The hearing coincides with the committee's recent introduction of draft legislation that would authorize self-regulatory groups like the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority to examine investment advisers.
A number of congressional committees have heard testimony on the FairTax, but it has not moved from committee since its introduction in 1999.
Mine action: UNICEF will elaborate and distribute mine-risk education (MRE) materials in 150 affected villages and work with the national steering committee on the introduction of MRE into the teaching curriculum; train 250 stakeholders on MRE; provide vocational training and economic empowerment to 100 mine/unexploded ordnance survivors.
The select committee had recommended the introduction of safer injecting rooms, also known as "shooting galleries".
But Mark Pieth, chair of an independent group set up to oversee reform, saw his committee disbanded without the introduction of at least seven reforms it considered crucial.
The report was written by an offshoot of the committee, and in an introduction to the report, the members of the parent group said that for largely technical reasons, the report is "not an official C.E.D. policy statement".
Its scrutiny committee had backed the introduction of a public space protection order that would have allowed criminal proceedings to be launched against people who had been offered a place to stay but still chose to sleep rough.
Pieth said this week that while he will chair the new committee to oversee the introduction of new, decent procedures into World Cup bidding and the distribution of Fifa's billions, he will not investigate the past.
But he said the committee would debate the introduction of a bonus prize-money pool for top players, as well as new scoring formats, including a tiebreak or match tiebreaker in the fifth set.
She said the committee welcomed the planned introduction of real-world driving emissions tests and a stricter lab test for measuring fuel consumption, but added: "As vehicle technology becomes more advanced, what is most urgently needed is a robust regulator which can keep ahead of developments in technology.
