[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 100 (Wednesday, June 20, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D868-D869]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





             COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, and Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, 2 p.m., SD-I06.
  Committee on Armed Services: business meeting to mark up S. 1538, 
to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for the 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United 
States Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, 
and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability 
System, and to consider pending military nominations, 9:30 a.m., S-
407, Capitol.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine S. 1518, to amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act to reauthorize the Act, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine health care 
and the budget, focusing on issues and challenges for reform, 10 
a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine telephone number porting and caller-ID spoofing, 
10 a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Innovation, to hold 
hearings to examine energy efficiency technologies and programs, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine barriers to work 
to be overcome for individuals receiving Social Security Disability 
Benefits, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine a 
strategic assessment of United States and Russia relations, 9:30 
a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
John L. Withers II, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Albania, Charles Lewis English, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameron Munter, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia, Roderick W. Moore, of Rhode 
Island, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Montenegro, and J. 
Christian Kennedy, of Indiana, to be Ambassador during his tenure of 
service as Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and 
Integration, to hold hearings to examine the state of public-private 
collaboration in preparing for and responding to national 
catastrophes, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to continue oversight hearings to 
examine law enforcement in Indian Country, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 1145, 
to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform, 
S. Res. 230, designating the month of July 2007, as ``National Teen 
Safe Driver Month'', S. Res. 235, designating July 1, 2007, as 
``National Boating Day'', S. Res. 225, designating the month of 
August 2007 as ``National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month'', the 
nomination of Leslie Southwick, of Mississippi, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, and possible authorization of 
subpoenas in connection with the investigation of the legal basis 
for the warrantless wiretap program, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the Civil 
Rights Division of the Department of Justice, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 3:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine America's 
aging farming population, focusing on the threat to the future of 
American agriculture as aging farmers are not being replaced by 
younger generations, 11 a.m., SR-325.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, to consider a Supplemental Report to 
H.R. 2643, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, 
environment, and related programs for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2008; a report on the Financial Services and General 
Government appropriations for fiscal year 2008; and a revised 
Suballocation of Budget Allocations for fiscal year 2008, 9 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protection, hearing on Balancing Work and Family: What Policies Best 
Support American Families? 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to consider the following: as 
amended, the Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments of 2007 (PDUFA); 
as amended, the Medical Device User Fee Amendments of 2007 (MDUFA); 
the Pediatric Medical Device Safety and Improvement Act of 2007; as 
amended, the Pediatric Research Equity Act of 2007; as amended, the 
Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act of 2007 (BPCA); as amended, to 
amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide for the 
establishment of the Reagan-Udall Institute for Applied Biomedical 
Research; to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with 
respect to conflicts of interest; as amended, to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a clinical 
trial registry database and a clinical trial results database; and, 
as amended, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
improve drug safety, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled 
``Examining a Legislative Solution to Extend and Revise the 
Terrorism Risk Insurance Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing 
entitled ``Reauthorization of the HOPE VI Program,'' 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade, to mark up the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation Reauthorization Act of 2007, 1 p.m., 2255 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Communication, Preparedness, and Response, hearing entitled 
``Challenges Facing First Responders in Border Communities,'' 10 
a.m., 1539 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to continue hearings on the Continuing 
Investigation into the U.S. Attorney Controversy and Related 
Matters, 12 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil 
Liberties, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 558, African 
American Farmers Benefit Relief Act of 2007; and H.R. 899, Pigford 
Claims Remedy Act of 2007, 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on H.R. 767, Refuge Ecology Protection, 
Assistance, and Immediate Response Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Federal Workforce, Postal Services, and the District of Columbia, 
hearing on Ensuring a Merit-Based Employment System: An Examination 
of the Merit Systems Protection Board and the Office of Special 
Counsel; followed by a meeting on the District of Columbia Autonomy 
legislation, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, to consider the following bills: H.R. 2773, Biofuels 
Research and Development Enhancement Act; H.R. 1933, Department of 
Energy Carbon Capture and Storage Research, Development, and 
Demonstration Act of 2007; and H.R. 2774, Solar Energy Research and 
Advancement Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on Increasing Investment in 
Our Nation's Small Businesses, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, 
hearing on the Responsibility of the Department of Homeland Security 
and the Federal Protective Service to Ensure Contract Guards Protect 
Federal Employees and Workplaces, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1750, To amend the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend from 90 days the period 
after release of a member of the Armed Forces from active duty 
during which the member is protected from mortgage foreclosure under 
that act; H.R. 1824, To amend title 38, United States Code, to 
expand the scope of programs of education for which accelerated 
payments of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill may 
be used; H.R. 1598, Servicemembers Credit Protection Act; H.R. 1315, 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide specially adaptive 
housing assistance to certain disabled members of the Armed Forces 
residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member; H.R. 1240, 
To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a 
scholarship program for students seeking a degree or certificate in 
the areas of visual impairment and orientation and mobility; H.R. 
675. Disabled Veterans Adaptive Housing Improvement Act; H.R. 513, 
National Heroes Credit Protection Act; H.R. 2259, To ensure that 
members of the National Guard and Reserves are able to fully 
participate in the benefits delivery at discharge program 
administered jointly by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to provide information and assistance on 
available benefits and other transition assistance to members of the 
Armed Forces who are separating from the Armed Forces; H.R. 2475, 
Veteran Home Equity Conversion Mortgage Act of 2007; H.R. 1632, 
Improving Veterans' Reemployment Act of 2007; H.R. 112, G.I. 
Advanced Education in Science and Technology Act; H.R. 2579, To 
amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the use of funds in 
the Department of Veterans Affairs readjustment benefits accounts 
and funds appropriated for such purpose to provide funding for state 
approving agencies; and H.R. 1370, Disabled Veterans Sports and 
Special Events Promotion Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Beneficiary Protections in Medicare Part D, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on Protecting the Privacy 
of the Social Security Number from Identity Theft, 10 a.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
FISA, 9:30 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, focusing on the 
implications for United States human rights leadership, 10 a.m., 
2325 RHOB.