[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 112 (Tuesday, September 12, 2006)]
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                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 13, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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.

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  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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 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, 
proposed legislation 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.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine charitable care 
and community benefits at nonprofit hospitals, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
securing a permanent cease-fire relating to Lebanon, 9:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 2453, 
to establish procedures for the review of electronic surveillance 
programs, S. 2455, to provide in statute for the conduct of 
electronic surveillance of suspected terrorists for the purposes of 
protecting the American people, the Nation, and its interests from 
terrorist attack while ensuring that the civil liberties of United 
States citizens are safeguarded, S. 2468, to provide standing for 
civil actions for declaratory and injunctive relief to persons who 
refrain from electronic communications through fear of being subject 
to warrantless electronic surveillance for foreign intelligence 
purposes, and S. 3001, to ensure that all electronic surveillance of 
United States persons for foreign intelligence purposes is conducted 
pursuant to individualized court-issued orders, to streamline the 
procedures of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, 
9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  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: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine managed 
care relating to securing Medicaid's future, 10 a.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to Review Federal Farm Policy, 
10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, and Related Agencies, oversight hearing on Nuclear 
Energy, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, to mark up a measure to amend title 
10, United States Code, to authorize trial by military commission 
for violations of the law of war, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, 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, 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.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Continuing Ethics and Management Concerns at NIH and the Public 
Health Service Commissioned Corps,'' 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing 
entitled ``CyberSecurity: Protecting America's Critical 
Infrastructure, Economy, and Consumers,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled 
``Stabilizing Insurance Markets for Coastal Consumers,'' 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Interior Department: A Culture of 
Managerial Irresponsibility and Lack of Accountability?'' 2 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and 
Accountability, hearing entitled ``DHS Financial Management: 
Evaluating Progress in Improving Internal Controls,'' 2 p.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and 
International Relations, to continue hearings entitled ``Iraq: 
Democracy or Civil War?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
  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.
  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., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, to mark up the following 
measures: H.R. 611, Haiti Economic and Infrastructure Reconstruction 
Act; H.R. 1476, Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program Trust Fund 
Enhancement Act of 2005; H.R. 1996, Coral Reef and Coastal Marine 
Conservation Act of 2005; H.R. 5805, North Korea Nonproliferation 
Act of 2006; H.R. 5966, Child Soldier Prevention Act of 2006; a 
measure State Authorities; H. Res. 415, Expressing the sense of the 
House of Representatives that the Socialist Republic of Vietnam 
needs to do more to resolve claims for confiscated real and personal 
property; H. Res. 622, To recognize and honor the Filipino World War 
II veterans for their defense of democratic ideals and their 
important contribution to the outcome of World War II; H. Res. 723, 
calling on the President to take immediate steps to help improve the 
security situation in Darfur, Sudan, with a specific emphasis on 
civilian protection; H. Res. 759, Expressing the sense of the House 
of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally 
acknowledge and accept responsibility for its sexual enslavement of 
young women, known to the world as ``comfort women,'' during its 
colonial occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s 
through the duration of World War II; H. Res. 940, Recognizing the 
185th anniversary of the independence of Peru on July 28, 2006; H. 
Res. 942, Recognizing the centennial anniversary on August 5, 2006, 
of the Iranian constitution of 1906; H. Res. 965, Commending the 
people of Montenegro on the conduct of the referendum on 
independence, welcoming United States recognition of the sovereignty 
and independence of the republic of Montenegro, and welcoming 
Montenegro membership in the United Nations and other international 
organizations; H. Res. 992, Urging the President to appoint a 
Presidential Special Envoy for Sudan; H. Res. 976, Condemning human 
rights abuses by the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran and 
expressing solidarity with the Iranian people; H.R. 985, Directing 
the Secretary of State to provide to the House of Representatives 
certain documents in the possession of the Secretary of State 
relating to the report submitted to the Committee on International 
Relations of the House of Representatives on July 28, 2006, pursuant 
to the Iran and Syria Nonproliferation Act; H. Con. Res. 317, 
Requesting the President to issue a proclamation annually calling 
upon the people of the United States to observe Global Family Day, 
One Day of Peace and Sharing; H. Con. Res. 415, Condemning the 
repression of the Iranian Baha'i community and calling for the 
emancipation of Iranian Baha'is; S. 2125, Democratic Republic of the 
Congo Relief, Recovery, Security, and Democracy; and S. 3836, United 
States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy Reauthorization Act 
of 2006, 11:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following measures: 
H.R. 5005, Firearms Corrections and Improvements Act; H.R. 5418, To 
establish a pilot program in certain United States district courts 
to encourage enhancement of expertise in patent cases among district 
judges; H.R. 5825, Electronic Surveillance Modernization Act; H.R. 
5830, Wright Amendment Reform Act; the Copyright Modernization Act 
of 2006; and H.R. 4239, Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act; and to 
consider a motion to authorize the issuance of a subpoena to 
Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on The 
Americans with Disabilities Act: Sixteen Years Later, 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, oversight hearing entitled 
``Visitation Trends in the National Park System--Part II,'' 2 p.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to mark up a resolution Providing for 
Earmarking Reform in the House of Representatives, 4 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, hearing on How Can Technologies Help Secure 
Our Borders? 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, oversight hearing 
on Low Pressure Liquid Pipelines: In the North Slope, Greater 
Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.

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  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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 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.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: 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-562.