[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 175 (Tuesday, November 13, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1517-D1519]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 14, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine shareholder rights and proxy access, 10:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine sovereign wealth fund 
acquisitions and other foreign government investments in the United 
States, focusing on assessing the economic and national security 
implications, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine ways to improve the Federal Climate Change 
Research and Information Program, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership relating to the United 
States policy on nuclear fuel management, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the federal 
estate tax, focusing on uncertainty in planning under the current 
law, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 1858, to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to establish grant programs to provide for education and outreach on 
newborn screening and coordinated followup care once newborn 
screening has been conducted, to reauthorize programs under part A 
of title XI of such Act, S. 911, to amend the Public Health Service 
Act to advance medical research and treatments into pediatric 
cancers, ensure patients and families have access to the current 
treatments and information regarding pediatric cancers, establish a 
population-based national childhood cancer database, and promote 
public awareness of pediatric cancers, S. 1916, to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to modify the program for the sanctuary system 
for surplus chimpanzees by terminating the authority for the removal 
of chimpanzees from the system for research purposes, S. 1382, to 
amend the Public Health Service Act to provide the establishment of 
an Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Registry, S. 1551, to amend the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to making progress toward the 
goal of eliminating tuberculosis, S. 1970, to establish a National 
Commission on Children and Disasters, a National Resource Center on 
Children and Disasters, S. 901, to amend the Public Health Service 
Act to provide additional authorizations of

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appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 of 
such Act, and the nominations of Julie Fisher Cummings, of Michigan, 
Mark D. Gearan, of New York, Tom Osborne, of Nebraska, Alan D. 
Solomont, of Massachusetts, Donna N. Williams, of Texas, all to be a 
Members of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National 
and Community Service, Charles E. F. Millard, of New York, to be 
Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, and other 
pending nominations, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 1667, to establish a pilot program for the 
expedited disposal of Federal real property, S. 1000, to enhance the 
Federal Telework Program, H.R. 390, to require the establishment of 
a national database in the National Archives to preserve records of 
servitude, emancipation, and post-Civil War reconstruction and to 
provide grants to State and local entities to establish similar 
local databases, H.R. 3571, to amend the Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995 to permit individuals who have served as 
employees of the Office of Compliance to serve as Executive 
Director, Deputy Executive Director, or General Counsel of the 
Office, and to permit individuals appointed to such positions to 
serve one additional term, S. 2174, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 175 South Monroe Street in 
Tiffin, Ohio, as the ``Paul E. Gillmor Post Office Building'', H.R. 
2089, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 701 Loyola Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the 
``Louisiana Armed Services Veterans Post Office'', S. 2292, to amend 
the Homeland Security Act of 2002, to establish the Office for 
Bombing Prevention, to address terrorist explosive threats, H.R. 
3297, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 950 West Trenton Avenue in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, as 
the ``Nate DeTample Post Office Building'', H.R. 3308, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 216 East 
Main Street in Atwood, Indiana, as the ``Lance Corporal David K. 
Fribley Post Office'', H.R. 3530, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 1400 Highway 41 North in 
Inverness, Florida, as the ``Chief Warrant Officer Aaron Weaver Post 
Office Building'', H.R. 2276, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 203 North Main Street in 
Vassar, Michigan, as the ``Corporal Christopher E. Esckelson Post 
Office Building'', H.R. 3325, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 235 Mountain Road in 
Suffield, Connecticut, as the ``Corporal Stephen R. Bixler Post 
Office'', S. 2110, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 427 North Street in Taft, California, as 
the ``Larry S. Pierce Post Office'', H.R. 3382, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 North 
William Street in Goldsboro, North Carolina, as the ``Philip A. 
Baddour, Sr. Post Office'', S. 2290, 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'', S. 2272, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service known as the Southpark Station in Alexandria, 
Louisiana, as the John ``Marty'' Thiels Southpark Station, in honor 
and memory of Thiels, a Louisiana postal worker who was killed in 
the line of duty on October 4, 2007, 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'', S. 2150 and H.R. 3572, bills to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4320 
Blue Parkway in Kansas City, Missouri, as the ``Wallace S. 
Hartsfield Post Office Building'', S. 2107 and H.R. 3307, bills to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 570 Broadway in Bayonne, New Jersey, as the ``Dennis P. Collins 
Post Office Building'', H.R. 3518, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 1430 South Highway 29 in 
Cantonment, Florida, as the ``Charles H. Hendrix Post Office 
Building'', and other pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to 
examine Medicaid providers, focusing on a recent study conducted by 
the Government Accountability Office on unpaid taxes, the extent of 
the problem, and possible solutions, 3:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Human Rights and the 
Law, to hold hearings to examine accountability for human rights 
violators in the United States, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to markup pending 
legislation; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Michael W. Hager, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Human Resources and Management), 9:30 
a.m., SD-562.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: meeting of conferees on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2008 for the 
intelligence community, 4:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, 
hearing on Capitol Visitor Center, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Africa Command, 10 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, to mark up H.R. 4137, College 
Opportunity and Affordability Act of 2007, 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on the Merida Initiative: 
Assessing Plans to Step Up our Security Cooperation with Mexico and 
Central America, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on U.S.-Greece Relations and 
Regional Issues, 2:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Cover Blown--
Did TSA Tip Off Airport Screeners about Covert Testing?'' 10 a.m., 
311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on Establishing Consistent 
Enforcement Policies in the Context of Online Wagers, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 2445, To amend the Alaska Native Claims

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Settlement Act to recognize Alexander Creek as a Native village; 
H.R. 3350, Alaska Native Veterans Land Allotment Equity Act; H.R. 
3351, Native American Challenge Demonstration Project Act of 2007; 
and 3560, Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement Finalization Act, 
11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on Assessing 
Whistle Blower Allegations Against the State Department Inspector 
General, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing on the Environmental 
Risks of and Regulatory Response to Dental Mercury Amalgam, 2 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, to continue 
hearings on Iran: Reality, Options and Consequences, Part 3--
Regional and Global Consequences of U.S. Military Action in Iran, 2 
p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 3915, Mortgage Reform and 
Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Urban and Rural 
Entrepreneurship, hearing on Program Harmonization in Rural 
America--How the Small Business Administration and the Department of 
Agriculture Can Work Together to Better Serve Small Businesses, 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Income Security and 
Family Support, hearing on Effects of Gap in Health Coverage on 
Work, Family and Opportunity, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Hot Spots, 8:45 a.m., and, executive, briefing on Cyber, 2 p.m., H-
405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing entitled ``State Leadership Towards a Low-Carbon Energy 
Future,'' 10 a.m., 2318 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, 4:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 3093, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and 
Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2008, 4 p.m., S-127, Capitol.