Volume 152, No. 94 covering the 2nd Session of the 109th Congress (2005 - 2006) was published by the Congressional Record.
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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2006-07-19” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D794-D795 on July 18, 2006.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,
JULY 19, 2006
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Armed Services: to resume hearings to examine military commissions in light of the Supreme Court decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, 10 a.m., SR-325.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting to consider the nominations of Frederic S. Mishkin, of New York, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Linda Mysliwy Conlin, of New Jersey, to be First Vice President, James Lambright, of Missouri, to be President, and J. Joseph Grandmaison, of New Hampshire, to be a Member of the Board of Directors, all of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Geoffrey S. Bacino, of Illinois, to be a Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board, Edmund C. Moy, of Wisconsin, to be Director of the Mint, Department of the Treasury; to be followed by a hearing to examine the semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, 10 a.m., SD-106.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business meeting to consider the nominations of Mark V. Rosenker, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, R. Hunter Biden, of Delaware, and Donna R. McLean, of the District of Columbia, each to be a Member of the Reform Board
(Amtrak), John H. Hill, of Indiana, to be Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Andrew B. Steinberg, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, routine lists in the Coast Guard and NOAA, and other pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-253.
Subcommittee on Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness, to hold hearings to examine high performance computing, 11 a.m., SR-
253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold an oversight hearing on the implementation of Public Law 108-148, The Healthy Forests Restoration Act, 10 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to examine the science and risk assessment behind the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed revisions to the particulate matter air quality standards, 9 a.m., SD-628.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business meeting to consider S. 3678, to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to public health security and all-hazards preparedness and response, S. 843, to amend the Public Health Service Act to combat autism through research, screening, intervention and education, and the nominations of Elizabeth Dougherty, of the District of Columbia, and Harry R. Hoglander, of Massachusetts, each to be a Member of the National Mediation Board, Ronald S. Cooper, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and Lawrence A. Warder, of Texas, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Education, 10 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine Department of Homeland Security purchase cards, 10 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine antitrust concerns relating to credit card interchange rates, 9:30 a.m., SD-
226.
Full Committee, business meeting to mark up S. 2703, to amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 2 p.m., SD-226.
Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing regarding intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
House
Committee on Education and the Workforce, hearing entitled ``Guest Worker Programs: Impact on the American Workforce and U.S. Immigration Policy,'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing entitled ``DOE's Revised Schedule for Yucca Mountain,'' 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled
``Questions Surrounding the `Hockey Stick' Temperature Studies: Implications for Climate Change Assessments,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, to consider H.R. 5637, Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act of 2006, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade, and Technology, hearing entitled ``Coin and Currency Issues Facing Congress: Can We Still Afford Money?'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform, hearing entitled ``Cutting Out the Waste: An Overview of H.R. 5766, Government Efficiency Act; and H.R. 3282, Abolishment of Obsolete Agencies and Federal Sunset Act of 2005,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on Homeland Security, to mark up H.R. 5814, Department of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1704, Second Chance Act of 2005; H.R. 5414, To enact certain laws relating to public contracts as title 41, United States Code,
``Public Contracts;'' H.R. 5673, Criminal Restitution Improvement Act of 2006; H.R. 3509, Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2005; and H.R. 5535, Prevention of Civil RICO Abuse Act of 2006, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Resources, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 138, To revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System Jekyll Island Unit GA-06P; H.R. 383, Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail Designation Act of 2005; H.R. 631, To provide for acquisition of subsurface mineral rights to land owned by the Pascua Yaqui Tribe and land held in trust for the Tribe; H.R. 1796, Mississippi River Trail Study Act; H.R. 2110, Colorado Northern Front Range Mountain Backdrop Protection Study Act; H.R. 2334, City of Oxnard Water Recycling and Desalination Act of 2005; H.R. 3350, Tribal Development Corporation Feasibility Study Act of 2005; H.R. 3534, Piedras Blancs Historic Light Station Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2005; H.R. 3961, To authorize the National Park Service to pay for services rendered by subcontractors under a General Service Administration Indefinite Deliver/Quantity Contract issued for work to be completed at the Grant Canyon National Park; H.R. 4382, Southern Nevada Readiness Center Act; H.R. 4588, Water Resources Research Act Amendments of 2005; H.R. 4750, Lower Republican River Basin Study Act; H.R. 4789, To require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public land located wholly or partially within the boundaries of the Wells Hydroelectric Project of Public Utility District No. 1 of Douglas County, Washington to the utility district; H.R. 4857, Endangered Species Compliance and Transparency Act of 2006; H.R. 4957, Tylersville Fish Hatchery Conveyance Act; H.R. 5016, Las Cienegas Enhancement Act; H.R. 5025, Mount Hood Stewardship Legacy Act; H.R. 5132, River Basin National Battlefield Study Act; H.R. 5381, National Fish Hatchery System Volunteer Act of 2006; H.R. 5539, North American Wetlands Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2006; H.R. 5802, NPS Concessions Reform Act of 2006; and H.R. 3603, Central Idaho Economic Development and Recreation Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 5684, United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Science, and the Committee on House Administration, joint hearing on Voting Machines: Will New Standards and Guidelines Prevent Future Problems? 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the following: GSA Capital Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions; H.R. 4126, Chesapeake Bay Restoration Enhancement Act of 2005; H.R. 5483, Railroad Retirement Disability Earnings Act; H.R. 5782, Pipeline Safety Improvement Act of 2006; H.R. 5808, Public Transportation Security Assistance Act of 2006; H.R. 5810, To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to authorize funding for brownfields revitalization activities and State response programs; a measure to Reform the Wright Amendment; H.R. 5811, MARPOl Annex VI Implementation Act of 2006; and H.R. 5812, Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2006, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Highways, Transit and Pipelines, oversight hearing on Transit Safety: the Federal Transit Administration's State Safety Oversight Program, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on the role of national, state, and county veterans' service officers in claims development, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
Committee on Ways and Means, hearing to Review Outcomes of 1996 Welfare Reforms, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, hearing on FISA, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
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