[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 110 (Wednesday, July 11, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D960-D961]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 12, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and H.R. 
2829, making appropriations for financial services and general 
government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, 2 p.m., 
SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance and Investment, to hold hearings to examine 
cross-border exchange mergers, focusing on the global view, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine telephone number portability, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Clarence H. Albright, of South Carolina, 
to be Under Secretary of Energy, Lisa E. Epifani, of Texas, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional and 
Intergovernmental Affairs, and James L. Caswell, of Idaho, to be 
Director of the Bureau of Land Management, Department of the 
Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 488 
and H.R. 1100, bills to revise the boundary of the Carl Sandburg 
Home National Historic Site in the State of North Carolina, S. 617, 
to make the National Parks and Federal Recreational Lands Pass 
available at a discount to certain veterans, S. 824 and H.R. 995, 
bills to amend Public Law 106-348 to extend the authorization for 
establishing a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs 
to honor veterans who became disabled while serving in the Armed 
Forces of the United States, S. 955, to establish the Abraham 
Lincoln National Heritage Area, S. 1148, to establish the Champlain 
Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission and the Hudson-Fulton 
400th Commemoration Commission, S. 1380, to designate as wilderness 
certain land within the Rocky Mountain National Park and to adjust 
the boundaries of the Indian Peaks Wilderness and the Arapaho 
National Recreation Area of the Arapaho National Forest in the State 
of Colorado, and S. 1182, to amend the Quinebaug and Shetucket 
Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994 to increase the 
authorization of appropriations and modify the date on which the 
authority of the Secretary of the Interior terminates under the Act, 
and S. 1728, to amend the National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 
to reauthorize the Na Hoa Pili O Kaloko-Honokohau Advisory 
Commission, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine airport airways 
trust fund, focusing on the future of aviation financing, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of James W. Holsinger, Jr., of 
Kentucky, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public 
Health Service, subject to qualifications therefor as provided by 
law and regulations, and to be Surgeon General of the Public Health 
Service, Department of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine certain 
vulnerabilities in the government's procedures for licensing 
radiological materials, focusing on the effectiveness of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission's materials licensing policies and procedures, 
and the vulnerability of those licenses to counterfeiting, 9 a.m., 
SD-342.
  Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector 
Preparedness and Integration, to continue 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 hold an oversight hearing to 
examine transportation issues in Indian country, 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, an 
original bill entitled, ``School Safety and Law Enforcement 
Improvements Act'', 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, 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, S. Res. 261, expressing appreciation for the profound public 
service and educational contributions of Donald Jeffry Herbert, 
fondly known as ``Mr. Wizard'', and the nominations of William 
Lindsay Osteen, Jr., of North Carolina, to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, Martin Karl 
Reidinger, of North Carolina, to be United States District Judge for 
the Western District of North Carolina, Timothy D. DeGiusti, of 
Oklahoma, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Oklahoma, Janis Lynn Sammartino, of California, to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
California, Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, of Puerto Rico, to be 
United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, and Joe W. 
Stecher, of Nebraska, to be United States Attorney for the District 
of Nebraska, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, hearing to review trading of energy-based 
derivatives, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, to consider the following 
appropriations for fiscal year 2008: supplemental Energy and Water 
Development, and Related Agencies; and the

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Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural; Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies, to consider appropriations for 
Fiscal Year 2008, 3 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, executive, to consider appropriations for 
Fiscal Year 2008, 1 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, 
hearing on mental health, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on A Third 
Way: Alternatives for Iraq's Future, (Part 1), 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing to receive testimony on 
emerging contaminants and environmental management at Department of 
Defense installations, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Healthy Families 
and Communities, and the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and 
Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, joint hearing 
on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: Overview and 
Perspectives, 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa and Global 
Health, hearing on Beyond Oil and Gas: African Growth and 
Opportunity Act's Benefits to Africa, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and 
Oversight, hearing on Ideals vs. Reality in Human Rights and U.S. 
Foreign Policy: The Cases of Azerbaijan, Cuba, and Egypt, 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Communications, Preparedness, and Response, hearing entitled 
``Challenges Facing First Responders in Border Communities,'' 2 
p.m., 1539 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on the Continuing Investigation into the 
U.S. Attorneys Controversy and Related Matters, followed by 
consideration of issuing subpoena to the Republic National 
Committee, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, hearing on 
the Drug Enforcement Administration's Regulation of Medicine, 10 
a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on H.R. 2010, National Offshore 
Aquaculture Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 105, Northern Neck National Heritage 
Area Study Act; H.R. 1083, To amend the Act establishing the Rivers 
of Steel National Heritage Area in order to include Butler County, 
Pennsylvania, within the boundaries of that heritage area; H.R. 
1145, Muscle Shoals National Heritage Area Act; H.R. 1297, Freedom's 
Way National Heritage Area Act; H.R. 1815, To extend the 
authorization for the Coastal Heritage Trail in the State of New 
Jersey; and H.R. 1885, Santa Cruz Valley National Heritage Area 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, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, hearing on 
Pakistan at the Crossroads; Afghanistan in the Balance, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing SBA's Microloan and Trade 
Programs, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on Transportation 
Worker Identification Card System, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on 
Reauthorization of the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal 
Health Act, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing on Federal Procurement, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on issues facing Women and 
Minority Veterans, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Income Security and 
Family Support, hearing on Children Who ``Age Out'' of the Foster 
Care System, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Intelligence Community Management, executive, hearing on 
Intelligence Community Management, 1 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence Analysis and 
Counterterrorism, executive, hearing on Nuclear Terrorism, 10 a.m., 
H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing entitled ``Plugging into Energy Independence with 150 MPG 
Vehicles,'' 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.