[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 13, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D324-D325]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 14, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 
for the Army, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine federal funding for 
the No Child Left Behind Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on the Budget: business meeting to consider the 
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for the fiscal year 2008, 2 
p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine charting a 
course for health care moving toward universal coverage, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to examine strategies to end the 
violence relating to extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, 2:30 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 624, to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to provide waivers relating to grants for preventive health measures 
with respect to breast and cervical cancers, S. 657, to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to add requirements regarding trauma care, 
S. 845, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
expand and intensify programs with respect to research and related 
activities concerning elder falls, and the nomination of W. Craig 
Vanderwagen, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Preparedness 
and Response, Department of Health and Human Services. (New 
Position), Time to be announced, SD-430.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine enhancing patient 
access and drug safety relating to Prescription Drug User Fees, 
10:15 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the threat of Islamic radicalism to the 
homeland, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine 
reinvigorating the Freedom of Information Act relating to open 
government, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold hearings to examine 
S. 223, to require Senate candidates to file designations, 
statements, and reports in electronic form, 10 a.m., SR-301.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science and Related Agencies, to continue on NASA, 10 a.m., and 2 
p.m., 2362A Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies, on 
Science Research, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, on 
National Archives and Records Administration, 10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Gulf Coast Rebuilding, 3 
p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, on 
Bureau of Land Management, 9:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies, on Department of Education: Student Financial Aid, 
Higher Education, Institute of Education Sciences, 10 a.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs and 
Related Agencies, on Long-Term Challenges for Military Construction 
and Budget Overview, 10:30 a.m., and on VA Research, 2 p.m., H-143 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and 
Related Agencies, on Secretary of Transportation, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, hearing on harnessing 
technology innovation: challenges and opportunities, 3 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, to mark up H.R. 1429, Improving 
Head Start Act of 2007, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing entitled ``Climate Change and Energy Security: 
Perspectives from the Automobile Industry,'' 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission,'' 9 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, oversight hearing of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on the American Red Cross 
Governance Reform, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and 
Oversight, hearing on Global Polling Data on Opinion of American 
Policies, Values and People, 2:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Communication, Preparedness, and Response, hearing entitled ``Public 
Safety Interoperable Communications Grants: Are the Departments of 
Homeland Security and Commerce Effectively Coordinating to Meet our 
Nation's Emergency Communications Needs?'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity and Science and 
Technology, hearing entitled ``Countering the Nuclear Threat to the 
Homeland: Evaluating the Procurement of Radiation Detection 
Technologies,'' 2 p.m., 1539 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Terrorism 
Risk Assessment, hearing entitled ``The Department of Homeland 
Security State and Local Fusion Center Program: Advancing 
Information Sharing While Safeguarding Civil Liberties,'' 3:30 p.m., 
311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on H.R. 1433, District of 
Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007, 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, hearing on H.R. 1328, To amend the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend that Act, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 1362, Accountability in 
Contracting Act, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on the Environmental Protection Agency Fiscal 
Year 2008 Research and Development Budget Proposal, 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Challenges and 
Solutions to Health Insurance Coverage for Small Businesses,'' 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on the Administration's Federal Aviation 
Administration Reauthorization Proposal, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to mark up the 
Water Resources Development Act of 2007, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on the Revenue Increasing 
Measures in the Small Business and Work Opportunity Act of 2007, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Genetic Non-Discrimination, 2 
p.m., B-318 Rayburn.