[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 105 (Wednesday, June 27, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D922-D923]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 28, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to markup H.R. 2764, 
making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2008, an original bill making appropriations for the 
Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and an original bill 
making appropriations for energy and water development and related 
agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, 2 p.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2008 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine global warming issues in the power plant sector, 10 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine financial management systems modernization at 
the Department of Homeland Security, focusing on systems and 
processes needed to support the Department's mission and operations, 
3 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine draft 
legislation regarding the regulation of class III gaming, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 1060, 
to reauthorize the grant program for reentry of offenders into the 
community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 
to improve reentry planning and implementation, S. 1145, to amend 
title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform, S. Res. 
248, honoring the life and achievements of Dame Lois Browne Evans, 
Bermuda's first female barrister and Attorney General, and the first 
female Opposition Leader in the British Commonwealth, and S. Res. 
236, supporting the goals and ideals of the National Anthem Project, 
which has worked to restore America's voice by re-teaching Americans 
to sing the national anthem, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

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                                 House

  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Medicare Advantage and the 
Federal Budget, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Higher 
Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness, hearing on 
Workforce Investment Act: Recommendations to Improve the 
Effectiveness of Job Training,'' 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to continue consideration of the 
following measures related to energy legislation: To promote greater 
energy efficiency; To facilitate the transition to a 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, Subcommittee on Africa and Global 
Health, hearing entitled ``The Millennium Challenge Corporation in 
Africa: Promises Versus Progress,'' 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and 
Oversight, and the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, with the 
Subcommittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, and the 
Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, joint hearing entitled 
``Protection and Money: U.S. Companies, Their Employees, and 
Violence in Columbia, 10 a.m, 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, 
and Global Counterterrorism, hearing entitled ``US-VISIT Exit: 
Closing Gaps in Our Security,'' 1 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee, on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism 
Risk Assessment, hearing entitled ``Over-Classification and Pseudo-
Classification: Making DHS the Gold Standard for Designating 
Classified and Sensitive Homeland Security Information,'' 10 a.m., 
311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, oversight hearing on the Impact 
of Ledbetter v. Goodyear on the Effective Enforcement of Civil 
Rights Laws, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 1239, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom 
Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R. 1388, Star-Spangled Banner 
National Historic Trail Act; H.R. 1011, Virginia Ridge and Valley 
Act of 2007; H.R. 189, Paterson Great Falls National Park Act of 
2007; H.R. 761, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
to the Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail and 
Visitor Center Foundation, Inc. Certain Federal land associated with 
the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail in Nebraska, to be used 
as an historical interpretive site along the trail; H.R. 1285, 
Snoqualimie Pass Land Conveyance Act; H.R. 1205, Coral Reef 
Conservation Amendments Act of 2007; H.R. 2400, Ocean and Coastal 
Mapping Integration Act; H.R. 50, Multinational Species Conservation 
Funds Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R. 465, Asian Elephant 
Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R. 1834, National Ocean 
Exploration Program Act ; H.R. 716, Santa Rosa Urban Water Reuse 
Plan Act; H.R. 31, Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District 
Wastewater and Recycled Water Facilities Act of 2007; H.R. 1503, 
Avra/Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project; H.R. 
1526, Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program Authorization Act; 
H.R. 1337, To provide for a feasibility study of alternatives to 
augment the water supplies of the Central Oklahoma master 
Conservancy District and cities served by the district; and 1725, 
Rancho California Water District Recycled Water Reclamation Facility 
Act of 2007, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight hearing on 
The Minerals Management Service's Proposed Five Year Program for Oil 
and Gas Leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, 
oversight hearing entitled ``Management by Exclusion: The Forest 
Service Use of Categorical Exclusions from NEPA,'' 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on Waste, 
Fraud and Abuse at the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics, hearing on NASA's Earth Science and Applications 
Programs: Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Request and Issues, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on Assessing the Impact of 
the Copyright Royalty Board Decision to Increase Royalty Rates on 
Recording Artists and Webcasters, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the 
following measures: the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R. 2830, 
To authorize appropriations for the Coast Guard for fiscal year 
2008; H.R. 2722, Integrated Deepwater Program Reform Act; H.R. 2775, 
To amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act to authorize funding for emergency management 
performance grants; H.R. 781, To redesignate Lock and Dam No. 5 of 
the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System near Redfield, 
Arkansas, authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act approved July 24, 
1946, as the Colonel Charles D, Maynard Lock and Dam; H. Res. 375, 
National Naval Force Structure Policy Act, and General Services 
Administration Lease Resolutions, 12 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, to mark up 
the following bills: H.R. 2623, To amend title 38, United States 
Code, to prohibit the collection of copayments for all hospice care 
furnished by the Department of Veterans Affairs; and H.R. 2874, 
Veterans' Health Care Improvement Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to consider 
Member requests for documents in the possession of the Committee, 3 
p.m., H-405 Capitol.