[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 24 (Thursday, February 8, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D161-D165]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of February 12 through February 17, 2007

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 1 p.m., Senate will be in a period of morning business.
  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: February 13, to 
hold hearings to examine challenges and opportunities relating to 
rural development, 9:45 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: February 13, Subcommittee on Interior 
and Related Agencies, to hold oversight hearings to examine the 
Outer Continental Shelf oil and natural gas royalty management by 
the Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 15, to hold hearings to 
examine the current and future readiness of the Army and Marine 
Corps; there is a possibility of a closed session in SR-222 
following the open session, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 14, to 
hold hearings to examine the semiannual monetary policy report to 
the Congress, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on the Budget: February 13, to hold hearings to examine 
the President's Fiscal Year 2008 budgetary proposals for the 
Department of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 14, 
Subcommittee on Trade, Tourism, and Economic Development, to hold 
hearings to examine overseas sweatshop abuses, focusing on their 
impact on U.S. workers and the need for anti-sweatshop legislation, 
10 a.m., SR-253.
  February 14, Subcommittee on Fisheries and Coast Guard, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine recent

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setbacks to the Coast Guard Deepwater Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Aviation, to hold hearings to examine 
the Administration's proposal to reauthorize the Federal Aviation 
Administration (Part 1), 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 12, 
Subcommittee on Energy, to hold hearings to examine recommendations 
on policies and programs to improve the energy efficiency of 
buildings and to expand the role of electric and gas utilities in 
energy efficiency programs, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  February 13, Full Committee, 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, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  February 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2008 for the 
Department of the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 13, to hold 
hearings to review and report the recommendations of the United 
States Climate Action Partnership Report, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  February 15, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearings to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2008 
for the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: February 15, to hold hearings to examine the 
Administration trade agenda for 2007, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 15, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Ryan C. Crocker, of Washington, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq, and William B. Wood, of New 
York, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, 9:15 
a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 13, 
to hold hearings to examine The Healthy Families Act, focusing on 
safeguarding Americans' livelihood, families and health with paid 
sick days, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  February 14, Full Committee, business meeting to consider Mental 
Health Parity Act of 2007, Head Start for School Readiness Act, and 
any pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: February 
13, to hold hearings to examine the Homeland Security Department's 
budget request for Fiscal Year 2008, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  February 14, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 4, to 
make the United States more secure by implementing unfinished 
recommendations of the 9/11 Commission to fight the war on terror 
more effectively, to improve homeland security, S. 343, to extend 
the District of Columbia College Access Act of 1999, S. 457, to 
extend the date on which the National Security Personnel System will 
first apply to certain defense laboratories, a proposed bill to 
preserve existing judgeships on the Superior Court of the District 
of Columbia, S. 171, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 301 Commerce Street in Commerce, Oklahoma, 
as the ``Mickey Mantle Post Office Building'', S. 194 and H.R. 49, 
bills to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1300 North Frontage Road West in Vail, Colorado, as the 
``Gerald R. Ford, Jr. Post Office Building'', S. 219 and H.R. 335, 
bills to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 152 North 5th Street in Laramie, Wyoming, as the ``Gale 
W. McGee Post Office'', S. 303, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 324 Main Street in 
Grambling, Louisiana, shall be known and designated as the ``Coach 
Eddie Robinson Post Office Building'', S. 412 and H.R. 521, bills to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 2633 11th Street in Rock Island, Illinois, as the ``Lane Evans 
Post Office Building'', H.R. 433, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 1700 Main Street in Little 
Rock, Arkansas, as the ``Scipio A. Jones Post Office Building'', 
H.R. 514, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 16150 Aviation Loop Drive in Brooksville, 
Florida, as the ``Sergeant Lea Robert Mills Brooksville Aviation 
Branch Post Office'', and H.R. 577, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 3903 South Congress Avenue 
in Austin, Texas, as the ``Sergeant Henry Ybarra III Post Office 
Building'', 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 15, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the President's budget request for fiscal year 
2008 for tribal programs, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 14, to hold hearings to 
examine judicial security and independence, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  February 15, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Beryl A. Howell, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Member of the United States Sentencing Commission, S. 316, to 
prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug 
companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, S. 
236, to require reports to Congress on Federal agency use of data 
mining, S. 378, to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect 
judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members, 
S. 442, to provide for loan repayment for prosecutors and public 
defenders, S. Res. 41, honoring and the life and recognizing the 
accomplishments of Tom Mooney, president of the Ohio Federation of 
Teachers, S. Res. 47, honoring the life and achievements of George 
C. Springer, Sr., the Northeast regional director and a former vice 
president of the American Federation of Teachers, S. Res. 49, 
recognizing and celebrating the 50th anniversary of the entry of 
Alaska into the Union as the 49th State, S. Res. 53, congratulating 
Illinois State University as it marks its sesquicentennial, and S. 
Res. 69, recognizing the African-American spiritual as a national 
treasure, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: February 13, to 
hold hearings to examine alternatives for easing small business 
health care costs, 10 a.m., SR-428A.

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  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 13, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  February 14, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  February 15, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: February 15, to hold hearings to 
examine those Americans born between 1946 and 1964 (baby boomers), 
focusing on the federal budget and senior citizens, 10 a.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, February 14, to meet for organizational 
purposes; followed by a hearing on the 2007 Farm bill proposals of 
the Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., 1302 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, February 12, Subcommittee on Defense, 
on U.S. Air Force Fiscal Year 2007 Supplemental Request, 10 a.m., H-
140 Capitol.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Defense, on U.S. Navy/Marine Corps 
Fiscal Year 2007 Supplemental Request, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Aviation 
Security Challenges, 10 a.m., and on Transportation Security 
Challenges, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on Overview of National Forest Service, 10 a.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, on Related Agencies, on 9:30 a.m., H-
143 Capitol.
  February 14, full Committee, on Budget Overview, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Secretary of 
Agriculture, 10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Defense, on Defense Fiscal Year 2007 
Supplemental Request, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn, and on Fiscal Year 2007 
Supplemental Requests for Iraq and Afghan Security Forces Fund, 1:30 
p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Coast Guard 
Iraq Operations, Port Security and Deepwater, 10 a.m., 2362B 
Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, (Panel) Overview on America's 
Workers and Education for the 21st Century, 9:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn, 
and (Panel II) Overview on Health Care Access and the Aging of 
America, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, on Long-Term Health Care Challenges, 
10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn, and on Secretary of Veterans' Affairs, 1 
p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs, on Thematic-Iraq Reconstruction Strategy, 2 p.m., 
2362A Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Defense, on Outside Expert Witnesses, 
10 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and 
Related Agencies, on Future of the Nation's Navigation 
Infrastructure, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Implementation 
of U.S. VISIT Entry/Exit Program, 10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on Forest Service: State and Private Forestry and 
Research, 9 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on Capitol 
Visitor Center, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs, on Fiscal Year 2007 Emergency Supplemental 
Request, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 13, hearing on an assessment 
of security and stability in Afghanistan and developments in U.S. 
strategy and operations, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing to review 
the fiscal year 2008 military health care budget and the challenges 
facing the military health care system, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces and 
the Subcommittee on Readiness, joint hearing on U.S. Marine Crops 
and U.S. Navy reset requirements, 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 14, full Committee, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2008 
National Defense Budget request from the Department of the Army, 10 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 14, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on the challenges for the Special Operations 
Command (SOCOM) posed by the global terrorist threat, 2 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on 
overview of recruiting and retention, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 13, hearing on the Department of 
Health and Human Services Fiscal Year 2008 Budget, 2 p.m., 210 
Cannon.
  February 14, hearing on Members Day, 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  February 15, hearing on the U.S. Department of Agriculture Fiscal 
Year 2008 Budget Priorities, 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  February 16, hearing on IRS and the Tax Gap, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, February 14, to consider the 
following: Oversight Plan for the 110th Congress; and to mark up 
H.R. 493, Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007, 1:30 
p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 15 and 16, hearings on 
Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, February 13, hearing on the Future 
of the United Nations under Ban Ki-Moon, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  February 14, to mark up H. Res. 98, Honoring the life and 
achievements of the late Dr. John Garang de Mabior and reaffirming 
the continued commitment of the House of Representatives to a just 
and lasting peace in the Republic of Sudan, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 14, Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia, hearing 
on Next Steps in Israeli-Palestinian Peace Process, 2:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  February 15, full Committee, hearing on Afghanistan on the Brink: 
Where Do We Go From Here? 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
Environment, hearing on Protecting the Human Rights of Comfort 
Women, 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, February 13, Subcommittee on 
Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism, hearing entitled 
``Border Security: Infrastructure, Technology, and the Human 
Element,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Transportation Security and 
Infrastructure Protection, hearing entitled ``Rail and Mass Transit 
Security: Industry and Labor Perspectives,'' 3 p.m., Cannon.
  February 14, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, 
Preparedness, and Response Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and 
Technology, hearing entitled ``Understanding the Budget and 
Strategic Agenda of the Science and Technology Directorate,'' 2:30 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 14, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing, 
and Terrorism Risk Assessment, hearing entitled ``The President's 
Proposed FY2008 Budget for the Department of Homeland Security: The 
Office of Intelligence and Analysis,'' 3:30 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  February 15, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Lessons Learned 
and Grading Goals: The Department of Homeland Security of 2007,'' 9 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Transportation Security and 
Infrastructure Protection, hearing entitled ``Impact of Background 
and Security Clearances on the Transportation Workforce,'' 10:30 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 13, Subcommittee on 
Commercial and Administrative Law and the Subcommittee on 
Investigations and Oversight of the Committee on Science and 
Technology, joint oversight hearing entitled ``Amending Executive 
Order 12866: Good Governance or Regulatory,'' 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 14, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, 
Border Security and International Law, hearing on ``The Proposed 
Immigration Fee Increase,'' 2:15 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual 
Property, oversight hearing on American Innovation at Risk: ``The 
Case for Patent Reform,'' 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security, hearing entitled ``Making Communities Safer: Youth 
Violence and Gang Interventions that Work,'' 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, February 14, oversight hearing 
entitled ``Reports, Audits and Investigations by the General 
Accountability Office (GAO) and the Office of Inspector General 
(OIG) Regarding the Department of the Interior,'' 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, February 13 and 14, 
hearings on the following: the Executive Branch Reform Act of 2007; 
and the Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  February 15, hearing entitled ``Iraq Reconstruction: An 
Overview,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and 
National Archives, hearing entitled ``The State FOIA: Assessing 
Agency Efforts to Meet FOIA Requirements,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, February 13, hearing on 
National Imperatives for Earth and Climate Science (National Academy 
of Sciences Decadal Survey), 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 14, hearing on the Administration's FY 2008 Research and 
Development Budget Proposal, 2318 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing on 
The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Role in 
Supporting Economic Competitiveness in the 21st Century, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 14, hearing entitled ``The 
Small Business Administration's Response to the 2005 Gulf Coast 
Hurricanes,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 13, 
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing entitled ``Public-
Private Partnerships: Innovative Financing and Protecting the Public 
Interest,'' 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing entitled ``Fatigue in the Rail Industry,'' 2 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 14, Subcommittee on Water Resources and the Environment, 
hearing entitled ``Agency Budgets and Priorities for FY 2008,'' 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation, hearing entitled ``The Development of Short Sea 
Shipping in the United States,'' 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 14, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing on Department of Veterans Affairs Fiscal Year 2008 
Health Budget, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  February 15, full Committee, hearing on Filipino Veterans, 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, VA 
Inspector General-Budget and Best Practices, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 12, to mark up the Small 
Business Tax Relief Act, 5 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the Medicare 
portions of the President's Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Proposals, 2 
p.m., 1100 Longworth.

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  February 13, Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, 
to meet for organizational purposes; followed by a hearing on 
economic opportunity and poverty in America, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  February 13, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on Earned Income 
Tax Credit Outreach, 1 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  February 14, full Committee, hearing on the direction and content 
of U.S. Trade Agenda, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 14, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on Social 
Security Administration (SSA) disability claims backlogs, 2 p.m., B-
318 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on the U.S.-China 
trade relationship, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 15. 
Executive, hearing on Iran's Involvement in Iraq, 2:30 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.