[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 116 (Monday, September 18, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1745-E1746]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, September 19, 2006, may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              SEPTEMBER 20
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Tribal Self 
           Governance.
                                                            SR-485
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine preserving effective Federal 
           law enforcement relating to reporters' privilege 
           legislation.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine objectives, deficiencies, and 
           options for reform relating to business tax system.
                                                            SD-215
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S. 2322, to amend the Public 
           Health Service Act to make the provision of technical 
           services for medical imaging examinations and radiation 
           therapy treatments safer, more accurate, and less 
           costly, S. 1531, to direct the Secretary of Health and 
           Human Services to expand and intensify programs with 
           respect to research and related activities concerning 
           elder falls, S. 3771, to amend the Public Health 
           Service Act to provide additional authorizations of 
           appropriations for the health centers program under 
           section 330 of such Act, S. 1325, to establish grants 
           to provide health services for improved nutrition, 
           increased physical activity, obesity and eating 
           disorder prevention, H.R. 5074, to amend the Railroad 
           Retirement Act of 1974 to provide for continued payment 
           of railroad retirement annuities by the Department of 
           the Treasury, and the nominations of Randolph James 
           Clerihue, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
           Labor, Jane M. Doggett, of Montana, to be a Member of 
           the National Council on the Humanities, Andrew von 
           Eschenbach, of Texas, to be Commissioner of Food and 
           Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services, Stephen 
           Goldsmith, of Indiana, to be a Member of the Board of 
           Directors of the Corporation for National and Community 
           Service, Roger L. Hunt, of Nevada, John E. Kidde, of 
           California, and John Peyton, of Florida, each to be a 
           Member of the Board of Trustees of the Harry S Truman 
           Scholarship Foundation, Lauren M. Maddox, of Virginia, 
           to be Assistant Secretary for Communications and 
           Outreach, Department of Education, Eliza McFadden, of 
           Florida, to be a Member of the National Institute for 
           Literacy Advisory Board, Sandra Pickett, of Texas, to 
           be a Member of the National Museum and Library Services 
           Board, Arthur K. Reilly, of New Jersey, to be a Member 
           of the National Science Board, National Science 
           Foundation, Peter W. Tredick, of California, to be a 
           Member of the National Mediation Board, nominations in 
           the Public Health Service Corps, and other pending 
           nominations.
                                                            SD-430
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Housing and Transportation Subcommittee
       Economic Policy Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings to examine assessing non-
           traditional mortgage products.
                                                            SD-538
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Trade, Tourism, and Economic Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the future of ICANN relating 
           to Internet governance.
                                                            SR-253
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the legislative presentation 
           of the American Legion.
                                                            SD-106
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the proposal to restructure 
           the Ninth Circuit.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Mary E. 
           Peters, of Arizona, to be Secretary of Transportation.
                                                            SR-253
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine approaches embodied in the 
           Asia Pacific Partnership.
                                                            SD-406
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine assessing Spiral 1.1 of the 
           National Security Personnel System.
                                                            SD-342
     3:30 p.m.
       Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing regarding intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                              SEPTEMBER 21
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the purpose and impact of the 
           transition from coalition to ISAF command in 
           Afghanistan.
                                                            SD-419
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Business meeting to markup an original bill to 
           reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United 
           States.
                                                            SD-538
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Mary Amelia 
           Bomar, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the National 
           Park Service, Department of the Interior.
                                                            SD-628
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine savings for seniors and 
           Medicare relating to increasing generic drug use.
                                                            SD-562
     10:15 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting to consider H.R. 1463, to designate a 
           portion of the Federal building located at 2100 
           Jamieson Avenue, in Alexandria, Virginia, as the 
           ``Justin W. Williams United States Attorney's 
           Building'', and the nominations of Roger Romulus 
           Martella, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
           Administrator, and Alex A. Beehler, of Maryland, to be 
           Inspector General, both of the Environmental Protection 
           Agency, William H. Graves, of Tennessee, to be a Member 
           of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley 
           Authority, and Brigadier General Bruce Arlan Berwick, 
           United States Army, Colonel Gregg F. Martin, United 
           States Army, Brigadier General Robert Crear, United 
           States Army, and Rear Admiral Samuel P. De Bow, Jr., 
           NOAA, each to be a Member of the Mississippi River 
           Commission, and other pending committee business.
                                                            SD-406
     10:30 a.m.
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of John K. 
           Veroneau, of Virginia, to be a Deputy United States 
           Trade Representative, with the Rank of Ambassador.
                                                            SD-215
       Appropriations
       Legislative Branch Subcommittee
         To resume hearings to examine progress of the Capitol 
           Visitor Center construction.
                                                            SD-138
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Warren 
           Bell, of California, Chris Boskin, of California, and 
           David H. Pryor, of Arkansas, each to be a Member of the 
           Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public 
           Broadcasting, Calvin L. Scovel, of Virginia,

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           to be Inspector General, Department of Transportation, 
           Charles Darwin Snelling, of Pennsylvania, to be a 
           Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan 
           Washington Airports Authority, Collister Johnson, Jr., 
           of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Saint Lawrence 
           Seaway Development Corporation, Sharon Lynn Hays, of 
           Virginia, to be an Associate Director of the Office of 
           Science and Technology Policy, and Cynthia A. Glassman, 
           of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
           Economic Affairs.
                                                            SR-253
       Judiciary
       Corrections and Rehabilitation Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Federal 
           assistance for prisoner rehabilitation and reentry into 
           our states.
                                                            SD-226
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1106, to authorize the 
           construction of the Arkansas Valley Conduit in the 
           State of Colorado, S. 1811, to authorize the Secretary 
           of the Interior to study the feasibility of enlarging 
           the Arthur V. Watkins Dam Weber Basin Project, Utah, to 
           provide additional water for the Weber Basin Project to 
           fulfill the purposes for which that project was 
           authorized, S. 2070, to provide certain requirements 
           for hydroelectric projects on the Mohawk River in the 
           State of New York, S. 3522, to amend the Bonneville 
           Power Administration portions of the Fisheries 
           Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 to 
           authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2006 through 
           2012, S. 3832, to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
           to establish criteria to transfer title to reclamation 
           facilities, S. 3851, to provide for the extension of 
           preliminary permit periods by the Federal Energy 
           Regulatory Commission for certain hydroelectric 
           projects in the State of Alaska, S. 3798, to direct the 
           Secretary of the Interior to exclude and defer from the 
           pooled reimbursable costs of the Central Valley Project 
           the reimbursable capital costs of the unused capacity 
           of the Folsom South Canal, Auburn-Folsom South Unit, 
           Central Valley Project, H.R. 2563, to authorize the 
           Secretary of the Interior to conduct feasibility 
           studies to address certain water shortages within the 
           Snake, Boise, and Payette River systems in Idaho, and 
           H.R. 3897, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, 
           acting through the Bureau of Reclamation to enter into 
           a cooperative agreement with the Madera Irrigation 
           District for purposes of supporting the Madera Water 
           Supply Enhancement Project.
                                                            SD-628
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine intelligence matters.
                                                            SH-219

                              SEPTEMBER 22
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Clyde 
           Bishop, of Delaware, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
           of the Marshall Islands.
                                                            SD-419

                              SEPTEMBER 26
     10 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Robert T. 
           Howard, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
           Veterans Affairs (Information and Technology); to be 
           followed by a business meeting off the floor after the 
           first roll call vote, to consider the nomination of Mr. 
           Howard.
                                                            SR-418
     3:15 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Foreign Relations
         To hold joint hearings to examine International Polar 
           Year.
                                                            SR-253

                              SEPTEMBER 27
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 3599, to establish the 
           Prehistoric Trackways National Monument in the State of 
           New Mexico, S. 3794, to provide for the implementation 
           of the Owyhee Initiative Agreement, S. 3854, to 
           designate certain land in the State of Oregon as 
           wilderness, H.R. 3603, to promote the economic 
           development and recreational use of National Forest 
           System lands and other public lands in central Idaho, 
           to designate the Boulder-White Cloud Management Area to 
           ensure the continued management of certain National 
           Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands 
           for recreational and grazing use and conservation and 
           resource protection, to add certain National Forest 
           System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands in 
           central Idaho to the National Wilderness Preservation 
           System, and H.R. 5025, to protect for future 
           generations the recreational opportunities, forests, 
           timber, clean water, wilderness and scenic values, and 
           diverse habitat of Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon.
                                                            SD-628

                              SEPTEMBER 28
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Aviation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine new aircraft in the National 
           Airspace System.
                                                            SR-253

                             CANCELLATIONS

                              SEPTEMBER 20
     9 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Margrethe 
           Lundsager, of Virginia, to be United States Executive 
           Director of the International Monetary Fund.
                                                            SD-419

                             POSTPONEMENTS

     9:30 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and 
           International Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. international broadcasts 
           into Iran, focusing on financial investment of the 
           American taxpayer for international broadcasting into 
           Iran, whether the appropriate management and 
           accountability controls exist within U.S. international 
           broadcasting, and whether the content of the broadcasts 
           promote international security and U.S. foreign policy.
                                                            SD-342