[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 30, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D113-D115]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            JANUARY 31, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: organizational 
business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing 
expenditures for committee operation; to be followed by a hearing to 
examine the roles of Federal food assistance programs in family 
economic security and nutrition, 9:45 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding the Iraq ``surge'' plan, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to resume 
hearings to examine abusive practices in Department of Defense 
contracting for services and inter-agency contracting, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-222.

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  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: organizational 
business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing 
expenditures for committee operations, committee's rules of 
procedure for the 110th Congress, and subcommittee assignments; to 
be followed by a hearing to examine the Department of the Treasury's 
report to Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate 
Policy (IEERP) and the U.S.-China strategic economic dialogue, 10 
a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine solutions to 
long-term fiscal challenges, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business; to be followed by a 
hearing to examine economic and security concerns relating to 
promoting travel to America, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider S. 202, to provide for the conveyance of certain Forest 
Service land to the city of Coffman Cove, Alaska, S. 216, to provide 
for the exchange of certain Federal land in the Santa Fe National 
Forest and certain non-Federal land in the Pecos National Historical 
Park in the State of New Mexico, S. 220, to authorize early 
repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the A & 
B Irrigation District in the State of Idaho, S. 232, to make 
permanent the authorization for watershed restoration and 
enhancement agreements, S. 235, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain buildings and lands of the Yakima 
Project, Washington, to the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District, S. 
240, to reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act of 
1992, S. 241, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter 
into cooperative agreements to protect natural resources of units of 
the National Park System through collaborative efforts on land 
inside and outside of units of the National Park System, S. 245, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the President 
William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, Arkansas, as a 
National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, S. 255, 
to provide assistance to the State of New Mexico for the development 
of comprehensive State water plans, S. 260, to establish the Fort 
Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area, S. 262, to 
rename the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in 
the State of Idaho as the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey 
National Conservation Area in honor of the late Morley Nelson, an 
international authority on birds of prey, who was instrumental in 
the establishment of this National Conservation Area, S. 263, to 
amend the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 to reauthorize 
the participation of the Bureau of Reclamation in the Deschutes 
River Conservancy, S. 264, to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to 
participate in the rehabilitation of the Wallowa Lake Dam in Oregon, 
S. 265, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a water resource feasibility 
study for the Little Butte/Bear Creek Subbasins in Oregon, S. 266, 
to provide for the modification of an amendatory repayment contract 
between the Secretary of the Interior and the North Unit Irrigation 
District, S. 268, to designate the Ice Age Floods National Geologic 
Trail, S. 275, to establish the Prehistoric Trackways National 
Monument in the State of New Mexico, S. 277, to modify the 
boundaries of Grand Teton National Park to include certain land 
within the GT Park Subdivision, S. 278, to establish a program and 
criteria for National Heritage Areas in the United States, S. 283, 
to amend the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003, S. 
320, to provide for the protection of paleontological resources on 
Federal lands, H.R. 57, to repeal certain sections of the Act of May 
26, 1936, pertaining to the Virgin Islands, and S. 200, to require 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of 
Reclamation and the United States Geological Survey, to conduct a 
study on groundwater resources in the State of Alaska, 11:30 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: organizational business meeting to consider 
an original resolution authorizing expenditures for committee 
operations, subcommittee assignments, and the nominations of Michael 
J. Astrue, of Massachusetts, to be Commissioner of Social Security, 
and Dean A. Pinkert, of Virginia, and Irving A. Williamson, of New 
York, each to be a Member of the United States International Trade 
Commission, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to continue hearings to examine 
securing America's interests in Iraq, focusing on the remaining 
options in Iraq in the strategic context, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 
organizational business meeting to consider an original resolution 
authorizing expenditures for committee operations, committee's rules 
of procedure for the 110th Congress, and subcommittee assignments; 
committee will also consider the Genetic Information 
Nondiscrimination Act, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the Iraq 
Study Group, focusing on recommendations for improvements to Iraq's 
police and criminal justice system, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security, to 
hold hearings to examine challenges and strategies for securing the 
U.S. border, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: organizational business 
meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures 
for committee operations, committee's rules of procedure for the 
110th Congress, and subcommittee assignments, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine Federal small business assistance programs for veterans 
and reservists, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine if 
Medicare Part D is working for low-income seniors, 10:30 a.m., SD-
562.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces 
and the Subcommittee on Readiness, joint hearing on Army equipment 
reset, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the Department of 
Energy's implementation of the National

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Nuclear Security Administration Act of 2000, 1 p.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on current manning, equipping and readiness 
challenges facing Special Operations Forces, 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on Strengthening 
America's Middle Class: Evaluating the Economic Squeeze on America's 
Families, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to meet for organizational 
purposes, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on Understanding the Iran 
Crisis, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, oversight hearing entitled 
``Presidential Signing Statements under the Bush Administration: A 
Threat to Checks and Balances and the Rule of Law?'' 10:15 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, to mark up the following 
measures: H.R. 547, Advanced Fuels Infrastructure Research and 
Development Act; and H. Res. 72, Recognizing the work and 
accomplishments of Mr. Britt ``Max'' Mayfield, Director of the 
National Hurricane Center's Tropical Center's Tropical Prediction 
Center upon his retirement, 11 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, to meet for organizational purposes, 
12 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, to continue hearings 
on Reauthorization of the Federal Rail Safety Program, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to mark up the 
following: the Water Quality Financing Act of 2007; H.R. 569, Water 
Quality Investment Act of 2007; and a measure to amend the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act to extend the pilot program for 
alternative water source projects; and other pending business, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on the Economic Challenges 
Facing Middle Class Families, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine ensuring the 
economic future by promoting middle-class prosperity, 9:30 a.m., SD-
106.