[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 17 (Monday, January 29, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E206-E207]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, January 30, 2007 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                               JANUARY 31
     9:15 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To continue hearings to examine securing America's 
           interests in Iraq, focusing on the remaining options in 
           Iraq in the strategic context.
                                                            SH-216
     9:30 a.m.
       Rules and Administration
         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.
                                                            SR-301
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine ensuring the economic future 
           by promoting middle-class prosperity.
                                                            SD-106
     9:45 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         Organizational business meeting to consider an original 
           resolution authorizing expenditures for committee 
           operation; to be followed by a hearing to examine the 
           roles of Federal food assistance programs in family 
           economic security and nutrition.
                                                           SR-328A
     10 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To receive a closed briefing regarding the Iraq ``surge'' 
           plan.
                                                            SR-222
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         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 Department of the 
           Treasury's report to Congress on International Economic 
           and Exchange Rate Policy (IEERP) and the U.S.-China 
           strategic economic dialogue.
                                                            SD-G50
       Budget
         To hold hearings to examine solutions to long-term fiscal 
           challenges.
                                                            SD-608
       Finance
         Organizational business meeting to consider an original 
           resolution authorizing expenditures for committee 
           operations, subcommittee assignments, and the 
           nominations of Michael J. Astrue, of Massachusetts, to 
           be Commissioner of Social Security, and Dean A. 
           Pinkert, of Virginia, and Irving A. Williamson, of New 
           York, each to be a Member of the United States 
           International Trade Commission.
                                                            SD-215
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         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 Genetic Information 
           Nondiscrimination Act.
                                                            SD-430
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the Iraq Study Group, 
           focusing on recommendations for improvements to Iraq's 
           police and criminal justice system.
                                                            SD-226
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine Federal small business 
           assistance programs for veterans and reservists.
                                                           SR-428A
     10:30 a.m.
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine if Medicare Part D is working 
           for low-income seniors.
                                                            SD-562
     11:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider S. 202, to provide for the 
           conveyance of certain Forest Service land to the city 
           of Coffman Cove, Alaska, S. 216, to provide for the 
           exchange of certain Federal land in the Santa Fe 
           National Forest and certain non-Federal land in the 
           Pecos National Historical Park in the State of New 
           Mexico, S. 220, to authorize early repayment of 
           obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the A&B 
           Irrigation District in the State of Idaho, S. 232, to 
           make permanent the authorization for watershed 
           restoration and enhancement agreements, S. 235, to 
           authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
           certain buildings and lands of the Yakima Project, 
           Washington, to the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District, 
           S. 240, to reauthorize and amend the National Geologic 
           Mapping Act of 1992, S. 241, to authorize the Secretary 
           of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements to 
           protect natural resources of units of the National Park 
           System through collaborative efforts on land inside and 
           outside of units of the National Park System, S. 245, 
           to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate 
           the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home 
           in Hope, Arkansas, as a National Historic Site and unit 
           of the National Park System, S. 255, to provide 
           assistance to the State of New Mexico for the 
           development of comprehensive State water plans, S. 260, 
           to establish the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National

[[Page E207]]

           Conservation Area, S. 262, to rename the Snake River 
           Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in the State 
           of Idaho as the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey 
           National Conservation Area in honor of the late Morley 
           Nelson, an international authority on birds of prey, 
           who was instrumental in the establishment of this 
           National Conservation Area, S. 263, to amend the Oregon 
           Resource Conservation Act of 1996 to reauthorize the 
           participation of the Bureau of Reclamation in the 
           Deschutes River Conservancy, S. 264, to authorize the 
           Bureau of Reclamation to participate in the 
           rehabilitation of the Wallowa Lake Dam in Oregon, S. 
           265, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
           through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a water 
           resource feasibility study for the Little Butte/Bear 
           Creek Subbasins in Oregon, S. 266, to provide for the 
           modification of an amendatory repayment contract 
           between the Secretary of the Interior and the North 
           Unit Irrigation District, S. 268, to designate the Ice 
           Age Floods National Geologic Trail, S. 275, to 
           establish the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument 
           in the State of New Mexico, S. 277, to modify the 
           boundaries of Grand Teton National Park to include 
           certain land within the GT Park Subdivision, S. 278, to 
           establish a program and criteria for National Heritage 
           Areas in the United States, S. 283, to amend the 
           Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003, S. 
           320, to provide for the protection of paleontological 
           resources on Federal lands, H.R. 57, to repeal certain 
           sections of the Act of May 26, 1936, pertaining to the 
           Virgin Islands, and S. 200, to require the Secretary of 
           the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation 
           and the United States Geological Survey, to conduct a 
           study on groundwater resources in the State of Alaska.
                                                            SD-366
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business; 
           to be followed by a hearing to examine economic and 
           security concerns relating to promoting travel to 
           America.
                                                            SR-253
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         To resume hearings to examine abusive practices in 
           Department of Defense contracting for services and 
           inter-agency contracting.
                                                            SR-222
       Judiciary
       Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine challenges and strategies for 
           securing the U.S. border.
                                                            SD-226

                               FEBRUARY 1
     9:15 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To continue hearings to examine securing America's 
           interests in Iraq, focusing on the remaining options in 
           Iraq in the strategic context.
                                                            SH-216
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Gen. George 
           W. Casey Jr., USA, for reappointment to the grade of 
           general and to be Chief of Staff, United States Army.
                                                            SR-325
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine accelerated biofuels 
           diversity, focusing on how home-grown, biologically 
           derived fuels can blend into the nation's 
           transportation fuel mix.
                                                            SDG-50
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Carl Joseph 
           Artman, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
           the Interior for Indian Affairs; to be followed by a 
           business meeting to consider the nomination.
                                                            SR-485
     10 a.m.
       Budget
         To hold hearings to examine the current account deficit 
           and the foreign debt of the United States.
                                                            SD-608
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine a view from the Federal 
           Communications Commission relating to assessing the 
           communications marketplace.
                                                            SR-253
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine improving the health of 
           America's children relating to the future of Children's 
           Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
                                                            SD-215
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine privacy implications of the 
           Federal government's health information technology 
           initiative relating to private health records, focusing 
           on the efforts of Department of Health and Human 
           Services to integrate privacy into the Health 
           Information Technology national infrastructure and 
           Office of Personnel Management's efforts to expand the 
           use of Health Information Technology through the 
           Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and the 
           impact such actions have on Federal employees' health 
           information privacy.
                                                            SD-342
       Intelligence
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of J. Michael 
           McConnell, of Virginia, to be Director of National 
           Intelligence.
                                                            SD-106
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                               FEBRUARY 5
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Human Rights and the Law Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine genocide and the rule of law.
                                                            SD-226

                               FEBRUARY 6
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the President's budget 
           request for fiscal year 2008 and the fiscal years 2007 
           and 2008 war supplemental requests in review of the 
           Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2008 and 
           the Future Years Defense Program.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine judicial nominations.
                                                            SD-226

                               FEBRUARY 7
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2008 for the Department 
           of Energy.
                                                            SD-366
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine if the Department of Justice 
           is politicizing the hiring and firing of U.S. attorneys 
           relating to preserving prosecutorial independence.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine climate change research and 
           scientific integrity.
                                                            SR-253

                               FEBRUARY 8
     9 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the President's foreign 
           affairs budget.
                                                            SD-106
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine issues relating to labor, 
           immigration, law enforcement, and economic conditions 
           in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
                                                            SD-366
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the present and future of 
           public safety communications.
                                                            SR-253
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226

                              FEBRUARY 13
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the ``Stern Review of the 
           Economics of Climate Change'' examining the economic 
           impacts of climate change and stabilizing greenhouse 
           gases in the atmosphere.
                                                            SD-106

                              FEBRUARY 15
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2008 for the Department 
           of the Interior.
                                                            SD-366