[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 131 (Monday, December 4, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1118-D1119]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of December 5 through December 9, 2006

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 12 noon, Senator DeWine will be recognized to speak 
for up to two hours. At 2 p.m., Senate will consider H.R. 5384, 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
  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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: December 6, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Leland A. Strom, of 
Illinois, to be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, 
Farm Credit Administration, and Mark Everett Keenum, of Mississippi, 
to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign 
Agricultural Services, and to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: December 5, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Robert M. Gates, of Texas, to be Secretary 
of Defense; with the possibility of a closed session in S-407 
following the open session, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  December 6, Full Committee, to hold a closed briefing on the Naval 
Criminal Investigative Service Report of events from November 2005 
in the Iraqi town of Haditha and on the probe by Army Major General 
Eldon Bargewell on how the chain of command handled the initial 
reporting of the incidents, 1:30 p.m., SR-222.

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  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: December 5, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Jane C. Luxton, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 
Atmosphere, Steven R. Chealander, of Texas, to be a Member of the 
National Transportation Safety Board, and Charles E. Dorkey III, of 
New York, to be a Member of the Advisory Board of the Saint Lawrence 
Seaway Development Corporation, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: December 6, business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Alex A. Beehler, of Maryland, 
to be Inspector General, Environmental Protection Agency, and Eric 
D. Eberhard, of Washington, and Diane Humetewa, of Arizona, each to 
be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall 
Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy 
Foundation, 9:15 a.m., SD-406.
  December 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine issues 
relating to climate change and the media, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: December 5, to hold hearings to examine a 
report card on tax exemptions and incentives for higher education, 
10 a.m., SD-215.
  December 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Anthony W. Ryan, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets, Phillip L. Swagel, 
of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for 
Economic Policy, Dean A. Pinkert, of Virginia, and Irving A. 
Williamson, of New York, both to be a Member of the United States 
International Trade Commission, and Mark Warshawsky, to be a Member 
of the Social Security Advisory Board, Social Security 
Administration (pending receipt by the Senate), 12 noon, SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: December 5, 
business meeting to consider pending nominations, 5 p.m., Room to be 
announced.
  December 6, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: December 
5, Subcommittee on Financial Management and Accountability, to hold 
hearings to examine the successes and shortcomings of the Improper 
Payments Information Act of 2002, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  December 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the extent 
of fraud, waste, and abuse relating to Hurricane Katrina, 10 a.m., 
SD-342.
  December 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Paul A. Schneider, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary 
of Homeland Security for Management, 3 p.m., SD-342.
  December 7, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
nominations, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on the Judiciary: December 5, to hold hearings to 
examine enforcement of criminal insider trading and hedge fund 
activity, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  December 6, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine 
activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of 
Justice, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  December 6, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the 
Courts, to hold oversight hearings to examine implementation of the 
Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 
109-8), 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  December 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine vertically 
integrated sports programming, focusing on whether cable companies 
are excluding competition, 11 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: December 6, to 
hold hearings to examine the nomination of Jovita Carranza, of 
Illinois, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration, 2:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: December 7, to hold a closed 
briefing on intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, December 6, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing to examine criteria for awards and decorations, 
11 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  December 7, full Committee, hearing on U.S. military transition 
teams in Iraq and Afghanistan, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, December 5, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, meeting to consider a motion to Approve the 
Interim Report on the Administrative Law, Process and Procedure 
Project for the 21st Century, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  December 5, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and 
Claims, oversight hearing 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?'' 
(Part V), 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  December 7, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
oversight hearing on The Arbitration Process of the National 
Football League Players Association, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, December 7, Subcommittee on 
Economic Opportunity, oversight hearing to review Departments' 
actions regarding the recommendations of the 1999 Transition 
Commission Report, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, December 6, hearing on Patient Safety 
and Quality Issues in End State Renal Disease Treatment, 10:30 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, December 5, executive, 
briefing on Intelligence Collection Architecture, 2:30 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.