[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 52 (Monday, March 26, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D405]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 for mind, brain 
and behavioral research at the National Institutes of Health, after 
receiving testimony from Thomas R. Insel, Director, National Institute 
of Mental Health, Nora D. Volkow, Director, National Institute on Drug 
Abuse, Ting-Kai Li, Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and 
Alcoholism, James F. Battey, Jr., Director, National Institute on 
Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, and Story C. Landis, 
Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, all 
of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human 
Services.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY REORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities met to receive a briefing on the reorganization of the 
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy from Christopher R. 
Henry, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Policy, and Thomas W. 
O'Connell, Assistant Secretary for Special Operations and Low-Intensity 
Conflict, both of the Department of Defense.
MARKET-BASED CARBON DIOXIDE TRADING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the progress of the European Union's Emissions 
Trading Scheme and to receive information on lessons learned from the 
Scheme for policymakers who want to better understand how a market-
based trading program could operate efficiently and effectively in the 
United States, after receiving testimony from Jos Delbeke, European 
Union Commission, Brussels, Belgium; Per-Otto Wold, Point Carbon, Oslo, 
Norway; Garth Edward, Shell Oil, London, England; Jean-Yves Caneill, 
Electricte de France, Paris; Bruno Vanderborght, Holcim Cement, Zurich, 
Switzerland; and Denny Ellerman, The Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology Sloan School of Management, Cambridge.
REAL ID ACT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine the Real ID Act of 
2005 and the proposed regulations released by the Department of 
Homeland Security on March 1, 2006, implementing Act, focusing on 
efforts to secure drivers' licenses and identification cards, after 
receiving testimony from Richard C. Barth, Assistant Secretary of 
Homeland Security for Policy Development; Texas State Senator Leticia 
Van de Putte, Austin, on behalf of the National Conference of State 
Legislatures; Mayor Mufi Hannemann, Honolulu, Hawaii; and David Quam, 
National Governors Association, Timothy D. Sparapani, American Civil 
Liberties Union, and Jim Harper, Cato Institute, all of Washington, 
D.C.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law 
concluded a hearing to examine the problem of human trafficking and the 
legal options to stop the problem, after receiving testimony from Grace 
Chung Becker, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, 
Department of Justice; Katherine Kaufka, National Immigrant Justice 
Center, Chicago, Illinois; and Martina E. Vandenberg, Jenner and Block 
LLP, and Holly J. Burkhalter, International Justice Mission, both of 
Washington, D.C.