[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 20, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D368-D369]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 21, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine the performance of the United States trade and 
food aid programs for the 2007 Farm Bill, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings to examine the proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2007 for the United States Air Force, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 
for the federal judiciary, 3 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to 
hold hearings to examine nuclear and strategic policy options, 10:30 
a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine assessing the effectiveness of the current United States 
sanctions on Iran relating to minimizing potential threats from 
Iran, 9 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Consumer Affairs, Insurance, and Automotive Safety, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine Vice President Al Gore's perspective on global warming, 2:30 
p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine a review of treatment, diagnosis, and monitoring 
efforts, focusing on the long-term health impacts from September 11, 
10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine an overview of the Government Accountability 
Office assistance to Congressional oversight, focusing on past work 
and future challenges and opportunities, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
Inspector General's findings of the improper use of the National 
Security Letters by the Federal Bureau of Investigation relating to 
the misuse of the Patriot Act powers, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security, to 
hold hearings to examine recent developments involving the security 
of sensitive consumer information relating to identity theft and 
solutions for an evolving problem, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural 
Development, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to review the USDA 
rural development programs and the agency's rural development 
proposal for the 2007 Farm Bill, 10 a.m., 1302 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies, on NOAA, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn, and 
on Department of Justice Overview, 2 p.m., H-310 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, on 
Federal Judiciary, 10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Enhancing Privacy and Civil 
Rights While Meeting Homeland Security Needs, 10 a.m., 2362A 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, on 
Holocaust Museum/National Gallery of Art/Commission on Fine Arts/
National Capital Planning Commission/Advisory Council on Historic 
Preservation, 9:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies, on Public Broadcasting, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs and 
Related Agencies, on Public Witnesses, 2 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, on 
International Affairs Budget, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development 
and Related Agencies, on Project-Based and Tenant-Based Section 8, 
10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2008 
National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the U.S. 
Strategic Command, Northern Command, Transportation Command, and 
Southern Command, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
capabilities, hearing on Department of Defense counterproliferation, 
counterterrorism, and science and technology priorities, 2 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, to mark up the Concurrent Resoution on 
the Budget for Fiscal Year 2008, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on ESEA Reauthorization: 
Options for Improving NCLB's Measures of Progress, 10:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.

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  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality and the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment of the 
Committee on Science and Technology, joint hearing entitled 
``Perspectives on Climate Change,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider the following: H.R. 
1257, Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation Act; and pending 
Committee business, 1:30 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa and Global 
Health, briefing and hearing on the Global Threat of Drug-Resistant 
TB: A Call to Action for World TB Day, 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia, hearing on U.S. Policy 
Toward Pakistan, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Securing LNG 
Tankers To Protect the Homeland,'' 11 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and 
Technology, hearing entitled ``Countering the Nuclear Threat to the 
Homeland: Evaluating the Deployment of Radiation Detection 
Technologies,'' 2 p.m., 1539 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to consider authorizing issuance of subpoenas to 
the following individuals to secure testimony pursuant to the 
Committee's investigation concerning the recent termination of U.S. 
Attorneys and related subjects: Kyle Sampson; Karl Rove; Harriet 
Miers; William Kelley; and Scott Jennings, 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Domestic Policy, hearing on Foreclosure, Predatory Mortgage and 
Payday Lending in America's Cities, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Technology, hearing on Federal Government Efforts in Contracting 
with Women-Owned Businesses, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on the Federal Aviation Administration's Financing 
Proposal, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following: Katrina 
Housing Tax Relief Act of 2007; and H.R. 493, Genetic Information 
Nondiscrimination Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the Medicare Advantage, 2 p.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Hot Spots, 8:45 a.m., and executive, briefing on FBI/CIA, 3:30 p.m., 
H-405 Capitol.