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Senate Appropriations Committee Hearing Schedule – Week of April 24, 2006

Wednesday, April 26

10:00 a.m. – The Defense Subcommittee will meet at 10:00 am on Wednesday, April 26, 2006 in Room SD-192 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The program includes a review of the FY 2007 National Guard and Reserve Budget.

Witnesses:

Panel I:

LTG H. Steven Blum, Chief, National Guard Bureau

LTG Clyde Vaughn, Director, Army National Guard

Maj. Gen. Charles Ickes, II, Acting Director, Air National Guard

Panel II:

LTG James R. Helmly, Chief, Army Reserve

VADM John G. Cotton, Chief, Naval Reserve

Lt. Gen. John W. Bergman, Commander, Marine Corps Reserve

Lt. Gen. John A. Bradley, Chief, Air Force Reserve

10:30 a.m. – The Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch will meet in room 138 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building for an overview of the President’s Fiscal Year 2007 Budget Request for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and other issues.

Witnesses:

Mr. David M. Walker, Comptroller General

Mr. Gene L. Dodaro, Chief Operating Officer

Ms. Sallyanne Harper, Chief Administrator Officer

Mr. George G. Strider, Controller

2:00 p.m. – The Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science will meet in room 192 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The program includes a review of the Fiscal Year 2007 Budget for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

Witness: Dr. Michael Griffin, Administrator

Thursday, April 27

9:30 a.m. – The Subcommittee on the Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, and Housing and Urban Development will meet in room 138 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building for the Internal Revenue Service.

Witnesses:

The Honorable Mark Everson, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service

The Honorable Raymond T. Wagner, Chairman, IRS Oversight Board

The Honorable Russell George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

Ms. Nina E. Olsen, National Taxpayer Advocate, Taxpayer Advocate Service, Washington, DC

10:30 a.m. – The Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch will meet in room 116 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building for an overview of the progress of the Capitol Visitor Center Construction.

Witnesses:

Alan Hantman, The Architect of the Capitol

Bernard Ungar, Director, Physical Infrastructure, Government Accountability Office

Terrell Dorn, Government Accountability Office

Robert C. Hixon, Jr., Capitol Visitor Center Project Executive