[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 17, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D996-D997]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine modernization of Federal Housing Administration programs, 
9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the federal response to ensuring the 
safety of Chinese imports, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider an original 
bill entitled, ``The Children's Health Insurance Reauthorization 
Act'', 1:30 p.m., SD-219.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider 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, 
to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New 
York, William Lindsay Osteen, Jr., to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, Martin Karl 
Reidinger, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of North Carolina, Timothy D. DeGiusti, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, Janis Lynn 
Sammartino, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of California, Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, to be United 
States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, and Joe W. Stecher, 
to be United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine increasing government accountability and ensuring 
fairness in small business contracting, 2 p.m., SR-428A.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine abuse of 
elderly citizens, focusing on prevention methods, 10:30 a.m., SD-
628.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to continue consideration of H.R. 2419, 
Farm Bill Extension Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, to consider the Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
Bill, Fiscal Year 2008, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Iraq: Trends and Recent 
Security Developments, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to continue hearings 
on A Third Way: Alternatives for Iraq's Future, Part 2, 3 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on U.S. nuclear weapons 
policy, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, to mark up H.R. 1424, Paul 
Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to continue hearings on Monetary 
Policy and State of the Economy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, and Global 
Health, to mark up H.R. 2003, Ethiopia Democracy and Accountability 
Act of 2007, 10:15 a.m., followed by a hearing on Food Security in 
Africa: The Impact of Agricultural Development, 10:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment, 
hearing on the Impact of Coup-Related Sanctions on Thailand and 
Fiji: Helpful or Harmful to U.S. Relations? 3 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia and the Subcommittee on 
International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight, joint 
hearing on Reconstruction in Iraq's Oil Sector: Running on Empty? 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up H.R. 1908, Patent Reform 
Act of 2007, 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 673, Cocopah Lands Act; H.R. 1696, To amend the Ysleta del Sur 
Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration 
Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe to determine blood 
quantum requirements for membership in that Tribe; H.R. 2120, To 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to proclaim as reservation for 
the benefit of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians a 
parcel of land now held in trust by the United States for that 
Indian Tribe; H.R. 2863, To authorize the Coquille Indian Tribe of 
the State of Oregon to convey land and interests in land owned by 
the Tribe; H.R. 2952, To authorize the Saginow Chippewa Tribe of 
Indians of the State of Michigan to convey land and interests land 
owned by the Tribe; S. 375, A bill to waive application of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to a specific 
parcel of real property transferred by the United States to 2 Indian 
tribes in the State of Oregon, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, hearing on 
Federal Contracting: Do Poor Performers Keep Winning? 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Medicaid Drug 
Reimbursements: Are CMS Cuts Bad Medicine for Small Businesses and 
Beneficiaries?'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
3046, Social Security Number Privacy and

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Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2007; and the H.R. 3056, Tax 
Collection Responsibility Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing entitled ``Voluntary Carbon Offsets--Getting What You Pay 
For,'' 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.