[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 34 (Wednesday, February 28, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D236-D237]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 1, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2008 for the 
Department of Commerce, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine 
Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2008 for defense 
and war costs, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine universal service, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the Energy Information Administration's Annual Energy 
Outlook 2007, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 380, to reauthorize the Secure Rural Schools and 
Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine state, local, and regional government approaches to address 
global warming, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine Medicare 
payments for physician services, focusing on new approaches, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Employment and Workplace Safety, to hold hearings to examine 
asbestos, focusing on efforts to better protect the health of 
American workers and their families, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine improving federal financial management, focusing 
on the progress that has been made and the challenges ahead, 3 p.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 236, 
to require reports to Congress on Federal agency use of data mining, 
S. 378, to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect judges, 
prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members, S. 442, 
to provide for loan repayment for prosecutors and public defenders, 
S. 261, to amend title 18, United States Code, to strengthen 
prohibitions against animal fighting, S. 376, to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to improve the provisions relating to the 
carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, S. Res. 
78, designating April 2007 as ``National Autism Awareness Month'' 
and supporting efforts to increase funding for research into the 
causes and treatment of autism and to improve training and support 
for individuals with autism and those who care for individuals with 
autism, S. Res. 81, recognizing the 45th anniversary of John Hershel 
Glenn, Jr.'s historic achievement in becoming the first United 
States astronaut to orbit the Earth, and the nominations of Thomas 
M. Hardiman, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Third Circuit, John Preston Bailey, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia, Otis D. Wright II, 
to be United States District Judge for the Central District of 
California, and George H. Wu, to be United States District Judge for 
the Central District of California, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting and 
hearing regarding certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to consider Committee's Views and 
Estimates for Fiscal Year 2008 for submission to the Committee on 
the Budget, 2 p.m., 1302 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
USDA's Inspector General, 10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 
on NSF, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on Bureau of Reclamation, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, on 
Financial Services for Disadvantaged Communities, 10 a.m., 2220 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Meeting Boarder Patrol 
Training Needs, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies, on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration/National Institute of Drug Abuse/National Institute 
of Mental Health/and National Institute of Alcohol and Alcoholism, 
10 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on Architect of the Capitol: 
Budget, 10 a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 
on Global HIV/AID, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, 
and Related Agencies, on Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Armed Services, on the Fiscal Year 2008 National 
Defense Budget Request from the Department of the Navy, 9:30 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on views of military 
advocacy and beneficiary groups, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, hearing on 
integrated nuclear power systems for future Naval surface 
combatants, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on the Department of Veterans 
Affairs Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Priorities, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to consider pending Committee 
business, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, hearing 
entitled ``The Environmental Protection Agency Fiscal Year 2008 
Budget Request,'' 10:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Covering the Uninsured 
Through the Eyes of a Child,'' 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing 
entitled ``Digital Future of the United States: Part I--The Future 
of the World Wide Web,'' 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider the following: to 
consider Committee's Budget Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 2008 
for submission to the Committee on the Budget; and the Hurricane 
Katrina Housing Recovery Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, 
and the Global Environment, hearing on North Korean Human Rights: An 
Update, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on Overview of U.S. 
Policy Toward Latin America, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Management, 
Investigations, and Oversight, hearing entitled ``The Department of 
Homeland Security's Directorate: Goals and Objectives of the New 
Under Secretary,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure 
Protection, to mark up the Rail and Public Transportation Security 
Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 1539 Longworth.
  Committee on House Administration, to mark up Committee Funding 
resolution, 4 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, hearing on S. 1, To provide 
greater transparency in the legislative process, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests and Public Lands, oversight hearing on the Fiscal Year 2008 
Budget Request for the National Park Service, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on H.R. 24, San Joaquin 
River Restoration Settlement Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Information Policy, Census and National Archives, oversight hearing 
on The Presidential Records Act, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Increasing Access 
to Capital for Our Nation's Small Businesses, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to consider the 
following: H.R. 1144, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita Federal Match 
Relief Act of 2007; H. R. 1195, To amend the Safe, Accountable, 
Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to 
make technical corrections; H.R. 735, To designate the Federal 
building under construction at 799 First Avenue in New York, New 
York, as the ``Ronald H. Brown United States Mission to the United 
Nations Building;'' H.R. 753, To redesignate the Federal building 
located at 167 North Main Street in Memphis, Tennessee, as the 
``Clifford Davis/Odell Horton Federal Building;'' H.R. 1019, To 
designate the United States customhouse building located at 31 
Gonzalez Clements Avenue in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, as the ``Rafael 
Martinez Nadal United States Customhouse Building;'' H.R. 1045, To 
designate the Federal building located at 210 Walnut Street in Des 
Moines, Iowa, as the ``Neal Smith Federal Building;'' H.R. 1138, To 
designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located 
at 306 East Main Street in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, as the 
``J. Herbert W. Small Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse,'' H.R. 720, Water Quality Financing Act of 2007; GSA 
Courthouse Construction Resolution; the Committee's Budget Views and 
Estimates for Fiscal Year 2008 for submission to the Committee on 
the Budget; and other pending business, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's annual March report on 
Medicare payment policies, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to mark up 
H.R. 1196, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007; and 
to approve release to the Department of Justice executive session 
material, 1 p.m., H-405 Capitol.