[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 26, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D910-D911]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JUNE 27, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Jill E. Sommers, of Kansas, 
to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for 
the remainder of the term expiring April 13, 2009, and Bartholomew 
H. Chilton, of Delaware, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission for the remainder of the term expiring 
April 13, 2008, 2 p.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider S. 704, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 
to prohibit manipulation of caller identification information, S. 
950, to develop and maintain an integrated system of coastal and 
ocean observations for the Nation's coasts, oceans, and Great Lakes, 
to improve warnings of tsunami, hurricanes, El Nino events, and 
other natural hazards, to enhance homeland security, to support 
maritime operations, to improve management of coastal and marine 
resources, S. 1650, to establish a digital and wireless network 
technology program, and S. 1661, to communicate United States travel 
policies and improve marketing and other activities designed to 
increase travel in the United States from abroad, and promotion 
lists in the United States Coast Guard, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1171, to amend the Colorado River Storage Project Act and 
Public Law 87-483 to authorize the construction and rehabilitation 
of water infrastructure in Northwestern New Mexico, to authorize the 
use of the reclamation fund to fund the Reclamation Water 
Settlements Fund, to authorize the conveyance of certain Reclamation 
land and infrastructure, to authorize the Commissioner of 
Reclamation to provide for the delivery of water, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality, 
to hold hearings to examine protecting water quality at America's 
beaches, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the Stealth Tax, 
focusing on how to stop the alternative minimum tax from sneaking up 
on unsuspecting taxpayers, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 11:15 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 793, to provide for the expansion and 
improvement of traumatic brain injury programs, and S. 1011, to 
change the name of the National Institute on Drug Abuse to the 
National Institute on Diseases of Addiction and to change the name 
of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to the 
National Institute on Alcohol Disorders and Health, original bills 
entitled, ``Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act'', 
``Wired for Health Care Quality Act'', and other pending calendar 
business, 11 a.m., S-211, Capitol.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to 
continue hearings to examine violent Islamist extremism, focusing on 
the European experience, 11:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine the federal death penalty, 9:30 
a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to mark up 
pending legislation; to be immediately followed by a full committee 
hearing to examine the nomination of Charles L. Hopkins, of 
Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
(Operations, Preparedness, Security and Law Enforcement), 9:30 a.m., 
SD-562.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine the 
relationship between doctors and the drug industry, 10:30 a.m., SD-
106.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, 
on the Capitol Visitor Center, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, 
hearing to review the policies and procedures regarding the 
notification of next-of-kin of wounded and deceased service members, 
10 a.m., 2218 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 2857, Generations Invigorating Volunteering and Education Act 
of 2007; Green Jobs Act of 2007; and H.R. 2831, To amend title VII 
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination Act of 1967, 
the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision 
or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time 
compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation 
decision or other practice, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to consider the following 
measures related to energy legislation: To promote greater energy 
efficiency; To facilitate the transition to a

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smart electricity grid; To clarify the amount of loans to be 
guaranteed under title XVII of the Energy Policy Act of 2005; To 
promote the development of renewable fuels infrastructure; To 
promote advanced plug-in hybrid vehicles and vehicle components; and 
To enhance availability of energy information, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on Iraq: Is the Escalation 
Working? 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia and the Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, joint hearing on A.Q. Khan's 
Nuclear Wal-Mart: Out of Business or Under New Management? 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, 
Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, hearing entitled ``A 
Roadmap for Security? Examining the Science and Technology 
Directorate's Strategic Plan,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, hearing on Implementation of 
the U.S. Capitol Police--Library of Congress Police Merger; and to 
consider pending Committee business, 11:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
National Security and Foreign Affairs, briefing entitled 
``International Perspectives on Strengthening the Nonproliferation 
Regime,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 906, Global Change Research and Data Management Act of 
2007; H.R. 1933, Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Storage 
Research, Development and Demonstration Act of 2007; H.R. 2773, 
Biofuels Research and Development Enhancement Act; and H.R. 2774, 
Solar Energy Research and Advancement Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on VA Internal Contracting Oversight 
Deficiencies, 10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Hot Spots, 8:45 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the economic 
case for early care and education, 11 a.m., SH-216.