[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 7 (Friday, January 12, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D40-D41]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of January 15 through January 19, 2007

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 1:00 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of S. 1, 
Ethics Bill, with votes on amendments and motions to invoke cloture.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: January 17, to 
hold hearings to examine conservation security program and 
environmental quality incentives program relating to working land 
conservation, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: January 19, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, with the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, to hold joint 
hearings to examine stem cell research, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: January 17, Subcommittee on Readiness 
and Management Support, to hold hearings to examine practices in 
Department of Defense contracting for services and inter-agency 
contracting, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.

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  January 18, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
intelligence assessments on the situation in Iraq, 2:30 p.m., S-407, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: January 18, 
organizational business meeting to consider an original resolution 
authorizing expenditures for committee operations, committee's rules 
of procedure for the 110th Congress, and subcommittee assignments; 
to be followed by a hearing to examine the state of transit 
security, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: January 18, to hold hearings to examine 
long-term economic and budget challenges, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: January 17, to 
hold hearings to examine aviation security, focusing on the 
recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  January 18, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine 
Federal efforts for rail and surface transportation security, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: January 18, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine issues relating to oil and gas royalty 
management at the Department of the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Finance: January 17, organizational business meeting 
to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures for 
committee operations, committee's rules of procedure for the 110th 
Congress, and subcommittee assignments; committee will also consider 
The Small Business and Work Opportunity Act of 2007, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: January 17, to hold hearings to 
examine the remaining options and regional diplomatic strategy 
relating to securing America's interests in Iraq, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  January 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
military and security strategy relating to securing America's 
interests in Iraq, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: January 16, 
to hold hearings to examine economic opportunity and security for 
working families, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  January 19, Full Committee, with the Committee on Appropriations, 
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies, to hold joint hearings to examine stem cell 
research, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: January 18, organizational business 
meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures 
for committee operations, committee's rules of procedure for the 
110th Congress, and subcommittee assignments, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: January 16, to hold hearings to 
examine the plight of Iraqi refugees, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  January 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine paying off 
generics to prevent competition with brand name drugs, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  January 18, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., SDG-50.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: January 18, 
organizational business meeting to consider an original resolution 
authorizing expenditures for committee operations, committee's rules 
of procedure for the 110th Congress, and subcommittee assignments, 9 
a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: January 17, to hold closed 
hearings to examine intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  January 18, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, January 16, to meet for 
organizational purposes, 5:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  January 17, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Army and Marine 
Corps Readiness, 10 a.m., and, executive, on Army and Marine 
Operations and Equipment Reconstitution, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  January 18, executive, on Navy and Air Force Readiness, 10 a.m., 
and, executive, on Guard and Reserve Readiness, 1:30 p.m., H-140 
Capitol.
  January 19, on Military Medical Readiness and Related Issues, 10 
a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, January 16, Subcommittee on Seapower 
and Expeditionary Forces, hearing on Marine Corps force protection 
equipment for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring 
Freedom, 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  January 17, full Committee, hearing on alternative perspectives on 
the President's strategy for Iraq, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  January 18, hearing on approaches to audit of reconstruction and 
support activities in Iraq, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  January 18, Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, hearing on Army 
force protection equipment for Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation 
Enduring Freedom, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, January 17, hearing on Iraq, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  January 18, hearing on North Korea, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  January 19, hearing on the Baker-Hamilton Commission Report, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Reform, January 18, to meet for 
organizational purposes, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, January 16, to consider the following: H.R. 5, 
College Student Relief Act of 2007; and H.R. 6, Creating Long-Term 
Energy Alternatives for the Nation Act of 2007, 4 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, January 17, to 
meet for organizational purposes, 10:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  January 19, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
hearing on the Need for Renewed Investment in Clean Water 
Infrastructure, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, January 17, to meet for 
organizational purposes, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.