[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 113 (Wednesday, September 13, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D959-D961]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 14, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  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 Armed Services: closed business meeting to mark up 
the Military Commissions Act of 2006, 10:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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: Subcommittee 
on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine rural air service, 10 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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: Subcommittee on Clean 
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Safety, to hold an oversight hearing on Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission responsibility and capability for long-and short-term 
spent fuel storage programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 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: 
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: to hear and 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: business meeting to consider S. 2831, 
to guarantee the free flow of information to the public through a 
free and active press while protecting the right of the public to 
effective law enforcement and the fair administration of justice, S. 
155, to increase and enhance law enforcement resources committed to 
investigation and prosecution of violent gangs, to deter and punish 
violent gang crime, to protect law-abiding citizens and communities 
from violent criminals, to revise and enhance criminal penalties for 
violent crimes, to reform and facilitate prosecution of juvenile 
gang members who commit violent crimes, to expand and improve gang 
prevention programs, S. 1845, to amend title 28, United States Code, 
to provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit judges, 
to divide the Ninth Judicial Circuit of the United States into 2 
circuits, S. 394, to promote accessibility, accountability, and 
openness in Government by strengthening section 552 of title 5, 
United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of 
Information Act), S. 2644, to harmonize rate setting standards for 
copyright licenses under sections 112 and 114 of title 17, United 
States Code, and the nominations of Terrence W. Boyle, of North 
Carolina, and William James Haynes II, of Virginia, each to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Peter D. 
Keisler, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
District of Columbia Circuit, William Gerry Myers III, of Idaho, and 
Norman Randy Smith, of Idaho, each to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Ninth Circuit, Valerie L. Baker, to be United States 
District Judge for the Central District of California, Francisco 
Augusto Besosa, to be United States District Judge for the District 
of Puerto Rico, Philip S. Gutierrez, to be United States District 
Judge for the Central District of California, Marcia Morales Howard, 
to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of 
Florida, John Alfred Jarvey, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of Iowa, and Sara Elizabeth Lioi, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, and other 
pending committee business, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine a 
generation at risk relating to senior suicide, 10 a.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, hearing to Review Federal Farm Policy, 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations,, 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 Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``A Review of 
Regulatory Proposals on Basel Capital and Commercial Real Estate,'' 
11 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Part Two, 
Interior Department: A Culture of Managerial Irresponsibility and 
Lack of Accountability?'' 10:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
  Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear and Biological Attack, 
hearing entitled ``The Science of Prevention,'' 2 p.m., 1311 
Longworth.
  Committee on House Administration, to mark up H.R. 4844, Federal 
Election Integrity Act of 2006, 10:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, oversight hearing on Japan's 
Relations with Its Neighbors: Back to the Future? 10:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  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,'' 10:30 
a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  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 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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.
  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 Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation,

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oversight hearing on the Review of Coast Guard Mission Performance, 
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and 
Emergency Management, to mark up the following: H.R. 1105, Dam 
Rehabilitation and Repair Act of 2005; H.R. 4981, Dam Safety Act of 
2006; H.R. 5026, To designate the Investigations Building of the 
Food and Drug Administration located at 466 Fernandez Juncos Avenue 
in San Juan, Puerto, as the ``Andres Toro Building;'' H.R. 1556, To 
designate a parcel of land located on the site of the Thomas F. 
Eagleton United States Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri, as the 
``Clyde S. Cahill Memorial Park;'' H.R. 5606, To designate the 
Federal building and United States courthouse located at 221 and 211 
West Ferguson Street in Tyler, Texas as the ``William M. Steger 
Federal Building and United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 2322, To 
designate the Federal building located at 320 North Main Street in 
McAllen, Texas, as the ``Kika de la Garza Federal Building;'' H.R. 
5546, To designate the U.S. courthouse to be constructed in 
Greenville, South Carolina, as the ``Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., 
Federal Courthouse;'' H.R. 6051, To designate the Federal building 
located at 2 South Main Street in Akron, Ohio, as the ``John F. 
Seiberling Federal Building;'' and the General Services 
Administration's Fiscal Year 2007 Capital Investment and Leasing 
Program, and other pending business, 1 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Global Updates/Hot Spots, 8:15 a.m., to be announced.