[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 2, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D608-D609]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 3, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, 
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2008 for the Office of the Secretary of the Senate and the 
Library of Congress, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2008 for the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2008 for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 10 a.m., 
SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
United States Central Command 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 S-407 following the open 
session, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold closed hearings to examine Navy 
force structure requirements and programs to meet those requirements 
in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2008 
and the Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by 
an open session in SR-222, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine pending Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) 
legislation, 3 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water 
and Power, to hold hearings to examine S. 27, to authorize the 
implementation of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement, 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 390, to direct the exchange of certain land in Grand, San 
Juan, and Uintah Counties, Utah, S. 647, to designate certain land 
in the State of Oregon as wilderness, S. 1139, to establish the 
National Landscape Conservation System, H.R. 276, to designate the 
Piedras Blancas Light Station and the surrounding public land as an 
Outstanding Natural Area to be administered as a part of the 
National Landscape Conservation System, and for other purposes, H.R. 
356, to remove certain restrictions on the Mammoth Community Water 
District's ability to use certain property acquired by that District 
from the United States, S. 205, and H.R. 865, bills to grant rights-
of-way for electric transmission lines over certain Native 
allotments in the State of Alaska, 2:30 p.m., SD- 366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine offshore tax 
evasion, focusing on stashing cash overseas, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the internet as a portal to violent Islamist 
extremism, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine S. 310, a 
bill to express the policy of the United States regarding the United 
States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a process 
for the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian 
governing entity, 9:30 p.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. 221, to amend title 9, United States Code, to provide 
for greater fairness in the arbitration process relating to 
livestock and poultry contracts, S. 495, to prevent and mitigate 
identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide notice of security 
breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement 
assistance, and other protections against security breaches, 
fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable 
information, S. 239, to require Federal agencies, and persons 
engaged in interstate commerce, in possession of data containing 
sensitive personally identifiable information, to disclose any 
breach of such information, S. 1202, to require agencies and persons 
in possession of computerized data containing sensitive personal 
information, to disclose security breaches where such breach poses a 
significant risk of identity theft, and the nominations of Debra Ann 
Livingston, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Second Circuit, Roslynn Renee Mauskopf, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of New York, Richard Sullivan, to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 
and Joseph S. Van Bokkelen, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Indiana, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, 
on Mobility Aircraft, 10 a.m., and on Joint Strike Fighter and 
Tactical Aircraft, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Seapower and 
Expeditionary Forces, to mark up H.R. 1585, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, 11 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, to mark up H.R. 1585, National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2008, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Health, 
Employment, Labor and Pensions, hearing on Retirement Security: 
Strengthening Pension Protections, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing entitled ``Facilitating the Transition to a Smart 
Electric Grid,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to continue markup of H.R. 1852, 
Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007, 9:30 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe and the 
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, joint hearing 
on Do the United States and Europe Need A Missile Defense System? 1 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and 
Oversight and the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia, joint 
hearing on Arab Opinion on American Policies, Values, and People, 
9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, to consider the following: H.R. 
811, Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility Act of 2007; 
Russell v. Brown-Waite (FL-5); Gonzalez v. Diaz-Balart (FL-21); 
Curtis v. Feeney (FL-24); and Cox v. McCrery (LA-4), 11 a.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to continue hearings on the Continuing 
Investigation into the U.S. Attorneys Controversy, 9:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, hearing on 
H.R. 660, Court Security Improvement Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border 
Security, and International Law, hearing on the U.S. Economy, U.S. 
Workers, and Immigration Reform, 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife and Oceans, oversight hearing on the Convention of 
International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) as a precursor to 
the Conference of the Parties, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on Waste, 
Fraud, and Abuse in the Federal Crop Insurance Program; and to 
consider provisions of titles IV, V, and X of H.R. 1684, Department 
of Homeland Security Reauthorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on Reorienting the U.S. Global Change Research 
Program Toward a user-driven research endeavor, H.R. 906, Global 
Change Research Data Management Act of 2007, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing on 
Transitioning the Environmental Measurements Laboratory to the 
Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``The Impact of 
Renewable Energy Production in Rural America,'' 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, 
hearing on The SouthEast Crescent Authority, The Northern Border 
Economic Development Commission, and the Southwest Regional Border 
Authority, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing on Accelerated Education Benefits for Veterans, 
2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
financial assistance programs for low-income Medicare beneficiaries, 
10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing entitled ``Economic Impacts of Global Warming: Part I--
Insurance,'' 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.