[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 120 (Wednesday, July 25, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1056-D1057]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              JULY 26, 2007

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on the Budget: business meeting to consider the nomination of 
Jim Nussle, of Iowa, to be Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold hearings to 
examine preparation taken for digital television transition, 10 a.m., SR-
253.
  Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine 
Infrastructure, Safety and Security, to continue hearings to examine the 
Railroad Safety Enhancement Act, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power, to hold hearings to examine S. 300, to authorize appropriations 
for the Bureau of Reclamation to carry out the Lower Colorado River 
Multi-Species Conservation Program in the States of Arizona, California, 
and Nevada, S. 1258, to amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 
to authorize improvements for the security of dams and other facilities, 
S. 1477, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the 
Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project in the State of Colorado, S. 1522, 
to amend the Bonneville Power Administration portions of the Fisheries 
Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act of 2000 to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2014, and H.R. 1025, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine 
the feasibility of implementing a water supply and conservation project 
to improve water supply reliability, increase the capacity of water 
storage, and improve water management efficiency in the Republican River 
Basin between Harlan County Lake in Nebraska and Milford Lake in Kansas, 
2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to examine 
the case for the California waiver, including an update from the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider S. 1607, to provide 
for identification of misaligned currency, require action to correct the 
misalignment, and other pending calendar business, 3 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
extraordinary rendition, extraterritorial detention, and treatment of 
detainees, focusing on restoring our moral credibility and strengthening 
our diplomatic standing, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Democracy 
and Human Rights, to hold hearings to examine the United Nations Human 
Rights Council, focusing on its shortcomings and prospects for reform, 
2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold hearings 
to examine S. 625, to protect the public health by providing the Food and 
Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco products, 
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, and S. 1858, to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish 
grant programs to provide for education and outreach on newborn screening 
and coordinated followup

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care once newborn screening has been conducted, to reauthorize programs 
under part A of title XI of such Act, 9:30 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the nomination 
of Charles W. Grim, of Oklahoma, to be Director of the Indian Health 
Service, Department of Health and Human Services, 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. 453, to prohibit deceptive 
practices in Federal elections, S. 1692, to grant a Federal charter to 
Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated, an original bill entitled, 
``School Safety and Law Enforcement Act'', and the nomination of Rosa 
Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, of Puerto Rico, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of Puerto Rico, 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 Armed Services, hearing on Upholding the Principle of 
Habeas Corpus for Detainees, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Higher Education, 
Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness, hearing on the Workforce 
Investment Act: Ideas to Improve the Workforce Development System, 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on the S-Miner Act (H.R. 
2768) and the Miner Health Improvement Enhancement Act of 2007 (H.R. 
2769), 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  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, 11:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider the following: H.R. 3002, 
Native American Economic Development and Infrastructure for Housing Act 
of 2007; H.R. 180, Darfur Accountability and Divestment Act of 2007; the 
HOPE VI Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R. 3121, Flood 
Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007; H.R. 2895, National 
Affordable Housing Trust Fund Act of 2007; and H.R. 2761, Terrorism Risk 
Insurance Revision and Extension Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and 
the Global Environment, hearing on Is the Millennium Challenge 
Corporation Overstating Its Impact: The Case of Vanuatu, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, hearing on 
Export Controls: Are We Protecting Security and Facilitating Exports? 2 
p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and 
Global Counterterrorism, hearing entitled ``Frequent Traveler Programs: 
Balancing Security and Commerce at our Land Borders,'' 2 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk 
Assessment, hearing entitled ``Private Sector Information Sharing: What 
is It, Who Does It, and What's working at DHS?'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, oversight hearing on the Federal Bureau of 
Investigations, 1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on the 
Internet Tax Freedom Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing on H.R. 2262, Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 
2007, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, to mark up H.R. 767, 
Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act, 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, hearing on 
H.R. 3058, Public Land Communities Transition Assistance Act of 2007, 2 
p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on Iraq Embassy, 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of 
Columbia, oversight hearing on the Postal Service: Planning for the 21st 
Century, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, 
hearing on 2010 Census Workforce, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, to continue hearings on 
Globalization of R&D and Innovation, Part II: the University Response, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Investigations and 
Oversight, hearing to examine the impact that the flooding has had on 
small businesses in Beaver County, PA and to review SBA's response in 
meeting the needs of those affected by the floods, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, 
hearing on Contract Bundling Oversight, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Gulf War Exposures, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the Children's Health and 
Medicare Protection Act of 2007, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
National Drug Intelligence Center, 1:15 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and 
Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on Russia Counterintelligence, 
10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.