[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 126 (Thursday, November 9, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1085-D1088]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of November 13 through November 18, 2006

                             Senate Chamber

  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Armed Services: November 15, to hold hearings to 
examine the current situation and U.S. military operations in Iraq 
and Afghanistan; to be followed by a closed session in SH-219, 2:30 
p.m., SH-216.
  November 16, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to 
hold hearings to examine Department of Defense business systems 
modernization and financial management accountability efforts, 9:30 
a.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: November 15, to hold 
hearings to examine the December 2005 report from the President's 
Task Force on Puerto Rico's status, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  November 15, Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 2475, to establish the Commission to Study the Potential 
Creation of a National Museum of the American Latino Community, to 
develop a plan of action for the establishment and maintenance of a 
National Museum of the American Latino Community in Washington, DC, 
S. 2645, to establish the Journey Through Hallowed Ground National 
Heritage Area, S. 2822 and H.R. 5057, bills to authorize the Marion 
Park Project and Committee of the Palmetto Conservation

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Foundation to establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the 
District of Columbia and its environs to honor Brigadier General 
Francis Marion, S. 3805, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and 
feasibility of including in the National Park System certain sites 
in Monroe County, Michigan, relating to the Battles of the River 
Raisin during the War of 1812, and H.R. 323, to redesignate the 
Ellis Island Library on the third floor of the Ellis Island 
Immigration Museum, located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as 
the ``Bob Hope Memorial Library'', 4 p.m., SD-366.
  November 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Kevin M. Kolevar, of Michigan, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Energy (Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability), 
10 a.m., SD-366.
  November 16, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 3636, to establish wilderness areas, promote 
conservation, improve public land, and provide for high quality 
economic development in Washington County, Utah, and S. 3772, to 
establish wilderness areas, promote conservation, improve public 
land, and provide for high quality development in White Pine County, 
Nevada, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 15, business 
meeting to consider the nomination of Alex A. Beehler, of Maryland, 
to be Inspector General, Environmental Protection Agency, 11 a.m., 
SC-4, Capitol.
  Committee on Finance: November 14, to hold hearings to examine 
pending nominations, 11 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: November 14, 
with the Committee on Indian Affairs, to hold joint hearings to 
examine Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments, focusing on 
improving Indian health care for the 21st century, 3 p.m., SD-430.
  November 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine current 
challenges and new ideas to safeguard consumers relating to food 
safety, 3 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: November 
13, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Susan E. Dudley, 
of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 2:30 p.m., SD-
342.
  November 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of James H. Bilbray, of Nevada, and Thurgood Marshall, 
Jr., of Virginia, each to be a Governor of the United States Postal 
Service, and Dan G. Blair, to be Chairman, Postal Rate Commission, 
10 a.m., SD-342.
  November 14, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine the issue of states incorporating new, non-
publicly traded companies in the United States each year without 
obtaining the identity of corporate owners, and its impact on law 
enforcement investigations into persons misusing U.S. shell 
corporations for money laundering, tax evasion, terrorist financing, 
or other crimes, and a GAO report entitled ``Company Formations: 
Minimal Ownership Information Is Collected and Available.'', 2:30 
p.m., SD-342.
  November 16, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to resume 
hearings to examine Department of Defense travel policies and 
practices, focusing on the cost benefit analysis of the Defense 
Travel System, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: November 14, with the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, to hold joint hearings to 
examine Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments, focusing on 
improving Indian health care for the 21st century, 3 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: November 14, to hold hearings to 
examine competition in sports programming and broadcasting, 9 a.m., 
SD-226.
  November 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine judicial 
and executive nominations, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  November 16, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine 
the civil rights division, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 16, to receive a closed 
briefing regarding intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, November 14, hearing on national security 
implications of the Lucent/Alcatel merger, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  November 15, hearing on the current situation and military operations 
in Iraq, 2:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, November 15, Subcommittee on 
Management, Integration, and Oversight, hearing entitled ``The Secure 
Border Initiative: Ensuring Effective Implementation and Financial 
Accountability of SBInet,'' 3 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on International Relations, November 14, Subcommittee on 
Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations, oversight 
hearing on the Hague Convention on International Adoptions: Status and 
the Framework for Implementation, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  November 15, full Committee, oversight hearing on North Korea's Nuclear 
Test: Next Steps, 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  November 16, oversight hearing on Implementing a Foreign Assistance 
Reform: Progress and Prospects, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, November 14, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, oversight hearing on the Administrative Law, Process 
and Procedure Project for the 21st Century, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  November 15, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 
hearing on H.R. 5304, Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number 
Enforcement Act, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  November 15 and 16, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and 
Claims, oversight hearings entitled ``The Energy Employees Occupational 
Illness Compensation Program Act: Are We Fulfilling the Promise We Made 
to Cold War Veterans When We Created the Program?'' (Parts IV and V), 2 
p.m., on November 15 and 10 a.m., on November 16, 2141 Rayburn.

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  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, November 15, executive, 
briefing on Integrated Collection Architecture, 10:30 a.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  November 16, executive, briefing on Global Updates/Hotspots, 9 a.m., H-
405 Capitol.


*These figures include all measures reported, even if there was no 
accompanying report. A total of 145 reports have been filed in the 
Senate, a total of 347 reports have been filed in the House.

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