[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 113 (Monday, July 16, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D984-D985]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JULY 17, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, 
business meeting to mark up proposed legislation making 
appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2008, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, to hold hearings to 
examine improving air services to small and rural communities, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Robert Boldrey, of Michigan, to be a 
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship 
and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation, Kristine 
L. Svinicki, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, and R. Lyle Laverty, of Colorado, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider an original 
bill entitled, ``The Children's Health Insurance Program 
Reauthorization Act'', 7 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs, 
to hold hearings to examine the efficacy of democratic developments 
in Sub-Saharan Africa, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine protocol Amending the 
Convention Between the Government of the United States of America 
and the Government of the Republic of Finland for the Avoidance of 
Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to 
Taxes on Income and on Capital, signed at Helsinki May 31, 2006 (the 
``Protocol'') (Treaty Doc. 109-18), protocol Amending the Convention 
Between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Avoidance of Double 
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes 
on Income signed at Copenhagen May 2, 2006 (the ``Protocol'') 
(Treaty Doc. 109-19), protocol Amending the Convention Between the 
United States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany for the 
Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion 
with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital and to Certain Other 
Taxes, Signed on August 29, 1989, signed at Berlin June 1, 2006 (the 
``Protocol''), along with a related Joint Declaration (Treaty Doc. 
109-20), Convention Between the United States and Belgium for the 
Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion 
with the Respect to Taxes on Income and Accompanying Protocol 
(Treaty Doc. 110-3), patent Law Treaty and Regulations Under the 
Patent Law Treaty (the ``Treaty''), done at Geneva on June 1, 2000, 
between the Governments of 53 countries including the United States 
of America (Treaty Doc. 109-12), and the Geneva Act of the Hague 
Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial 
Designs (the ``Agreement''), adopted in Geneva on July 2, 1999, and 
signed by the United States on July 6, 1999 (Treaty Doc. 109-21), 
and the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (Treaty Doc. 110-
2), protocol to the 1951 Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and 
Navigation between the United States and Denmark (Treaty Doc. 108-
8), 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Retirement and Aging, to hold hearings to examine the federal 
response to the Alzheimer's epidemic, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine federal acquisition, focusing on ways to 
strengthen competition and accountability, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to 
continue hearings to examine the readiness of the Census Bureau for 
the 2010 census, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
prosecution of Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to mark up the 
nomination of Charles L. Hopkins, of Massachusetts, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Operations, Preparedness, 
Security and Law Enforcement), Time to be announced, Room to be 
announced.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Department of Veterans 
Affairs and Department of Defense collaboration and cooperation and 
the education needs for the returning service members, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to consider H.R. 2419, Farm Bill 
Extension Act of 2007, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Budgeting to Fight Waste, 
Fraud, and Abuse, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Diminished Capacity: Can the FDA 
Assure the Safety and Security of the Nation's Food Supply?--Part 
2,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Financial Services, to hold a hearing on Monetary 
Policy and State of the Economy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing on H.R. 
920, Multiple Peril Insurance Act of 2007, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on U.S. Policy Options in 
the Iraq Crisis, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment, 
hearing on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migrating Fish 
Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Oceans, and Other 
International Fisheries Agreements of U.S. Interest in Asia and the 
Pacific, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence, 
Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment, to mark up H.R 
1955, Homegrown Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007, 2 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on Working Families in Financial Crisis: 
Medical Debt and Bankruptcy, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Investigations and Oversight and the Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, joint hearing on the Department of Energy's Support for 
the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL), Part I, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing on Amendments 
to the Patent and Trade Act of 1980--the Next 25 Years, 1 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing on the 
Status of the Nation's Waters, including Wetlands, Under the 
Jurisdiction of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 2 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on FAA's Oversight of Falsified 
Airman Medical Certificate Applications, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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; H.R. 2874, Veterans' Health Care 
Improvement Act of 2007; 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. 760, Filipino Veterans Equity Act of 
2007; H.R. 513, National Heroes Credit Protection Act; and H.R. 23, 
Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 
2007, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.