Congress Merge: Current Congressional Schedules

House Schedule	Senate Schedule
Program For The Remainder Of The Week Monday, March 13, 2006 The House meets at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 14, 2006 The House meets at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 15, 2006 The House meets at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, March 16, 2006 The House meets at 10:00 a.m.	Tuesday, Mar 14, 2006 10:00 a.m.: Convene and begin consideration of S.Con.Res. 83, the Budget Resolution. Previous Meeting Monday, Mar 13, 2006 The Senate convened at 10:00 a.m. and adjourned at 7:04 p.m. One record vote was taken. Daily Digest (latest issue) Senate Calendar (latest issue) Executive Calendar (latest issue - PDF)
House Committee Schedule	Senate Committee Schedule
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 10:00 a.m. *House Committee on Appropriations* Legislative Subcommittee Hearing on FY 2007 approps. for House of Representatives, Office of Compliance, and the Architect of the Capitol. Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2359 1:30 p.m. *House Committee on Appropriations* Military Quality of Life and Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee Hearing on FY 2007 approps. for Central Command. H-143 Capitol. 2:00 p.m. *House Committee on Appropriations* Science, State, Justice and Commerce Subcommittee Hearing on FY 2007 approps. for U.S. Attorney General. Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2359 9:30 a.m. *House Committee on Appropriations* Transportation, Treasury, HUD, the Judiciary, and D.C. Subcommittee Hearing on FY 2007 approps. for HUD. Alphonso Jackson, HUD Secretary. Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2358 2:00 p.m. *House Committee on Armed Services* Full Committee. Hearing on the Quadrennial Defense Review. Gordon England, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Adm. Edmund Giambastiani, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2118 5:30 p.m. *House Committee on Armed Services* Full Committee. Mark-up of H.Res. 685 - Requesting the President and directing the Secretary of State and Secretary of Defense provide to the House documents relating to any entity with which the United States has contracted for public relations purposes concerning Iraq. Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2118 2:00 p.m. *House Committee on Financial Services* Full Committee. Hearing on the Rudman Report on Fannie Mae. Former Sen. Warren Rudman. Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2128 2:00 p.m. *House Committee on Government Reform* National Security, Emerging Threats, and International Relations Subcommittee Hearing on classified and sensitive information policies. Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2154 1:00 p.m. *House Committee on Judiciary* Commercial and Administrative Law Subcommittee Hearing on H.R. 3509 - Workplace Goods Job Growth and Competitiveness Act. Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2141 5:00 p.m. *House Committee on Rules* Full Committee. Markup of H.R. ___ - Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Hurricane Recovery. H-313 Capitol.	Monday, Mar. 13, 2006 3 p.m. *Senate Committee on Armed Services* To hold a closed briefing on an update from the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization. Location: Russell Senate Office Building, Room 222 Tuesday, Mar. 14, 2006 9:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Armed Services* To hold hearings to examine military strategy and operational requirements in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2007 and the future years defense program. Location: Hart Senate Office Building, Room 216 9:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs* Investigations Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine Federal contractors with unpaid tax debt, focusing on the extent to which contractors are tax delinquent and what can be done about it. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 342 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry* To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Boyd Kevin Rutherford, of Maryland, and Linda Avery Strachan, of Virginia, each to be an Assistant Secretary, Gale A. Buchanan, of Georgia, to be Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, and Marc L. Kesselman, of Tennessee, to be General Counsel, all of the Department of Agriculture. Location: Russell Senate Office Building, Room 328A 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Appropriations* Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the Food and Drug Administration. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 192 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs* To hold hearings to examine the nominations of James S. Simpson, of New York, to be Federal Transit Administrator, Department of Transportation, and Robert M. Couch, of Alabama, to be President, Government National Mortgage Association. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 538 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation* To hold hearings to examine wireless issues relating to spectrum reform. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 106 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Finance* To hold hearings to examine administrative challenges facing the Social Security Administration. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 215 10:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Judiciary* To hold hearings to examine consolidation in the oil and gas industry. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 226 2:15 p.m. *Senate Committee on Foreign Relations* Business meeting to consider Convention between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Bangladesh for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income signed at Dhaka on September 26, 2004 with an exchange of notes enclosed (Treaty Doc.109-05), Protocol Amending the Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the French Republic for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital, signed at Paris on August 31, 1994 (Treaty Doc.109-04), Protocol Amending the Convention Between the United States of America and the French Republic for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Estates, Inheritances, and Gifts signed at Washington on November 24, 1978 (Treaty Doc.109-07), Protocol Amending the Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Sweden for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income signed at Washington on September 30, 2005 (Treaty Doc.109-08), Protocol of 1997 to Amend the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as Modified by the Protocol of 1978 thereto (hereinafter the �Protocol of 1997�), The Protocol of 1997, which would add Annex VI, Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships, to the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, as Modified by the Protocol of 1978 (hereinafter the �MARPOL Convention�), was signed by the United States on December 22, 1998 (Treaty Doc.108-07), Treaty Between the United States of America and Japan on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Washington on August 5, 2003; including a related exchange of notes (Treaty Doc.108-12), Treaty Between the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Washington on October 14, 2003, and a related exchange of notes (Treaty Doc.108-27), and the nominations of Randall L. Tobias, of Indiana, to be Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, Mark D. Wallace, of Florida, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform and to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the rank of Ambassador, Richard T. Miller, of Texas, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations and to be Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, John A. Simon, of Maryland, to be Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, promotion lists in the Foreign Service, and an original bill to implement the obligations of the United States under the Protocol Additional to the Agreement Between the United States of America and the International Atomic Energy Agency for the Application of Safeguards in the United States of America (Treaty Doc. 107-07). Location: Capitol Building, Room S-116 2:30 p.m. *Senate Committee on Armed Services* To hold hearings to examine the Joint Strike Fighter F-136 Alternate Engine Program in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2007 and the future years defense program. Location: Hart Senate Office Building, Room 216 2:30 p.m. *Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation* To hold hearings to examine Wall Street perspective on telecommunications. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 106 2:30 p.m. *Senate Committee on Appropriations* Energy and Water Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine an overview of the proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the Office of Science, the Energy Supply and Conservation account, and the Fossil Energy Research and Development account within the Department of Energy. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 138 2:30 p.m. *Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources* National Parks Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2007 for the National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 366 2:30 p.m. *Senate Committee on Armed Services* Personnel Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine health benefits and programs in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2007. Location: Russell Senate Office Building, Room 325 3 p.m. *Senate Committee on Appropriations* District of Columbia Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the D.C. Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, and the D.C. Public Defender Service. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 192 3 p.m. *Senate Committee on Judiciary* To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Michael A. Chagares, of New Jersey, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Gray Hampton Miller, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, and Jeffrey L. Sedgwick, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and Sharee M. Freeman, of Virginia, to be Director, Community Relations Service, both of the Department of Justice. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 226 Wednesday, Mar. 15, 2006 9 a.m. *Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions* Business meeting to consider S. 1955, to amend title I of the Employee Retirement Security Act of 1974 and the Public Health Service Act to expand health care access and reduce costs through the creation of small business health plans and through modernization of the health insurance marketplace. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 430 9 a.m. *Senate Committee on Judiciary* Business meeting to consider the nominations of Norman Randy Smith, of Idaho, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Patrick Joseph Schiltz, to be United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, and Steven G. Bradbury, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, and John F. Clark, of Virginia, to be Director of the United States Marshals Service, both of the Department of Justice, proposed comprehensive immigration reform legislation, S. 1768, to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings, S. 829, to allow media coverage of court proceedings, S. 489, to amend chapter 111 of title 28, United States Code, to limit the duration of Federal consent decrees to which State and local governments are a party, S. 2039, to provide for loan repayment for prosecutors and public defenders, S. 2292, to provide relief for the Federal judiciary from excessive rent charges, and S.J.Res. 1, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 226 9:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Armed Services* To hold hearings to examine the Joint Strike Fighter F136 Alternative Engine Program in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2007 and the future years defense program. Location: Hart Senate Office Building, Room 216 9:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Foreign Relations* To hold hearings to examine Post-Palestinian election challenges in the Middle East. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 419 9:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Indian Affairs* To hold hearings to examine S. 1899, to amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention Act to identify and remove barriers to reducing child abuse, to provide for examinations of certain children. Location: Russell Senate Office Building, Room 485 9:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Armed Services* Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine ground forces readiness in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2007. Location: Russell Senate Office Building, Room 222 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Appropriations* Defense Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the Department of the Navy. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 192 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Aging* To hold hearings to examine eliminating retirement income disparity for women. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 106 10:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Appropriations* Legislative Branch Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the Secretary of the Senate, Architect of the Capitol, including an update on the progress of the Capitol Visitor Center. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 138 11:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources* Business meeting to consider pending calendar business. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 366 1:30 p.m. *Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation* To hold hearings to examine innovation and competitiveness legislation. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562 2:30 p.m. *Senate Committee on Judiciary* Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine hospital group purchasing, focusing on if the industry's reforms are sufficient to ensure competition. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 226 2:30 p.m. *Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs* Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine the progress of the programs on the Government Accountability Office's high-risk list, including whether a proposal to create a Chief Management Officer at the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Defense would foster a culture of accountability necessary for improved high-risk program performance. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 342 3 p.m. *Senate Committee on Armed Services* Airland Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine Air Force and Navy tactical aviation programs in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2007 and the future years defense program. Location: Russell Senate Office Building, Room 232A Thursday, Mar. 16, 2006 9 a.m. *Senate Committee on Judiciary* To hold hearings to examine pending calendar business. Location: Capitol Building, Room S-207 9:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Armed Services* To hold hearings to examine military strategy and operational requirements in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2007 and the future years defense program; to be followed Location: by a closed session in Hart Senate Office Building, Room 219. Location: Hart Senate Office Building, Room 216 9:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Appropriations* Interior and Related Agencies Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the Forest Service. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 124 9:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Finance* International Trade Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine Cuno and competitiveness. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 215 9:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Appropriations* Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the Department of Transportation and Amtrak. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 138 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Appropriations* Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, Research, Education, and Economics, Rural Development, and Natural Resources Conservation Service. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 192 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation* Disaster Prevention and Prediction Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine impacts on aviation regarding volcanic hazards. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works* To hold hearings to examine the Great Lakes Regional Collaboration's strategy to restore and protect the Great Lakes. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 628 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs* To hold hearings to examine the homeless programs administered by the VA. Location: Russell Senate Office Building, Room 418 10:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions* To hold hearings to examine reauthorization of Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act relating to enhancing public health and medical preparedness. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 430 1:30 p.m. *Senate Committee on Judiciary* Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights Subcommittee Business meeting to consider S.J.Res. 12, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 226 2 p.m. *Senate Committee on Appropriations* State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine an overview of democracy programs. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 138 2:30 p.m. *Senate Committee on Appropriations* Energy and Water Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the National Nuclear Security Administration budget. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 124 2:30 p.m. *Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs* Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine understanding the obligation of Funds Transparency Act, focusing on the need for earmark reform and legislation that would be an important step toward achieving such reform. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 342 3 p.m. *Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation* Business meeting to consider pending calendar business. Location: Capitol Building, Room S-128 3:30 p.m. *Senate Committee on Armed Services* Strategic Forces Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine Global Strike Plans and programs in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2007. Location: Russell Senate Office Building, Room 222 Tuesday, Mar. 28, 2006 9:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Indian Affairs* To hold hearings to examine the settlement of Cobell v. Norton. Location: Russell Senate Office Building, Room 485 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation* Aviation Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine Federal Aviation Administration budget and the long term viability of the Aviation Trust Fund. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions* Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine public health infrastructure. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 430 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Appropriations* Energy and Water Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for Bureau of Reclamation. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 138 2:30 p.m. *Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation* National Ocean Policy Study Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine offshore aquaculture. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562 2:30 p.m. *Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions* Retirement Security and Aging Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine Older Americans Act. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 430 Wednesday, Mar. 29, 2006 9:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Armed Services* Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine U.S. nonproliferation strategy and the roles and missions of the Department of Defense and the Department of Energy in nonproliferation in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2007 and the future years defense program. Location: Russell Senate Office Building, Room 222 9:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Indian Affairs* Business meeting to consider pending calendar business. Location: Russell Senate Office Building, Room 485 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation* Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine the importance of basic research to United States' competitiveness. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562 2:30 p.m. *Senate Committee on Armed Services* Strategic Forces Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine missile defense programs in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2007. Location: Russell Senate Office Building, Room 222 Thursday, Mar. 30, 2006 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation* Disaster Prevention and Prediction Subcommittee To hold an oversight hearing to examine National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Appropriations* Energy and Water Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for Ycca Mountain/EM/Office of Safeguards and Security. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 138 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs* To hold hearings to examine the legislative presentations of the National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, the AMVETS, the American Ex-Prisoners of War, and the Vietnam Veterans of America. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 106 2 p.m. *Senate Committee on Armed Services* Personnel Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine reserve component personnel policies in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2007. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 106 2:30 p.m. *Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation* To hold hearings to examine competition and convergence. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562 Tuesday, Apr. 4, 2006 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation* Aviation Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine Federal Aviation Administration funding options. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562 Wednesday, Apr. 5, 2006 9:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Armed Services* Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee 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. Location: Russell Senate Office Building, Room 222 9:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Indian Affairs* To hold hearings to examine the problem of methamphetamine in Indian country. Location: Russell Senate Office Building, Room 485 10:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Appropriations* Legislative Branch Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the Sergeant at Arms and U.S. Capitol Police Board. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 138 3 p.m. *Senate Committee on Armed Services* Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine improving contractor incentives in review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2007. Location: Russell Senate Office Building, Room 222 Thursday, Apr. 6, 2006 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation* National Ocean Policy Study Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine offshore aquaculture, focusing on current proposals to regulate offshore aquaculture operations, discuss research in this field being conducted off the coasts of New England and Hawaii, and the impacts that expanded aquaculture operations would have on fishermen, seafood processors, and consumers. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 562 Wednesday, Apr. 26, 2006 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation* Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine fostering innovation in math and science education. Room to be announced 10:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Appropriations* Legislative Branch Subcommittee To resume hearings to examine the progress of construction on the Capitol Visitor Center. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 138 Wednesday, May. 3, 2006 10:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Appropriations* Legislative Branch Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the Government Printing Office, Congressional Budget Office, and Office of Compliance. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 138 Wednesday, May. 17, 2006 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation* Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine accelerating the adoption of health information technology. Room to be announced Wednesday, May. 24, 2006 10:30 a.m. *Senate Committee on Appropriations* Legislative Branch Subcommittee To resume hearings to examine the progress of construction on the Capitol Visitor Center. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 138 Wednesday, Jun. 14, 2006 10 a.m. *Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation* Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness Subcommittee To hold hearings to examine alternative energy technologies. Room to be announced