[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 69 (Monday, April 30, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D586-D587]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





              COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY, MAY 1, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine conservation policy recommendations for the farm 
bill, 2 p.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold 
hearings to examine the Department of Defense transportation 
programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal 
Year 2008 and the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety 
and Security, to hold hearings to examine Electronic On-Board 
Recorders (EOBRs) and truck driver fatigue reduction, 2:30 p.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, 
and Infrastructure, to hold hearings to examine advanced technology 
vehicles, focusing on the road ahead, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Howard Charles Weizmann, of 
Maryland, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine process 
patents, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine the 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Public Law 95-511), 2:30 
p.m., SD-106.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, hearing to review the crop insurance industry, 
10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.

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  Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign 
Agriculture, hearing on review of rural broadband programs operated 
by the USDA's Rural Utilities Service, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, on Health 
Personnel Overview, 10 a.m., and on Preventative Medicine and 
Cancers Programs, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on Public Witnesses, 12 p.m., 
H-144 Capitol.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Higher 
Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness, hearing on Paying 
For a College Education: Barriers and Solutions for Students and 
Families,'' 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing entitled ``Achieving--At Long Last--Appliance 
Efficiency Standards,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on H.R. 1014, Heart Disease 
Education, Analysis Research, and Treatment for Women Act, 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on H.R. 20, Melanie Blocker-Stokes 
Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act, 12 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider the following bills: 
H.R. 698, Industrial Bank Holding Company Act of 2007; and H.R. 
1852, Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007, 4 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on the Future of Political, 
Economic and Security Relations with China, 12:30 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``The Direction 
and Viability of the Federal Protective Service,'' 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to consider a resolution authorizing the 
Chairman to issue a subpoena to James Comey for testimony and 
related documents at a hearing before the Committee regarding the 
circumstances surrounding recent terminations of U.S. Attorney's, 
representatives to Congress regarding those circumstances, and 
related matters; followed by a hearing on the Second Anniversary of 
the Enactment of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer 
Protection Act of 2005: Are Consumers Really Being Protected Under 
the Act: 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, hearing 
and markup of the following bills: H.R. 1525, Internet Spyware (I-
SPY) Prevention Act of 2007; and H.R. 1615, Securing Aircraft 
Cockpits Against Lasers Act of 2007, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border 
Security, and International Law, hearing on An Examination of Point 
Systems as a Method for Selecting Immigrants, 3 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources and the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public 
Lands, joint oversight hearing on The Future of Fossil Fuels: 
Geological and Terrestrial Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide, 2 p.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, oversight hearing 
on Gone with Wind: Impacts of Wind Turbines on Birds and Bats, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on FDA's 
Critical Mission and Challenges for the Future; and to mark up the 
following: H.R. 1873, Small Business Fairness in Contracting Act; 
the Clarification of Federal Employment Protections Act; the 
District of Columbia Public Education Reform Amendment Act of 2007; 
a measure to amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to 
increase the salary of the Chief Financial Officer of the District 
of Columbia; H.R. 1617, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 561 Kingsland Avenue in University 
City, Missouri, as the ``Harriett F. Woods Post Office Building;'' 
H.R. 2025, To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 11033 South State Street in Chicago, Illinois, as 
the ``Willye B. White Post Office Building;'' H. Res. 53, 
Recognizing the life of Lamar Hunt and his outstanding contributions 
to the Kansas City Chiefs, the National Football League, and the 
United States; H.R. 1722, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 601 Banyan Trail in Boca Raton, 
Florida, as the ``Leonard W. Herman Post Office;'' H. Con. Res. 105, 
Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Suffragists Day to 
promote awareness of the importance of the women suffragists who 
worked for the right of women to vote in the United States; H. Res. 
307, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that 
public servants should be commended for their dedication and 
continued service to the National during Public Service Recognition 
Week, May 7 through 13, 2007; H.R. 1335, To designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 508 East Main Street 
in Seneca, South Carolina, as the ``S/Sgt Lewis G. Watkins Post 
Office Bui1ding;'' H.R. 1260, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 6301 Highway 58 in Harrison, 
Tennessee, as the ``Claude Ramsey Post Office;'' H. Con. Res. 117, 
Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the settlement of Jamestown; 
and H. Res. 291, Supporting the goals and ideals of Peace Officers 
Memorial Day, 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 1429, 
Improving Head Start Act of 2007; H.R. 1867, National Science 
Foundation Authorization Act of 2007; and H. R. 1868, Technology 
Innovation and Manufacturing Stimulation Act of 2007, 2:30 p.m., H-
313 Capitol.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, 
hearing to examine the SSA's ability to hire Administrative Law 
Judges to address the growing disability claims backlog, 11a.m., B-
318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to mark up 
the Fiscal Year 2008 Intelligence Authorization Act, 2 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.