[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 189 (Tuesday, December 11, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1605-D1607]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           DECEMBER 12, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Foreign Relations: to receive a closed briefing on 
North Korea, focusing on the six-party talks, 11 a.m., S-407, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 579, to amend the Public

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Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the National 
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make grants for the 
development and operation of research centers regarding 
environmental factors that may be related to the etiology of breast 
cancer, and any pending nominations, Time to be announced, Room to 
be announced.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Harvey E. Johnson, Jr., of 
Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator and Chief Operating Officer, 
Federal Emergency Management Agency, and Jeffrey William Runge, of 
North Carolina, to be Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs and 
Chief Medical Officer, both of the Department of Homeland Security, 
10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, to 
hold hearings to examine S. 1782, to amend chapter 1 of title 9 of 
United States Code with respect to arbitration, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold hearings to examine 
a recently released Government Accountability Office report, 
focusing on funding challenges and facilities maintenance at the 
Smithsonian Institution, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine reverse 
mortgages, focusing on polishing not tarnishing the golden years, 
10:30 a.m., SD-628.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to consider the following: the CFTU 
Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.J. Res. 15, Recognizing the 
contributions of the Christmas tree industry to the United States 
economy; H.R. 1374, To amend the Florida National Forest Land 
Management Act of 2003 to authorize the conveyance of an additional 
tract of National Forest System land under that Act, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 3454, To provide for the conveyance of a small 
parcel of National Forest System land in the George Washington 
National Forest in Alleghany County, Virginia, that contains the 
cemetery of the Central Advent Christian Church and an adjoining 
tract of land located between the cemetery and road boundaries, 
10:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on 
implementation of the Base Realignment and Closure 2005 decisions, 
10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Energy Speculation: Is Greater 
Regulation Necessary to Stop Price Manipulation?'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``The Financial 
Consumer Hotline Act of 2007: Providing Consumers with Easy Access 
to the Appropriate Banking Regulator,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
South Asia, hearing on Connecting the Money to the Mission: The 
Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Assistance to the Palestinians, 10 
a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation 
Security and Infrastructure Protection, hearing on the Chemical 
Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
3609, Emergency Home Ownership and Mortgage Equity Protection Act of 
2007; and H.R. 3753, Federal Judicial Salary Restoration Act of 
2007, 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, oversight hearing on New Fees for 
Filming and Photography on Public Lands, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to consider the 
following measures: H.R. 4220, Federal Food Donation Act of 2007; 
H.R. 3468, To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1704 Weeksville Road in Elizabeth City, North 
Carolina, as the ``Dr. Clifford Bell Jones, Sr. Post Office;'' H.R. 
3720, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 424 Clay Avenue in Waco, Texas as the ``Army PFC Juan 
Alonso Covarrubias Post Office Building;'' H.R. 3721, To designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1190 
Lorena Road in Lorena, Texas, as the ``Marine Gunnery Sgt. John D. 
Fry Post Office Building;'' H.R. 3803, To designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 3100 Cashwell Drive in 
Goldsboro, North Carolina, as the ``John Henry Wooten, Sr. Post 
Office Building;'' H.R. 3911, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 95 Church Street in Jessup, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``Lance Corporal Dennis James Veater Post 
Office;'' H.R. 3988, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 3701 Altamesa Boulevard in Fort Worth, 
Texas, as the ``Master Sergeant Kenneth N. Mack Post Office 
Building;'' H.R. 4210, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 401 Washington Avenue in Weldon, 
North Carolina, as the ``Dock M. Brown Post Office Building;'' H.R. 
4211, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 725 Roanoke Avenue in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, as 
the ``Judge Richard B. Allsbrook Post Office;'' H.R. 4240, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 10799 West Alameda Avenue in Lakewood, Colorado, as the ``Felix 
Sparks Post Office Building;'' H.R. 4342, To designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 824 Manatee Avenue in 
West Bradenton, Florida, as the ``Dan Miller Post Office Building;'' 
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;'' 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. Con. Res. 198, Expressing the sense of Congress that 
the United States has a moral responsibility to meet the needs of 
those persons, groups and communities that are impoverished, 
disadvantaged or otherwise in poverty; H. Con. Res. 254, Recognizing 
and celebrating the centennial of Oklahoma statehood; and H. Res. 
816, Congratulating the Colorado Rockies on winning the National 
League Championship and playing in the World Series, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing on Assessing the 
Environmental Risks of the Water Bottling Industry's Extraction of 
Groundwater, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Sarbanes-Oxley 
Section 404: New Evidence on the Cost for Small Companies,'' 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, 
hearing on the New DHS Headquarters at St. Elizabeths: Local 
Business Opportunities, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on Stopping Suicides: 
Mental Health Challenges Within the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
10 a.m., 345 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the Subcommittee 
on Health, joint hearing on Outpatient Waiting Times, 2 p.m., 345 
Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
CIA Tapes, 8:45 a.m., H-405 Capitol.