[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 13, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D184-D185]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 14, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to receive a briefing regarding 
Iranian activities in Iraq, 3 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the semiannual monetary policy report to the Congress, 10 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the 
President's fiscal year 2008 budget proposals on tax compliance, 10 
a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Trade, Tourism, and Economic Development, to hold hearings to 
examine overseas sweatshop abuses, focusing on their impact on U.S. 
workers and the need for anti-sweatshop legislation, 10 a.m., SR-
253.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries and Coast Guard, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine recent setbacks to the Coast Guard Deepwater 
Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 556, to reauthorize the Head Start Act, S. 
558, to provide parity between health insurance coverage of mental 
health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical services, and 
the nomination of Leon R. Sequeira, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Labor, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 4, to make the United States more secure by 
implementing unfinished recommendations of the 9/11 Commission to 
fight the war on terror more effectively, to improve homeland 
security, S. 343, to extend the District of Columbia College Access 
Act of 1999, S. 457, to extend the date on which the National 
Security Personnel System will first apply to certain defense 
laboratories, a proposed bill to preserve existing judgeships on the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia, S. 550, to preserve 
existing judgeships on the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia, S. 171, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 301 Commerce Street in Commerce, Oklahoma, 
as the ``Mickey Mantle Post Office Building'', S. 194 and H.R. 49, 
bills to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1300 North Frontage Road West in Vail, Colorado, as the 
``Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Post Office Building'', S. 219 and H.R. 335, 
bills to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 152 North 5th Street in Laramie, Wyoming, as the ``Gale 
W. McGee Post Office'', S. 303, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 324 Main Street in 
Grambling, Louisiana, shall be known and designated as the ``Coach 
Eddie Robinson Post Office Building'', S. 412 and H.R. 521, bills to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 2633 11th Street in Rock Island, Illinois, as the ``Lane Evans 
Post Office Building'', H.R. 433, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 1700 Main Street in Little 
Rock, Arkansas, as the ``Scipio A. Jones Post Office Building'', 
H.R. 514, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 16150 Aviation Loop Drive in Brooksville, 
Florida, as the ``Sergeant Lea Robert Mills Brooksville Aviation 
Branch Post Office'', and H.R. 577, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 3903 South Congress Avenue 
in Austin, Texas, as the ``Sergeant Henry Ybarra III Post Office 
Building'', 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine judicial 
security and independence, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold hearings to examine 
Senate Committee budget Requests, 11:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to meet for organizational purposes; 
followed by a hearing on the 2007 Farm bill proposals of the 
Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., 1302 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, on Budget Overview, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2008 
National Defense Budget request from the Department of the Army, 10 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on the challenges for the Special Operations 
Command (SOCOM) posed by the global terrorist threat, 2 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Members Day, 2 p.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, to consider the following: 
Oversight Plan for the 110th Congress; and to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 800, Employee Free Choice Act; and H.R. 493, Genetic 
Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007, 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Covering the Uninsured Through the Eyes of a Child,'' 2 
p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Middle East and 
South Asia, hearing on Next Steps in Israeli-Palestinian Peace 
Process, 2:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, 
Cybersecurity, Preparedness, and Response Threats, Cybersecurity, 
and Science and Technology, hearing entitled ``Understanding the 
Budget and

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Strategic Agenda of the Science and Technology Directorate,'' 2:30 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism 
Risk Assessment, hearing entitled ``The President's Proposed FY2008 
Budget for the Department of Homeland Security: The Office of 
Intelligence and Analysis,'' 3:30 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, 
Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law, 
hearing on Proposed Immigration Fee Increase, 2:15 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 984, Executive Branch Reform Act of 2007; and 
H.R. 985, Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 
2157 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, 
hearing entitled the State of FOIA: Assessing Agency Efforts to Meet 
FOIA Requirements,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, hearing on the 
Administration's FY 2008 Research and Development Budget Proposal; 
and to adopt the Committee Oversight Plan for the 110th Congress, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``The Small Business 
Administration's Response to the 2005 Gulf Coast Hurricanes,'' 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
the President's Federal Aviation Administration's Budget, 2 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment, hearing 
entitled ``Agency Budgets and Priorities for FY 2008,'' 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Department of Veterans Affairs Fiscal Year 2008 Health Budget, 2 
p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on the direction and content 
of U.S. Trade Agenda, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on Social Security 
Administration (SSA) disability claims backlogs, 2 p.m., B-318 
Rayburn.