[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 9, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D652-D653]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 10, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine the Federal Aviation Administration's budget 
performance and treatment, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2008 for the Department of State and foreign operations, 10 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the nominations of David George Nason, of Rhode Island, 
to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Mario Mancuso, of New 
York, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, 
Michael W. Tankersley, of Texas, to be Inspector General, Export-
Import Bank, Scott A. Keller, of Florida, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Robert M. Couch, of 
Alabama, to be General Counsel of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, and Janis Herschkowitz, of Pennsylvania, David 
George Nason, of Rhode Island, and Nguyen Van Hanh, of California, 
each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National 
Consumer Cooperative Bank, 3 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to hold hearings 
to examine the effects of climate change and ocean acidification on 
living marine resources, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Joseph Timothy Kelliher, of the District 
of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, and R. Lyle Laverty, of Colorado, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine economic issues 
for America's working families and middle class, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
a status report on reform efforts by the Under Secretary of Homeland 
Security for Management, 9 a.m., SD-342.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine violent Islamist 
extremism, focusing on government efforts to defeat it, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 1200, 
to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend 
the Act, S. 310, 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, H.R. 835, to reauthorize the 
programs of the Department of Housing and Urban Development for 
housing assistance for Native Hawaiians, and S.J. Res. 4, to 
acknowledge a long history of official depredations and ill-
conceived policies by the United States Government regarding Indian 
tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of the 
United States, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Leslie Southwick, of Mississippi, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Janet T. Neff, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Michigan, and Liam 
O'Grady, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Virginia, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, 
Energy, and Research, hearing to review agricultural research 
programs, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign 
Agriculture, hearing to review food aid and agriculture trade 
programs operated by the USDA and the U.S. Agency for International 
Development, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, on Contracting Out, 10 a.m., and 1:30 
p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on Accountability for 
the Department of Education's Oversight of Student Loans and the 
Reading First Program, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, hearing on Using 
School Wellness Plans to Help Fight Childhood Obesity, 2 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to consider the following bills: 
H.R. 964, Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act; and 
H.R. 948, Social Security Number Protection Act of 2007, 2:30 p.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, to continue 
hearings entitled ``Digital Future of the United States: Part V: The 
Future of Video,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Suspicious Activity and Currency 
Transaction Reports: Balancing Law Enforcement Utility and 
Regulatory Requirements,'' 9 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on Every State a Superpower? 
Stopping the Spread of Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century, 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and 
Oversight, and the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, hearing 
on Is There a Human Rights Double Standard? U.S. Policy Toward 
Equatorial Guinea and Ethiopia, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence, 
Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment, hearing entitled 
``Fixing the Homeland Security Information Network: Finding the Way 
Forward for Better Information Sharing,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.

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  Committee on the Judiciary, oversight hearing on the U.S. 
Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, May 9, oversight hearing on 
Endangered Species Act Implementation: Science or Politics? 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Domestic Policy, hearing entitled ``Lethal Loopholes: Deficiencies 
in State and Federal Gun Purchase Laws,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the 
District of Columbia, hearing entitled ``The Lack of Diversity in 
the Top Levels of the Federal Government,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, to mark up the following bills; H.R. 364, To provide 
for the establishment of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-
Energy; H.R. 632, H-Prize Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing on Green 
Transportation Infrastructure: Challenges to Access and 
Implementation, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on Immigration Policies and 
their Impact on Small Businesses, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, 
hearing on General Services Administration's Fiscal Year 2008 
Capital Investment and Leasing Program, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 
Emergency Management, hearing on Legislative Fixes for Lingering 
Problems that Hinder Katrina Recovery,'' 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on FTA 
Implementation of the New Starts and Small Starts Programs, 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, to mark up 
H.R. 1470, Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act, 9:30 
a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Options To Improve Quality and Efficiency Among Medicare Physicians, 
10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.