[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 73 (Friday, May 4, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D622-D625]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of May 7 through May 12, 2007

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 4:00 p.m. Senate will resume consideration of S.1082, 
Prescription Drug User Fee Amendments, and vote on, or in relation to, 
certain amendments, and vote on the motions to invoke cloture on the 
modified substitute amendment and the bill. Also, Senate will vote on 
the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration 
of H.R. 1495, Water Resources Development Act.

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  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 9, to hold 
hearings to examine farm bill policy proposals relating to farm and 
energy issues and rural development, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 7, Subcommittee on Labor, Health 
and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 
for the National Institutes of Health: Frontiers of Science, 1:30 
p.m., SD-116.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings to examine the policies and funding necessary for reducing 
U.S. oil dependence relating to the results of an analysis conducted 
to assess the economic impact of implementing the Energy Security 
Leadership Council's recommendations to the Nation, 2:30 p.m., SD-
192.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 for the Department of 
Defense, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, 
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2008 for the Internal Revenue Service, 3 p.m., SD-192.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine the 
Federal Aviation Administration's budget performance and treatment, 
9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  May 10, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2008 for the Department of State and foreign operations, 
10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 10, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of David George Nason, of Rhode 
Island, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National 
Consumer Cooperative Bank, Nguyen Van Hanh, of California, to be a 
Member of the Board of Directors of the National Consumer 
Cooperative Bank, David George Nason, of Rhode Island, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Mario Mancuso, of New York, to 
be Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, Michael W. 
Tankersley, of Texas, to be Inspector General, Export-Import Bank, 
Bijan Rafiekian, of California, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Scott A. 
Keller, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, Robert M. Couch, of Alabama, to be General 
Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and 
Janis Herschkowitz, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank, 3 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 8, 
business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-
253.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Insurance, and Automotive 
Safety, to hold hearings to examine All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) 
safety, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast 
Guard, to hold hearings to examine the effects of climate change and 
ocean acidification on living marine resources, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 10, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Joseph Timothy Kelliher, of 
the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, and R. Lyle Laverty, of Colorado, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 9, Subcommittee on 
Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife 
Protection, to hold hearings to examine emerging technologies and 
practices for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: May 8, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Medicare prescription drug benefit, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  May 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine economic 
issues for America's working families and middle class, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 9, to hold hearings to examine 
climate change relating to national security threats, 9:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  May 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations 
of Dell L. Dailey, of South Dakota, to be Coordinator for 
Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large, 
and Mark P. Lagon, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office to 
Monitor and Combat Trafficking, with the rank of Ambassador at 
Large, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 8, to 
hold hearings to examine community integration and recovery, 
focusing on transforming mental health and substance abuse systems 
of care, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: May 10, 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
a status report on reform efforts by the Under Secretary of Homeland 
Security for Management, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  May 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine violent 
Islamist extremism, focusing on government efforts to defeat it, 
2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 10, business meeting to consider 
pending legislative business, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 8, to hold hearings to examine 
privacy and civil liberties concerns, focusing on the REAL ID Act 
(Public Law 109-13), 10 a.m., SD-226.
  May 9, 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, and S. 221, to

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amend title 9, United States Code, to provide for greater fairness 
in the arbitration process relating to livestock and poultry 
contracts, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  May 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine judicial 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: May 9, to hold hearings to examine 
on benefits legislation, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 8, closed business meeting 
to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  May 10, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: May 9, to hold hearings to examine the 
future of Medicare, focusing on recognizing the need for chronic 
care coordination, 3 p.m., SD-106.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, May 8, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, 
and Poultry, hearing to review the welfare of animals in 
agriculture, 10:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  May 9, full Committee, hearing to review the impact of imported 
contaminated food and feed ingredients and of recent food safety 
emergencies on food safety and animal health systems, 11 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and 
Research, hearing to review agricultural research programs, 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and 
Foreign Agriculture, hearing to review food aid and agriculture 
trade programs operated by the USDA and the U.S. Agency for 
International Development, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, May 7, Select Intelligence Oversight 
Panel, executive, on National Geospatial Agency, 5 p.m., H-140 
Capitol.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Defense, on Guantanamo, Panel I, executive, 
and Panel II, open, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Marketing and 
Regulatory Programs, 10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Defense, on Contracting Out, 10 a.m., and 
1:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, May 8, Subcommittee on Readiness, to 
mark up H.R. 1585, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2008, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  May 9, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 1585, National Defense 
Authorization for Fiscal Year 2008, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, May 8, Subcommittee on Health, 
Education, Labor and Pensions, hearing on ``Are NLRB and Court 
Rulings Misclassifying Skilled and Professional Employees as 
Supervisors? 2:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 10, full Committee, hearing on Accountability for the 
Department of Education's Oversight of Student Loans and the Reading 
First Program, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, hearing 
on Using School Wellness Plans to Help Fight Childhood Obesity, 2 
p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 11, full Committee, hearing on ESEA Reauthorization: Boosting 
Quality in the Teaching Profession, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 8, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Air Quality, hearing entitled ``Alternative Fuels: Current 
Status, Proposals for New Standards, and Related Infrastructure 
Issues,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Assessing the 
Safety of our Nation's Drug Supply,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, to 
continue hearings entitled `` Digital Future of the United States: 
Part V: The Future of Video, `` 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, May 8, Subcommittee on Housing 
and Community Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Rural Housing 
Programs: Review Fiscal Year 2008 Budget and Pending Rural Housing 
Legislation,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Suspicious Activity and Currency Transaction Reports: 
Balancing Law Enforcement Utility and Regulatory Requirements,'' 9 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 8, Subcommittee on the Middle 
East and South Asia, hearing on Two Sides of the Same Coin: Jewish 
and Palestinian Refugees, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights 
and Oversight, hearing on the Economic and Military Support for the 
U.S. Efforts in Iraq: The Coalition of the Willing, Then and Now, 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 10, full Committee, hearing on Every State a Superpower? 
Stopping the Spread of Nuclear Weapons in the 21st Century, 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  May 19, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, 
and Oversight, and the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, 
hearing on Is There a Human Rights Double Standard? U.S. Policy 
Toward Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, and Zimbabwe, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, May 9, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Communications, Preparedness and Response, hearing entitled 
``Assessing the Capabilities and Coordination of Federal Emergency 
Response Teams,'' 10 a.m., 1539 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and 
Terrorism Risk Assessment, hearing entitled ``Fixing the Homeland 
Security Information Network: Finding the Way Forward for Better 
Information Sharing,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, May 8, to consider the 
following: H.R. 811, Voter Confidence and Increased Accessibility 
Act of 2007; Russell v. Brown-Waite (FL-5); Gonzalez v. Diaz-Balart 
(FL-21); Curtis v. Feeney (FL-24); and Cox v. McCrery (LA-4); and a 
Committee Franking Allocation Resolution, 1 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 8, Antitrust Task Force, hearing 
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Antitrust Modernization Commission, as established by the Antitrust 
Modernization Commission Act of 2002, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border 
Security, and International Law, hearing on the Role of Family-Based 
Immigration in the U.S. Immigration System, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 10, full Committee, oversight hearing on the U.S. Department 
of Justice, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 11, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border 
security, and International Law, hearing on Impact of Immigration on 
States and Localities, 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, May 9, oversight hearing on 
Endangered Species Act Implementation: Science or Politics? 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  May 10, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 523, Douglas County, 
Washington, PUD Conveyance Act; and H.R. 1011, Virginia Ridge and 
Valley Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, May 8, hearing 
entitled ``Use of RNC Accounts by White House Officials,'' 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and 
Procurement, to consider pending business, 1 p.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, 
hearing entitled ``Making the Grade on the 9/11 Commission Report 
Card: American Support of Pakistani Education Reform,'' 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing entitled ``Lethal 
Loopholes: Deficiencies in State and Federal Gun Purchase Laws,'' 2 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the 
District of Columbia, hearing entitled ``The Lack of Diversity in 
the Top Levels of the Federal Government,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, May 7, to consider the following: H.R. 1873, 
Small Business Fairness in Contracting Act; and H.R. 1294, Thomasina 
E. Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2006, 
5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  May 8, to consider H.R. 1684, Department of Homeland Security 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, May 10, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Environment, to mark up H.R. 632, H-Prize Act of 2007, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing on 
Green Transportation Infrastructure: Challenges to Access and 
Implementation, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 9, Subcommittee on Rural and 
Urban Entrepreneurship, hearing entitled ``Maximizing the Value of 
Broadband Services to Rural Communities,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 8, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency 
Management and the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
joint hearing on National Levee Safety and Dam Safety Programs, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing on Rail Safety Legislation, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on the Future of Air 
Traffic Control Modernization, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, 
and Emergency Management, hearing on General Services 
Administration's Fiscal Year 2008 Capital Investment and Leasing 
Program, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 10 Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 
Emergency Management, hearing on Legislative Fixes for Lingering 
Problems that Hinder Katrina Recovery,'' 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 8, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on Veterans Cemeteries: 
Honoring Those Who Served, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Sharing of Electronic Medical Records between Department of Defense 
and Department of Veterans' Affairs, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  May 9, full Committee, hearing on the Results of the 
Administration's Task Force on Returning Global War on Terror 
Heroes, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Health, hearing to examine VA's Long-Term 
Care Programs, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 8, Subcommittee on Income 
Security and Family Support and the Subcommittee on Select Revenue 
Measures, joint hearing Independent Workers, 9:30 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Trade and the Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Trade and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce, and the Subcommittee on Domestic and International 
Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology of the Committee on Financial 
Services, joint hearing on Currency Manipulation, 9:30 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  May 10, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Options To Improve 
Quality and Efficiency Among Medicare Physicians, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, May 9, 
hearing entitled ``Economics of Dependence on Foreign Oil--Rising 
Gasoline Prices,'' 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.