From the
Congressional Record Daily Digest for July 15, 2005
Week of July 18 through July 23, 2005
Senate Chamber
On Monday, at 2:30 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 3057, Foreign Operations Appropriations.
On Tuesday, at 10 a.m., Senate will meet with the House of Representatives in the House Chamber to receive an address from Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister of India.
During the balance of the week, Senate expects to complete consideration of H.R. 3057, Foreign Operations Appropriations and will consider any other cleared legislative and executive business, including any other appropriation bills, when available.
Committee Meetings of Interest below the fold.
Senate Committees
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: July 20, to hold hearings to examine biosecurity preparedness and efforts to address agroterrorism threats, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 20, Subcommittee on Global Climate Change and Impacts, to hold hearings to examine the climate policy of the United States, 10 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 20, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine S. 703, to provide for the conveyance of certain Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Nevada to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway ... and H.R. 1101, to revoke a Public Land Order with respect to certain lands erroneously included in the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, California, 2 p.m., SD-366.
July 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the current state of climate change scientific research and the economics of strategies to manage climate change, focusing on the relationship between energy consumption and climate change, new developments in climate change research and the potential effects on the U.S. economy of climate change and strategies to control greenhouse gas emissions, 10 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Foreign Relations: July 18, to hold hearings to examine improving security in Iraq, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
July 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine advancing Iraqi political development, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
July 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine economic progress in Iraq, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
July 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United Nations reform, 10 a.m., SD-419.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 19, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine efforts to protect national information infrastructures that continue to face challenges relating to cyberspace, focusing on challenges in protecting U.S. critical infrastructures from cybersecurity threats, 2 p.m., SD-562. [This is especially interesting given that the DHS public website was apparently hacked this week]
Committee on the Judiciary: July 19, to hold hearings to examine reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act, 11 a.m., SD-226.
July 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine issues and implications relating to reporters' shield legislation, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
House Committees
Committee on Armed Services, July 19, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on the Current Status of Military Recruiting and Retention, 11 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
July 19 and 20, Subcommittee on Projection Forces, hearings on Department of the Navy FY06 Plans and Programs for the DD(X) Next-Generation Multi-Mission Surface Combatant Ship, 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn on July 19 and 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn July 20.
July 20, full Committee, hearing on the Air Force's Future Total Force Plan, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 19, hearing entitled "China's Bid for U.S. Energy Assets," 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
July 20, Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, hearing entitled "Electronic Waste: An Examination of Current Activity, Implications for Environmental Stewardship, and the Proper Federal Role," 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
July 20, hearing on Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform, July 19, Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, hearing entitled "Occupational and Environmental Health Surveillance of Deployed Forces: Tracking Toxic Casualties," 10:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on Homeland Security, July 19, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology and the Subcommittee on Management, Integration, and Oversight, to continue joint hearings entitled "The National Training Program: Is Anti-Terrorism Training for First Responders Efficient and Effective, Part II," 9:30 a.m., room to be announced.
Committee on International Relations, July 21, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights and International Operations, hearing on Falun Gong and China's Continuing War on Human Rights, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, July 19, Subcommittee on the Constitution, oversight hearing on Can Congress Create A Race-Based Government?: The Constitutionality of H.R. 309, Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005, and S.147, Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2005, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
July 19, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H. Res. 97, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that judicial determinations regarding the meaning of the Constitution of the United States should not be based on judgments, laws, or pronouncements of foreign institutions unless such foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements inform an understanding of the original meaning of the Constitution of the United States, and the Appropriate Role of Foreign Judgements in the Interpretation of American Law, 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Science, July 20, Subcommittee on Energy and the Subcommittee on Research, joint hearing on Fueling the Future: On the Road to the Hydrogen Economy, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Joint Meetings
Conference: July 19, meeting of conferees on H.R. 6, to ensure jobs for our future with secure, affordable, and reliable energy, 10 a.m., room to be announced.