[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 86 (Thursday, May 24, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D745-D747]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--NATIONAL DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  An original bill entitled ``National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2008'';

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  An original bill entitled ``Department of Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2008'';
  An original bill entitled ``Military Construction Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2008''; and
  An original bill entitled ``Department of Energy National Security 
Act for Fiscal Year 2008''.
  Also, committee received a report from the Select Committee on 
Intelligence on the proposed Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2008.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nomination of Charles Darwin Snelling, of 
Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senator Specter, testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf.
COAL GASIFICATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine opportunities and challenges associated 
with coal gasification, including coal-to-liquids and industrial 
gasification, after receiving testimony from Antonia Herzog, Natural 
Resources Defense Council, Washington, D.C.; William Fulkerson, 
University of Tennessee Institute for a Secure and Sustainable 
Environment, Knoxville; James T. Bartis, RAND Corporation, Arlington, 
Virginia; David L. Denton, Eastman Gasification Services Company, 
Kingsport, Tennessee; and Jay A. Ratafia-Brown, Science Applications 
International Corporation, McLean, Virginia.
POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF GLOBAL WARMING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine potential impacts of global warming on recreation 
and the recreation industry, after receiving testimony from Daniel 
Scott, University of Waterloo Department of Geography, Ontario, Canada; 
Tom Campion, Zumiez, Inc., Seattle, Washington; Michael Berry, National 
Ski Areas Association, Lakewood, Colorado; Bryant M. Watson, Vermont 
Association of Snow Travelers, Inc., Barre Vermont; Betty Huskins, 
Southeast Tourism Policy Council, Fletcher, North Carolina; Derrick A. 
Crandall, American Recreation Coalition (ARC), and Barry W. McCahill, 
SUV Owners of America, both of Washington, D.C.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY TAX INCENTIVES
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and 
Infrastructure concluded a hearing to examine energy efficiency, 
focusing on tax incentives for reducing consumption, after receiving 
testimony from Kateri Callahan, Alliance to Save Energy, Dan Delurey, 
Demand Response and Advanced Metering Coalition, and Chris Edwards, 
Cato Institute, all of Washington, D.C.; Stuart Thorn, Southwire 
Company, Carrolton, Georgia, on behalf of the National Electrical 
Manufacturers Association; Sean Casten, Recycled Energy Development, 
Westmont, Illinois; and Douglas Smith, NanoPore Incorporated, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. Con. Res. 25, condemning the recent violent actions of the 
Government of Zimbabwe against peaceful opposition party activists and 
members of civil society;
  S. Res. 110, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the 30th 
anniversary of ASEAN-United States dialogue and relationship;
  S. Res. 211, expressing the profound concerns of the Senate regarding 
the transgression against freedom of thought and expression that is 
being carried out in Venezuela; and
  The nominations of Phillip Carter, III, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Guinea, R. Niels Marquardt, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Madagascar, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Union of Comoros, 
Janet E. Garvey, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Cameroon, Dell L. Dailey, of South Dakota, to be Coordinator for 
Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large, Mark 
P. Lagon, of Virginia, to be Director of the Office to Monitor and 
Combat Trafficking, with the rank of Ambassador at Large, James K. 
Glassman, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors, Cameron R. Hume, of New York, to be Ambassador of Indonesia, 
James R. Keith, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Malaysia, Miriam K. 
Hughes, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Federated States of 
Micronesia, Ravic Rolf Huso, of Hawaii, to be Ambassador to the Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, and Hans G. Klemm, of Michigan, to be 
Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, and promotion 
lists in the Foreign Service.
FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine 
federal real property, focusing on the property management problems 
highlighted in a recent Government Accountability Office report, after 
receiving testimony from Clay Johnson, III, Deputy Director

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for Management, Office of Management and Budget; Mark L. Goldstein, 
Director, Physical Infrastructure, Government Accountability Office; 
Boyd K. Rutherford, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for 
Administration; David L. Winstead, Commissioner, Public Buildings 
Service, General Services Administration; Phillip W. Grone, Deputy 
Under Secretary of Defense (Installations and Environment); and Robert 
J. Henke, Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Management.
LOUISIANA'S ROAD HOME PROGRAM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery concluded a hearing to examine issues 
relative to residents of Louisiana affected by Hurricane Katrina or 
Rita, focusing on the goals, costs, management and impediments facing 
Louisiana's Road Home Program, after receiving testimony from Donald E. 
Powell, Federal Coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding, and David I. 
Maurstad, Assistant Administrator, Mitigation, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, both of the Department of Homeland Security; Nelson 
R. Bregon, Assistant Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
for Disaster Policy and Response; Andrew D. Kopplin, Louisiana Recovery 
Authority, and Susan Elkins, Louisiana Office of Community Development, 
both of Baton Rouge; Isabel Reiff, ICF International, Inc., Fairfax, 
Virginia, on behalf of the Louisiana Road Home Program; Connie Uddo, 
St. Paul's Homecoming Center/Beacon of Hope Resource Center, Lakeview, 
Louisiana; and Debbie DeGruy-Gordon, Chimney Wood Homeowners 
Association, Frank Silvestri, Citizens' Road Home Action Team, Frank A. 
Trapani, New Orleans Metropolitan Association of Realtors, and Walter 
Thomas, all of New Orleans, Louisiana.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following items:
  S. 1327, to create and extend certain temporary district court 
judgeships;
  H. Con. Res. 76, honoring the 50th anniversary of the International 
Geophysical Year and its past contributions to space research, and 
looking forward to future accomplishments; and
  The nominations of Janet T. Neff and Paul Lewis Maloney, each to be a 
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.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.