[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 12]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 16628]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, August 1, 2006 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                AUGUST 2
     9 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
       Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine H.R. 4200, to improve the 
           ability of the Secretary of Agriculture and the 
           Secretary of the Interior to promptly implement 
           recovery treatments in response to catastrophic events 
           affecting Federal lands under their jurisdiction, 
           including the removal of dead and damaged trees and the 
           implementation of reforestation treatments, to support 
           the recovery of non-Federal lands damaged by 
           catastrophic events, to revitalize Forest Service 
           experimental forests.
                                                           SR-328A
     9:30 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the Toxic 
           Substances Control Act and the chemicals management 
           program at Environmental Protection Agency.
                                                            SD-406
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of John C. 
           Rood, of Arizona, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
           for International Security and Non-Proliferation.
                                                            SD-419
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the authority to prosecute 
           terrorists under the war crime provisions of Title 18.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Business meeting to consider an original bill to improve 
           ratings quality for the protection of investors and in 
           the public interest by fostering accountability, 
           transparency, and competition in the credit rating 
           agency industry.
                                                            SD-538
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine fake IDs relating to border 
           security.
                                                            SD-215
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the status of Iraq 
           reconstruction, focusing on contracting and procurement 
           issues.
                                                            SD-342
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Legislative Branch Subcommittee
         To continue hearings to examine progress of the Capitol 
           Visitor Center construction.
                                                            SD-138
     11:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider the nominations of Drue 
           Pearce, of Alaska, to be Federal Coordinator for Alaska 
           Natural Gas Transportation Projects, and John Ray 
           Correll, of Indiana, to be Director of the Office of 
           Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and Mark 
           Myers, of Alaska, to be Director of the United States 
           Geological Survey, both of the Department of the 
           Interior, and other pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-628
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
         To resume hearings to examine the future of military 
           commissions in light of the Supreme Court decision in 
           Hamdan v. Rumsfeld.
                                                            SH-216
       Judiciary
       Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine creating a fair standard for 
           attorney's fee awards in establishment clause cases.
                                                            SD-226
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Housing and Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine efforts to meet the housing 
           needs of veterans.
                                                            SD-538
       Intelligence
       Closed business meeting to consider pending calendar 
           business.
                                                            SH-219

                                AUGUST 3
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine Iraq, Afghanistan and the 
           global war on terrorism; to be followed by a closed 
           session in SR-222.
                                                            SH-216
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Mary Martin 
           Ourisman, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Barbados, and 
           to serve concurrently and without additional 
           compensation as Ambassador to St. Kitts and Nevis, 
           Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of 
           Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the 
           Grenadines.
                                                            SD-419
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 2589, to enhance the 
           management and disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high-
           level radioactive waste, to ensure protection of public 
           health and safety, to ensure the territorial integrity 
           and security of the repository at Yucca Mountain.
                                                            SD-628
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       National Ocean Policy Study Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine state of the oceans in 2006.
                                                            SR-253
       Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing regarding intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
     10:30 a.m.
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine tax code reform issues.
                                                            SD-215
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and 
           International Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine financial management at the 
           Department of Defense, focusing on the components of 
           Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness Plan to 
           improve the overall financial management health of the 
           Department of Defense, including an understanding of 
           other plans involved in improving the financial 
           management infrastructure at the Department.
                                                            SD-342
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Cesar 
           Benito Cabrera, of Puerto Rico, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and 
           without additional compensation as Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Seychelles, Cindy Lou Courville, of 
           Virginia, to be U.S. Representative to the African 
           Union, with the rank of Ambassador, and Donald C. 
           Johnson, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
           Equatorial Guinea.
                                                            SD-419