[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 17, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D991]
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                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 19, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for the Department of Agriculture 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider the nominations of Bijan Rafiekian, of California, and 
Diane G. Farrell, of Connecticut, both to be Members of the Board of 
Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, William 
Herbert Heyman, of New York, William S. Jasien, of Virginia, and 
Mark S. Shelton, of Kansas, all to be Directors of the Securities 
Investor Protection Corporation; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to examine the semiannual monetary policy report to the 
Congress, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider S. 1769, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 
to facilitate number portability in order to increase consumer 
choice of voice service provider, S. 1780, to require the FCC, in 
enforcing its regulations concerning the broadcast of indecent 
programming, to maintain a policy that a single word or image may be 
considered indecent, S. 1582, to reauthorize and amend the 
Hydrographic Services Improvement Act, S. 1771, to increase the 
safety of swimming pools and spas by requiring the use of proper 
anti-entrapment drain covers and pool and spa drainage systems, to 
educate the public about pool and spa safety, S. 1778, to authorize 
certain activities of the Maritime Administration, S. 1492, to 
improve the quality of Federal and State data regarding the 
availability and quality of broadband services and to promote the 
deployment of affordable broadband services to all parts of the 
Nation, and the nominations of Jonathan W. Bailey, and Philip M. 
Kenul, both to be Rear Admiral, for the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1634, to implement further the Act approving the Covenant 
to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in 
Political Union with the United States of America, 9:45 a.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider an original 
bill entitled, ``The Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization 
Act'', 9 a.m., SD-219.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine aviation financing, 
focusing on industry perspectives, 2:15 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to continue hearings to examine 
the war in Iraq, focusing on an update from the field, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the military's role in disaster response, 
focusing on progress since Hurricane Katrina, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
the mayoral proposal to reform the District of Columbia's public 
school system, focusing on assessments, assurances, and 
accountability, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
examine draft legislation to amend and reauthorize the Native 
American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to continue 
consideration of 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, 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. 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. Res. 261, expressing appreciation for the 
profound public service and educational contributions of Donald 
Jeffry Herbert, fondly known as ``Mr. Wizard'', a bill entitled, 
``School Safety and Law Enforcement Improvements Act'', and the 
nominations of Roslynn Renee Mauskopf, of New York, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, 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.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Sharion Aycock, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Mississippi, Jennifer Walker Elrod, of Texas, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, and Richard A. 
Jones, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Washington, 2:45 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.