[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 8191-8192]
[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, May 16, 2006 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                 MAY 17
     9:30 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Dale 
           Klein, of Texas, to be a Member of the Nuclear 
           Regulatory Commission, and Molly A. O'Neill, of 
           Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
           Environmental Protection Agency.
                                                            SD-628
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine Iran's political/nuclear 
           ambitions and U.S. policy options.
                                                            SD-419
       Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Indian youth 
           suicide.
                                                            SR-485
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine understanding the benefits 
           and cost of Section 5 pre-clearance requirements of the 
           Voting Rights Act.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2007 for the Department of Defense.
                                                            SD-192
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine physician-owned specialty 
           hospitals.
                                                            SD-215
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider the proposed Ryan White 
           Modernization Act of 2006, proposed Mine Safety and 
           Health Act of 2006, proposed Older Americans Act 
           Amendments of 2006, S. 860, to amend the National 
           Assessment of Educational Progress Authorization Act to 
           require State academic assessments of student 
           achievement in United States history and civics, and 
           the nominations of Jerry Gayle Bridges, of Virginia, to 
           be Chief Financial Officer, and Vince J. Juaristi, of 
           Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors, 
           both of the Corporation for National and Community 
           Service, Harry R. Hoglander, of Massachusetts, and 
           Peter W. Tredick, of California, each to be a Member of 
           the National Mediation Board, J. C. A. Stagg, of 
           Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of 
           the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, Kent 
           D. Talbert, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, 
           Department of Education, and Horace A. Thompson, of 
           Mississippi, to be a Member of the Occupational Safety 
           and Health Review Commission.
                                                            SD-430
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Robert J. 
           Portman, of Ohio, to be Director of the Office of 
           Management and Budget.
                                                            SD-342
     10:30 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine the United States Department 
           of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service Broadband 
           Program.
                                                           SR-328A
     2 p.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine the role of the Office for 
           Democratic Institutions and Human Rights relating to 
           advancing the human dimension in the OSCE, focusing on 
           the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights 
           and its role in monitoring elections in OSCE countries.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Michael D. 
           Kirby, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
           Moldova, John A. Cloud, Jr., of Virginia, to be 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, April H. 
           Foley, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
           Hungary, Tracey Ann Jacobson, of the District of 
           Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
           Tajikistan, Michael Wood, of the District of Columbia, 
           to be Ambassador to Sweden, and Robert Anthony Bradtke, 
           of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
           Croatia.
                                                            SD-419
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To resume hearings to examine the Federal government's 
           security clearance process, focusing on the progress of 
           the Office of Personnel Management in implementing a 
           plan to address the longstanding backlog of security 
           clearance investigations, including the next steps by 
           the Office of Management and Budget, and the recent 
           halt by the Defense Security Service in processing 
           government contractor security clearances.
                                                            SD-342
       Intelligence
         Closed business meeting to consider pending calendar 
           business.
                                                            SH-219

                                 MAY 18
     9 a.m.
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider to consider pending calendar 
           business.
                                                            SD-226
     9:30 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Business meeting to consider S. 1881, to require the 
           Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
           commemoration of the Old Mint at San Francisco 
           otherwise known as the ``Granite Lady'', S. 633, to 
           require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in 
           commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life 
           while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, 
           and S. 2784, to award a congressional gold medal to 
           Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, in 
           recognition of his many enduring and outstanding 
           contributions to peace, non-violence, human rights, and 
           religious understanding; to be followed by a hearing to 
           examine the report to Congress on International 
           Economic and Exchange Rate Policies.
                                                            SD-538
       Foreign Relations
         To continue hearings to examine Iran's political/nuclear 
           ambitions and U.S. policy options.
                                                            SD-419
       Intelligence
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of General 
           Michael V. Hayden, United States Air Force, to be 
           Director of the Central Intelligence Agency.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine S. 2686, to amend the 
           Communications Act of 1934 and for other purposes.
                                                            SD-106
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Robert 
           Irwin Cusick, Jr., of Kentucky, to be Director of the 
           Office

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           of Government Ethics, Office of Personnel Management.
                                                            SD-342
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine caring for seniors during a 
           national emergency.
                                                            SD-628
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to markup the proposed innovation bill.
                                                            SD-562
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and 
           International Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine unobligated balances, 
           focusing on their treatment and how they affect agency 
           budgeting and programming, including what happens to 
           these accounts when they expire, and how Office of 
           Management and Budget, the Treasury and the agencies 
           treat them.
                                                            SD-342
       Foreign Relations
       Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine transition from crisis to 
           peaceful democracy in Nepal.
                                                            SD-419
     3 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine AT&T and BellSouth merger and 
           what it means for consumers.
                                                            SD-226

                                 MAY 19
     9 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2007 for the National Institutes of Health.
                                                            SD-192

                                 MAY 22
     2 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Lurita 
           Alexis Doan, of Virginia, to be Administrator of 
           General Services.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine nuclear power provisions 
           contained in the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
                                                            SD-366

                                 MAY 23
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine improving financial literacy 
           in the United States.
                                                            SD-106
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine price gouging related to gas 
           prices.
                                                            SD-562
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the National Research Council 
           report, Managing Construction and Infrastructure in the 
           21st Century Bureau of Reclamation and the U.S. Bureau 
           of Reclamation Report, Managing for Excellence: An 
           Action Plan for the 21st Century.
                                                            SD-366

                                 MAY 24
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-366
     10:15 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the McCarran-Ferguson Act, 
           focusing on implications of repealing the insurers' 
           antitrust exemption.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Legislative Branch Subcommittee
         To resume hearings to examine the progress of 
           construction on the Capitol Visitor Center.
                                                            SD-138
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Disaster Prevention and Prediction Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine 2006 hurricane forecast and 
           at-risk cities.
                                                            SD-562
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1135, to authorize the 
           exchange of certain land in Grand and Uintah Counties, 
           Utah, S. 2466, to authorize and direct the exchange and 
           conveyance of certain National Forest land and other 
           land in southeast Arizona, and S. 2567, to maintain the 
           rural heritage of the Eastern Sierra and enhance the 
           region's tourism economy by designating certain public 
           lands as wilderness and certain rivers as wild a scenic 
           rivers in the State of California.
                                                            SD-366

                                 MAY 25
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Indian education.
                                                            SR-485
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To resume hearings to examine S. 2686, to amend the 
           Communications Act of 1934 and for other purposes.
                                                            SD-106
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine pending benefits related 
           legislation.
                                                            SR-418
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine Pacific Salmon Treaty.
                                                            SD-562

                                 JUNE 8
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to markup S. 2686, to amend the 
           Communications Act of 1934 and for other purposes.
                                                            SH-216

                                JUNE 14
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine alternative energy 
           technologies.
                                              Room to be announced

                                JUNE 15
     10:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Coast Guard budget.
                                                            SD-562

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                 MAY 17
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine accelerating the adoption of 
           health information technology.
                                                            SD-562