[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 21, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D378-D379]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 22, 2007

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans' Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 for military construction, 
10 a.m., SD-124.
  Full Committee, business meeting to markup the Supplemental 
Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2007, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the United 
States Southern command, Northern command, and Joint Forces command in 
review of the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2008 and the 
future years defense program, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on the detention and 
judicial capacity in Iraq, 2 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings to 
examine causes and consequences relating to mortgage market turmoil, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, to hold hearings to examine 
the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) modernization, 9:30 a.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to examine 
the ``Future of Coal'' report recently published by the Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to receive testimony on ``Keeping America's 
Promise'' relating to health care and child welfare services for Native 
Americans, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Ford M. Fraker, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine deconstructing reconstruction, focusing on problems, 
challenges, and the way forward in Iraq and Afghanistan, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine a 
review of the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office of the 
Special Counsel, focusing on the safeguarding of the merit systems 
principles in preparation for the consideration of the reauthorization of 
the two agencies, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
Indian housing, 9:45 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider 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. 849, to 
promote accessibility, accountability, and openness in Government by 
strengthening section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly 
referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), S. 236, to require 
reports to Congress on Federal agency use of data mining, S. 119, to 
prohibit profiteering and fraud relating to military action, relief, and 
reconstruction efforts, S. 888, to amend section 1091 of title 18, United 
States Code, to allow the prosecution of genocide in appropriate 
circumstances, S. 621, to establish commissions to review the facts and 
circumstances

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surrounding injustices suffered by European Americans, European Latin 
Americans, and Jewish refugees during World War II, and S. Res. 108, 
designating the first week of April 2007 as ``National Asbestos Awareness 
Week'' and to discuss the possibility of the issuance of certain 
subpoenas in the connection with investigation into the replacement of 
U.S. attorneys, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                  House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Conditions and Trends in Rural Communities, 10 a.m., and on Rural 
Development, 1 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, on 
DEA/Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 2 p.m., H-310 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies, on 
Department of Energy: Nuclear Nonproliferation, 10 a.m, 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, on Small 
Business Administration, 10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, on 
Minerals Management Service/Office of Surface Mining, 9:30 a.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on Library of Congress and Open 
World: Budget, 10 a.m, H-144 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs and Related 
Agencies, on Army Budget, 2 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and 
Related Agencies, on FAA, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces and 
the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, hearing on 
Department of Defense Aircraft Programs, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on the BP-Texas City Disaster 
and Worker Safety, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and 
Competitiveness, hearing on The Higher Education Act: Approaches to 
College Preparation, 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
518, International Solid Waste Importation and Management Act of 2007; 
and H.R. 493, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007, 2:30 
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to continue hearings on 
The Adequacy of FDA Efforts to Assure the Safety of the Drug Supply, Part 
II, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration and Innovations in Interoperability,'' 9 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to continue mark up of H.R. 1257, 
Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation Act, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on Foreign Policy and National 
Security Implications of Oil Dependence, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, hearing on Prospects for 
Peace in Guinea, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight 
and the Subcommittee on Europe, joint hearing on Polling Data on European 
Opinion of American Policies, Values and People, 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence, 
Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment, hearing entitled 
``Over-classification and Pseudo-classification: The Impact on 
Information Sharing'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil 
Rights and Civil Liberties, hearing on Changing Tides: Exploring the 
Current State of Civil Rights Enforcement within the Department of 
Justice and an oversight hearing on the Civil Rights Division of the 
Department of Justice, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, 
hearing on Reforming Section 115, of the Copyright Act for the Digital 
Age, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 900, Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 
2007; and H.R. 1230, Puerto Rico Self-Determination Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 50, Multinational Species Conservation Funds 
Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R. 465, Asian Elephant Conservation 
Reauthorization Act of 2007; and H.R. 1205, Coral Reef Conservation 
Amendments Act of 2007, 4 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on NOAA Fiscal Year 2008 Budget, 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on FAA's Research and 
Development Budget Priorities for Fiscal Year 2008, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``The New Hidden Tax on 
Small Business,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, 
hearing on Education Benefits for National Guard and Reserve members, 2 
p.m., 349 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee Income Security and Family 
Support, hearing on Assistance for Elderly and Disabled Refugees, 12:30 
p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing on the Alternative 
Minimum Tax, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Counterintelligence, 1 p.m., H-405 Capitol.