[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 130 (Wednesday, September 5, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1158-D1159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine a report 
on the findings of the Iraqi Security Forces Independent Assessment 
Commission, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing to examine issues 
relating to the treatment of detainees, 5 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the potential human health, water quality, and other impacts 
of the confined animal feeding operation industry, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to continue hearings to examine carried 
interest (Part III), focusing on pension issues, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Charles E. F. Millard, of New 
York, to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 10 
a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine a Department of Homeland Security status report, 
focusing on assessing challenges and measuring progress, 1:30 p.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 453, 
to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections, S. 1692, to 
grant a Federal charter to Korean War Veterans Association, 
Incorporated, S. 1845, to provide for limitations in certain 
communications between the Department of Justice and the White House 
Office relating to civil and criminal investigations, S. 772, to 
amend the Federal antitrust laws to provide expanded coverage

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and to eliminate exemptions from such laws that are contrary to the 
public interest with respect to railroads, S. Res. 282, supporting 
the goals and ideals of a National Polycystic Kidney Disease 
Awareness Week to raise public awareness and understanding of 
polycystic kidney disease and to foster understanding of the impact 
polycystic kidney disease has on patients and future generations of 
their families, S. Res. 134, designating September 2007 as ``Adopt a 
School Library Month'', S. Res. 288, designating September 2007 as 
``National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month'', S. Res. 292, 
designating the week beginning September 9, 2007, as ``National 
Assisted Living Week'', S. Res. 301, recognizing the 50th 
anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, 
one of the most significant events in the American civil rights 
movement, and the nominations of Richard A. Jones, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, 
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, Michael David 
Credo, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of 
Louisiana, and Esteban Soto III, of Maryland, to be United States 
Marshal 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 the report of the 
Independent Commission on the Security Forces of Iraq, 2:30 p.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Community Opportunity, hearing on H.R. 2930, Section 202 Supportive 
Housing for the Elderly Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity and the 
Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored 
Enterprises, joint hearing on H.R. 3355, Homeowners' Defense Act of 
2007, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee on Armed Services, 
joint hearing on Beyond the September Report: What's Next for Iraq? 
9 a.m., 345 Cannon.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Turning Spy 
Satellites on the Homeland: the Privacy and Civil Liberties 
Implications of the National Applications Office,'' 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on American Workers in Crisis: Does the 
Chapter 11 Business Bankruptcy Law Treat Employees and Retirees 
Fairly? 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil 
Liberties, to mark up H.R. 2826, To amend titles 28 and 10, United 
States Code, to restore habeas corpus for individuals detained by 
the United States at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and for 
other purposes, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing 
on the Implementation of the ``Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act 
of 2004 (Public Law 108-277) and Additional Legislative Efforts 
Aimed at Expanding the Authority to Carry Concealed Firearms, 10 
a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border 
Security, and International Law, hearing on H.R. 1645, Security 
Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy Act of 2007, 1 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1464, 
Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2007; H.R. 1771, Crane 
Conservation Act of 2007; and H.R. 1913, Great Cats Conservation Act 
of 2007, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 1908, Patent Reform Act of 
2007, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics, hearing on NASA's Astronaut Health Care System--Results 
of an Independent Review, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on the Small Business 
Administration's Investment and Surety Bond Programs, 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing on Veterans Preference, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on Fair and Equitable Tax 
Policy for America's Working Families, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive hearing on 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), 10 a.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing entitled ``The Future of Coal Under Carbon Capture and 
Storage,'' 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.