[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 52 (Monday, March 26, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D408-D409]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             MARCH 27, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of James R. Clapper, Jr., of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, Claude M. Kicklighter, of 
Georgia, to be Inspector General, Department of Defense, S. Ward 
Casscells, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, and 
William Charles Ostendorff, of Virginia, to be Principal Deputy 
Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, with the 
possibility of an executive session in SR-222 following the open 
session, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to receive a 
closed briefing on Special Operations Command's global operation, 
3:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine competition and consumer choice relating to 
exclusive sports programming, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider subcommittee 
assignments for the 110th Congress, time to be announced, SD-215.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine opportunities and 
challenges in the U.S.-China economic relationship, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the Employee Free Choice Act, focusing on 
restoring economic opportunity for working families, 9:30 a.m., SD-
430.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine ensuring safe 
medicines and medical devices for children, 1 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold oversight hearings to examine 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense 
cooperation and collaboration, focusing on health care issues, 9:30 
a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, 
Energy, and Research, hearing to review credit availability in rural 
America, 10 a.m., 1302 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies, on State and Local Grants, 10 a.m., 
and on Bureau of Prisons/U.S. Marshal Service/Office of Federal 
Detention Trustee, 2 p.m., H-309 Capital.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, on SEC, 
10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Priorities in Enforcing 
Immigration Laws and Temporary Worker Program, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, on 
National Park Service, 9:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 
Related Agencies, on public witnesses, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, Government Printing Office: 
Budget/Printing Technology in the 21st Century, 1:30 p.m., H-144 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 
on International Organizations and International Peacekeeping 
Programs, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, 
and Related Agencies, on Housing Needs of Special Populations, 10 
a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, 
hearing on Army ground force acquisition programs, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on the state of the 
military health care system, 9 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on the readiness of the Army 
and Air National Guard, 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2008 
National Defense Authorization Budget Request for missile defense 
programs, 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections, hearing on Providing Fairness to Workers Who Have Been 
Misclassified as Independent Contractors, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing entitled ``Climate Change--International Issues, 
Engaging Developing Countries,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Insuring Bright 
Futures: Improving Access to Dental Care and Proving A Healthy Start 
for Children,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions, hearing entitled ``Subprime and Predatory Lending: New 
Regulatory Guidance, Current Market Conditions, and Effects on 
Regulated Financial Institutions,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing 
entitled ``Perspectives on Natural Disaster Insurance,'' 2 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, to mark up the following measures: 
H.R. 982, ADVANCE Democracy Act of 2007; H.R. 1405, Wildlife GAINS 
Act of 2007; H.R. 1441, Stop Arming Iran Act; H.R. 1469, Senator 
Paul Simon Study Abroad Foundation Act of 2007; the American Red 
Cross Governance Modernization Act of 2007; the Torture Victims 
Relief Reauthorization Act of 2007; H. Res. 100, Expressing the 
sympathy of the House of Representatives to the families of women 
and girls murdered in Guatemala and encouraging the Government of 
Guatemala to bring an end to these crimes; H. Res. 158, Observing 
the 200th anniversary of the abolition of the British slave trade 
and encouraging the people of the United States, particularly the 
youth of the United States, to remember the life and legacy of 
William Wilberforce, a member of the British House of Commons who 
devoted his life to the suppression and abolition of the institution 
of slavery, and to work for the protection of human rights 
throughout the world; H. Res. 196, Supporting the goals and ideals 
of World Water Day; and H. Res. 240, Urging all member countries of 
the International Commission of the International Tracing Service 
(ITS) who have yet to ratify the May 2006 Amendments to the 1955 
Bonn Accords Treaty, to expedite the ratification process to allow 
for open access to the Holocaust archives located at Bad Arolsen, 
Germany, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, 
hearing on U.S.-China Relations, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and 
Oversight and the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, 
joint hearing on Can Iraq Pay for its Own Reconstruction? 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, hearing on Criminal Justice Responses to 
Offenders with Mental Illness; followed by a markup of H.R. 1593, To 
reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the 
community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 
to improve reentry planing and implementation, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, oversight hearing on Access 
Denied: The Growing Conflict Between Fishing, Hunting, and Energy 
Development on Federal Lands, 10:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, to 
mark up H.R. 1124, To extend the District of Columbia College Access 
Act of 1999, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 1538, Wounded 
Assistance Act of 2007; and H. Con. Res. 99, revising the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal 
year 2007, establishing the congressional budget for the United 
States Government for fiscal year 2008, and setting forth 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2009 through 2012, 4 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on Crimes Against 
Americans on Cruise Ships, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on the Structure of 
the Federal Fuel Tax and the Long-Term Viability of the Highways 
Trust Fund, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Integration of Domestic Intelligence, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.