[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 26, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1040-D1041]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and 
Management Support, to hold hearings to examine United States policy 
and practice with respect to the use of riot control agents by the 
U.S. Armed Forces, followed by a closed session in SR-222, 10 a.m., 
SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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 Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Frank Baxter, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Oriental Republic of Uruguay, and Charles L. Glazer, of Connecticut, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 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: 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.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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: business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Robert T. Howard, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Information and Technology, Time 
to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, 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.
  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, Subcommittee on 
Education Reform, hearing on ``Perspectives on Early Childhood Home 
Visitation Programs, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 5782, Pipeline Safety and Improvement Act of 2006; and H.R. 
5472, National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program 
Reauthorization Act of 2006, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to continue hearings 
entitled ``Sexual Exploitation of Children Over the Internet: 
Follow-up Issues to the Masha Allen Adoption,'' 2 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Rebalancing the Carbon Cycle,'' 2 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  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., 
2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, hearing on the IT Assessment: A 
Ten Year Vision for Information Technology in the House, 10 a.m., 
1310 Longworth.

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  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the United 
States--Republic of Korea Relations: An Alliance at Risk? 2:30 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
4997, Physicians for Underserved Areas Act; H.R. 5219, Judicial 
Transparency and Ethics Enhancement Act of 2006; H.R. 4239, Animal 
Enterprise Terrorism Act; and H.R. 6052, Copyright Modernization Act 
of 2006, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, 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, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, oversight hearing on Next Generation Air Transportation 
System Financing Options, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, oversight hearing on the 
administration of the VA Pension Program, 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 6134, Health 
Opportunity Patient Empowerment Act of 2006, 10:30 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
the DNI's Perspective on State of Intelligence Reform, 10:15 a.m., 
H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine Federal efforts to protect children from commercial 
sexual exploitation, focusing on international initiatives to combat 
child pornography and trafficking, 2 p.m., 2200-RHOB.