[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 17687-17688]
[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, September 12, 2006 may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              SEPTEMBER 13
     9:30 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting to consider H.R. 5689, to amend the 
           Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation 
           Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to make technical 
           corrections, S. 1848, to promote remediation of 
           inactive and abandoned mines, S. 3630, to amend the 
           Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize a 
           program relating to the Lake Pontchartrain Basin, H.R. 
           3929, to amend the Water Desalination Act of 1996 to 
           authorize the Secretary of the Interior to assist in 
           research and development, environmental and feasibility 
           studies, and preliminary engineering for the Municipal 
           Water District of Orange County, California, Dana Point 
           Desalination Project located at Dana Point, California, 
           S. 3617, to reauthorize the North American Wetlands 
           Conservation Act, H.R. 5061, to direct the Secretary of 
           the Interior to convey Paint Bank National Fish 
           Hatchery and Wytheville National Fish Hatchery to the 
           State of Virginia, S. 3551, to direct the Secretary of 
           the Interior to convey the Tylersville division of the 
           Lamar National Fish Hatchery and Fish Technology Center 
           to the State of Pennsylvania, S. 3867, to designate the 
           Federal courthouse located at 555 Independence Street, 
           Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the ``Rush H. Limbaugh, 
           Sr., Federal Courthouse'', H.R. 5187, to amend the John 
           F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize additional 
           appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the 
           Performing Arts for fiscal year 2007, proposed 
           Convention on Supplementary Compensation for Nuclear 
           Damage Contingent Cost Allocation Act, proposed 
           legislation to amend the Clean Air Act to encourage the 
           most polluted areas in the United States to attain 
           clean air standards, S. 2348, to amend the Atomic 
           Energy Act of 1954 to require a licensee to notify the 
           Atomic Energy Commission, and the State and county in 
           which a facility is located, whenever there is an 
           unplanned release of fission products in excess of 
           allowable limits, S. 3591, to improve efficiency in the 
           Federal Government through the use of high-performance 
           green buildings, and the nominations of William B. 
           Wark, of Maine, and William E. Wright, of Florida, each 
           to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
           Investigation Board, and Stephen M. Prescott, of 
           Oklahoma, and Anne Jeannette Udall, of North Carolina, 
           each to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the 
           Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
           Environmental Policy Foundation, and other committee 
           matters; to be followed by a hearing to examine the 
           nominations of Roger Romulus Martella, Jr., of 
           Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator, and Alex A. 
           Beehler, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, both of 
           the Environmental Protection Agency, and William H. 
           Graves, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of 
           Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
                                                            SD-406
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine securing a permanent cease-
           fire relating to Lebanon.
                                                            SD-419
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine charitable care and community 
           benefits at nonprofit hospitals.
                                                            SD-215
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Housing and Transportation Subcommittee
       Economic Policy Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings to examine the housing bubble and 
           its implications for the economy.
                                                            SD-538
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine managed care relating to 
           securing Medicaid's future.
                                                            SD-562
     11:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider the nominations of David 
           Longly Bernhardt, of Colorado, to be Solicitor, 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, all of the Department of the 
           Interior, and other pending legislation.
                                                            SD-628
     2 p.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine Romanian governmental and 
           non-governmental perspectives on the current state of 
           care of persons with disabilities in Romania.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Crime and Drugs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine challenges facing today's 
           federal prosecutors.
                                                            SD-226
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Wayne 
           Cartwright Beyer, of New Hampshire, to be a Member of 
           the Federal Labor Relations Authority, and Stephen 
           Thomas Conboy, of Virginia, to be United States Marshal 
           for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
                                                            SD-342
       Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing regarding intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                              SEPTEMBER 14
     9:30 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
       Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing on Nuclear Regulatory 
           Commission responsibility and capability for long-and 
           short-term spent fuel storage programs.
                                                            SD-406
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine an overview of the Global 
           Nuclear Energy Partnership, including proposed advanced 
           reaction technologies for recycling nuclear waste.
                                                            SD-138
       Appropriations
       Homeland Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the British system versus the 
           U.S. system relating to catching terrorists.
                                                            SD-192
       Indian Affairs
         To hear and consider the nomination of Carl Joseph 
           Artman, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
           Interior for Indian Affairs.
                                                            SR-485
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Aviation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine rural air service.
                                                            SR-253

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       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the Department of Defense's 
           report on predatory lending practices directed at 
           members of the armed forces and their dependents.
                                                            SD-538
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of C. Stephen 
           Allred, of Idaho, to be Assistant Secretary, and Robert 
           W. Johnson, of Nevada, to be Commissioner of 
           Reclamation, both of the Department of the Interior.
                                                            SD-628
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine a generation at risk relating 
           to senior suicide.
                                                            SD-562
     10:30 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine the value of a skills based 
           point system relating to employment-based permanent 
           immigration.
                                                            SD-430
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and 
           International Security Subcommittee
         To resume hearings to examine Federal agencies spending 
           on conference meetings and travel, focusing on how they 
           monitor and track conference participation and spending 
           and control these activities.
                                                            SD-342
       Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing regarding intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                              SEPTEMBER 19
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of General 
           Bantz J. Craddock, USA, for reappointment to be general 
           and to be Commander, U.S. European Command, Vice 
           Admiral James G. Stavridis, USN for appointment to be 
           admiral and to be Commander, U.S. Southern Command, 
           Nelson M. Ford, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary 
           of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller, 
           and Ronald J. James, of Ohio, to be Assistant Secretary 
           of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SR-253
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine online child pornography.
                                                            SR-253

                              SEPTEMBER 20
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Trade, Tourism, and Economic Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the future of ICANN relating 
           to Internet governance.
                                                            SR-253
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the legislative presentation 
           of the American Legion.
                                                            SD-106
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine nominations.
                                                            SR-253

                              SEPTEMBER 21
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Legislative Branch Subcommittee
         To resume hearings to examine progress of the Capitol 
           Visitor Center construction.
                                                            SD-138

                              SEPTEMBER 26
     3:15 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Foreign Relations
         To hold joint hearings to examine International polar 
           year.
                                                            SR-253

                              SEPTEMBER 28
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Aviation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine new aircraft in the National 
           Airspace System.
                                                            SR-253

                             CANCELLATIONS

                              SEPTEMBER 13
     9:30 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine intelligence information 
           sharing.
                                                            SD-226