[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 68 (Thursday, April 26, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D580-D583]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of April 30 through May 5, 2007

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 4:15 p.m. Senate will begin consideration of S. 1082, 
Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments.
  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: May 1, to hold 
hearings to examine conservation policy recommendations for the farm 
bill, 2 p.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 1, Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 for United States 
Forest Service, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 for global health, 
9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold closed hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 for defense 
intelligence, 10:30 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, 
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2008 for the government of the District of Columbia, focusing 
on federally-funded entities, 3 p.m., SD-192.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2088 for the 
Office of the Secretary of the Senate and the Library of Congress, 
10 a.m., SD-124.

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  May 3, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2008 for the Equal Employment Opportunity, 10 a.m., SD-
192.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: May 1, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to 
hold hearings to examine the Department of Defense transportation 
programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal 
Year 2008 and the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  May 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the United 
States Central Command in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for Fiscal Year 2008 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
with the possibility of a closed session in S-407 following the open 
session, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  May 3, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold closed hearings to 
examine Navy force structure requirements and programs to meet those 
requirements in review of the Defense Authorization Request for 
Fiscal Year 2008 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be 
immediately followed by an open session in SR-222, 2:30 p.m., SR-
222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 30, 
Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism, to hold 
hearings to examine Halliburton and United States business ties to 
Iran, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  May 1, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, 
to hold hearings to examine improving air service to small and rural 
communities, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  May 1, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine 
Infrastructure, Safety and Security, to hold hearings to examine 
Electronic On-Board Recorders (EOBR's) and truck driver fatigue 
reduction, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism, to 
hold hearings to examine United States trade relations with China, 
9:15 a.m., SR-253.
  May 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pending 
nominations, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 3, Subcommittee on 
Water and Power, to hold hearings to examine S. 27, to authorize the 
implementation of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement, 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold hearings 
to examine S. 390, to direct the exchange of certain land in Grand, 
San Juan, and Uintah Counties, Utah, S. 647, to designate certain 
land in the State of Oregon as wilderness, S. 1139, to establish the 
National Landscape Conservation System, H.R. 276, to designate the 
Piedras Blancas Light Station and the surrounding public land as an 
Outstanding Natural Area to be administered as a part of the 
National Landscape Conservation System, and for other purposes, H.R. 
356, to remove certain restrictions on the Mammoth Community Water 
District's ability to use certain property acquired by that District 
from the United States, S. 205, to grant rights-of-way for electric 
transmission lines over certain Native allotments in the State of 
Alaska, and H.R. 865, to grant rights-of-way for electric 
transmission lines over certain Native allotments in the State of 
Alaska, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: May 1, Subcommittee on Energy, Natural 
Resources, and Infrastructure, to hold hearings to examine advanced 
technology vehicles, focusing on the road ahead, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  May 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Medicare 
prescription drug benefit, focusing on monitoring early experiences, 
10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 1, to 
hold hearings to examine No Child Left Behind Reauthorization, 
focusing on measuring progress and supporting effective 
interventions, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: April 30, 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
the Federal government's role in empowering Americans to make 
informed financial decisions, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  May 1, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination 
of Howard Charles Weizmann, of Maryland, to be Deputy Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  May 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Internet as 
a portal to violent Islamist extremism, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 3, to hold hearings to examine S. 
310, a bill to express the policy of the United States regarding the 
United States' relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a 
process for the recognition by the United States of the Native 
Hawaiian governing entity, 9:30 p.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 1, to hold hearings to examine 
process patents, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland 
Security, to hold hearings to examine strengthening the security of 
international travel documents, focusing on interrupting terrorist 
travel, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  May 3, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 376, to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the provisions 
relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement 
officers, S. 221, to amend title 9, United States Code, to provide 
for greater fairness in the arbitration process relating to 
livestock and poultry contracts, S. 495, to prevent and mitigate 
identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide notice of security 
breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement 
assistance, and other protections against security breaches, 
fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable 
information, S. 239, to require Federal agencies, and persons 
engaged in interstate commerce, in possession of data containing 
sensitive personally identifiable information, to disclose any 
breach of such information, S. 1202, to require agencies and persons 
in possession of computerized data containing sensitive personal 
information, to disclose security breaches where such breach poses a 
significant risk of identity theft, and the nominations of

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Debra Ann Livingston, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Second Circuit, Roslynn Renee Mauskopf, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, Richard 
Sullivan, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of New York, and Joseph S. Van Bokkelen, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 1, to hold hearings to 
examine the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Public Law 95-
511), 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  May 3, Full Committee, closed business meeting to consider certain 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: May 2, to hold hearings to examine the 
Nursing Home Reform Act (Public Law 100-203), focusing on what has 
been accomplished and what challenges still remain, 10:30 a.m., SD-
628.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, May 1, Subcommittee on General Farm 
Commodities and Risk Management, hearing to review the crop 
insurance industry, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  May 1, Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and 
Foreign Agriculture, hearing on review of rural broadband programs 
operated by the USDA's Rural Utilities Service, 1 p.m., 1302 
Longworth.
  May 2, full Committee, hearing on review of the USDA's release of 
program beneficiaries' Social Security numbers and the Department's 
information systems, generally, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, April 30, Subcommittee on Defense, 
executive, on Missile Defense Agency, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  April 30, Subcommittee on Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, 
executive, on Defense Intelligence Agency, 5 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  May 1, Subcommittee on Defense, on Health Personnel Overview, 10 
a.m., and on Preventative Medicine and Cancers Programs, 1:30 p.m., 
H-140 Capitol.
  May 1, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on Public Witnesses, 
1:30 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations, on Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
Services, 9:30 a.m., 2362 Rayburn.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Defense, on Defense Health Program 
Overview, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Mobility Aircraft, 
10 a.m., and on Joint Strike Fighter and Tactical Aircraft, 1:30 
p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, May 2, Subcommittee on Air and Land 
Forces, to mark up H.R. 1585, National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2008, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, to mark up H.R. 1585, 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, 11:30 a.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to mark up H.R. 1585, 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, 1 p.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Readiness, to mark up H.R. 1585, National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, 1 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, to mark 
up H.R. 1585, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2008, 11 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, to mark up H.R. 1585, National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2008, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, April 30, Subcommittee on Higher 
Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness, hearing on 
``Paying For a College Education: Barriers and Solutions for 
Students and Families,'' 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, 
hearing on Retirement Security: Strengthening Pension Protections, 2 
p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 1, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Air Quality, hearing entitled ``Achieving--At Long Last--
Appliance Efficiency Standards,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  May 1, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on H.R. 1014, Heart Disease 
Education, Analysis Research, and Treatment for Women Act, 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  May 1, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on H.R. 20, Melanie 
Blocker-Stokes Postpartum Depression Research and Care Act, 12 p.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, 
hearing on H.R. 1902, Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs 
Act of 2007, 3 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Assessing the 
Impact of a Safe and Equitable Biosimilar Policy in the United 
States,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing entitled 
``Facilitating the Transition to a Smart Electric Grid,'' 10 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``2006 Prudhoe Bay Shutdown: Will Recent Regulatory Changes 
and BP Management Reforms Prevent Future Failures?' 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, May 1, to consider the following 
bills: H.R. 698, Industrial Bank Holding Company Act of 2007; and 
H.R. 1852, Expanding American Homeownership Act of 2007, 4 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 1, hearing on the Future of 
Political, Economic and Security Relations with China, 12:30 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Europe and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation and Trade, joint hearing on Do the United States 
and Europe Need A Missile Defense System? 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, 
and Oversight and the Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia, 
joint hearing on Arab Opinion on American Policies, Values, and 
People, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, May 1, hearing entitled ``The 
Direction and Viability of the Federal Protective Service,'' 10 
a.m., 210 Cannon.

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  Committee on House Administration, May 2, meeting of the Ad Hoc 
Election Panel to discuss matters pertaining to the Contested 
Election in the 13th Congressional District of Florida,10 a.m., 1309 
Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 1, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to consider issuing subpoenas to James Comey; 
followed by a hearing on the Second Anniversary of the Enactment of 
the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005: 
Are Consumers Really Being Protected Under the Act: 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  May 1, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, 
hearing on H.R. 1525, Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act of 
2007, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 1, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border 
Security, and International Law, hearing on An Examination of Point 
Systems as a Method for Selecting Immigrants, 3 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  May 3, Antitrust Task Force, to consider the findings and 
recommendations of the Antitrust Modernization Commission, as 
established by the Antitrust Modernization Commission Act of 2002, 
1:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, to 
continue hearings on the Continuing Investigation into the U.S. 
Attorneys Controversy, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, 
hearing on H.R. 660, Court Security Improvement Act of 2007, 10 
a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border 
Security, and International Law, hearing on the U.S. Economy, U.S. 
Workers, and Immigration Reform, 3 p.m., 2137 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, May 1, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources and the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests 
and Public Lands, joint oversight hearing on The Future of Fossil 
Fuels: Geological and Terrestrial Sequestration of Carbon Dioxide, 2 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 1, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, oversight 
hearing on Gone with Wind: Impacts of Wind Turbines on Birds and 
Bats, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, oversight 
hearing on the Convention of International Trade in Endangered 
Species (CITES) as a precursor to the Conference of the Parties, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, May 1, hearing on 
FDA's Critical Mission and Challenges for the Future, 10 a.m, 2154 
Rayburn.
  May 2, full committee, to consider pending business, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  May 2, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing on Evaluating 
Children's Dentistry Under Medicaid, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 3, full Committee, hearing on Crop Insurance, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, May 1, to consider the following: H.R. 1429, 
Improving Head Start Act of 2007; H.R. 1867, National Science 
Foundation Authorization Act of 2007; and H.R. 1868, Technology 
Innovation and Manufacturing Stimulation Act of 2007, 2:30 p.m., H-
313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, May 2, Subcommittee on Space 
and Aeronautics, hearing on NASA's Space Science Programs: Review of 
Fiscal Year 2008 Budget Request and Issues, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on 
Reorienting the U.S. Global Change Research Program Toward a User-
Driven Research Endeavor, H.R. 906, Global Change Research Data 
Management Act of 2007, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing on 
Transitioning the Environmental Measurements Laboratory to the 
Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 3, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 
Emergency Management, hearing on The SouthEast Crescent Authority, 
The Northern Border Economic Development Commission, and the 
Southwest Regional Border Authority, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 3, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing on Accelerated Education Benefits for Veterans, 
2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 1, Subcommittee on Social 
Security, hearing to examine the SSA's ability to hire 
Administrative Law Judges to address the growing disability claims 
backlog, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  May 3, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on financial assistance 
programs for low-income Medicare beneficiaries, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 1, executive, to 
mark up the Fiscal Year 2008 Intelligence Authorization Act, time to 
be announced, H-405 Capitol.