[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 36 (Friday, March 2, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D251-D255]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of March 5 through March 10, 2007

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 3 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of S. 4, 
Improving America's Security by Implementing Unfinished Recommendations 
of the 9/11 Commission Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: March 6, to 
hold hearings to examine child nutrition and the school setting, 
9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  March 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine investing in 
our Nation's future through agricultural research, 9:30 a.m., SR-
328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: March 7, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
hold hearings to examine Department of Defense medical programs, 10 
a.m., SD-192.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 
for the Department of Energy, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
cross-border trucking with Mexico, 9:15 a.m., SD-138.
  March 8, 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 National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration and the National Science Foundation, 10 
a.m., SD-192.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, to hold hearings to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2008 
for the Department of Homeland Security, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2008 for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
and the Small Business Administration, 9 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 6, to hold hearings to examine 
the care, living conditions, and administration of outpatients at 
the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  March 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Admiral Timothy J. Keating, USN, for reappointment to 
the grade of admiral and to be Commander, United States Pacific 
Command, Lieutenant General Victor E. Renuart, Jr., USAF, for 
appointment to be general and to be Commander, United States 
Northern Command/Commander, North American Aerospace Defense 
Command, and Lieutenant General Robert L. Van Antwerp, USA, for 
reappointment to the grade of lieutenant general and to be Chief of 
Engineers/Commanding General, United States Army Corps of Engineers, 
9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 6, to 
hold oversight hearings to examine the Corporate Average Fuel 
Economy (CAFE) Program, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism, 
to hold hearings to examine policy implications of pharmaceutical 
importation for U.S. consumers, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics, and Related Agencies, 
to hold hearings to examine national imperatives for Earth Science 
research, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and 
Security, to hold hearings to examine the Administration's proposal 
to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration Part II, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 7, to hold 
hearings to examine market constraints on large investments in 
advanced energy technologies and investigate ways to stimulate 
additional private-sector investment in the deployment of these 
technologies, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 7, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2008 for the Environmental Protection Agency, 3 p.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: March 8, to hold hearings to examine 
perspectives on the 2007 trade agenda, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 6, business meeting to 
consider committee rules of procedure for the 110th Congress, S. 
377, to establish a United States-Poland parliamentary youth 
exchange program, S. 494, to endorse further enlargement of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and to facilitate the 
timely admission of new members to NATO, S. 676, to provide that the 
Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank or the 
Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank 
may serve on the Board of Directors of the Inter-American 
Foundation, S. Res. 65, condemning the murder of Turkish-Armenian 
journalist and human rights advocate Hrant Dink and

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urging the people of Turkey to honor his legacy of tolerance, and 
the nominations of Ryan C. Crocker, of Washington, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Iraq, and William B. Wood, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, 2:15 p.m., S-116, 
Capitol.
  March 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine time for a 
new strategy relating to Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 6, to 
hold hearings to examine strategies for attracting, supporting, and 
retaining high quality educators relating to No Child Left Behind 
Reauthorization, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  March 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine strengthening 
American competitiveness for the 21st Century, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  March 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine follow-on 
biologics, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: March 5, 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the Transportation Security Administration 
Personnel System, focusing on proposed legislation relating to the 
personnel system, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  March 7, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine fees, interests rates and grace periods relating 
to credit card practices, focusing on high fees charged for late 
payments, over-the-limit charges, including how those fees are 
assessed, how they add to interest costs, and how they contribute to 
consumer debt, and an industry practice requiring consumer payments 
to be applied first to balances with the lowest interest rates 
instead of to balances with the highest interest rates, 10 a.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: March 8, to hold hearings to examine 
the Indian Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2007, 9:30 
a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 6, Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Technology and Homeland Security, to hold hearings to examine 
identity theft, focusing on innovative solutions for an evolving 
problem, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  March 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the McCarran-
Ferguson Act and Antitrust Immunity, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and 
Consumer Rights, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the 
enforcement of the antitrust laws, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  March 8, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Thomas M. Hardiman, of Pennsylvania, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, and Vanessa Lynne 
Bryant, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Connecticut, S. 236, to require reports to Congress on Federal 
agency use of data mining, 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. 231, to authorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice 
Assistance Grant Program at fiscal year 2006 levels through 2012, S. 
368, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
to enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program, S. 655, to amend the 
Congressional Charter of The American National Red Cross to 
modernize its governance structure, to enhance the ability of the 
board of governors of The American National Red Cross to support the 
critical mission of The American Red Cross in the 21st century, S. 
627, to amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 
1974 to improve the health and well-being of maltreated infants and 
toddlers through the creation of a National Court Teams Resource 
Center, to assist local Court Teams, S. Res. 88, honoring the 
extraordinary achievements of Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick, 
and S. Con. Res. 14, commemorating the 85th anniversary of the 
founding of the American Hellenic Educational Progressive 
Association, a leading association for the 1,300,000 United States 
citizens of Greek ancestry and Philhellenes in the United States, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: March 8, to hold 
hearings to examine small business solutions for combating climate 
change, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 6, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the 
legislative presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 9:30 a.m., 
345 CHOB.
  March 7, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
the Veterans Administration adjudication process, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.
  March 8, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, Jewish War 
Veterans, and Blinded Veterans Association, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, March 7, Subcommittee on Conservation, 
Credit, Energy, and Research, hearing to review the financial 
structure of renewable energy resources, 1 p.m., 1302 Longworth.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, hearing to 
review the impact of feed costs on the livestock industry, 10 a.m., 
1302 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, March 5, Subcommittee on Defense, on 
Walter Reed Infrastructure, 1:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Financial Services, and General 
Government, on Tax Fairness: Policy and Enforcement, 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Natural Resources and 
Conservation Service, 10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, on Department of Commerce Overview, 10 a.m., H-309 
Capitol, and on Secretary of Commerce, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.

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  March 6, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on Secretary of Energy, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, on Issues in the Federal Workforce, 10 a.m., 2220 
Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Container Security 
Challenges and Goals, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related 
Agencies, on Secretary of the Interior, 9:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education and Related Agencies, on NIH Director with 
National Cancer Institute/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute/
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease/National 
Institute of Child Health and Human Development/National Center on 
Minority Health and Health Disparities, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs 
and Related Agencies, on VA Medical Care, 10 a.m., and on Department 
of Veterans' Affairs Panel, 1 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  March 6, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related 
Programs, on Iraq Political and Reconstruction Strategy, Alternative 
Perspectives, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development and Related Agencies, on Department of Transportation 
Inspector General Management Challenges and GAO High Risk Series, 2 
p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related 
Agencies, on Economic and Statistics Administration/Census/Bureau of 
Economic Analysis, 10 a.m., and on Economic Development 
Administration/Minority Business Development Agency, 2 p.m., H-309 
Capitol.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Financial Services, and General 
Government, on Ensuring the Integrity of Elections, 10 a.m., 2220 
Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related 
Agencies, on National Park Service, 9:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education and Related Agencies, on (Panel I) Centers for Medicare 
and Medicaid Services/SSA/(Panel II) Administration on Aging, 
Community Service Employment for Older Americans, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs 
and Related Agencies, on Pacific Command, 2 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Food and Nutrition 
Service, 10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related 
Agencies, on National Institute of Standards and Technology, 10 
a.m., and on National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration/Patent and Trademark Office, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related 
Agencies, on Department of Energy: Environmental Management, Legacy 
Management, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, on Supreme Court, 10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related 
Agencies, on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 9:30 a.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education and Related Agencies, on Administration for Children and 
Families, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on U.S. Capitol 
Police Budget, 10 a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs 
and Related Agencies, on VA Mental Health Programs and Initiatives, 
10 a.m., and on VA Homeless Programs, 1 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  March 8, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, on Development, Diplomacy and U.S. National Security, 10 
a.m., 2212 Rayburn; and on Foreign Assistance Budget, Foreign 
Affairs Restructuring, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, on Building Sustainable 
Communities: Sensible Links between Housing and Transportation, 10 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related 
Agencies, on NASA Overview, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Preparing for 
Disasters, Natural or Otherwise, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on U.S. Geological Survey, 9:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, on (Panel I) Centers for Disease 
Control/(Panel II) Emergency Preparedness: Office of the Secretary, 
Centers for Disease Control, NIH, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, March 6, Subcommittee on Readiness, 
hearing on the National Security Personnel System--Is it Working? 2 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 7, full Committee, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2008 National 
Defense Authorization Budget Request from the U.S. Pacific Command 
and U.S. Forces Korea, 8:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, hearing on Air Force 
and Army airlift and aerial refueling fixed-wing aircraft programs, 
3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 8, full Committee, hearing on challenges and obstacles 
wounded and injured service members face during recovery, 10 a.m., 
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  March 8, Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, 
hearing on submarine force structure and acquisition policy, 2 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the posture 
of the U.S. Strategic Command, 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, March 6, hearing on the Department of 
Defense and the Fiscal Year 2008 Budget, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, March 6, hearing on Are Hidden 
401(k) Fees Undermining Retirement Security? 10:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and 
Competitiveness, hearing on The State of Higher Education: How 
Students Access and Finance a College Education,'' 10:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 7, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Digital 
Future of the United States: Part II--The Future of Radio,'' 2:30 
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials and 
the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, joint hearing entitled 
``The Environmental Protection Agency's Budget Request for Fiscal 
Year 2008,'' 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``H.R. 493, 
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act,'' 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 9, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Combating Pretexting: 
H.R. 936.''
  Committee on Financial Services, March 6, to consider H.R. 1227, 
Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Policy, Trade, 
and Technology, hearing entitled ``The Role of Remittances in 
Leveraging Sustainable Development in Latin America and the 
Caribbean,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 8, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Empowering 
Shareholders on Executive Compensation: H.R. 1257, Shareholder Vote 
on Executive Compensation Act,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing entitled ``The Section 8 Voucher Reform Act,'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 6, hearing on The Iranian 
Challenge, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human 
Rights, and Oversight, hearing on Global Polling Data on Opinion of 
American Policies, Values and People, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing 
on A Regional Overview of South Asia, 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 8, full Committee, hearing on Foreign Assistance Reform, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human 
Rights, and Oversight and the Subcommittee on the Western 
Hemisphere, joint hearing on Polling Data on Latin American Opinion 
of the United States Policies, Values and People, 3 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, March 6, hearing on a measure 
entitled ``Rail and Public Transportation Security Act of 2007,'' 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global 
Counterterrorism, to continue hearings entitled ``Border Security: 
Infrastructure, Technology, and the Human Element, Part II,'' 1 
p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 6, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 580, to amend chapter 35 of 
title 28, United States Code, to provide for a 120-day limit to the 
term of a United States Attorney appointed on an interim basis by 
the Attorney General, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 7, full Committee, hearing on ``Protecting the Right to 
Vote: Election Deception and Irregularities in Recent Federal 
Elections,'' 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburm.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual 
Property, hearing on ``An Update--Piracy on University Networks,'' 2 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, 
hearing on the McNulty Memorandum's Effect on the Right to Counsel 
in Corporate Investigations, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, March 6, Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on the Coral Reef 
Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 7, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 162, 
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve Boundary 
Adjustment Act of 2007; H.R. 249, To restore the prohibition on the 
commercial sale and slaughter of wild free-roaming horses and 
burros; H.R. 285, Steel Industry National Historic Site Act; H.R. 
309, To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish a 
demonstration program to facilitate landscape restoration programs 
within certain units of the National Park System established by law 
to preserve and interpret resources associated with American 
history; H.R. 319, Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage 
Area Act; H.R. 505, Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 
2007; H.R. 865, Copper Valley Native Allotment Resolution Act of 
2007; and H.R. 886, Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2007, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on the 
fiscal year 2008 budget requests for the Bureau of Reclamation, the 
Federal Power Marketing Administrations, and the Water Resources 
division of the U.S. Geological Survey, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, March 6, 
Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives, to 
consider the following: A Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom of 
Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government 
Records; a measure Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National 
(OPEN) Government Act of 2007; and a measure Presidential Records 
Act Amendment of 2007, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 8, full Committee, to consider pending business, 10 a.m., 
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  March 8, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the 
District of Columbia, hearing on the ``Status of Federal Personnel 
Reform,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, March 6, to consider the following: H.R. 569, 
Water Quality Investment Act of 2007; and H.R. 700, Healthy 
Communities Water Supply Act of 2007, 2:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, March 7, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Environment, hearing on the Department of Energy Fiscal 
Year 2008 Research and Development Budget Proposal, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, to consider 
issuing subpoenas in the matter of the investigation into NASA's 
Inspector General, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, hearing 
on Improving the Laboratory Experience for America's High School 
Students and to mark up H.R. 524, To establish a laboratory pilot 
program at the National Science Foundation, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing on the 
Department of Homeland Security's R&D Budget Priorities for Fiscal 
Year 2008, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 9, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on the 
FAA's R&D Budget Priorities for Fiscal Year 2008, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, March 7, hearing entitled ``Advancing 
the Innovation Agenda: The Perspective of the Technology and 
Telecommunications Industry,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  March 8, hearing to review legislation affecting the SBA's 
Disaster and Access to Capital programs, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 7, 
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit and the Subcommittee on 
Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, joint hearing on 
Transit and Rail Security, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
on the impact of Aquatic Invasive Species on the Great Lakes, 2 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
oversight hearing on the Coast Guard Budget and Authorization for 
Fiscal Year 2008, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs, March 7, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing Performance Review of Services, 2 p.m., 340 
Cannon.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Service Members Seamless Transition into Civilian Life--The Heroes 
Return, 3:30 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 6, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's report on the 
Sustainable Growth Rate, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, 
hearing on Recent Changes to Programs Assisting Low-Income Families, 
11 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  March 7, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing on the 
Alternative Minimum Tax, 2 p.m., 11200 Longworth.
  March 8, Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Oversight, 
joint hearing on Medicare Program Integrity, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 6, executive, 
hearing on Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and National 
Intelligence Program (NIP) Budget Roll-out, 2:30 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  March 7, briefing on Hot Spots, 8:45 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  March 8, executive, hearing on Military Intelligence Program (MIP) 
Budget Overview, 10:30 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: March 8, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to 
examine the legislative presentation of the Paralyzed Veterans of 
America, Jewish War Veterans, and Blinded Veterans Association, 9:30 
a.m., SD-106.
  March 6, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 9:30 a.m., 345 CHOB.