Volume 151, No. 10 covering the 1st Session of the 109th Congress (2005 - 2006) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D58-D59 on Feb. 3, 2005.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD
Week of February 7 through February 12, 2005
Senate Chamber
On Monday, at 3 p.m., Senate will begin consideration of S. 5, Class Action Fairness Act, for debate only. Also, Senate may consider a resolution relating to the recent elections in Iraq, with a vote to occur at approximately 5:30 p.m.
During the balance of the week Senate will consider any other cleared legislative and executive business.
Senate Committees
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Committee on Armed Services: February 10, to hold hearings to examine the proposed Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2006 and the Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 8, to hold hearings to examine the role of credit rating agencies in capital markets, 10 a.m., SD-538.
February 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the role of government-sponsored enterprises in the mortgage market, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on the Budget: February 8, to hold hearings to examine the Federal budget for the 21st century, 10 a.m., SD-608.
February 9, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 2006, 10 a.m., SD-608.
February 10, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 2006, 10 a.m., SD-608.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 8, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine the implementation of Titles I through III of P.L. 106-393, the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, 10 a.m., SD-366.
February 9, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 11:30 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 9, to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 2006 for the Environmental Protection Agency, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
Committee on Finance: February 8, to hold hearings to examine revenue proposals in the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 2006, 2:15 p.m., SD-215.
Committee on Foreign Relations: February 9, to hold closed hearings to examine an update on six-party talks, 11 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
February 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine lessons learned regarding the tsunami response, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 9, business meeting to consider S. 172, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the regulation of all contact lenses as medical devices, proposed Reauthorization of the Trauma Care Systems Planning and Development Act, proposed Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, proposed Foundation for the National Institutes of Health Improvement Act, proposed Children's Hospitals Education Equity and Research Act, proposed legislation relating to High Risk Pool, and certain pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: February 7, business meeting to consider the nominations of Michael Chertoff, of New Jersey, to be Secretary of Homeland Security, and Allen Weinstein, of Maryland, to be Archivist of the United States, 6 p.m., S-207, Capitol.
Committee on the Judiciary: February 10, to hold hearings to examine bankruptcy reform, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
House Chamber
Program to be announced.
House Committees
Committee on Armed Services, February 9, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2006 National Defense Authorization budget request, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on the Budget, February 8, hearing on the President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2006, 10:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
February 9, hearing on Social Security: The Long-Term Budget Implications, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
Committee on Education and the Workforce, February 9, Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness, to mark up H.R. 27, Job Training Improvement Act of 2005, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 9, hearing entitled
``Department of Energy's Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Proposal and the Energy Policy Act of 2005: Ensuring Jobs for Our Future with Secure and Reliable Energy,'' 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
February 9, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing entitled ``How Internet Protocol-Enabled Services are Changing the Face of Communications: A View from Technology Companies,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
February 10, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing entitled ``The Energy Policy Act of 2005: Ensuring Jobs for Our Future with Secure and Reliable Energy,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, February 9, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Accounting Irregularities at Fannie Mae and the Impact on Investors,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform, February 9, to meet for organizational purposes, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn; and to hold a hearing entitled ``Financial Report of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2004,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
February 10, hearing entitled ``The Perplexing Shift from Shortage to Surplus: Managing This Season's Flu Shot Supply and Preparing for the Future,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn; and a hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2006 Drug Budget,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
Committee on Homeland Security, February 9, hearing entitled ``The Proposed Fiscal Year 2006 Budget: Towards Management Excellence at the Department of Homeland Security,'' 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
Committee on House Administration, February 9, to meet for organizational purposes and to consider an Oversight Plan for the 109th Congress, 9:30 a.m., and to hold a hearing on Implementation of the Help America Vote Act, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
Committee on International Relations, February 9, to meet for organizational purposes, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
February 10, briefing on The Way Forward in the Middle East Peace Process, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
February 10, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, briefing on The Volcker Interim Report on the United Nations Oil-
for-Food Program, time and room to be determined.
Committee on the Judiciary, February 10, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, oversight hearing on the
``Implications of the Booker/Fanfan Decisions for the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Resources, February 10, hearing on H.R. 512, to require the prompt review by the Secretary of the Interior of the longstanding petitions for Federal recognition of certain Indian tribes, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
February 10, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing entitled ``Opportunities and Challenges on Enhancing Federal Power Generation and Transmission,'' 1 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
Committee on Science, February 9, hearing on Improving the Nation's Energy Security: Can Cars and Trucks Be Made More Fuel Efficient? 2:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Small Business, February 10, to meet for organizational purposes, and to consider an Oversight Plan for the 109th Congress; followed by a hearing to analyze the impact of the President's Fiscal Year 2006 budget request on small business, 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 9, Subcommittee on Aviation, oversight hearing on Commercial Space Transportation: Beyond the X Prize, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
February 10, Subcommittee on Highways, Transit, and Pipelines, to meet for organizational purposes, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Ways and Means, February 8 and 9, hearings on the President's Budget proposals for Fiscal Year 2006, 10 a.m., on February 8 and 2 p.m., on February 9, 1100 Longworth.
February 9, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, to meet for organizational purposes, 10 a.m., 1129 Longworth.
February 10, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Medicare payments to physicians, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
February 10, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on welfare reform reauthorization proposals, 1 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 9, executive, hearing on Global Updates, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
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