[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 16, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D47-D48]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION; OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Appropriations: Met for organizational purposes.
  The Committee approved an Oversight Plan for the 110th Congress.
IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN--U.S. FORCE PROTECTION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary 
Forces held a hearing on

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Marine Corps force protection equipment for Operation Iraqi Freedom and 
Operation Enduring Freedom. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the U.S. Marine Corps: BG Randolph D. Alles, USMC, 
Commanding General, Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory; and BG Michael 
M. Brogan, USMC, Commanding General, Marine Corps Systems Command.
THE COLLEGE STUDENT RELIEF ACT OF 2007
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a vote of 8 to 4, a closed rule 
providing 3 hours of general debate on H.R. 5, to amend the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 to reduce interest rates for student borrowers, 
in the House equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Education and Labor. The rule 
waives all points of order against the bill and against its 
consideration except for clause 9 and 10 of Rule XXI. The rule provides 
one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Finally, the rule 
provides that the Chair may postpone further consideration of the bill 
to a time designated by the Speaker. Testimony was heard from Chairman 
Miller of California and Representatives McKeon and Keller.
CREATING LONG-TERM ENERGY ALTERNATIVES FOR THE NATION (CLEAN) ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a vote of 8 to 4, a closed rule 
providing 3 hours of general debate on H.R. 6, to reduce our Nation's 
dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, renewable, and 
alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging energy 
technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a Strategic 
Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in alternative 
energy, and for other purposes, in the House with 60 minutes equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of 
the Committee on Ways and Means, 60 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Natural Resources, 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Agriculture, 
and 30 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Science and Technology. The 
rule waives all points of order against the bill and against its 
consideration except for clause 9 and 10 or Rule XXI. The rule provides 
one motion to recommit with or without instructions. The rule also 
provides that during consideration of H.R. 6 pursuant to this 
resolution, notwithstanding the operation of the previous question, the 
Chair may postpone further consideration of the bill to a time 
designated by the Speaker. Testimony was heard from Chairman Rahall and 
Representatives Nunes, Bartlett of Maryland and Biggert.