[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 160 (Monday, October 22, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1398-D1399]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety 
and Security, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the Surface 
Transportation Board and regulation related to railroads, 10 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Todd J. Zinser, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of 
Commerce, Robert Clarke Brown, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Carl 
B. Kress, of California, and A. Paul Anderson, of Florida, both to 
be a Federal Maritime Commissioner, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the human impacts of global warming, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the efficacy of the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program, focusing on our Cold War 
heroes, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine six years after the anthrax attacks, focusing on 
our preparedness to respond to bioterrorism, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) strategic plan, 2:30 p.m., SD-
106.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on 
Broadband: Connecting Rural America, 10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2601, 
To extend the authority of the Federal Trade Commission to collect 
fees to administer and enforce the provisions relating to the ``Do-
not-call'' registry of the Telemarketing Sales Rule; H.R. 3461, 
Safeguarding America's Families by Enhancing and Reorganizing New 
and Efficient Technologies Act of 2007; and H.R. 3526, To include 
all banking agencies within the existing regulatory authority under 
the Federal Trade Commission Act with respect to depository 
institutions, and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing on H.R. 647, Market to 
Market Extension Act of 2007, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, to mark up the following measures: 
H.R. 2949, Eurasia Foundation Act; H.R. 3887, To authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to 
combat forced labor; H.R. 3890, To amend the Burmese Freedom and 
Democracy Act of 2003 to waive the requirement for annual renewal 
resolutions relating to import sanctions, impose import sanctions on 
Burmese gemstones, expand the number of individuals against whom the 
visa ban is applicable, expand the blocking of assets and other 
prohibited activities; H.R. 275, Global Online Freedom Act of 2007; 
H.R. 1746, Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2007; H.R. 
2332, Syria Accountability and Liberation Act; H.R. 2705, Compacts 
of Free Association Amendments Act of 2007; H.R. 3320, Support for 
the Museum of the History of Polish Jews Act of 2007; a measure To 
amend the International Center Act to authorize the lease or 
sublease of certain property described in such Act; a measure Naval 
Vessel Transfer Act; H. Res. 435, Expressing concern relating to the 
threatening behavior of the Iranian regime and its leader Mahmoud 
Ahmadinejad, and the activities of terrorist organizations sponsored 
by that regime in Latin America; H. Res. 550, Congratulating the 
people of Ethiopia on the second millennium of Ethiopia; H. Res. 
573, Recognizing and commending the efforts of the United States 
public and Advocacy groups to raise awareness about and help end the 
worsening humanitarian crisis and genocide in Darfur, Sudan; H. Res. 
726, Calling on the President of the United States and the 
International community to take immediate steps to respond to and 
prevent the acts of rape and sexual violence against women and girls 
in Darfur, Sudan, eastern Chad and the Central African Republic; H. 
Res. 740, Condemning in the strongest terms the attacks on African 
Union peacekeepers that occurred in Haskanita, Darfur, Sudan, on 
September 29, 2007; H. Res. 747, Recognizing the religious and 
historical significance of the festival of Diwali; a resolution 
Expressing the Sense of the House of Representatives regarding the 
violation of the human rights of United Nations Special

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Rapporteur on Trafficking in Persons, Sigma Huda and others, by 
caretaker government of Bangladesh; H. Con. Res. 234, Calling on the 
government of the People's Republic of China to respect the human 
rights of North Korean refugees; and H. Con. Res. 236, Recognizing 
the close relationship between the United States and the Republic of 
San Marino, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing on Iran 
Sanctions and Regional Security, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Elections, 
hearing on Voter Registration and List Maintenance, 2 p.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security and the Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, joint hearing on Allegations of Selective 
Prosecution: The Erosion of Public Confidence in Our Federal Justice 
System, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing 
on Genocide and the Rule of Law, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, to continue mark up of H.R. 2262, 
Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007; 9 a.m., and to mark up 
H. R. 900, Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2007, 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 816, Orchard Detention Basin Flood 
Control Act; H.R. 1311, Nevada Cancer Institute Expansion Act; H.R. 
1922, Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2007; 
and H.R. 2246, To validate certain conveyances made by the Union 
Pacific Railroad Company of lands located in Reno, Nevada, that 
originally conveyed by the United States to facilitate construction 
of transcontinental railroads; 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on the 
Health and Environment Impacts of Uranium Contamination in the 
Navajo Nation; followed by a markup of the following measures: H. 
Res. 684, Congratulating Shawn Johnson on her victory in becoming 
the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Champion in women's gymnastics; 
H. Res. 759, Recognizing the 40th Anniversary of the Mass Movement 
for Soviet Jewish Freedom and the 20th Anniversary of the Freedom 
Sunday Rally for Soviet Jewry on the Mall in Washington, D.C.; H. 
Res. 728, Expressing the support and sympathy of the House of 
Representatives and the people of the United States for the victims 
of the devastating flooding that occurred across many parts of Ohio 
in August 2007 and commending the communities, volunteer 
organization, churches and emergency response agencies for their 
continuing work to restore the affected areas across the state; H. 
R. 3446, To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 202 East Michigan Avenue in Marshall, Michigan, 
as the ``Michael W. Schragg Post Office Building''; H.R. 3470, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 744 West Oglethorpe Highway in Hinesville, Georgia, as the ``John 
Sidney `Sid' Flowers Post Office Building''; H.R. 3511, To designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2150 
East Hardtner Drive in Urania, Louisiana, as the ``Murphy A. 
Tannehill Post Office Building''; H.R. 3569, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16731 Santa 
Ana Avenue in Fontana, California, as the ``Beatrice E. Watson Post 
Office Building''; and 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'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Information, Census, and National Archives, 
hearing on Cybersecurity: A Review of Public and Private Sector 
Efforts to Secure our Nation's Internet Infrastructure, 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on GAO's Report on the Status of NOAA's 
Geostationary Weather Satellite Program, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on the Status of 
NASA Crew Exploration Vehicle and Crew Launch Vehicle Programs, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing on Highway Bridge Inspection, 2 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis, and Counterintelligence, 
executive, hearing on CIA Activity, Part III, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.