[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 67 (Wednesday, April 25, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D572-D573]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 26, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 for the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to receive testimony 
on legal issues regarding individuals detained by the Department of 
Defense as unlawful enemy combatants, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine Air Force and 
aviation programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for 
Fiscal Year 2008 and the Future Years Defense Program, 3 p.m., SR-
232A.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Science, Technology, and Innovation, to hold hearings to examine 
clean coal technology, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 312 and H.R. 497, 
bills to authorize the Marion Park Project and Committee of the 
Palmetto Conservation Foundation to establish a commemorative work 
on Federal land in the District of Columbia and its environs to 
honor Brigadier General Francis Marion, S. 169, to amend the 
National Trails System Act to clarify Federal authority relating to 
land acquisition from willing sellers for the majority of the trails 
in the System, S. 580, to amend the National Trails System Act to 
require the Secretary of the Interior to update the feasibility and 
suitability studies of four national historic trails, S. 686, to 
amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Washington-
Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historical Trail, S. 722, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture to jointly conduct a study of certain land adjacent to 
the Walnut Canyon National Monument in the State of Arizona, S. 783, 
to adjust the boundary of the Barataria Preserve Unit of the Jean 
Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve in the State of 
Louisiana, S. 890, to provide for certain administrative and support 
services for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, and H.R. 
1047, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
to determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the 
Soldiers' Memorial Military Museum located in St. Louis, Missouri, 
as a unit of the National Park System, 2:30 p.m., SD-336.
  Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, 
and Infrastructure, to hold hearings to examine coal, focusing on a 
clean future, 1 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Employment and Workplace Safety, to hold hearings to examine the 
effectiveness of the Occupational Safety & Health Administration 
(OSHA), 9 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine S. 462, 
to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the 
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley

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Indian Reservation in Nevada, to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to carry out the settlement, 10 a.m., SR-485.


                                 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., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, on Climate Change, 9:30 a.m., B-
308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies, on Secretary of Labor, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on Office of Compliance/
Congressional Budget Office, 10 a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``Credit Card 
Practices: Current Consumer and Regulatory Issues,'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International 
Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight, hearing on Efforts To 
Deal With America's Image Abroad: Are They Working? 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, to continue mark up of H.R. 1680, 
Secure Handling of Ammonium Nitrate Act of 2007, 9 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism, 
hearing entitled ``The SAFE Port Act: A Six-Month Review,'' 1 p.m., 
1539 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism 
Risk Assessment, hearing entitled ``The Over-Classification and 
Pseudo-Classification of Government Information: The Response of the 
Program Manager of the Information Sharing Environment,'' following 
full Committee mark up, 1539 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, The Internet, 
and Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 1908, Patent Reform Act 
of 2007, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing 
on Employer Access to Criminal Background Checks: The Need for 
Efficiency and Accuracy; and to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1700, COPS Improvements Act of 2007; and H.R. 916, John R. Justice 
Prosecutors and Defenders Incentive Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border 
Security and International Law, hearing on Proposals for Improving 
the Electronic Employment Verification and Worksite Enforcement 
System, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on H.R. 21, Oceans Conservation, 
Education, and National Strategy for the 21st Century Act, 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands and the 
Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, joint oversight 
hearing on Land-use Issues Associated with Onshore Oil and Gas 
Leasing Development, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on H.R. 1462, Platte 
River Recovery Implementation Program and Pathfinder Modification 
Authorization Act, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on Establishing the Advanced Research Projects 
Agency--Energy--H.R. 364, To provide for the establishment of the 
Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing on Amending 
Executive Order 12866: Good Governance or Regulatory Usurption? Part 
II, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing on Small 
Business Innovation Reauthorization on the 25th Program Anniversary, 
1 p.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled `` Closing the Tax 
Gap Without Creating Burdens for Small Businesses,'' 11 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, 
oversight hearing on FEMA's Preparedness and Response to All 
Hazards, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
the following bills: H.R. 92, Veterans' Timely Access Health Care 
Act; H.R. 315, Help Establish Access to Local Timely Healthcare For 
Your Veterans' (Healthy Vets) Act of 2007; H.R. 339, Veterans' 
Outpatient Care Access Act of 2007; H.R. 463, Honor Our Commitment 
to Veterans' Act; H.R. 538, South Texas Veterans' Access to Care Act 
of 2007; H.R. 542, To require the Department of Veterans' Affairs to 
provide mental health services in languages other than English, as 
needed, for veterans' with limited English proficiency; H.R. 1426, 
Richard Helm Veterans' Access to Local Health Care Options and 
Resources; H.R. 1470, Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans 
Act; H.R. 1471, Better Access to Chiropractors to Keep Our Veterans' 
Health Act (BACK Veterans' Health Act); H.R. 1527, Rural Veterans' 
Access to Care Act; and a draft discussion on Rural Health Care Bill 
and a proposed TBI bill, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Income Security and 
Family Support, hearing on Poverty Reduction, 1 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
R&D and Systems Acquisition, 11:30 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming hearing 
entitled ``Dangerous Climate Change,'' 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.