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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2007-03-06” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D260-D261 on March 5, 2007.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,
MARCH 6, 2007
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold hearings to examine child nutrition and the school setting, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the care, living conditions, and administration of outpatients at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold oversight hearings to examine the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Program, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider committee rules of procedure for the 110th Congress, S. 377, to establish a United States-Poland parliamentary youth exchange program, S. 494, to endorse further enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and to facilitate the timely admission of new members to NATO, S. 676, to provide that the Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank or the Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank may serve on the Board of Directors of the Inter-
American Foundation, S. Res. 65, condemning the murder of Turkish-
Armenian journalist and human rights advocate Hrant Dink and urging the people of Turkey to honor his legacy of tolerance, and the nominations: of Ryan C. Crocker, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq, William B. Wood, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, and Stanley Davis Phillips, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold hearings to examine strategies for attracting, supporting, and retaining high quality educators relating to No Child Left Behind Reauthorization, 10 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine if the Department of Justice is politicizing the hiring and firing of United States attorneys, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 9:30 a.m., 345 CHOB.
Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
House
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Natural Resources and Conservation Service, 10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, on Department of Commerce Overview, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol, and on Secretary of Commerce, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies, on Secretary of Energy, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, on Issues in the Federal Workforce, 10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Container Security Challenges and Goals, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, on NIH Director with National Cancer Institute/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs and Related Agencies, on VA Medical Care, 10 a.m., and on Department of Veterans' Affairs Panel, 1 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, on Iraq Political and Reconstruction Strategy, Alternative Perspectives, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies, on Department of Transportation Inspector General Management Challenges and GAO High Risk Series, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on the National Security Personnel System--Is it Working? 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on the Budget, hearing on the Department of Defense and the Fiscal Year 2008 Budget, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on Are Hidden 401(k) Fees Undermining Retirement Security? 11 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing entitled ``Carbon Capture and Sequestration: An Overview,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Exploring Options for Improving the Medicare Physician Payment System,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, to consider H.R. 1227, Gulf Coast Hurricane Housing Recovery Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on The Iranian Challenge, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight, hearing on Global Polling Data on Opinion of American Policies, Values and People, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on Homeland Security, hearing on a measure entitled ``Rail and Public Transportation Security Act of 2007,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, to consider issuing subpoenas to former U.S. Attorneys Daniel Bogden, District of Nevada and Paul K. Charlton of Arizona in conjunction with the afternoon hearing, 10 a.m., and a hearing on H.R. 580, to amend chapter 35 of title 28, United States Code, to provide for a 120-day limit to the term of a United States Attorney appointed on an interim basis by the Attorney General, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
March 7, full Committee, hearing on ``Protecting the Right to Vote: Election Deception and Irregularities in Recent Federal Elections,'' 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on the Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives, to consider the following: A Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government Records; a measure Openness Promotes Effectiveness in our National (OPEN) Government Act of 2007; and a measure Presidential Records Act Amendment of 2007, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 569, Water Quality Investment Act of 2007; and H.R. 700, Healthy Communities Water Supply Act of 2007, 2:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's report on the Sustainable Growth Rate, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, hearing on Recent Changes to Programs Assisting Low-Income Families, 11 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and National Intelligence Program
(NIP) Budget Roll-out, 2:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
Joint Meetings
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 9:30 a.m., 345 CHOB.
