[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 149 (Wednesday, October 3, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1318-D1319]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            OCTOBER 4, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business 
meeting to mark up the Farm Bill for 2007, 5 p.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of John J. Young, Jr., of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, 
Douglas A. Brook, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy, and Robert L. Smolen, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy 
Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the regulation and supervision of industrial loan 
companies, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the security of our nation's seaports, 10 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Insurance, and Automotive 
Safety, to hold hearings to examine S. 2045, to reform the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission to provide greater protection for 
children's products, to improve the screening of noncompliant 
consumer products, to improve the effectiveness of consumer product 
recall programs, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider an original 
bill entitled, ``The Heartland, Habitat, Harvest, and Horticulture 
Act of 2007'', and legislation implementing the U.S.-Peru Trade 
Promotion Agreement, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine united 
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, with Annexes, done at 
Montego Bay, December 10, 1982 (the ``Convention''), and the 
Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United 
Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982, with 
Annex, adopted at New York, July 28, 1994 (the Agreement''), and 
signed by the United States, subject to ratification, on July 29, 
1994 (Treaty Doc.103-39), 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
forestalling the coming pandemic, focusing on infectious disease 
surveillance overseas, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the backlogs at the Department of the Interior, focusing on 
land in to trust application, environmental impact statements, 
probate, and appraisals and lease approvals, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 1640, 
to amend chapter 13 of title 17, United States Code (relating to the 
vessel hull design protection), to clarify the definitions of a hull 
and a deck, S. 2035, to maintain the free flow of information to the 
public by providing conditions for the federally compelled 
disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news 
media, S. Res. 326, supporting the goals and ideals of a National 
Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims, H. Con. Res. 193, recognizing 
all hunters across the United States for their continued commitment 
to safety, and the nominations of Thomas P. O'Brien, to be United 
States Attorney for the Central District of California, Edward 
Meacham Yarbrough, to be United States Attorney for the Middle 
District of Tennessee, and Robert M. Dow, Jr., to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 10 a.m., SD-
226.

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  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the implementation of 
the Hometown Heroes Survivors Benefits Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review the labor needs of 
American agriculture, 11 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on the role of the Department of Defense in 
Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan and Iraq, 9 a.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Issues in Federal Government 
Financial Liabilities: Commercial Nuclear Waste, 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on H.R. 3185, 401 (k) 
Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007, 10:30 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and 
Hazardous Materials, hearing entitled ``Environmental Justice and 
Toxics Release Inventory Report Program: Communities Have a Right To 
Know,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Germs, Viruses, and Secrets: The Silent Proliferation of Bio-
Laboratories in the United States,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Community Opportunity, to hold a hearing entitled ``Reauthorization 
of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act,'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Middle East and 
South Asia, hearing on Counternarcotics Strategy and Police Training 
in Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime 
and Global Counterterrorism, hearing entitled ``Homeland Security 
Beyond Our Borders: Examining the Status of Counterterrorism 
Coordination Overseas,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to mark up H.R. 3609, Emergency Home Ownership 
and Mortgage Equity Protection Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil 
Liberties, hearing on H.R. 3195, ADA Restoration Act of 2007, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border 
Security, and International Law, hearing on Detention and Removal: 
Immigration Detainee Medical Care, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife and Oceans, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1464, 
Great Cats and Rare Canids Act of 2007; and H.R. 1771, Crane 
Conservation Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on Assessing 
the State of Iraqi Corruption; followed by a markup of the following 
measures: H.R. 3572, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 4320 Blue Parkway in Kansas City, 
Missouri, as the ``Wallace S. Hartfield Post Office Building;'' H. 
Con. Res. Supporting the goal and ideals of National Women's 
Friendship Day; H. Res. 588, Recognizing Martha Coffin Wright on the 
200th anniversary of her birth and her induction into the National 
Women's Hall of Fame; H. Res. 630, Congratulating the Warner Robins 
Little League Baseball Team from Warner Robins, Georgia, on winning 
the 2007 Little League World Series Championship; H. Res. 654, 
Congratulating the Phoenix Mercury for winning the 2007 Women's 
National Basketball Association (MNBA) Championship; a resolution 
Commending Green Bay Parkers quarterback Brett Favre for the 
National Football League record for the most career touchdown 
passes; S. 1896, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 11 Central Street in Hillsborough, New 
Hampshire, as the ``Officer Jeremy Todd Charron Post Office;'' and 
H. Res. 687, Celebrating the 90th birthday of Reverend Theodore M. 
Hesburgh, C.S.C., president emeritus of the University of Notre 
Dame, and honoring his contributions to higher education, the 
Catholic Church, and the advancement of the humanitarian mission, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Technology 
and Innovation, to continue hearings on The Globalization of R&D and 
Innovation: How do Companies Choose Where to Build R&D Facilities, 
10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on SBA Contracting Programs, 
10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
VA Research Programs, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade and the 
Subcommittee on Oversight, joint hearing on import safety, 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, executive, to consider pending 
business, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the cost of 
mass incarceration in the United States, 10 a.m., SH-216.