[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 102 (Friday, June 22, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D887-D891]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                            NEW PUBLIC LAWS

      (For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D856)
  S. 676, to provide that the Executive Director of the Inter-American 
Development Bank or the Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-
American Development Bank may serve on the Board of Directors of the 
Inter-American Foundation. Signed on June 21, 2007 (Public Law 110-38)
  S. 1537, to authorize the transfer of certain funds from the Senate 
Gift Shop Revolving Fund to the Senate Employee Child Care Center. 
Signed on June 21, 2007 (Public Law 110-39)


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 25 through June 30, 2007

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 1 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of the motion 
to proceed to consideration of H.R. 800, Employee Free Choice Act.
  On Tuesday, at 11:30 a.m., Senate will continue consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 800, Employee Free Choice 
Act, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture thereon; following which, 
Senate may vote on the motion to invoke cloture on S. 1639, 
Comprehensive Immigration Reform.
  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: June 27, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Jill E. Sommers, of 
Kansas, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission for the remainder of the term expiring April 13, 2009, 
and Bartholomew H. Chilton, of Delaware, to be a Commissioner of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission for the remainder of the term 
expiring April 13, 2008, 2 p.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: June 26, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, business meeting to mark up 
proposed legislation making appropriations for Commerce, Justice, 
Science and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2008, 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, business 
meeting to mark up proposed legislation making appropriations for 
Energy and Water Development for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2008, 3 p.m., SD-192.
  June 28, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 
and Energy and Water Development for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2008, 2 p.m., SH-216.

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  Committee on Armed Services: June 26, to receive a closed briefing 
from the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization 
(JIEDDO), 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 26, 
Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development, 
to hold hearings to examine ending mortgage abuse, focusing on 
safeguarding homebuyers, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: June 26, to continue hearings to examine 
health care and the budget, focusing on the Healthy Americans Act 
and other options for reform, 9:30 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 26, to 
hold hearings to examine the impact of media violence on children, 
10 a.m., SR-253.
  June 27, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 704, to 
amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit manipulation of 
caller identification information, S. 950, to develop and maintain 
an integrated system of coastal and ocean observations for the 
Nation's coasts, oceans, and Great Lakes, to improve warnings of 
tsunami, hurricanes, El Nino events, and other natural hazards, to 
enhance homeland security, to support maritime operations, to 
improve management of coastal and marine resources, S. 1650, to 
establish a digital and wireless network technology program, and S. 
1661, to communicate United States travel policies and improve 
marketing and other activities designed to increase travel in the 
United States from abroad, and promotion lists in the United States 
Coast Guard, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast 
Guard, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2008 for the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 26, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the preparedness of the federal land 
management agencies for the 2007 wildfire season and efforts to 
contain the costs of wildfire management activities, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  June 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S. 1171, to 
amend the Colorado River Storage Project Act and Public Law 87-483 
to authorize the construction and rehabilitation of water 
infrastructure in Northwestern New Mexico, to authorize the use of 
the reclamation fund to fund the Reclamation Water Settlements Fund, 
to authorize the conveyance of certain Reclamation land and 
infrastructure, to authorize the Commissioner of Reclamation to 
provide for the delivery of water, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 27, Subcommittee 
on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water 
Quality, to hold hearings to examine protecting water quality at 
America's beaches, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine global 
warming issues in the power plant sector, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 27, to hold hearings to examine the 
Stealth Tax, focusing on how to stop the alternative minimum tax 
from sneaking up on unsuspecting taxpayers, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 27, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 11:15 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 27, 
business meeting to consider S. 793, to provide for the expansion 
and improvement of traumatic brain injury programs, and S. 1011, to 
change the name of the National Institute on Drug Abuse to the 
National Institute on Diseases of Addiction and to change the name 
of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to the 
National Institute on Alcohol Disorders and Health, original bills 
entitled, ``Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act'', 
``Wired for Health Care Quality Act'', and other pending calendar 
business, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 25, 
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to 
examine excessive speculation in the natural gas market, 11 a.m., 
SD-106.
  June 27, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine violent 
Islamist extremism, focusing on the European experience, 10 a.m., 
SD-342.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine financial management systems modernization at 
the Department of Homeland Security, focusing on systems and 
processes needed to support the Department's mission and operations, 
3 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 28, to hold hearings to examine 
draft legislation regarding the regulation of class III gaming, 9:30 
a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 27, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the federal 
death penalty, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  June 28, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1145, to 
amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform, 
and S. 1060, to reauthorize the grant program for reentry of 
offenders into the community in the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968, to improve reentry planning and implementation, 
10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: June 26, to hold hearings 
to examine Smithsonian Institution governance reform, focusing on a 
report by the Smithsonian's Independent Review Committee, 10 a.m., 
SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: June 26, 
business meeting to consider original bills entitled, 
``Entrepreneurial Development Act of 2007'', ``Small Business 
Venture Capital Act of 2007'', and other pending calendar business, 
10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: June 27, business meeting to mark 
up pending legislation; to be immediately followed by a full 
committee hearing to examine the nomination of Charles L. Hopkins, 
of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
(Operations, Preparedness, Security and Law Enforcement), 9:30 a.m., 
SD-562.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 26, closed business meeting 
to mark up S. 1547, to authorize appropriations

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for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of 
the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths 
for such fiscal year, and S. 1548, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal 
year, 1:30 p.m., SH-219.
  June 26, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  June 28, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: June 27, to hold hearings to examine 
the relationship between doctors and the drug industry, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-106.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, June 27, Subcommittee on Legislative 
Branch, on the Capitol Visitor Center, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 26, hearing on structure, 
process and tools for improving Department of Defense Management, 10 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on findings 
of the Independent Review Group and an in-progress review of actions 
at Walter Reed, 1 p.m., 2218 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, 
hearing on the Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle Program, 4 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing to review the 
policies and procedures regarding the notification of next-of-kin of 
wounded and deceased service members, 10 a.m., 2218 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, June 26, hearing on Foreign Holdings of 
U.S. Debt: Is Our Economy Vulnerable? 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  June 28, hearing on Medicare Advantage and the Federal Budget, 10 
a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, June 28, Subcommittee on Higher 
Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness hearing on 
Workforce Investment Act: Recommendations to Improve the 
Effectiveness of Job Training, 1:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 26, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Predatory Sales 
Practices in Medicare Advantage,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 26, hearing entitled ``A 
Review of Investor Protection and Market Oversight with the five 
Commissioners of the Securities and Exchange Commission,'' 2 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 26, to markup the following 
measures: H.R. 176, Shirley A. Chisholm United States-Caribbean 
Educational Exchange Act of 2007; H.R. 1400, Iran Counter-
Proliferation Act of 2007; Food Security and Agricultural 
Development Act of 2007; H.R. 2003, Ethiopia Democracy and 
Accountability Act of 2007; H. Res. 121, Expressing the sense of the 
House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should 
formally acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical 
responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner for its Imperial 
Armed Force's coercion of young women into sexual slavery, known to 
the world as ``comfort women,'' during its colonial and wartime 
occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through 
the duration of World War II; H.R. 2798, To reauthorize the programs 
of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; H.R. 2293, To 
require the Secretary of State to submit to Congress a report on 
efforts to bring to justice the Palestinian terrorists who killed 
John Branchizio, Mark Parson, and John Marin Linde; the Library of 
Congress Public Diplomacy Collection Act of 2007; S. 377, U.S.-
Poland Parliamentary Youth Exchange Act of 2007; H. Res. 208, 
Honoring Operation Smile of the 25th Anniversary year of its 
founding; H. Res. 287, To celebrate the 500th anniversary of the 
first use of the name ``America,'' H. Res. 294, Commending the 
Kingdom of Lesotho, on the occasion of International Women's Day, 
for the enactment of a law to improve the status of married women 
and ensure the access of married women to property rights; H. Res. 
378, Honoring World Red Cross Red Crescent Day; H. Res. 380, 
Resolution commending Idaho on winning the bid to host the 2009 
Special Olympics World Winter Games; H. Res. 426, Recognizing 2007 
as the Year of the Rights of Internally Displaced Persons in 
Colombia, and offering support for efforts to ensure that the 
internally displace people of Colombia receive the assistance and 
protection they need to rebuild their lives successfully; H. Res. 
427, Urging the Government of Canada to end the commercial seal 
hunt; H. Res. 457, Calling on the Russian Federation to withdraw its 
military forces, armaments, and ammunition stockpiles from the 
sovereign territory of the Republic of Moldova; H. Res. 467, 
Condemning the decision by the University and College Union of the 
United Kingdom to support a boycott of Israeli academia; H. Res. 
482, Expressing support for the new power-sharing government in 
Northern Ireland; H. Res. 497, Expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that the Government of the People's Republic of 
China should immediately release from custody the children of Rebiya 
Kadeer and Canadian citizen Huseyin Celil and should refrain from 
further engaging in acts of cultural, linguistic, and religious 
suppression directed against the Uyghur people; H. Res. 500, 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives in opposition 
to efforts by major natural gas exporting countries to establish a 
cartel or other mechanism to manipulate the supply of natural gas to 
the world market for the purpose of setting an arbitrary and 
nonmarket price or as an instrument of political pressure; and H. 
Con. Res. 136, Expressing the sense of Congress regarding high level 
visits to the United States by democratically-elected officials of 
Taiwan; and H. Con. Res. 139, Expressing the sense of the Congress 
that the United States should address the ongoing problem of 
untouchability in India, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on Violence 
in Central America, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 27, full Committee, hearing on Iraq: Is the Escalation 
Working? 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  June 27, Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia and the 
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, joint hearing 
on A.Q. Khan's Nuclear Wal-Mart: Out of Business or Under New 
Management? 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, hearing 
entitled ``The Millennium Challenge Corporation in Africa: Promises 
Versus Progress,'' 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human 
Rights, and Oversight, and the Subcommittee on the Western 
Hemisphere, with the Subcommittee on Health, Education, Labor and 
Pensions, and the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, joint 
hearing entitled ``Protection and Money: U.S. Companies, Their 
Employees, and Violence in Columbia,'' 10 a.m, 2172 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights 
and Oversight and the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong 
Learning and Competitiveness of the Committee on Education and 
Labor, joint hearing on International Students and Visiting 
Scholars: Trends, Barriers, and Implications for American 
Universities and U.S. Foreign Policy, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, June 27, Subcommittee on Emerging 
Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, hearing entitled 
``A Roadmap for Security? Examining the Science and Technology 
Directorate's Strategic Plan,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global 
Counterterrorism, hearing entitled ``US-VISIT Exit: Closing Gaps in 
Our Security,'' 1 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  June 28, Subcommittee, on Intelligence, Information Sharing and 
Terrorism Risk Assessment, hearing entitled ``Over-Classification 
and Pseudo-Classification: Making DHS the Gold Standard for 
Designating Classified and Sensitive Homeland Security 
Information,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, June 27, hearing on 
Implementation of the U.S. Capitol Police-Library of Congress Police 
Merger; and to consider pending Committee business, 11:30 a.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 25, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, oversight hearing on 
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Response to Air Quality 
Arising from the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001: Were There 
Substantive Due Process Violations? 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on the National Football League's System for Compensating 
Retired Players: An Uneven Playing Field? 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil 
Liberties, oversight hearing on Habeas Corpus and Detention at 
Guantanamo Bay, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, 
hearing on Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Laws--the Issues, 9:30 a.m.; 
2141 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil 
Liberties, oversight hearing on the Impact of Ledbetter v. Goodyear 
on the Effective Enforcement of Civil Rights Laws, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 26, Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on The Bird and The Bees: 
How Pollinators Help Maintain Healthy Ecosystems, 1 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  June 27, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1239, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom 
Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R. 1388, Star-Spangled Banner 
National Historic Trail Act; H.R. 1011, Virginia Ridge and Valley 
Act of 2007; H.R. 189, Paterson Great Falls National Park Act of 
2007; H.R. 761, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
to the Missouri River Basin Lewis and Clark Interpretive Trail and 
Visitor Center Foundation, Inc. certain Federal land associated with 
the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail in Nebraska, to be used 
as an historical interpretive site along the trail; H.R. 1285, 
Snoqualimie Pass Land Conveyance Act; H.R. 1205, Coral Reef 
Conservation Amendments Act of 2007; H.R. 2400, Ocean and Coastal 
Mapping Integration Act; H.R. 50, Multinational Species Conservation 
Funds Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R. 465, Asian Elephant 
Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007; H.R. 1834, National Ocean 
Exploration Program Act; H.R. 716, Santa Rosa Urban Water Reuse Plan 
Act; H.R. 31, Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District Wastewater 
and Recycled Water Facilities Act of 2007; H.R. 1503, Avra/Black 
Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration Project; H.R. 1526, Bay 
Area Regional Water Recycling Program Authorization Act; H.R. 1337, 
To provide for a feasibility study of alternatives to augment the 
water supplies of the Central Oklahoma master Conservancy District 
and cities served by the district; and 1725, Rancho California Water 
District Recycled Water Reclamation Facility Act of 2007, 11 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing on The Minerals Management Service's Proposed Five Year 
Program for Oil and Gas Leasing on the Outer Continental Shelf, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 28, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, 
oversight hearing entitled ``Management by Exclusion: The Forest 
Service Use of Categorical Exclusions From NEPA,'' 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 26, 
Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing on Adequacy of Labor Law 
Enforcement in New Orleans, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National 
Archives, hearing on 2010 Census: Improving Local Government 
Participation in LUCA, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 28, full Committee, hearing on Waste, Fraud and Abuse at the 
Kaiserslauten Military Community Center, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, June 25, to consider H.R. 2643, Department of 
the Interior, Environment, and Related

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Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008; 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  June 26, to consider a measure Making Appropriations for Financial 
Services and General Government for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2008, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, June 26, Subcommittee on 
Technology and Innovation, hearing on SBIR and STTR--How Are the 
Programs Managed Today? 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 27, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 906, 
Global Change Research and Data Management Act of 2007; H.R. 1933, 
Department of Energy Carbon Capture and Storage Research, 
Development and Demonstration Act of 2007; H.R. 2773, Biofuels 
Research and Development Enhancement Act; and H.R. 2774, Solar 
Energy Research and Advancement Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on NASA's 
Earth Science and Applications Programs: Fiscal Year 2008 Budget 
Request and Issues, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 28, hearing on Assessing the 
Impact of the Copyright Royalty Board Decision to Increase Royalty 
Rates on Recording Artists and Webcasters, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 26, 
Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing on Benefits of Intercity Passenger Rail, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2722, Integrated Deepwater 
Reform Act; and H.R. 2830, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, 2 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 27, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing on VA Internal Contracting Oversight 
Deficiencies, 10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Health, to mark up pending business, 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to mark up pending 
business, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 26, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Safe and Sensible: Ensuring Kidney Patients Receive Safe 
and Appropriate Anemia Management Care, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 26, executive, to 
consider Member Requests, 5:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, executive, 
briefing on the Office of the Department of Defense Inspector 
General, 2:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical, executive, 
hearing on Technical Programs, 4 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  June 27, full Committee, executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 8:45 
a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: June 25, to hold 
hearings to examine pipeline politics, focusing on conflict 
prevention and the security of supply and transit of oil and natural 
gas, 3 p.m., SD-419.