, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing 
regarding intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: September 13, to hold hearings to 
examine managed care relating to securing Medicaid's future, 10 
a.m., SD-562.
  September 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine a 
generation at risk relating to senior suicide, 10 a.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, September 13, hearing to Review Federal 
Farm Policy, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.

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  September 14, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk 
Management, hearing to Review Federal Farm Policy, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, September 12, Subcommittee on Foreign 
Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs, hearing on 
Afghanistan Interdiction/Eradication of Illegal Narcotics and U.S. 
Lead Rebuilding Programs, 10:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and 
Related Agencies, oversight hearing on Nuclear Energy, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Science, The Departments of State, 
Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies, hearing on FBI 
Transformation, 1:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget September 13, hearing on How Budgetary 
Choices Affect Work, Saving, and Growth, The Real Purpose of 
`Dynamic' Estimating, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 12, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Continuing Ethics 
and Management Concerns at NIH and the Public Health Service 
Commissioned Corps,'' 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing on 
nuclear waste storage and disposal policy, and hydroelectric license 
extension and energy efficiency legislation, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``CyberSecurity: Protecting America's Critical 
Infrastructure, Economy, and Consumers,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 15, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, hearing entitled ``Contact Lens Sales: Is Market 
Regulation the Prescription?'' 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 12, Subcommittee on 
Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, 
hearing entitled ``The International Fund for Agricultural 
Development (IFAD) and the Importance of Agricultural Development in 
Sustainable Global Poverty Reduction,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Stabilizing 
Insurance Markets for Coastal Consumers,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``A Review of Regulatory Proposals on Basel 
Capital and Commercial Real Estate,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, September 11, 13 and 15, 
Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and 
International Relations, hearings entitled ``Iraq: Democracy or 
Civil War?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Energy and Resources, hearing 
entitled ``Interior Department: A Culture of Managerial 
Irresponsibility and Lack of Accountability?'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and Agency 
Organization, to consider H.R. 4859, Federal Family Health 
Information Technology Act of 2006, 2 p.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and 
Accountability, hearing entitled ``DHS Financial Management: 
Evaluating Progress in Improving Internal Controls,'' 2 p.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  September 14, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Part Two, 
Interior Department: A Culture of Managerial Irresponsibility and 
Lack of Accountability?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, September 13, Subcommittee on 
Economic Security, Infrastructure Protection and Cybersecurity, 
hearing entitled ``The Future of Cyber and Telecommunications 
Security at the Department of Homeland Security,'' 3 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, 
and Terrorism Risk Assessment, hearing entitled ``The Homeland 
Security Information Network: An Update on DHS Information Sharing 
Efforts,'' 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and 
Oversight and the Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science 
and Technology, joint hearing entitled ``Helping Business Protect 
the Homeland: Is the Department of Homeland Security Effectively 
Implementing the SAFETY Act?'' 10 a.m., room to be announced.
  September 14, full Committee, executive, briefing on the recent 
plot to detonate liquid explosives carried on airliners traveling 
from the United Kingdom to the United States, 10 a.m., H2-176 Ford.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological 
Attack, hearing entitled ``The Science of Prevention,'' 2 p.m., room 
to be announced.
  Committee on International Relations, September 14, oversight 
hearing on Japan's Relations with Its Neighbors: Back to the Future? 
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 14, Subcommittee on the Middle East and Central Asia, 
oversight hearing entitled ``Is There a Clash of Civilizations? 
Islam, Democracy, and U.S.-Middle East and Central Asia Policy,'' 10 
a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 12, Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing on H.R. 5825, Electronic 
Surveillance Modernization Act, 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing 
on The Americans with Disabilities Act: Sixteen Years Later, 2 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  September 14, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 
5388, District of Columbia Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act of 
2006, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and 
Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 5120, to amend title 35, 
United States Code, to conform certain filing provisions within the 
Patent and Trademark Office, 11:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, September 13, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 5617, 13th Regional Corporation Land Entitlement Act; 
and H.R. 5781, Copper Valley Native Allotment Resolution Act of 
2006, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.

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  September 13, Subcommittee on National Parks, oversight hearing 
entitled ``Visitation Trends in the National Park System--Part II,'' 
2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 4953 (S. 2430), Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife 
Restoration Act of 2006; and H.R. 4345 (S. 2041), Ed Fountain Park 
Expansion Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 5690, Ouachita National Forest Boundary 
Adjustment Act of 2006; H.R. 5756, Colorado Emergency Wildfire and 
Insect Infestations Response Act of 2006; H.R. 5769, Washington 
County Growth and Conservation Act of 2006; and S. 447, Jornada 
Experimental Range Transfer Act of 2005, 1 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, September 12, to consider H.R. 2965, Federal 
Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 2006, 5 p.m., H-
313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, September 13, hearing on How Can 
Technologies Help Secure Our Borders? 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 13, 
oversight hearing on Low Pressure Liquid Pipelines: In the North 
Slope, Greater Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
hearing on the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration Strategy-Can it be 
implemented to restore and protect the Great Lakes? 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation, oversight hearing on the Review of Coast Guard 
Mission Performance, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public 
Buildings and Emergency Management, to mark up GSA's Fiscal year 
2007 Capital Investment and Leasing Program, and other pending 
business, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 13, Subcommittee on 
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, oversight hearing on the 
training provided to Veterans Benefits Administration claims 
adjudicators and the standards used to measure their proficiency and 
performance, 2:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 13, 
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and 
Counterintelligence, executive, hearing on the National Strategy for 
Combating Terrorism and the Evolving Terrorist Threat, 3 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  September 14, full Committee, executive, briefing on Global 
Updates/Hot Spots, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, 
Analysis and Counterintelligence, executive, hearing on DOD HUMINT 
Way Ahead, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: September 13, to 
hold hearings to examine Romanian governmental and non-governmental 
perspectives on the current state of care of persons with 
disabilities in Romania, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Conference: September 12, meeting of conferees on H.R. 5122, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2007 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, 
and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, 4:30 p.m., SH-
216.