[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 27, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D419-D421]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 28, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 for the 
Department of Labor, 9:45 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 
to hold hearings to examine the proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2008 for the United States Agency for International Development 
and foreign assistance programs, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine the proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 for the United States Navy, 
10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, to 
hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2008 for United States Forest Service, 2 p.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, to hold 
hearings to examine the proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2008 for the Department of the Treasury, 3 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to 
hold hearings to examine the Strategic Forces Program in review of 
the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2008 and the 
future years Defense Program, with the possibility of a closed 
session in SR-222 following the open session, 9:30 a.m., SR-232A.
  Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine active 
component, reserve component, and civilian personnel programs in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2008 and 
the future years Defense Program, 3:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to hold hearings 
to examine the future of the Coast Guard Dive Program, 10 a.m., SR-
253.

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  Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine transitioning to a next generation Human Space 
Flight System, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine reducing government building operational costs through 
innovation and efficiency, focusing on legislative solutions, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine risks and 
reform, focusing on the role of currency in the U.S.-China 
relationship, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. 
193, to increase cooperation on energy issues between the United 
States Government and foreign governments and entities in order to 
secure the strategic and economic interests of the United States, S. 
613, to enhance the overseas stabilization and reconstruction 
capabilities of the United States Government, H.R. 1003, to amend 
the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 to 
reauthorize the United States Advisory Commission on Public 
Diplomacy, S. Res. 30, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding 
the need for the United States to address global climate change 
through the negotiation of fair and effective international 
commitments, S. Res. 65, condemning the murder of Turkish-Armenian 
journalist and human rights advocate Hrant Dink and urging the 
people of Turkey to honor his legacy of tolerance, S. Res. 76, 
calling on the United States Government and the international 
community to promptly develop, fund, and implement a comprehensive 
regional strategy in Africa to protect civilians, facilitate 
humanitarian operations, contain and reduce violence, and contribute 
to conditions for sustainable peace in eastern Chad, and Central 
African Republic, and Darfur, Sudan, and the nominations of Paul J. 
Bonicelli, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, Curtis S. Chin, 
of New York, to be United States Director of the Asian Development 
Bank, with the rank of Ambassador, Eli Whitney Debevoise II, of 
Maryland, to be United States Executive Director of the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Sam Fox, of 
Missouri, to be Ambassador to Belgium, Zalmay Khalilzad, of 
Maryland, to be the Representative of the United States of America 
to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador and 
the Representative of the United States of America in the Security 
Council of the United Nations, Margrethe Lundsager, of Virginia, to 
be United States Executive Director of the International Monetary 
Fund, Katherine Almquist, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, Douglas Menarchik, of Texas, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development. (Reappointment), Ford M. Fraker, of Massachusetts, to 
be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and a promotion list 
in the Foreign Service, 11:45 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine No Child Left Behind Reauthorization, focusing 
on effective strategies for engaging parents and communities in 
schools, 3 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: business meeting to 
consider S. 223, to require Senate candidates to file designations, 
statements, and reports in electronic form, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine affordable 
drug coverage that works for Wisconsin, focusing on preserving 
senior care, 10:30 a.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, hearing to review proposals to amend the 
program crop provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment 
Act of 2002, 10 a.m., 1302 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Rural Development, 2:30 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 
on Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, 2 p.m., H-
309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on Department of Energy: Nuclear Energy/Office of Civilian 
Nuclear Waste/Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, on 
Secretary of the Treasury, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Ensuring that the Department 
of Homeland Security's Research and Technology Investments Pay Off, 
10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, on 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Department of Interior: Office of 
Insular Affairs/Departmental Management/Office of the Solicitor, 
9:30 a.m, B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 
Related Agencies, on public witnesses, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, on Army Budget, 10:30 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 
on Latin America and Caribbean, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and 
Related Agencies, on Federal Railroad Administration/National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK), 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the Military Commissions 
Act and the continued use of Guantanamo Bay as a detention facility, 
9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on outside 
perspectives on transitioning security to the Iraqi security forces, 
1:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2008 National Defense 
Authorization Budget Request on information technology, 2 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.

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  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on Protecting the Health 
and Safety of America's Mine Workers, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Status of 
the Digital Television Transition,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to mark up the following: H.R. 
1515, to amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to 
treat certain communities as metropolitan cities for purposes of the 
community development block grant program; H.R. 1427, Federal 
Housing Finance Reform Act of 2007; H.R. 1675, Preservation Approval 
Process Improvement Act of 2007; and H.R. 1676, Native American Home 
Ownership Opportunity Act of 2007 and to continue markup of H.R. 
1257, Shareholder Vote on Executive Compensation Act, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on 
Opening up of the Bad Arolsen Holocaust Archives in Germany, 1:30 
p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and 
Oversight and the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, joint 
hearing on African Opinion on U.S. Policies, Values and People, 2 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, hearing on 
Trade, Foreign Policy and the American Worker, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on Poverty and 
Inequality in the Americas: The Unaddressed Problem, 3 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, to mark up H.R. 1684, Department 
of Homeland Security Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1593, Second Chance Act of 2007; and H.R. 1281, Deceptive Practices 
and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2007, 10:15 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, oversight hearing on Royalties at 
Risk?, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on 
Allegations of Misconduct at the General Services Administration, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, to mark up the following 
measures: H.R. 362, 10,000 Teachers, 10 Million Minds, Science and 
Math Scholarship Act; H. Con. Res. 76, Honoring the 50th Anniversary 
of the International Geophysical Year (IGY) and its past 
contributions to space research, and looking forward to future 
accomplishments; and H. Res. 252, Recognizing the 50th Anniversary 
of John Herschel Glenn, Jr.'s, historic achievement in becoming the 
first United States astronaut to orbit the Earth, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing on Shaping 
the Message, Distorting the Science: Media Strategies to Influence 
Science Policy, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulation, Health 
Care and Trade, hearing entitled ``The Value of Health IT to Solo 
and Small Medical Practices,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on the FAA's Airport Improvement Program, 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Mental Health Services, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the Taxpayer Protection 
Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, hearing on National 
Security Letters, 9 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the current 
economic outlook, 10:30 a.m., SH-216.