[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 5, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D771]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              JUNE 6, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
cracks in the system, focusing on one tuberculosis patient's 
international public health threat, 9:45 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings to 
examine paying for a college education, focusing on the role of private 
student lending, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power, to hold hearings to examine the impact of climate change on water 
supply and availability in the United States, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to consider 
S. 506, to improve efficiency in the Federal Government through the use 
of high-performance green buildings, H.R. 1195, to amend the Safe, 
Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 
Users to make technical corrections, H.R. 798, to direct the 
Administrator of General Services to install a photovoltaic system for 
the headquarters building of the Department of Energy, S. 635, to provide 
for a research program for remediation of closed methamphetamine 
production laboratories, and S. 1523, to amend the Clean Air Act to 
reduce emissions of carbon dioxide from the Capitol power plant, 10 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine patent reform, 
focusing on the future of American innovation, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                  House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural 
Development, and Foreign Agriculture, to consider H.R. 2419, Farm Bill 
Extension Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, to consider the following appropriations 
for Fiscal Year 2008: Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies; 
and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to mark up appropriations for 
Fiscal Year 2008, 3 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the Department of Defense body 
armor programs, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, hearing on 
procurement of Navy boat barriers, 2:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection, hearing on legislation to Improve Consumer Product 
Safety for Children, H.R. 2474, To provide for an increased maximum civil 
penalty for violations under the Consumer Product Safety Act; H.R. 1699, 
Danny Keysar Child Product Safety Notification Act; H.R. 814, Children's 
Gasoline Burn Prevention Act; and H.R. 1721, Pool and Spa Safety Act, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``U.S. Interests in 
Reform of China's Financial Services Sector,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing entitled 
``Reauthorization of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
Determination Act,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on U.S. Policy Challenges in 
North Africa, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``The XDR Tuberculosis 
Incident: A Poorly Coordinated Federal Response to an Incident with 
Homeland Implications,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and 
Technology, to mark up H.R. 1717, To amend the Homeland Security Act of 
2002 to establish a National Bio and Agro- defense Facility, 2:30 p.m., 
311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, 
Refugees, Border Security, and International Law, to continue hearings on 
Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Business Community Perspectives, 10 
a.m., to meet to Adopt Rules of Procedure and Statement of Policy for 
Private Immigration Bills, Rules of Procedure for Private Claims Bills. 
and Adopt the Subcommittee's Policy on the Granting of Federal Charters; 
followed by continuation of hearings on Comprehensive Immigration Reform: 
Government Perspectives on Immigration Statistics, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, to mark up H.R. 2337, Energy Policy 
Reform and Revitalization Act of 2007, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on FDA's Role in 
the Evaluation of Avandia's Safety, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: S. 5, Stem Cell Research 
Enhancement Act of 2007; and H.R. 65, Lumbee Recognition Act, 2 p.m., H-
313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 906, Global Change 
Research and Data Management Act of 2007; H.R. 2304, Advanced Geothermal 
Energy Research and Development Act of 2007; and H.R. 2313, Marine 
Renewable Energy Research and Development Act of 2007, 9:30 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, hearing on STEM 
Education Programs, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Finance and Tax, hearing 
on Data Security, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on the National Transportation Safety Board's Most 
Wanted Aviation Safety Improvements, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.