[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 166 (Tuesday, October 30, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1448-D1449]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            OCTOBER 31, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance and Investment, to hold hearings to examine 
climate disclosure, focusing on measuring financial risks and 
opportunities, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine S. 2063, to 
establish a Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action, to 
assure the economic security of the United States, and to expand 
future prosperity and growth for all Americans, 9 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the licensing process for the Yucca Mountain Repository, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. 
Res. 334, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 
degradation of the Jordan River and the Dead Sea and welcoming 
cooperation between the peoples of Israel, Jordan, and Palestine, 
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), convention Between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of the Kingdom of 
Belgium for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of 
Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and accompanying 
Protocol, signed on November 27, 2006, at Brussels (the ``proposed 
Treaty'') (Treaty Doc. 110-03), protocol Amending the Convention 
Between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the Kingdom of Denmark for the Avoidance of Double 
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes 
on Income signed at Copenhagen May 2, 2006 (the ``Protocol'') 
(Treaty Doc. 109-19), protocol Amending the Convention Between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Republic of Finland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the 
Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and on 
Capital, signed at Helsinki May 31, 2006 (the ``Protocol'') (Treaty 
Doc. 109-18), protocol Amending the Convention Between the United 
States of America and the Federal Republic of Germany for the 
Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion 
with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital and to Certain Other 
Taxes, Signed on August 29, 1989, signed at Berlin June 1, 2006 (the 
``Protocol''), along with a related Joint Declaration (Treaty Doc. 
109-20), and the nominations of Patrick Francis Kennedy, of 
Illinois, to be an Under Secretary of State (Management), Sean R. 
Mulvaney, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, and Daniel D. 
Heath, of New Hampshire, to be United States Alternate Executive 
Director of the International Monetary Fund, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, to hold hearings to examine post-
catastrophe crisis, focusing on addressing the dramatic need and 
scant availability of mental health care in the Gulf Coast, 2:30 
p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) amendments, focusing on ways to 
protect Americans' security and privacy while preserving the rule of 
law and government accountability, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights 
Act (USERRA), 9:30 a.m., SD-562.

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                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, 
hearing on Capitol Visitor Center Oversight, 10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, to mark up H.R. 2768, 
Supplemental Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act of 
2007, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications and The Internet, to continue hearings entitled 
``Status of the DTV Transition--Part 3,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 3873, Section 515 Rural Housing Property Transfer Improvement 
Act of 2007; H.R. 3959, To amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 
1968 to provide for the phase-in of actuarial rates for certain pre-
FIRM properties; H.R. 3965, Mark-to-Mark Extension and Enhancement 
Act of 2007; H.R. 3703, To amend section 5112 (p)(1)(A) of title 31, 
United States Code, to allow an exception for the $1 coin dispensing 
capability requirement for certain vending machines; and H.R. 3956, 
Coin Modernization and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2007, 10 A.M., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on The Mexico City Policy/
Global Gag Rule: Its Impact on Family Planning and Reproductive 
Health, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and 
Oversight, hearing on the Activities of the Department of State's 
Office of the Inspector General, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Homeland 
Security: TWIC Failures: TWIC Examined,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and 
Technology, to mark up H.R. 2631, Nuclear Forensics and Attribution 
Act, 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and 
Technology and the Subcommittee on Transportation Security and 
Infrastructure Protection, joint hearing entitled ``Enhancing and 
Implementing the Cybersecurity Elements of the Sector Specific 
Plans,'' 2:30 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on Combating Modern Slavery: 
Reauthorization of Anti-Trafficking Programs, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, hearing on H.R. 2801, Izembek and 
Alaska Peninsula Wildlife Refuges and Wilderness Enhancement and 
King Cove Safe Access Act, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on Oil and 
Gas Development: Exemptions in Health and Environmental Protections, 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, hearing on Aviation Safety: 
Can NASA Do More To Protect the Public? 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, hearing on 
Research on Environmental and Safety Impacts of Nanotechnology: 
Current Status of Planning and Implementation under the National 
Nanotechnology Initiative, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Investigations and 
Oversight, hearing entitled ``Competitive Bidding for Durable Medial 
Equipment: Will Small Suppliers Be Able To Compete? 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to consider the 
following: the National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection 
Act of 2007; 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. 2537, Beach Protection Act of 2007; the Over-the-Road 
Bus Transportation Accessibility Act of 2007; H.R. 3315, To provide 
that the great hall of the Capital Visitor Center shall be known as 
the Emancipation Hall; 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; H. Res. 661, Honoring the 
accomplishments of Barrington Antonio Irving, the youngest pilot and 
first person of African descent ever to fly solo around the world; 
H. Res. 772, Recognizing the American Highway Users Alliance on the 
occasion of its 75th anniversary; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 
Survey Resolutions; and other pending business, 11 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  November 1, Subcommittee on Highway and Transit, hearing on Drug 
and Alcohol Testing of Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers, 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 3688, United State-
Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Hot Spots, 8:45 a.m., and executive, briefing on DNI Personnel, 10 
a.m., and executive; a briefing on CIA, H-405 Capitol.