[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 167 (Wednesday, October 31, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1456-D1457]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            NOVEMBER 1, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Private 
Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife 
Protection, business meeting to consider S. 2191, to direct the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a 
program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Gregory F. Jacob, of New 
Jersey, to be Solicitor, and Howard Radzely, of Maryland, to be 
Deputy Secretary, both of the Department of Labor, 10:30 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine the Small Business Administration, focusing on 
the efficacy of the 7(a) loan program, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the impact of the Flood Control Act of 1944 on Indian Tribes 
along the Missouri River, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 2168, 
to amend title 18, United States Code, to enable increased federal 
prosecution of identity theft crimes and to allow for restitution to 
victims of identity theft, S. 1946, to help Federal prosecutors and 
investigators combat public corruption by strengthening and 
clarifying the law, S. 352, to provide for media coverage of Federal 
court proceedings, S. 2135, to prohibit the recruitment or use of 
child soldiers, to designate persons who recruit or use child 
soldiers as inadmissible aliens, to allow the deportation of persons 
who recruit or use child soldiers, and the nominations of John 
Daniel Tinder, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Seventh Circuit, Julie L. Myers, of Kansas, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security, and Michael J. Sullivan, of 
Massachusetts, to be Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, 
and Explosives, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: meeting of conferees on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2008 for the 
intelligence community, 10 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Counting the Change: 
Accounting for the Fiscal Impacts of Controlling Carbon Emissions, 
11:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on Barriers to Equal 
Educational Opportunities: Addressing the Rising Costs of a College 
Education, 11 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``FDA Foreign Drug Inspection 
Program: A System at Risk,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation 
Security and Infrastructure Protection, hearing entitled ``Aviation 
Security Part II: A Frontline Perspective on the Need for Enhanced 
Human Resources and Equipment,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 3359, Mobile Workforce State 
Income Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2007, 12 p.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, hearing on H.R. 2878, Enhanced Financial 
Recovery and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2007; and to mark 
up the following bills: H.R. 2489, Genocide Accountability Act of 
2007; H.R. 3971, Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2007; H.R. 3992, 
Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime

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Reducation Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests and Public Lands, hearing on H.R. 3301, Southeast Arizona 
Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on The 
Administration's Regulatory Actions on Medicaid: The Effects on 
Patients, Doctors, Hospitals, and States, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and 
Procurement, hearing on Too Many Cooks? Coordinating Federal and 
State Health IT, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on Evaluating the Impact of 
Pending Free Trade Agreements upon U.S. Small Businesses, 10 a.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highway and Transit, hearing on Drug and Alcohol Testing of 
Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
the VA Construction Process, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
3996, Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007; and H.R. 3997, Heroes 
Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2007, 11:30 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing entitled ``Wildfires and the Climate Crisis,'' 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, meeting of 
conferees on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 
2008 for the intelligence community, 10 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 3043, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2008, 10 a.m., HC-5, Capitol.