[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 123 (Wednesday, September 27, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1052-D1053]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 28, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine issues 
relating to military voting and the Federal Voting Assistance 
Program, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the state of 
the economy, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine new aircraft in the 
National Airspace System, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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: 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 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
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: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Terrence W. Boyle, of North Carolina, and William 
James Haynes II, of Virginia, each to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Fourth 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, and Lisa Godbey 
Wood, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District 
of Georgia, S. 2831, to guarantee the free flow of information to 
the public through a free and active press while protecting the 
right of the public to effective law enforcement and the fair 
administration of justice, S. 155, to increase and enhance law 
enforcement resources committed to investigation and prosecution of 
violent gangs, to deter and punish violent gang crime, to protect 
law-abiding citizens and communities from violent criminals, to 
revise and enhance criminal penalties for violent crimes, to reform 
and facilitate prosecution of juvenile gang members who commit 
violent crimes, to expand and improve gang prevention programs, S. 
1845, to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for the 
appointment of additional Federal circuit judges, to divide the 
Ninth Judicial Circuit of the United States into 2 circuits, S. 
3880, to provide the Department of Justice the necessary authority 
to apprehend, prosecute, and convict individuals committing animal 
enterprise terror, S. 2644, to harmonize rate setting standards for 
copyright licenses under sections 112 and 114 of title 17, United 
States Code, and S. 3818, to amend title 35, United States Code, to 
provide for patent reform, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, 
Rural Development, and Research, hearing to review the EPA pesticide 
program, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Medicare Physician Payments: 2007 and Beyond,'' 2 p.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Hewlett-Packard's Pretexting Scandal,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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, hearing entitled `` Acquisition 
Under Duress: Reconstruction Contracting in Iraq,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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, hearing on Electronic Voting 
Machines: Verification, Security, and Paper Trails, 10 a.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on International Relations, 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.

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  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.
  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.
  Committee on Resources, 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 Science, hearing on Implementing the Vision for Space 
Exploration: Development of the Crew Exploration Vehicle, 2 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, oversight hearing on New Hands on the Amtrak Throttle, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Global Updates/Hotspots, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.