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                                             Tuesday, April 4, 2006

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2759-S2847
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and four resolutions were introduced, as
follows: S. 2498-2507, S. Res. 421-423, and S. Con. Res. 85.
                                                      Pages S2799-S2800
Measures Reported:
  S. 2012, to authorize appropriations to the Secretary of Commerce for
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act for fiscal
years 2006 through 2012, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute. (S. Rept. No. 109-229)
  Page S2799
Measures Passed:
  Religious Freedom in Afghanistan: Senate agreed to S. Res. 421,
calling on the Government of Afghanistan to uphold freedom of religion
and urging the Government of the United States to promote religious
freedom in Afghanistan.
  Pages S2842-43
  National and Global Youth Service Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 422,
designating April 21, 2006, as National and Global Youth Service Day.
                                                         Pages S2843-44
  National Cushing's Syndrome Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res.
423, designating April 8, 2006, as ``National Cushing's Syndrome
Awareness Day.''
  Pages S2844-45
  Honoring Former President Eisenhower: Senate passed S.J. Res. 28,
approving the location of the commemorative work in the District of
Columbia honoring former President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
                                                         Pages S2845-46
  America's National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum: Senate agreed to S.
Con. Res. 60, designating the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas
City, Missouri, as America's National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum,
after agreeing to the committee amendment.
  Pages S2846-47
Securing America's Borders Act: Senate continued consideration of S.
2454, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for
comprehensive reform, taking action on the following amendments
proposed thereto:
  Pages S2763-95
Pending:
  Specter/Leahy Amendment No. 3192, in the nature of a substitute.
                                                             Page S2763
  Kyl/Cornyn Amendment No. 3206 (to Amendment No. 3192), to make
certain aliens ineligible for conditional nonimmigrant work
authorization and status. (By a unanimous vote of 99 nays (Vote No.
87), Senate failed to table the amendment.)
Pages S2763, S2785-91
  Cornyn Amendment No. 3207 (to Amendment No. 3206), to establish an
enactment date.
Page S2763
  Isakson Amendment No. 3215 (to Amendment No. 3192), to demonstrate
respect for legal immigration by prohibiting the implementation of a
new alien guest worker program until the Secretary of Homeland Security
certifies to the President and the Congress that the borders of the
United States are reasonably sealed and secured.
Page S2763
  Dorgan Amendment No. 3223 (to Amendment No. 3192), to allow United
States citizens under 18 years of age to travel to Canada without a
passport, to develop a system to enable United States citizens to take
24-hour excursions to Canada without a passport, and to limit the cost
of passport cards or similar alternatives to passports to $20.
                                                             Page S2763
  Mikulski/Warner Amendment No. 3217 (to Amendment No. 3192), to extend
the termination date for the exemption of returning workers from the
numerical limitations for temporary workers.
Page S2763
  A motion was entered to close further debate on Specter/Leahy
Amendment No. 3192 (listed above) and, pursuant to the provisions of
rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a cloture vote will
occur on Thursday, April 6, 2006.
Pages S2793-95
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further
consideration of the bill at 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, April 5, 2006.
                                                             Page S2847
Native Hawaiian Low-Income Housing Assistance Agreement: A unanimous-
consent agreement was reached providing that S. 598, to reauthorize

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provisions in the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act of 1996 relating to Native Hawaiian low-income
housing and Federal loan guarantees for Native Hawaiian housing, be
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and
then immediately discharged from further consideration by the committee
and placed on the calendar.
  Page S2842
Removal of Injunction of Secrecy: The injunction of secrecy was removed
from the following treaty:
  Investment Treaty with Uruguay (Treaty Doc. No. 109-9).
  The treaty was transmitted to the Senate today, considered as having
been read for the first time, and referred, with accompanying papers,
to the Committee on Foreign Relations and ordered to be printed.
                                                             Page S2845
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
  By unanimous vote of 98 yeas (Vote No. Ex. 86), Michael A. Chagares,
of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit.
                                                  Pages S2760-62, S2847
Messages From the House:
  Page S2798
Measures Placed on Calendar:
  Page S2798
Petitions and Memorials:
  Pages S2798-99
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S2800-01
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S2801-07
Additional Statements:
  Pages S2796-98
Amendments Submitted:
  Pages S2807-41
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S2841
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S2842
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S2842
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total-87)
                                                     Pages S2762, S2791
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:45 a.m., and adjourned at 7:29 p.m.,
until 9:30 a.m., on Wednesday, April 5, 2006. (For Senate's program,
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page
S2847.)

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported H.R.
4939, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2006, with amendments.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded
a hearing to examine the proposed defense authorization request for
fiscal year 2007, focusing on missile defense programs, after receiving
testimony from Peter C.W. Flory, Assistant Secretary for International
Security Policy, and David W. Duma, Acting Director, Operational Test
and Evaluation, both of the Department of Defense; Lieutenant General
Larry J. Dodgen, USA, Commander, U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense
Command, U.S. Army Forces Strategic Command; and Lieutenant General
Henry A. Obering, III, USAF, Director, Missile Defense Agency.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a
hearing to examine the proposed defense authorization request for
fiscal year 2007, focusing on health benefits and programs, after
receiving testimony from David S.C. Chu, Under Secretary for Personnel
and Readiness, and William Winkenwerder, Jr., Assistant Secretary for
Health Affairs, both of the Department of Defense; General Richard A.
Cody, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army; Admiral Robert F.
Willard, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy;
General Robert Magnus, USMC, Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps,
United States Marine Corps; and General John D.W. Corley, USAF, Vice
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a
hearing to examine the proposed defense authorization request for
fiscal year 2007 and the future years defense program, focusing on the
posture of the United States Transportation Command, after receiving
testimony from General Norton A. Schwartz, USAF, Commander, U.S.
Transportation Command; and General Duncan J. McNabb, USAF, Commander,
Air Mobility Command.
TERRORIST FINANCING AND MONEY LAUNDERING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a
hearing to examine a current assessment of money laundering and
terrorist financing threats and countermeasures, after receiving
testimony from Stuart Levey, Under Secretary of the Treasury for
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence; E. Anthony Wayne, Assistant
Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs; Michael F.A.
Morehart, Chief, Terrorist Financing Operations Section,

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Counterterrorism Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department
of Justice; and Kevin Delli-Colli, Deputy Assistant Director, Financial
and Trade Investigations Division, Office of Investigations, U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security.
MANUFACTURED HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Housing and Transportation concluded a hearing to examine S. 2123, to
modernize the manufactured housing loan insurance program under title I
of the National Housing Act, after receiving testimony from Brian D.
Montgomery, Assistant Secretary for Housing, Federal Housing
Commissioner, and Michael J. Frenz, Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer, Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae), both of
the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Kevin Clayton, Clayton
Homes, Inc., Maryville, Tennessee, on behalf of the Manufactured
Housing Institute and the Manufactured Housing Association for
Regulatory Reform; and Kevin Jewell, Manufactured Housing Project,
Austin, Texas, on behalf of Consumers Union.
TSA'S BAGGAGE AND PASSENGER SCREENING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
a hearing to examine the responsibilities, operations, and priorities
of Transportation Security Administration in airline passenger and
baggage screening, after receiving testimony from Edmund ``Kip''
Hawley, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Transportation
Security; Cathleen Berrick, Director, Homeland Security and Justice,
Government Accountability Office; and Gregory O. Principato, Airports
Council International-North America, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the
American Association of Airport Executives.
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings
to examine design elements of a mandatory market-based greenhouse gas
regulatory system in the United States, including trading and
international competitiveness, after receiving testimony from sundry
witnesses.
TAX PREPARERS
Committee on Finance: Committee held a hearing to examine the quality
and costs of paid federal income tax return preparers, focusing on
enrolled agents--those who are approved by the Internal Revenue Service
(IRS) after passing an examination on tax matters or demonstrating past
IRS employment experience, receiving testimony from Michael Brostek,
Director, Strategic Issues, Government Accountability Office; Bert
Dumars, Director, Electronic Tax Administration, and Nina E. Olson,
National Taxpayer Advocate, Taxpayer Advocate Service, both of the
Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury; and Robert A.
Weinberger, H&R Block, on behalf of the Free File Alliance, LLC,
Francis X. Degen, National Association of Enrolled Agents, and Harley
T. Duncan, Federation of Tax Administrators, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
COUNTERTERRORISM PRIORITIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International
Operations and Terrorism met in closed session to receive a briefing
regarding counterterrorism priorities from Henry A. Crumpton,
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Office of the Coordinator for
Counterterrorism, Department of State.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.






                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 16 public bills, H.R. 5074-
5081; 1 private bill, H.R. 5090; and 10 resolutions, H.J. Res. 83; H.
Con. Res. 377; and H. Res. 753-754, 756-761 were introduced.
                                                         Pages H1451-52
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages H1452-54
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
  H.R. 4916, to authorize United States participation in, and
appropriations for, the United States contribution to the first
replenishment of the resources of the Enterprise for the Americas
Multilateral Investment Fund (H. Rept. 109-403); and

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  H. Res. 755, providing for consideration of H.R. 513, to amend the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to clarify when organizations
described in section 527 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 must
register as political committees (H. Rept. 109-404).
Page H1451
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed
Representative Murphy to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
                                                             Page H1397
Recess: The House recessed at 12:55 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m.
                                                      Pages H1399-H1400
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the
following measures:
  Providing for the appointment of Phillip Frost as a citizen regent of
the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: H.J. Res. 81, to
provide for the appointment of Phillip Frost as a citizen regent of the
Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, by a yea and nay vote
of 406 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 82;
  Pages H1401-02
  Providing for the reappointment of Alan G. Spoon as a citizen regent
of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution: H.J. Res. 82,
to provide for the reappointment of Alan G. Spoon as a citizen regent
of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution;
                                                  Pages H1402-03, H1418
  Recognizing the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
and supporting continued efforts to control radiation and mitigate the
adverse health consequences related to the Chernobyl nuclear power
plant: H. Res. 703, to recognize the 20th anniversary of the Chernobyl
nuclear disaster and supporting continued efforts to control radiation
and mitigate the adverse health consequences related to the Chernobyl
nuclear power plant, by a yea and nay vote of 402 yeas to 1 nay, Roll
No. 83;
  Pages H1403-07, H1418-19
  Expressing support for the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 as the
blueprint for lasting peace in Northern Ireland and support for
continued police reform in Northern Ireland as a critical element in
the peace process: H. Res. 744, to express support for the Good Friday
Agreement of 1998 as the blueprint for lasting peace in Northern
Ireland and support for continued police reform in Northern Ireland as
a critical element in the peace process, by a yea and nay vote of 399
yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 84; and
                                               Pages H1407-11, H1419-20
  Recognizing the benefits and importance of school-based music
education: H. Con. Res. 355, amended, to recognize the benefits and
importance of school-based music education.
  Pages H1415-17
Recess: The House recessed at 3:27 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m.
                                                             Page H1417
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House completed debate on the
following measure under suspension of the rules. Further consideration
of the measure will resume tomorrow, April 5th:
  Commending the people of the Republic of the Marshall Islands for the
contributions and sacrifices they made to the United States nuclear
testing program in the Marshall Islands, solemnly acknowledging the
first detonation of a hydrogen bomb by the United States on March 1,
1954, on the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, and remembering that
60 years ago the United States began its nuclear testing program in the
Marshall Islands: H. Res. 692, amended, to commend the people of the
Republic of the Marshall Islands for the contributions and sacrifices
they made to the United States nuclear testing program in the Marshall
Islands, solemnly acknowledging the first detonation of a hydrogen bomb
by the United States on March 1, 1954, on the Bikini Atoll in the
Marshall Islands, and remembering that 60 years ago the United States
began its nuclear testing program in the Marshall Islands.
                                                         Pages H1411-15
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 754, electing the
following member to the following standing committee: Committee on
Science: Representative Neugebauer to rank after Representatives
Feeney, and Diaz-Balart, Mario, of Florida.
  Page H1420
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appear on page
H1429.
Senate Referrals: S. Con. Res. 60 was referred to the Committe on
Resouces and S.J. Res. 28 was held at the desk.
  Page H1450
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the
proceedings of today and appear on pages H1418, H1418-19, H1419. There
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 11:59 p.m.

Committee Meetings
DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, AND HUD, THE JUDICIARY,
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of
Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the
Judiciary, District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies held a
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the Supreme Court. Testimony was heard from the following Associate
Justices of the Supreme Court: Anthony M. Kennedy; and Clarence Thomas.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs held a hearing on Secretary of State,
Foreign Assistance Programs. Testimony was heard from Condoleezza Rice,
Secretary of State.
MILITARY QUALITY OF LIFE, AND VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life
and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies held a hearing on the
Defense Health Program. Testimony was heard from the following Surgeon
Generals, Department of Defense: LTG Kevin Kiley, U.S. Army Medical
Command; VADM Donald C. Arthur, U.S. Navy; and LTG George P. Taylor,
U.S. Marine Corps.
DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, JUSTICE, AND COMMERCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Science, the Departments
of State, Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies held a hearing on
Office of Science and Technology Policy. Testimony was heard from John
H. Marburger, III, Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy.
GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR AND BEYOND
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on improving interagency
coordination for the Global War on Terror and beyond. Testimony was
heard from ADM Edmund P. Giambastiani, USN, Vice-Chairman, Joint Chiefs
of Staff, Department of Defense; Ambassador Henry A. Crumpton,
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State; VADM John Scot
Redd, USN (Ret.), Director, National Counterterrorism Center, Office of
the National Intelligence Director; and Thomas W. O'Connell, Assistant
Secretary, Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, Department of
Defense.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST--FUTURE COMBAT/FORCE
PROTECTION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land
Forces held a hearing on the Fiscal Year 2007 National Defense
Authorization budget request--Future Combat Systems, Modularity, and
Force Protection Initiatives. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the GAO: Paul L. Francis, Director, Acquisition and
Sourcing Management; and Janet St. Laurent, Director, Defense
Capabilities and Management; Mike Gilmore, Assistant Director, National
Security, CBO; the following officials of the Department of the Army:
Claude M. Bolton, Assistant Secretary (Acquisition, Logistics and
Technology); LTG David F. Melcher, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, Army G8
(Programming, Material Integration and Management); and LTG James J.
Lovelace, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, Army G3/5/7 (Operations and
Requirements); LTG James N. Mattis, USMC, Commanding General, Marine
Corps Combat Development Command; and MG William D. Catto, USMC,
Commander, Marine Corps Systems Command, both with the Department of
the Navy.
INTERNET CHILD PREDATORS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Sexual Exploitation of
Children Over the Internet: What Parents, Kids, and Congress Need To
Know About Child Predators.'' Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
  In refusing to give testimony at this hearing, Ken Gourlay invoked
Fifth Amendment privileges.
  Hearings continue April 6.
VISA PROCESSING DELAYS
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled ``The Impact of
Visa Processing Delays on the Arts, Education, and American
Innovation.'' Testimony was heard from Tony Edson, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Visa Services, Department of State; Jess T. Ford, Director,
International Affairs and Trade, GAO; and public witnesses.
MANAGING AIRPORT SECURITY
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and
Agency Organization held a hearing entitled ``Travel vs. Terrorism:
Federal Workforce Issues in Managing Airport Security.'' Testimony was
heard from Cathleen Berrick, Director, Homeland Security and Justice,
GAO; Robert Jamison, Deputy Secretary, Operations, Transportation
Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security; Kathy
Dillaman, Deputy Associate Director, Center for Federal Investigative
Services, OPM; and a public witness.
NUCLEAR SECURITY
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security,
Emerging Threats and International Relations held a hearing entitled
``Nuclear Security: Has the NRC Strengthened Facility Standards Since
9/11?'' Testimony was heard from Jim

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Wells, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, GAO; Nils Diaz,
Chairman, NRC; Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, State of
Connecticut; and public witnesses.
SAFE PORT ACT
Committee on Homeland Security: Held a hearing on H.R. 4954, SAFE Port
Act. Testimony was heard from Michael P. Jackson, Deputy Secretary,
Department of Homeland Security; Bethann Rooney, Manager of Port
Security, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; and public
witnesses.
GOVERNMENT-ACQUIRED PERSONAL INFORMATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and
Administrative Law and the Subcommittee on Constitution held a joint
oversight hearing entitled ``Personal Information Acquired by the
Government From Information Resellers: Is There Need for Improvement?''
Testimony was heard from Linda D. Koontz, Director, Information
Management Issues, GAO; Maureen Cooney, Acting Chief Privacy Officer,
Department of Homeland Security; and public witnesses.
LOBBYING ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a
hearing on H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of
2006. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CONCURRENT RESOLUTION ON THE BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2007
Committee on Rules: H. Con. Res. 376, Establishing the congressional
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2007 and
setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008
through 2011.
  Testimony was heard from Chairman Nussle and Representatives Spratt,
Cooper, Scott of Virginia, and Jackson-Lee of Texas; action deferred.
527 REFORM ACT OF 2005
Committee on Rules: granted, by a vote of 9 to 3, a closed rule
providing one hour of debate in the House on H.R. 513, 527 Reform Act
of 2005, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking
minority member of the Committee on House Administration. The rule
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. The rule
provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended
by the Committee on House Administration now printed in the bill,
modified by the amendment printed in the Rules Committee report
accompanying the resolution, shall be considered as adopted. The rule
waives all points of order against the bill as amended. Finally, the
rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions.
  Testimony was heard from Chairman Ehlers and Representatives Shays,
Pence, Dent and Jackson-Lee of Texas.
OVERSIGHT--RELIABILITY OF HIGHWAY TRUST FUND REVENUE ESTIMATES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on
Highways, Transit and Pipelines held an oversight hearing on
Reliability of Highway Trust Fund Revenue Estimates. Testimony was
heard from Robert Carroll, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Tax Analysis,
Department of the Treasury; Donald Marron, Acting Director, CBO; and
Katherine Siggerud, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, GAO.






                            NEW PUBLIC LAWS

     (For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D 269)
  H.R. 4911, to temporarily extend the programs under the Higher
Education Act of 1965. Signed on April 1, 2006. (Public Law 109-212)






                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             APRIL 5, 2006

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch,
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 2007 for Sergeant at Arms, U.S. Capitol Police, and Capitol
Guide Service, 10:30 a.m., SD-18.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies,
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 2007 for the Department of Justice, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water, to hold hearings to examine
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for Army Corps of
Engineers, 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and
Capabilities, to hold hearings to examine Department of Defense's
role in combating terrorism in review of the defense authorization
request for fiscal year 2007 and the future years defense program;
to be followed by a closed session, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold hearings
to examine improving contractor incentives in review of the defense
authorization request for fiscal year 2007, 3 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee
on Global Climate Change and Impacts, to hold hearings to examine
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science in the Asia Pacific Partnership, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public
Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine the 2005 wildfire
season and the Federal land management agencies' preparations for
the 2006 wildfire season, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to
examine the nominations of Richard Capka, of Pennsylvania, to be
Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, Department of
Transportation, and James B. Gulliford, of Missouri, to be Assistant
Administrator for Toxic Substances, and William Ludwig Wehrum, Jr.,
of Tennessee, to be an Assistant Administrator, both of the
Environmental Protection Agency, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the nomination
of W. Ralph Basham, of Virginia, to be Commissioner of Customs,
Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the
Indian separation plan and the administration's related legislative
proposal, relating to U.S.-India atomic energy cooperation, 9:30
a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to examine
Islamist extremism in Europe, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee
on Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness, to hold hearings to
examine all hazards medical response, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold
hearings to examine S. 2459, to improve cargo security, 10 a.m., SD-
342.
  Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government
Information, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine
various avenues of Federal funding for museums including authorized
programs, grantmaking agencies and earmarks, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the
problem of methamphetamine in Indian country, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to consider the
nomination of Daniel L. Cooper, of Pennsylvania, to be Under
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Benefits, time to be announced, S-
216, Capitol.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to
consider pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to mark up H.R. 4200, Forest Emergency
Recovery and Research Act, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on the Departments of
Transportation, Treasury, and Housing and Urban Development, the
Judiciary, District of Columbia, and Independent Agencies, on
Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., and on the Federal Judiciary, 3
p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related
Agencies, on DOE Energy Supply and Conservation, Fossil Energy, 10
a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, on
National Park Service, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs, and
Related Agencies, on BRAC 2005 Implementation, 10 a.m., H-143
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Science, the Departments of State, Justice, and
Commerce, and Related Agencies, on Secretary of Commerce, 10 a.m.,
and on State International Organizations, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing to review major defense
acquisition reform initiatives, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Projection Forces, hearing on the U.S.
Shipbuilding Industrial Base, 4 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on service contracting's impact
on military readiness, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on future plans for the
Department of Energy's nuclear weapons complex infrastructure, 3:30
p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and
Capabilities, hearing on implementing the 2006 Quadrennial Defense
Review (QDR) recommendations to combat weapons of mass destruction
(WMD), 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up the Communications
Opportunity, Promotion, and Enhancement Act of 2006, 10 a.m., 2123
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider H. Res. 718,
Requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Homeland
Security to provide to the House of Representatives certain
documents in their possession relating to the Dubai Ports World
acquisition of six United States ports leases, 12 p.m., 2128
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy, Trade,
and Technology, hearing entitled ``Reauthorization of the Export-
Import Bank of the United States,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing
entitled ``Transforming the Federal Housing Administration for the
21st Century,'' 9 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Energy and
Resources, hearing entitled: Conjunctive Water Management: A
Solution to the West's Growing Water Demand?'', 2 p.m., 2154
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Finance, and
Accountability, hearing entitled ``The Improper Payments Information
Act--Are Agencies Meeting the Requirements of the Law?'', 2 p.m.,
2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, hearing entitled ``The
Sarbanes-Oxley Act Four Years Later: What Have We Learned?'', 10
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, hearing on the U.S.-India
Global Partnership, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following bills: H.R.
4975, Lobbying Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006; and H.R.
3509, Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act of 2005, 10
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property,
oversight hearing entitled ``Patent Quality Enhancement in the
Information-Based Economy,'' 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, hearing on
H.R. 4777, Internet Gambling Prohibition Act, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, hearing on H.R. 4893, to amend section 20
of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act to restrict off-reservation
gaming, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on the
following bills: H.R. 5025, Mount Hood Stewardship Legacy Act; H.R.
5016, Las Cienegas Enhancement Act; and H.R. 3534, Piedras Blancas
Historic Light Station Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2005, 9:15
a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing entitled ``The
Bureau of Reclamation's 21st Century Challenges in Managing,
Protecting and Developing Water and Power Supplies,'' 2 p.m., 1324
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to mark up H.R. 4975, Lobbying Accountability
and Transparency Act of 2006, 2:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, to mark up H. Res. 717, Directing the
Secretary of Commerce to transmit to the House of Representatives a
copy of a workforce globalization final draft report produced by the
Technology Administration, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``IRS Latest
Enforcement: Is the Bulls-Eye on Small Businesses?'', 10 a.m., 2360
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the
following: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Survey Resolutions; GSA
Capital Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions; H. Con. Res.
235, Expressing the sense of the Congress that States should require
candidates for driver's licenses to demonstrate an ability to
exercise greatly increased caution when driving in the proximity of
a potentially visually impaired individual; H. Con. Res. 349,
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater
Washington Soap Box Derby; H. Con. Res. 359, Authorizing the use of
the Capitol Grounds for the District of Columbia Special Olympics
Law Enforcement Torch Run; H. Con. Res. 372, Recognizing the 50th
anniversary of the Interstate Highway System; H.R. 3858, Pets
Evacuation and Transportation Standards Act of 2005; H.R. 4880,
Maritime Terminal Security Enhancement Act of 2006; the National
Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization; the Railroad Retirement
Correction Bill; and other pending business, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on implementation of the
United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on the use of technology
to improve public benefit programs, 3 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.


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                       Next Meeting of the SENATE
                     9:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 5
                            __________

                             Senate Chamber
Program for Wednesday: Senate will continue consideration of S. 2454,
Securing America's Borders Act.

              Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                      10 a.m., Wednesday, April 5
                            __________

                             House Chamber
Program for Wednesday: Consideration of suspensions (1) H.R. 3127--
Darfur Peace and Accountability Act of 2006; (2) H. Con. Res. 320--
Calling on the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to
immediately and unconditionally release Dr. Pham Hong Son and other
political prisoners and prisoners of conscience; (3) H. Res. 578--
Concerning the Government of Romania's ban on intercountry adoptions
and the welfare of orphaned or abandoned children in Romania; (4) H.
Con. Res. 360--Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the
National Peace Officers' Memorial Service; (5) H. Con. Res. 371--
Honoring and congratulating the Minnesota National Guard, on its 150th
anniversary, for its spirit of dedication and service to the State of
Minnesota and the Nation and recognizing that the role of the National
Guard, the Nation's citizen-soldier-based militia, which was formed
before the United States Army, has been and still is extremely
important to the security and freedom of the Nation; (6) H. Con. Res.
370--Expressing the sense of the Congress that Saudi Arabia should
fully live up to its World Trade Organization commitments and end all
aspects of any boycott on Israel; (7) H. Res. 737--Supporting the goals
and ideals of Financial Literacy Month; (8) H.R. 4688--Mayor John
Thompson `Tom' Garrison Memorial Post Office Designation Act; (9) H.R.
4561--Francisco `Pancho' Medrano Post Office Building Designation Act;
(10) H.R. 4646--Coach John Wooden Post Office Building Designation Act;
(11) H. Res. 556--Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives
that a National Methamphetamine Prevention Week should be established
to increase awareness of methamphetamine and to educate the public on
ways to help prevent the use of that damaging narcotic; (12) H. Con.
Res. 366--To congratulate the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration on the 25th anniversary of the first flight of the Space
Transportation System, to honor Commander John Young and the Pilot
Robert Crippen, who flew Space Shuttle Columbia on April 12-14, 1981,
on its first orbital test flight, and to commend the men and women of
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and all those
supporting America's space program for their accomplishments and their
role in inspiring the American people; and (13) H. Res. 541--Honoring
Drs. Roy J. Glauber, John L. Hall, and Theodor W. Hansch for being
awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2005, and Drs. Yves Chauvin,
Robert H. Grubbs, and Richard R. Schrock for being awarded the Nobel
Prize in Chemistry for 2005. Also consideration of H.R. 513--527 Reform
Act of 2005 (Subject to a Rule).
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            Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

                   HOUSE

     Bilirakis, Michael, Fla., E513
     Blunt, Roy, Mo., E508
     Boehlert, Sherwood, N.Y., E500
     Bordallo, Madeleine Z., Guam, E509
     Burgess, Michael C., Tex., E502
     Cardin, Benjamin L., Md., E515
     Case, Ed, Hawaii, E498
     Cleaver, Emanuel, Mo., E502
     Cole, Tom, Okla., E508
     Costa, Jim, Calif., E514
     Davis, Danny K., Ill., E512
     Davis, Jo Ann, Va., E510
     Davis, Tom, Va., E511
     Diaz-Balart, Lincoln, Fla., E514
     Foley, Mark, Fla., E513
     Higgins, Brian, N.Y., E498
     Honda, Michael M., Calif., E498
     Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E511, E512
     Johnson, Sam, Tex., E500
     Jones, Stephanie Tubbs, Ohio, E514
     Kucinich, Dennis J., Ohio, E511, E512
     Lantos, Tom, Calif., E516
     Lynch, Stephen F., Mass., E498
     Maloney, Carolyn B., N.Y., E503, E505
     Meek, Kendrick B., Fla., E499
     Moran, James P., Va., E510
     Moran, Jerry, Kans., E510
     Nunes, Devin, Calif., E497, E514
     Osborne, Tom, Nebr., E508
     Pombo, Richard W., Calif., E508
     Pomeroy, Earl, N.D., E510
     Porter, Jon C., Nev., E503, E505
     Radanovich, George, Calif., E516
     Rahall, Nick J., II, W.Va., E515
     Rangel, Charles B., N.Y., E504, E506, E511, E512
     Ryan, Tim, Ohio, E503
     Schakowsky, Janice D., Ill., E499, E502
     Sessions, Pete, Tex., E509
     Stark, Fortney Pete, Calif., E508
     Thompson, Mike, Calif., E503, E505
     Visclosky, Peter J., Ind., E499
     Wilson, Joe, S.C., E513