[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 15, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D684-D685]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              MAY 16, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings to receive testimony from sundry public witnesses, 10 a.m., 
SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 
for the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, 3 p.m., 
SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider an original bill entitled ``Foreign Investment and 
National Security Act of 2007'', an original bill to make technical 
corrections to Title III of SAFETEA-LU; H.R. 1675, to suspend the 
requirements of the Department of Housing and Urban Development 
regarding electronic filing of previous participation certificates 
and regarding filing of such certificates with respect to certain 
low-income housing investors, H.R. 1676, to reauthorize the program 
of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for loan 
guarantees for Indian housing, S. 254, to award posthumously a 
Congressional gold medal to Constantino Brumidi, and the nominations 
of David George Nason, of Rhode Island, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of the Treasury for Financial Institutions, 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, Robert M. Couch, of Alabama, to be General Counsel of 
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Janis 
Herschkowitz, of Pennsylvania, and Nguyen Van Hanh, of California, 
and David George Nason, of Rhode Island, each to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank, 9:30 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean 
Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings to examine the state of 
mercury regulation, science, and technology, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the efficacy of 
United States preference programs, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine rogue 
online pharmacies, focusing on the growing problem of internet drug 
trafficking, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: business meeting 
to mark up S. 1256, to amend the Small Business Act to reauthorize 
loan programs under that Act, 2 p.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Michael K. Kussman, of Massachusetts, to be Under 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine Medicare 
Advantage marketing and sales, focusing on who has the advantage, 
10:30 a.m., SD-106.


                                 House

  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on Evaluating the 
Effectiveness of MSHA's Mine Safety and Health Programs, 10:30 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Reauthorization of the Medical Device User Fee and 
Modernization Act,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``2006 Prudhoe Bay Shutdown: Will Recent Regulatory Changes and BP 
Management Reforms Prevent Future Failures,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Private 
Equity's Effects on Workers and Firms,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa and Global 
Health, briefing on Africa's Water Crisis and the 2006 UNDP Human 
Development Report, 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, hearing on Africa's 
Water Crisis and the U.S. Response, 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia, hearing on Public 
Diplomacy in the Middle East and South Asia: Is the Message Getting 
Through? 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation 
Security and Infrastructure Protection, hearing entitled ``The 
Impact of Foreign Ownership and Foreign Investment on the Security 
of Our Nation's Critical Infrastructure,'' 2:30 p.m., 1539 
Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Antitrust Task Force, hearing on 
Prices at the Pump: Market Failure and the Oil Industry, 1 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, The Internet, and Intellectual Property, 
to mark up H.R. 1908, Patent Reform Act of 2007, 4 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border 
Security and International Law, hearing on Comprehensive Immigration 
Reform: Becoming Americans-U.S. Immigration Integration, 9:30 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, hearing on the State of 
Climate Change Science 2007: The Findings of the

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Fourth Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 
Change (IPCC), Working Group III: Mitigation of Climate Change, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on legislation affecting the 
SBA's Entrepreneurial Development programs, including its Small 
Business Development Center and Women's Business Center Programs, 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing on Climate Change and 
Energy Independence: Transportation and Infrastructure Issues, 11 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the 
explosive costs of elder care and determine if they are hurting 
family finances and business competition, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.