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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2007-02-07” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D144-D145 on Feb. 6, 2007.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,
FEBRUARY 7, 2007
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold hearings to examine the United States Department of Agriculture farm bill proposal, 9:15 a.m., SD-106.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting to consider an original bill entitled ``Public Transportation Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007''; to be followed by hearings to examine predatory lending practices and home foreclosures, 10 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the President's Fiscal Year 2008 budget proposal, 10 a.m., SD-608.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold hearings to examine climate change research and scientific integrity, 10 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2008 for the Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection, to hold hearings to examine global warming and wildlife, focusing on informing the Committee and the United States Senate on issues related to global warming and wildlife, 10 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the President's Fiscal Year 2008 budget proposal, 10 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold hearings to examine the hazards of electronic voting, focusing on the machinery of democracy, 10 a.m., SR-301.
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 Homeland Security, on Using Risk to Determine Homeland Security Investments, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2008 National Defense Budget Request from the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on the Budget, hearing on the Treasury Department Fiscal Year 2008 Budget, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on Strengthening America's Middle Class: Finding Economic Solutions to Help America's Families, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), One Year After Dubai Ports World,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on International Relations Budget for Fiscal Year 2008, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``An Overview of Issues and Challenges Facing the Department of Homeland Security,'' 1 p.m., 311 Cannon.
Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 545, Native American Methamphetamine Enforcement and Treatment Act of 2007; H.R. 137, Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007; and H.R. 740, To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent caller ID spoofing, 10:15, a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Natural Resources, to meet for organizational purposes, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing entitled
``Iraqi Reconstruction: Reliance on Private Military Contractors and Status Report,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 547, Advanced Fuels Infrastructure Research and Development Act; and an Oversight Plan for the 110th Congress, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the following measures: H.R. 720, Water Quality Financing Act of 2007; H.R. 569, Water Quality Investment Act of 2007; H.R. 700, Healthy Communities Water Supply Act of 2007; H.R. 798, To direct the Administrator of General Services to install a photovoltaic system for the headquarters building of the Department of Energy; H.R. 799, Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2007; H.R. 802, Maritime Pollution Prevention Act of 2007; H.R. 342, To designate the United States courthouse located at 555 Independent Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the ``Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr., United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 399, To designate the United States Courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ``R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 429, To designate the United States courthouse located at 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York, as the ``Hugh L. Carey United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 430, To designate the United States bankruptcy courthouse located at 271 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York as the ``Conrad Duberstein United States Bankruptcy Courthouse;'' H.R. 478, To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 101 Barr Street in Lexington, Kentucky, as the ``Scott Reed Federal Building and United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 544, To designate the United States courthouse at South Federal Place in Sante Fe, New Mexico, as the ``Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse;'' and H.R. 584, To designate the headquarters building of the Department of Education in Washington, DC, as the Lyndon Baines Johnson Federal Building; and to consider an Oversight Plan for the 110th Congress, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on the President's FY 2008 for the OMB, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Social Security, to meet for organizational purposes, 11 a.m., 1105 Longworth.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to consider the following: Oversight Plan for the 110th Congress; and Member requests to view classified documents, 5 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
