[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 119 (Tuesday, July 24, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1042-D1043]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism, to hold hearings to 
examine United States trade relations with China, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider S. 169, to amend the National Trails System Act to clarify 
Federal authority relating to land acquisition from willing sellers 
for the majority of the trails in the System, S. 278, to establish a 
program and criteria for National Heritage Areas in the United 
States, S. 289, to establish the Journey Through Hallowed Ground 
National Heritage Area, S. 443, to establish the Sangre de Cristo 
National Heritage Area in the State of Colorado, S. 444, to 
establish the South Park National Heritage Area in the State of 
Colorado, S. 471, 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 a historical interpretive site along the 
trail, S. 637, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
suitability and feasibility of establishing the Chattahoochee Trace 
National Heritage Corridor in Alabama and Georgia, S. 645, to amend 
the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to provide an alternate sulfur dioxide 
removal measurement for certain coal gasification project goals, S. 
647, to designate certain land in the State of Oregon as wilderness, 
S. 722, to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of 
Agriculture to jointly conduct a study of certain land adjacent to 
the Walnut Canyon National Monument in the State of Arizona, S. 800, 
to establish the Niagara Falls National Heritage Area in the State 
of New York, S. 817, to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
Management Act of 1996 to provide additional authorizations for 
certain National Heritage Areas, S. 838, to authorize funding for 
eligible joint ventures between United States and Israeli businesses 
and academic persons, to establish the International Energy Advisory 
Board, S. 955, to establish the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage 
Area, S. 1089, to amend the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act to allow 
the Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation 
Projects to hire employees more efficiently, S. 1148, to establish 
the Champlain Quadricentennial Commemoration Commission and the 
Hudson-Fulton 400th Commemoration Commission, 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, S. 1203, to enhance the management of 
electricity programs at the Department of Energy, S. 1281, to amend 
the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain rivers and 
streams of the headwaters of the Snake River System as additions to 
the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 1728, to amend the 
National Parks and Recreation Act of 1978 to reauthorize the Na Hoa 
Pili O Kaloko-Honokohau Advisory Commission, H.R. 85, to provide for 
the establishment of centers to encourage demonstration and 
commercial application of advanced energy methods and technologies, 
H.R. 247, to designate a Forest Service trail at Waldo Lake in the 
Willamette National Forest in the State of Oregon as a national 
recreation trail in honor of Jim Weaver, a former Member of the 
House of Representatives, H.R. 356, to remove certain restrictions 
on the Mammoth Community Water District's ability to use certain 
property acquired by that District from the United States, H.R. 407, 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to 
determine the feasibility of establishing the Columbia-Pacific 
National Heritage Area in the States of Washington and Oregon, and 
H.R. 995, 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, and other pending calendar 
business, 11:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Superfund and Environmental Health, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Environmental Protection Agency's Environmental Justice 
programs, 2 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the nominations 
of Peter B. McCarthy, of Wisconsin, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
the Treasury, David H. McCormick, of Pennsylvania, to be an Under 
Secretary of the Treasury, Kerry N. Weems, of New Mexico, to be 
Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Tevi David Troy, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, and Charles E. F. Millard, of New York, to be 
Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine S. 
732, to empower Peace Corps volunteers, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Pakistan's future, 
focusing on the challenges of building a democracy, 2:30 p.m., SD-
419.

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  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 625, to protect the public health by 
providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to 
regulate tobacco products, S. 1183, to enhance and further research 
into paralysis and to improve rehabilitation and the quality of life 
for persons living with paralysis and other physical disabilities, 
S. 579, to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the 
Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences 
to make grants for the development and operation of research centers 
regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology 
of breast cancer, S. 898, to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
fund breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing 
more help to caregivers and increasing public education about 
prevention, a bill entitled, ``Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 
2007'', and the nominations of Diane Auer Jones, of Maryland, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of 
Education, David C. Geary, of Missouri, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences, and 
Miguel Campaneria, of Puerto Rico, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Arts, and other pending calendar business, 10 a.m., 
SD-106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Dennis R. Schrader, of 
Maryland, to be Deputy Administrator for National Preparedness, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine the implementation of the Postal Accountability 
and Enhancement Act. (Public Law 109-435), 3 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine Gulf Coast disaster loans, focusing on 
the future of the disaster assistance program, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine Department of Veterans Affairs health care funding, 9:30 
a.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, to consider Defense Appropriations 
for Fiscal Year 2008, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence, joint hearing on Implications of the National 
Intelligence Estimate regarding Al-Qaeda, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to continue hearings 
on A Third Way: Alternatives for Iraq's Future, Part 3, 10 a.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Perspectives on Renewing 
Statutory PAYGO, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up the following 
measures: H.R. 20, Melanie Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression 
Research and Care Act; H.R. 2295, ALS Registry Act; H.R. 507, Vision 
Car for Kids Act of 2007; and the Children's Health and Medicare 
Protection (CHAMP) Act of 2007, 4 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing on Improving Federal 
Consumer Protection in Financial Services-Consumer and Industry 
Perspectives, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Rooting 
Out Discrimination in Mortgage Lending: Using HMDA as a Tool for 
Fair Lending Enforcement, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on Central and Eastern 
Europe: Assessing the Democratic Transition, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, 
hearing on an Overview of the Compact of Free Association between 
the United States and the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Are 
Changes Needed? 2 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, July 25, full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``An Overview of Department of Homeland Security Federal 
Advisory Committees,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to consider a resolution and report 
recommending to the House of Representatives that former White House 
Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten 
be coted for contempt of Congress; and to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 1943, Stop AIDS In Prison Act of 2007; H.R. 1199, Drug 
Endangered Children Act of 2007; H.R. 400, War Profiteering 
Prevention Act of 2007; and H.R. 2740, MEJA Expansion and 
Enforcement Act of 2007, 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, oversight hearing on the Surfacing 
Reclamation Act of 1977: A 30th Anniversary Review, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Domestic Policy, hearing on ExxonMobil and Shell Answer Questions 
about Hot Fuels Double Standards, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 2419, Farm Bill Extension Act 
of 2007, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Competitive 
Bidding for Clinical Lab Services: Where's it Heading and What Small 
Businesses Can Expect,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on PTSD and Personality 
Disorders: Challenges for the VA, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Hot Spots, 8:45 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the national 
foreclosure crisis, focusing on subprime mortgage fallout, 10 a.m., 
SH-216.