[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 165 (Monday, October 29, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1438-D1439]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider S. 2096, to amend the Do-Not-Call Implementation 
Act to eliminate the automatic removal of telephone numbers 
registered on the Federal ``do-not-call'' registry, S. 1580, to 
reauthorize the Coral Reef Conservation Act of 2000, 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, S. 1853, to promote competition, 
to preserve the ability of local governments to provide broadband 
capability and services, S. 1675, to implement the recommendations 
of the Federal Communications Commission report to the Congress 
regarding low-power FM service, H. Con. Res. 225, honoring the 50th 
anniversary of the dawn of the Space Age, and the ensuing 50 years 
of productive and peaceful space activities, and 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, and 
promotions lists in the United States Coast Guard, and the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Daniel D. Heath, of New Hampshire, to be United 
States Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary 
Fund, Sean R. Mulvaney, of Illinois, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, and Patrick Francis Kennedy, of Illinois, to be an 
Under Secretary of State (Management), 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine ways to protect the United States from drug-
resistant tuberculosis, focusing on reinvesting in control and new 
tools research, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the role of local law enforcement in countering 
violent Islamist extremism, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review technologies in the 
meat industry, 1:30 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Agencies held a hearing on Assessing an 
Effective Diplomatic and Development Program in Iraq: An Examination 
of the Diplomatic Surge, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Stabilization and Reconstruction 
Operations: Learning from Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) 
Experience, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 1534, Mercury Export Ban Act of 2007; H.R. 2830, Coast Guard 
Authorization Act of 2007; H.R. 3461, Safeguarding America's 
Families by Enhancing and Reorganizing New and Efficient 
Technologies Act of 2007; H.R. 2601 To extending 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. 3541, Do-Not-Call Improvement Act 
of 2007; H.R. 3526, To include all banking agencies within the 
existing regulatory authority under the Federal Trade Commission Act 
with respect to depository institutions; H.R. 3403, 911 
Modernization and Safety Act of 2007; and H.R. 3919, Broadband 
Census of America Act of 2007; 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled 
``Additional Perspectives on the Need for Insurance Regulatory 
Reform,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Preserving and Expanding Minority Banks,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on Russia on the Eve of 
National Elections, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment, 
hearing on Renewable Energy and the Global Environment, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime 
and Global Counterterrorism, hearing entitled ``The SAFE Port Act: 
Status of Implementation One Year Later,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to continue hearings on Straightening Out the 
Mortgage Mess: How Can We Protect Home Ownership and Provide Relief 
to Consumers in Financial Distress?--Part II, 12 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil 
Liberties, oversight hearing on the Voting Section of the Civil 
Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, 
hearing on Stifling or Stimulating--Role of Gene Patents in Research 
and Genetic Testing, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forest and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 415, 
To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the 
Taunton River in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a component of 
the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; H.R. 1143, To authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to lease certain lands in Virgin 
Islands National Park; H.R. 1286, Washington-Rochambeau 
Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designation Act; H.R. 
1545, To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a boundary 
study to evaluate the significance of Fort San Geronimo and other 
related resources in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the 
suitability and feasibility of their inclusion in the National Park 
System as part of the San Juan National Historic Site; H.R. 1836, 
Weir Farm National Historic Site Amendment Act; H.R. 3022, Sequoia-
Kings Canyon National Park Wilderness Act of 2007; H.R. 3120, 
Stranahan House, Trading Post and Campsite Historic Preservation 
Act; H.R. 3265, Harry S. Truman Birthplace Study Act; H.R. 3473, 
Bountiful City Land Consolidation Act; H.R. 3616, Lewis and Clark 
National Historic Trail Extension Study Act of 2007; and H.R. 3821, 
Battle of Matewan Study Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia, 
hearing on Will Increased Postal Rates put Mailers out of Business? 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, and Foreign Affairs, hearing on 
Iran: Reality, Options, and Consequences--Iranian People and 
Attitudes, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 2262, Hardrock 
Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007; and H.R. 3920, Trade and 
Globalization Act of 2007, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on Research to Improve Water-Use Efficiency and 
Conservation: Technologies and Practices, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, to 
mark up the following: H.R. 3495, Kids in Disasters Well-being, 
Safety, and Health Act of 2007; the John F. Kennedy Center 
Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R. 3315, To provide that the great 
hall of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be known as Emancipation 
Hall; and H.R. 3712, To designate the Federal building and United 
States courthouse located at 1716 Spielbusch Avenue in Toledo, Ohio, 
as the ``James M. and Thomas W.L. Ashley Customs Building and United 
States Courthouse, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on the Appropriateness of 
Retirement Plan Fees, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.