[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 161 (Tuesday, October 23, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1408-D1409]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





           COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business 
meeting to mark up the 2007 Farm Bill, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance and Investment, to hold hearings to examine 
international accounting standards, focusing on opportunities, 
challenges, and global convergence issues, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the future of radio, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Private 
Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife 
Protection, to hold hearings to examine S. 2191, to direct the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a 
program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, 2:30 p.m., SD-
406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs, 
to hold hearings to examine the United States role in consolidating 
peace and democracy in the Great Lakes region, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider the nominations of 
Henrietta Holsman Fore, of Nevada, to be Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, Robin Renee Sanders, of 
New York, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Barry 
Leon Wells, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia, 
Mark M. Boulware, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic 
of Mauritania, James D. McGee, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Zimbabwe, Ronald K. McMullen, of Iowa, to be Ambassador 
to the State of Eritrea, P. Robert Fannin, of Arizona, to be 
Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Christopher Egan, of 
Massachusetts, to be Representative of the United States of America 
to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with 
the rank of Ambassador, Louis John Nigro, Jr., of Florida, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Chad, David T. Johnson, of Georgia, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of State (International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs), Paul E. Simons, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Chile, Gail Dennise Mathieu, of New Jersey, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia, Dan Mozena, of Iowa, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Angola, Eunice S. Reddick, of New 
York, to be Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Daniel V. 
Speckhard, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to Greece, Thomas F. 
Stephenson, of California, to be Ambassador to the Portuguese 
Republic, Vincent Obsitnik, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Slovak Republic, William H. Frist, of Tennessee, to be a Member of 
the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation,

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George E. Pataki, of New York, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to the Sixty-second Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations; to be immediately followed by an 
open hearing to examine issues relative to the global fight against 
HIV/AIDS, 1:45 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine ways to build an effective terrorist screening 
system, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Ronald Jay Tenpas, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, Joseph N. Laplante, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of New Hampshire, Reed Charles O'Connor, to 
be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, 
Thomas D. Schroeder, to be United States District Judge for the 
Middle District of North Carolina, and Amul R. Thapar, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the role of federally-
funded university research in the patent system, 1:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
pending legislation, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine hidden 
401K fees, focusing on ways that disclosure can increase retirement 
security, 10:30 a.m., SD-628.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, hearing to review reauthorization of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1:30 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Air Force Strategic 
initiatives, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on the Growing Budgetary Costs of 
the Iraq War, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``NASPER'': Why Has the National 
All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting Act Not Been 
Implemented? 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Legislative 
Proposals on Reforming Mortgage Practices,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on U.S. Policy in the Middle 
East, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border Maritime, 
and Global Counterterrorism and the Subcommittee on Management, 
Investigations and Oversight, joint hearing entitled ``The Future of 
Border Security: Can SBInet Succeed?'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, oversight hearing on the 
Library of Congress: Current Issues in Library Management, 11 a.m., 
1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following: the 
Procedural Fairness for September 11th Victims Act of 2007; H.R. 
2405, Proud to Be an American Act; H.R. 2884, Kendell Frederick 
Citizenship Assistance Act; H.R. 1512, To amend the Immigration and 
Nationality Act to provide for compensation to State incarcerating 
undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more 
misdemeanors; H.R. 1312, Arts Require Timely Service (ARTS) Act; 
H.R. 3609, Emergency Home Ownership and Mortgage Equity Protection 
Act of 2007; H.R. 2830, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007; and 
to consider a resolution that submissions to the Committee on its 
website tip line for Justice Department employees be received in 
executive session; and H.R. 2128 Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 
2007, 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1187, Gulf 
of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries 
Boundary Modification and Protection Act; H.R. 1907, Coastal and 
Estuarine Land Protection Act; and H.R. 3352, Hydrographic Services 
Improvement Act Amendments of 2007, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 496, Tumalo Water Conservation Project Act of 2007; H.R. 3323, 
Goleta Water Distribution System Conveyance Act of 2007; H.R. 3437, 
Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation Act of 2007; and H.R. 3739, To amend 
the Arizona Water Settlements Act to modify the requirements for the 
statement of findings, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Domestic Policy, hearing on Upholding the Spirit of CRA: Do CRA 
Rating Accurately Reflect Bank Practices? 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following measures: H.R. 3685, 
Employment Non-Discrimination Act of 2007; and H.R. 3867, Small 
Business Contracting Program Improvements Act, 2 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, to mark up the following: 
H.R. 1834, National Ocean Exploration Program Act; H.R. 2406, To 
authorize the National Institute of Standards and Technology to 
increase its efforts in support of the integration of the healthcare 
information enterprise in the United States; and H.R. 3877, Mine 
Communications Technology Innovation Act, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee in Small Business Subcommittee on Finance and Tax, 
hearing on Pension Parity: Addressing the Inequities between 
Retirement Plan Options for Small and Large Businesses, 10 a.m. 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on Aviation and the Environment: Noise, 11 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Sharing Electronic Medical Records 
between Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the Trade and 
Globalization Assistance Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing on The Gas is Greener on the Other Side: the Future of 
Biofuels, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.