[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 120 (Friday, September 22, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1016-D1019]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

            Week of September 25 through September 30, 2006

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 5:20 p.m., Senate will consider the nomination of 
Francisco Augusto Besosa, of Puerto Rico, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, with a vote on confirmation of 
the nomination to occur at 5:30 p.m.
  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 Armed Services: September 28, to hold hearings to 
examine issues relating to military voting and the Federal Voting 
Assistance Program, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 26, to 
hold hearings to examine implications of the New Basel Capital 
Accord designed to bring order to international capital markets, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  September 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Christopher A. Padilla, of the District of Columbia, 
to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and Bijan Rafiekian, of 
California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  September 28, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up an 
original bill to reauthorize the ``Iran Libya Sanctions Act'', 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: September 28, to hold hearings to examine 
the state of the economy, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 26, 
with the Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold joint hearings to 
examine International Polar Year, 3:15 p.m., SR-253.
  September 27, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  September 28, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings to 
examine new aircraft in the National Airspace System, 10 a.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 27, 
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, 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, 
10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 26, 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  September 28, Subcommittee on Superfund and Waste Management, to 
hold hearings to examine S. 3871, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal 
Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to establish a hazardous waste electronic manifest system, 
9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: September 26, Subcommittee on Health Care, 
to hold hearings to examine health savings accounts, 2:30 p.m., SD-
215.
  September 28, Subcommittee on Long-term Growth and Debt Reduction, 
to hold hearings to examine America's public debt, 2:30 p.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 26, to hold hearings to 
examine a new initiative to combat child hunger, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  September 26, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of James R. Kunder, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, and Donald Y. Yamamoto, of New York, to be Ambassador 
to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, 2:15 p.m., S-116, 
Capitol.
  September 26, Full Committee, with the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation, to hold joint hearings to examine 
International Polar Year, 3:15 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 27, 
Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness, to hold 
hearings to examine measures to improve emergency medical care, 2:30 
p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 
26, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
the Federal government's implementation of pay for performance 
systems for its senior executives, focusing on the regulatory 
structure for the systems, the agency certification

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process, and the effectiveness of the role of the Office of 
Personnel Management in evaluating and monitoring these systems, 
10:45 a.m., SD-342.
  September 26, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, 
Government Information, and International Security, to hold hearings 
to examine uncollected taxes and issues of transparency relating to 
deconstructing the tax code, focusing on the 2006 updated estimate 
of the tax gap by the IRS, examine IRS efforts to close the tax gap 
as well as legislative solutions to increase tax payer compliance, 
and explore the transparency of the tax code, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  September 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine new 
technologies to improve care for people with diabetes and reduce the 
burden on the health care system, focusing on the development of an 
artificial pancreas, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  September 28, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to resume 
hearings to examine the National Capital Region's strategic security 
plan, focusing on the ability of the responsible Federal, state and 
local government agencies of the National Capital Region to respond 
to a terrorist attack or natural disaster, including the 
coordination efforts within the region, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 25, to hold hearings to 
examine proposals to limit Guantanamo detainees' access to habeas 
corpus review, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  September 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine how 
widespread is the problem and is there adequate criminal enforcement 
relating to illegal insider trading, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  September 26, Full Committee, 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, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, 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, and Lisa 
Godbey Wood, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Georgia, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  September 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine judicial 
nominations, 3:30 p.m., SD-226.
  September 27, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and 
Citizenship, to hold an oversight hearing to examine United States 
refugee admissions and policy, 3 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: September 26, 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, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 27, to receive a 
closed briefing regarding intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  September 28, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, September 26, Subcommittee on Livestock 
and Horticulture, hearing to review federal farm policy affecting 
the specialty crop industry, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  September 28, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Rural 
Development, and Research, hearing to review the EPA pesticide 
program, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, September 26, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities and the 
Subcommittee on Readiness, joint hearing on Alternative Energy and 
Energy Efficiency Programs of the Department of Defense, 2 p.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  September 27, Subcommittee on Military Personnel and the 
Subcommittee Economic Opportunity of the Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs, joint hearing on the Montgomery G.I. Bill for Members of 
the Selected Reserve, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  September 27, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats 
and Capabilities, hearing on the Irregular Warfare Roadmap, 2:30 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 26, 
Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness, hearing entitled ``The 
Internet and the College Campus: How the Entertainment Industry and 
Higher Education Are Working To Combat Illegal Piracy,'' 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  September 27, Subcommittee on Education Reform, hearing on 
``Perspectives on Early Home Visitation Programs, 10:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  September 28, Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations, hearing 
entitled ``Examining Whether Combining Guards and Other Employees in 
Bargaining Units Would Weaken National Security,'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 26, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Sexual Exploitation 
of Children Over the Internet: The Face of a Child Predator and 
Other Issues,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 27, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing entitled ``Sexual Exploitation of Children Over the 
Internet: Follow-up Issues to the Masha Allen Adoption,'' 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  September 28, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Medicare 
Physician Payments: 2007 and Beyond,'' 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 28, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing entitled ``Hewlett-Packard's Pretexting Scandal,'' 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.

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  September 29, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing entitled ``Internet Data Brokers and Pretexting: Who Has 
Access to Your Private Records?'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 27, Subcommittee on 
Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, 
and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint hearing 
entitled ``Protecting Americans From Catastrophic Terrorism Risk,'' 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 28, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``Improving Financial Literacy: Working 
Together To Develop Private Sector Coordination and Solutions,'' 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, September 26, hearing entitled 
``Medical Device Safety: How FDA Regulates the Reprocessing of 
Supposedly Single-Use Devices, `` 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 26, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats 
and International Relations, hearing entitled ``Weapons of Mass 
Destruction: Reviving Disarmament,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 26, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, hearing entitled 
`` H.R. 5242, Small Business Paperwork Amnesty Act,'' 2 p.m., 2203 
Rayburn.
  September 27, Subcommittee on Energy and Resources, hearing 
entitled ``Rebalancing the Carbon Cycle,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 27, Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance and 
Accountability, hearing entitled ``Banks in Real Estate: A Review of 
the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency's December 2005 
Rulings,'' 2 p.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  September 28, full Committee, hearing entitled `` Acquisition 
Under Duress: Reconstruction Contracting in Iraq,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, September 26, hearing entitled 
``The Department of Homeland Security: Major Initiatives for 2007 
and Beyond,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  September 28, Subcommittee on Economic Security, Infrastructure 
Protection and Cybersecurity, hearing entitled ``Front-Line Defense: 
Security Training for Mass Transit and Rail Employees,'' 10 a.m., 
311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, September 27, hearing on the IT 
Assessment: A Ten-Year Vision for Information Technology in the 
House, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  September 28, hearing on Electronic Voting Machines: Verification, 
Security, and Paper Trails, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, September 26, briefing and 
hearing on Enhancing the Global Fight to End Human Trafficking, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 27, hearing on the United States-Republic of Korea 
Relations: An Alliance at Risk? 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 28, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and 
International Operations, hearing on The Role of Faith-Based 
Organizations in United States Programming in Africa, 2 p.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  September 28, Subcommittee on International Terrorism and 
Nonproliferation and the Subcommittee on Middle East and Central 
Asia, joint hearing on Hezbollah's Global Reach, 10:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  September 28, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on 
Moving Forward in Haiti: How the U.S. and the International 
Community Can Help, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing on Falun Gong: Organ Harvesting and China's Ongoing War on 
Human Rights, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 26, Subcommittee on 
Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 6101, Legal 
Services Corporation Improvement Act, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, September 26, Subcommittee on Water and 
Power, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 5110, More Water and 
More Energy Act of 2006; H.R. 5786, South Orange County Recycled 
Water Enhancement Act; and H.R. 5987, to provide for a feasibility 
study of alternatives to augment the water supplies of the Central 
Oklahoma Master Conservancy District and cities served by the 
District, 1 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 28, Subcommittee on National Parks, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 1344, Lower Farmington River and Salmon Brook 
Wild and Scenic River Study Act; H.R. 4529, Kalaupapa Memorial Act 
of 2005; H.R. 5195, Journey Through Hollowed Ground National 
Heritage Area Designation Act of 2006; H.R. 5466, Captain John Smith 
Chesapeake National Historic Designation Act; H.R. 5665, American 
Falls Reservoir District Number 2 Conveyance Act; and H.R. 5817, 
Bainbridge Island Japanese American Monument Act of 2006, 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, September 25, to consider the following bills: 
H.R. 2679, Public Expressions of Religion Act of 2006; and S. 403, 
Child Interstate Abortion Notification Act, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  September 26, to consider H.R. 6054, Military Commissions Act of 
2006, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, September 26, Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics, to continue hearings on The National Academy of 
Sciences' Decadal Plan for Aeronautics: A Blueprint for NASA? 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  September 28, full Committee, hearing on Implementing the Vision 
for Space Exploration: Development of the Crew Exploration Vehicle, 
2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  September 29, hearing on GAO Report on NOAA's Weather Satellite 
Program, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, September 27, hearing entitled 
``Advancing Security and Commerce at Our Nation's Ports: The Goals 
Are Not Mutually Exclusive,'' 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 26, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, oversight 
hearing on the National Academy of Science Icebreaker Report, 1 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 27, Subcommittee on Aviation, oversight hearing on Next 
Generation Air Transportation System Financing Options, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.

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  September 28, Subcommittee on Railroads, oversight hearing on New 
Hands on the Amtrak Throttle, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 27, Subcommittee on 
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, oversight hearing on the 
administration of the VA Pension Program, 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  September 28, Subcommittee on Health, oversight hearing on Post 
Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI): 
Emerging trends in force and veteran health, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 26, Subcommittee on Select 
Revenue Measures, hearing on Member Proposals on Tax Issues 
Introduced in the 109th Congress, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 26, 
executive, hearing on the DNI's Intelligence Collection 
Architecture, 1:45 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  September 27, executive, hearing on the DNI's Perspective on State 
of Intelligence Reform, 10:15 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  September 28, executive, briefing on Global Updates/Hotspots, 9 
a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: September 26, to 
hold hearings to examine the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and 
its impact on United States interests in Central Asia, 3 p.m., SD-
538.