[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 31, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1101-D1103]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider S. 1677, to amend the Exchange Rates and International 
Economic Coordination Act of 1988, and original bills entitled, 
``Housing Assistance Authorization Act'', ``Private Student Loan 
Transparency and Improvement Act'', and ``Commission on Natural 
Catastrophe Risk Management and Insurance Act'', 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Department of Commerce, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine recent advances in clean coal technology, 
focusing on the prospects for deploying these technologies at a 
commercial scale in the near future, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to examine S. 
1054 and H.R. 122, bills to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the Inland Empire regional recycling 
project and in the Cucamonga Valley Water District recycling 
project, S. 1472, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
create a Bureau of Reclamation partnership with the North Bay Water 
Reuse Authority and other regional partners to achieve objectives 
relating to water supply, water quality, and environmental 
restoration, S. 1475 and H.R. 1526, bills to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program, H.R. 30, to amend the 
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and Groundwater Study andFacilities Act to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to participate in the Eastern Municipal Water 
District Recycled Water System Pressurization and Expansion Project, 
H.R. 609, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the Central Texas Water Recycling and Reuse Project, 
and H.R. 1175, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
Study and Facilities Act to increase the ceiling on the Federal 
share of the costs of phase I of the Orange County, California, 
Regional Water Reclamation Project, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs, 
to hold hearings to examine the United States Africa Command, 
focusing on a new strategic relationship with Africa, 9:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider 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. 625, to protect the public 
health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain 
authority to regulate tobacco products, 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 
care once newborn screening has been conducted, to reauthorize 
programs under part A of title XI of such Act, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 680, to ensure proper oversight and 
accountability in Federal contracting, H.R. 1254, to amend title 44, 
United States Code, to require information contributors to 
Presidential library fundraising organizations, an original bill to 
provide for the flexibility of certain disaster relief funds, and 
for improved evacuation and sheltering during disasters and 
catastrophes, S. 1000, to enhance the Federal Telework Program, S. 
1446, to amend the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 to 
authorize additional Federal contributions for maintaining and 
improving the transit system of the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority, S. 547, to establish a Deputy Secretary of 
Homeland Security for Management, S. 1245, to reform mutual aid 
agreements for the National Capitol Region, S. 597, to extend the 
special postage stamp for breast cancer research for 2 years, H.R. 
2570 and S. 1732, bills to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 301 Boardwalk Drive in Fort 
Collins, Colorado, as the ``Dr. Karl E. Carson Post Office 
Building'', S. 1772, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 127 South Elm Street in Gardner, Kansas, 
as the ``Private First Class Shane R. Austin Post Office'', S. 1781, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 118 Minner Avenue in Bakersfield, California, as the 
``Buck Owens Post Office'', H.R. 2127, to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 408 West 6th Street in 
Chelsea, Oklahoma, as the ``Clem Rogers McSpadden Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 2563 and S. 1539, bills to designate the post 
office located at 309 East Linn Street, Marshalltown, Iowa, as the 
``Major Scott Nisely Post Office'', S. 1596, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 South 
Getty Street in Uvalde, Texas, as the ``Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr. Post 
Office Building'', H.R. 1722, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 601 Banyan Trail in Boca 
Raton, Florida, as the ``Leonard W. Herman Post Office'', H.R. 1425, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 4551 East 52nd Street in Odessa, Texas, as the ``Staff 
Sergeant Marvin ``Rex'' Young Post Office Building'', H.R. 2078, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 14536 State Route 136 in Cherry Fork, Ohio, as the ``Staff 
Sergeant Omer T. `O.T.' Hawkins Post Office'', H.R. 2077, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 20805 State Route 125 in Blue Creek, Ohio, as the ``George B. 
Lewis Post Office Building'', H.R. 1617, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 561 Kingsland Avenue 
in University City, Missouri, as the ``Harriett F. Woods Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 2025, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 11033 South State Street in 
Chicago, Illinois, as the ``Willye B. White Post Office Building'', 
and H.R. 1335, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 508 East Main Street in Seneca, South Carolina, 
as the ``S Sgt Lewis G. Watkins Post Office Building'', and other 
pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
the under-representation of Americans at the United Nations and its 
organizations; focusing on ways to build a stronger American 
diplomatic presence, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Donald M. Kerr, of Virginia, to be Principal Deputy 
Director of National Intelligence, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, 
on Capitol Power Plant Utility Tunnels, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, 
hearing on active Army, Army Guard and Army Reserve recruiting and 
retention, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce,, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, to continue hearings on Post-Katrina Health Care in 
the New Orleans Region: Progress and Continuing Concerns--Part II, 
9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider H.R. 2761, Terrorism 
Risk Insurance Revision and Extension Act of 2007,12 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, 
and the Global Environment, hearing on the Impact of Coup-Related 
Sanctions on Thailand and Fiji:

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Helpful or Harmful to U.S. Relations? 9 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing on 
Political Crises in South Asia: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and 
Nepal, 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 1413, To direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security 
(Transportation Security Administration) to address vulnerabilities 
in aviation security by carrying out a pilot program to screen 
airport workers with access to secure and sterile areas of airports; 
H.R. 1717, To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to establish a 
National Bio and Agro-defense Facility; and H.R. 1955, Homegrown 
Terrorism, Prevention Act of 2007, 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight, hearing 
entitled ``Playing by Its Own Rules: TSA's Exemption from the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation, and How it Impacts Partnerships with 
the Private Sector,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, oversight hearing on The 
Smithsonian in Transition, 11 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
400, War Profiteering Prevention Act of 2007; H.R. 2102, Free Flow 
of Information Act; H.R. 3013, Attorney-Client Privilege Protection 
Act of 2007; H.R. 2740, MEJA Expansion and Enforcement Act of 2007; 
H.R. 1119, Purple Heart Family Equity Act of 2007; and H.R. 1071, 
September 11 Family Humanitarian Relief and Patriotism Act, 10:15 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on the 
Tillman Fratricide: What the Leadership of the Defense Department 
Knew, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Investigations and Oversight, and the Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, to continue joint hearings on the Department of 
Energy's Support for the Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL), 
Part II, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulation, Health 
Care and Trade, hearing entitled ``Ensuring Prompt Payment for Small 
Health Care Providers,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, to 
consider the following measures: the Regional Economic and 
Infrastructure Development Act of 2007; the Dam Rehabilitation and 
Repair Act of 2007; To improve the provision of disaster assistance 
for Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; H.R. 3068, Federal Protective 
Service Guard Contracting Reform Act of 2007; H.R. 2671, To 
designate the United States courthouse located at 301 North Miami 
Avenue, Miami, Florida, as the ``C. Clyde Atkins United States 
Courthouse''; H.R. 2728, To designate the station of the United 
States Border Patrol located at 25762 Madison Avenue in Murrieta, 
California, as the ``Theodore L. Newton, Jr. and George F. Azrak 
Border Patrol Station'', 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Income Security and 
Family Support, hearing on Measuring Poverty in America, 10 a.m., B-
318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing on Aviation 
Taxes, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Human Intelligence Analysis and Counterintelligence and 
the Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, executive, 
joint briefing on SIGINT, 1 p.m., H-405 Capitol.