[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 118 (Wednesday, September 20, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1001-D1003]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





          COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, 
to resume hearings to examine progress of the Capitol Visitor Center 
construction, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to mark up an original bill to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of 
the United States, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on 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, 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, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on 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, 
10 a.m., SD-628.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, 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

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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, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-628.
  Committee on 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, 10:15 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the nominations 
of Robert K. Steel, of Connecticut, to be an Under Secretary of the 
Department of the Treasury, and John K. Veroneau, of Virginia, to be 
a Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the Rank of 
Ambassador, 10:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
purpose and impact of the transition from coalition to ISAF command 
in Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Terrence W. Boyle, of North Carolina, and William 
James Haynes II, of Virginia, each to be a United States Circuit 
Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Kent A. Jordan, of Delaware, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Third 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 a United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit, Valerie L. Baker, of California, and Philip S. 
Gutierrez, of California, each to be a 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, 
Nora Barry Fischer, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Pennsylvania, Gregory Kent Frizzell, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 
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, Sara Elizabeth 
Lioi, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District 
of Ohio, Lawrence Joseph O'Neill, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of California, and Lisa Godbey Wood, to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 
and to mark up certain pending legislation, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Corrections and Rehabilitation, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine Federal assistance for prisoner 
rehabilitation and reentry into our states, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine savings 
for seniors and Medicare relating to increasing generic drug use, 10 
a.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to consider the following measures: H. 
Con. Res. 424, Expressing the sense of Congress that it is the goal 
of the United States that, not later than January 1, 2025, the 
agricultural, forestry, and working land of the United States should 
provide from renewable resources not less than 25 percent of the 
total energy consumed in the United States and continue to produce 
safe, abundant, and affordable food, feed, and fiber; H.R. 4559, To 
provide for the conveyance of certain National Forest System land to 
the towns of Laona and Wabeno, Wisconsin, to authorize the Secretary 
of Agriculture to convey certain isolated parcels of National Forest 
System land in Florence and Langlade counties, Wisconsin; H.R. 5103, 
To provide for the conveyance of the former Konnarock Lutheran Girls 
School in Smyth County, Virginia, which is currently owned by the 
United States and administered by the Forest Service, to facilitate 
the restoration and reuse of the property; and H.R. 5313, Open Space 
and Farmland Preservation Act, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, 
hearing to review Federal Farm Policy, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land 
Forces, hearing on Combat Vehicle Active Protection Systems, 10 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing entitled ``No 
Child Left Behind: How Can We Increase Parental Awareness of 
Supplemental Education Services?'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Deleting Commercial Child 
Pornography Sites From the Internet: The U.S. Financial Industry's 
Efforts To Combat This Problem,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet and the 
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, joint 
hearing entitled ``ICANN Internet Governance: Is It Working?'' 2 
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, to consider the followed bills: 
H.R. 4720, To designate the facility of the United State Postal 
Service located at 200 Gateway Drive in Lincoln, California, as the 
``Beverly J. Wilson Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5108, To designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1213 
East Houston Street in Cleveland, Texas, as the ``Lance Corporal 
Robert A. Martinez Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5857, To designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1501 
South Cherrybell Avenue in Tucson, Arizona, as the ``Morris K. `Mo' 
Udall Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5883, Drake Well Sesquicentennial 
Commemoration Act; H.R. 5923, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 29-50 Union Street in 
Flushing, New York, as the ``Dr. Leonard Price Stavisky Post 
Office;'' H.R. 6075, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 101 East Gay Street in West Chester, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``Robert J. Thompson Postal Office Building;'' 
H. Con. Res. 471, Congratulating the Professional Golfer's 
Association of America on its 90th anniversary and commending the 
members of The Professional Golfers' Association of America and The 
PGA Foundation for the charitable contributions they provide to the 
United States; H. Con. Res. 473, Supporting the goals and ideals of 
Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month; H. Res. 402, Supporting the 
goals and ideals of Infant Mortality Awareness Month; H. Res. 748, 
Recognizing the 225th anniversary of the American and French victory 
at Yorktown, Virginia, during the Revolutionary War; H. Res. 973, 
Recognizing Financial Planning Week, recognizing the significant 
impact of sound professional planning on achieving life's goals, and 
honoring families and the financial planning profession for their 
adherence and dedication to the financial planning process; H. Res. 
974, Supporting the goals and ideals of National Myositis Awareness 
Day; H. Res. 991, Congratulating the Columbus Northern Little League 
Baseball Team from Columbus, Georgia, on its victory in the 2006 
Little League World Series Championship games; H.R. 1472, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 167 East 124th Street in New York, New York, as the ``Tito Puente 
Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5685, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 19 Front Street in 
Patterson, New York, as the ``D. Mallory Stephens Post Office;'' 
H.R. 5989, To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 10240 Roosevelt Road in Westchester, Illinois, as 
the ``John J. Sinde Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5990, To designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 415 
South 5th Avenue in Maywood, Illinois, as the ``Wallace W. Sykes 
Post Office Building;'' H.R. 6078, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 307 West Wheat Street in 
Woodville, Texas, as the ``Chuck Fortenberry Post Office Building;'' 
H.R. 6102, To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 200 Lawyers Road, NW in Vienna, Virginia, as the 
``Captain Christopher Petty Post Office Building;'' H. Res. 745, 
Supporting the goals and ideals of Pancreatic Cancer Awareness 
Month; and H.R. 960, Federal Law Enforcement Pension Adjustment 
Equity Act of 2005; followed by a hearing entitled ``Climate Change 
Technology Research: Do We Need a `Manhattan Project' for the 
Environment,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Prevention of 
Nuclear and Biological Attack, hearing entitled ``Police as First 
Preventers: Local Strategies in the War on Terror,'' 2 p.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific, hearing on America and Asia in a Changing World, 10 a.m., 
2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, 
and Intellectual Property, hearing on H. Res. 916, Impeaching Manuel 
L. Real, judge of the United States District Court for the Central 
District of California, for high crimes and misdemeanors, 9 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security and the 
Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere of the Committee on International 
Relations, joint hearing on the Need for European Assistance to 
Colombia for the Fight against Illicit Drugs, 11:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Oceans, 
hearing on H.R. 4315, to amend the Acts popularly known as the Duck 
Stamp Act and the Wetland Loan Act to reauthorize appropriations to 
promote the conservation of migratory waterfowl and to offset or 
prevent the serious loss of important wetlands and other waterfowl 
habitat essential to the preservation of such waterfowl, 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on the San 
Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, hearing on Research on Environmental and 
Safety Impacts of Nanotechnology: What Are the Federal Agencies 
Doing? 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to continue oversight hearings to 
review the previous fiscal year and look ahead to the upcoming year, 
10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 4511, Flex Health 
Savings Accounts Act of 2005, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Global ``Updates/Hotspots,'' 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and 
Counterintelligence, executive, hearing on DOD HUMINT Way Ahead, 10 
a.m., H-405 Capitol.