[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 121 (Monday, September 25, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1028-D1029]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 26, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold a closed briefing on the 
situation in Afghanistan, 4:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: with the 
Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold joint hearings to examine 
International Polar Year, 3:15 p.m., SR-253.
  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, 2:15 p.m., S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health Care, to hold 
hearings to examine health savings accounts, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine a new 
initiative to combat child hunger, 9 a.m., SD-419.
  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 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
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 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.
  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 taxpayer compliance, 
and explore the transparency of the tax code, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine issues 
relating to illegal insider trading, focusing on the scope of the 
problem and is there adequate criminal enforcement, 9:30 a.m., SD-
226.
  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.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Vanessa Lynne Bryant, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Connecticut, and

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Michael Brunson Wallace, of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Fifth Circuit, 3:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on 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, 10 a.m., SR-
418.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock and 
Horticulture, hearing to review federal farm policy affecting the 
specialty crop industry, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, 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.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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,'' 11 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, hearing on Editing Hollywood's Editors: 
Cleaning Flicks for Families, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Medical Device 
Safety: How FDA Regulates the Reprocessing of Supposedly Single-Use 
Devices, `` 10:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and 
International Relations, hearing entitled ``Weapons of Mass 
Destruction: Reviving Disarmament,'' 1 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, hearing entitled ``H.R. 5242, 
Small Business Paperwork Amnesty Act,'' 2 p.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``The Department 
of Homeland Security: Major Initiatives for 2007 and Beyond,'' 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on International Relations, briefing and hearing on 
Enhancing the Global Fight To End Human Trafficking, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 6101, Legal Services Corporation 
Improvement Act, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, 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.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 6166, Military Commissions 
Act of 2006, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, 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.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, oversight hearing on the 
National Academy of Science Icebreaker Report, 1 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, 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, executive, hearing on 
the DNI's Intelligence Collection Architecture, 1:45 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

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