[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 74 (Monday, May 7, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E977-E978]
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 Monday, May 7, 2007 may be found in the Daily 
Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                 MAY 8
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SR-253
       Finance
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Medicare 
           prescription drug benefit.
                                                            SD-215
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine community integration and 
           recovery, focusing on transforming mental health and 
           substance abuse systems of care.
                                                            SD-628
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine privacy and civil liberties 
           concerns, focusing on the REAL ID Act (Public Law 109-
           13).
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         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.
                                                            SD-192
       Intelligence
       Closed business meeting to consider certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                 MAY 9
     9:30 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine farm bill policy proposals 
           relating to farm and energy issues and rural 
           development.
                                                           SR-328A
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine climate change relating to 
           national security threats.
                                                            SD-419
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine on benefits legislation.
                                                            SD-562
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         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 amend title 9, United States 
           Code, to provide for greater fairness in the 
           arbitration process relating to livestock and poultry 
           contracts.
                                                            SD-226
       Environment and Public Works
       Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and 
           Wildlife Protection Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine emerging technologies and 
           practices for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
                                                            SD-406
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2008 for the Department of Defense.
                                                            SD-192
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Consumer Affairs, Insurance, and Automotive Safety 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine All-Terrain Vehicle (ATV) 
           safety.
                                                            SR-253
       Foreign Relations
         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.
                                                            SD-419
     3 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2008 for the Internal Revenue Service.
                                                            SD-192
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine the future of Medicare, 
           focusing on recognizing the need for chronic care 
           coordination.
                                                            SD-106

                                 MAY 10
     9 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine a status report on reform 
           efforts by the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for 
           Management.
                                                            SD-342
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         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.
                                                            SD-366
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending legislative 
           business.
                                                            SR-485
       Appropriations
       Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Federal Aviation 
           Administration's budget performance and treatment.
                                                            SD-138
     10 a.m.
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine economic issues for America's 
           working families and middle class.
                                                            SD-215
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Leslie 
           Southwick, of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit 
           Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Janet T. Neff, to be 
           United States District Judge for the Western District 
           of Michigan, and Liam O'Grady, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.
                                                            SD-226
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the effects of climate change 
           and ocean acidification on living marine resoucres.
                                                            SR-253
       Appropriations
       State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2008 for the Department of State and 
           foreign operations.
                                                            SD-192
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine violent Islamist extremism, 
           focusing on government efforts to defeat it.
                                                            SD-342
     3 p.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         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.
                                                            SD-538

                                 MAY 15
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine communications, taxation and 
           federalism.
                                                            SR-253

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     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 553, to amend the Wild and 
           Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the 
           Eightmile River in the State of Connecticut as 
           components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
           System, S. 800, to establish the Niagara Falls National 
           Heritage Area in the State of New York, S. 916, to 
           modify the boundary of the Minidoka Internment National 
           Monument, to establish the Minidoka National Historic 
           Site, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
           convey certain land and improvements of the Gooding 
           Division of the Minidoka Project, Idaho, S. 1057, to 
           amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 
           certain segments of the New River in the States of 
           North Carolina and Virginia as a component of the 
           National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 1209, to 
           provide for the continued administration of Santa Rosa 
           Island, Channel Islands National Park, in accordance 
           with the laws (including regulations) and policies of 
           the National Park Service, S. 1281, to amend the Wild 
           and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain rivers and 
           streams of the headwaters of the Snake River System as 
           additions to the National Wild and Scenic River System, 
           H.R. 161, to adjust the boundary of the Minidoka 
           Internment National Monument to include the Nidoto Nai 
           Yoni Memorial in Bainbridge Island, Washington, H.R. 
           247, to designate a Forest Service trail at Waldo Lake 
           in the Willamette National Forest in the State of 
           Oregon as a national recreation trail in honor of Jim 
           Weaver, a former Member of the House of 
           Representatives, and H.R. 376, to authorize the 
           Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource 
           study to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
           including the battlefields and related sites of the 
           First and Second Battles of Newtonia, Missouri, during 
           the Civil War as part of Wilson's Creek National 
           Battlefield or designating the battlefields and related 
           sites as a separate unit of the National Park System.
                                                            SD-366

                                 MAY 16
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine rogue online pharmacies, 
           focusing on the growing problem of internet drug 
           trafficking.
                                                            SD-226
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Michael K. 
           Kussman, of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary for 
           Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
                                                            SD-562
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SR-253
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         Business meeting to markup S. 1256, to amend the Small 
           Business Act to reauthorize loan programs under that 
           Act.
                                                           SR-428A

                                 MAY 17
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the United States European 
           Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
           for Fiscal Year 2008 and the Future Years Defense 
           Program.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine violence in the media.
                                                            SR-253

                                 MAY 22
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, 
           Safety and Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine rail safety reauthorization.
                                                            SR-253

                                 MAY 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine on health legislation.
                                                            SD-562

                                 MAY 24
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Michael E. 
           Baroody, of Virginia, to be Chairman and Commissioner 
           of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Charles 
           Darwin Snelling, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the 
           Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington 
           Airports Authority.
                                                            SR-253

                             CANCELLATIONS

                                 MAY 9
     10 a.m.
       Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings to examine improving energy efficiency, 
           increasing the use of renewable sources of energy, and 
           reducing the carbon footprint on the Capitol complex.
                                                            SR-301

                                 MAY 10
     2:30 p.m.
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                             POSTPONEMENTS

     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Michael J. 
           Sullivan, of Massachusetts, to be Director, Bureau of 
           Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
                                                            SD-226