[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 26, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D903-D904]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies approved for full committee consideration 
an original bill making appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008.
APPRORIATIONS: ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development approved for full committee consideration an original bill 
making appropriations for Energy and Water Development for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2008.
JOINT IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE DEFEAT ORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing to discuss the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat 
Organization (JIEDDO) from General Montgomery C. Meigs, USA (Ret.), 
Director, Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, United 
States Army, Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following:
  S. 1538, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for the 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the 
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, with 
amendments; and
  The nominations of Preston M. Geren, of Texas, to be Secretary of the 
Army, Michael G. Vickers, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of Defense, Thomas P. D'Agostino, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary 
for Nuclear Security, Department of Energy, Vice Adm. Eric T. Olson, 
USN to be admiral and Commander, U.S. Special Operations, Douglas E. 
Lute, USA to be lieutenant general and Assistant to the President/
Deputy National Security Advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan and 2,834 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
MORTGAGE ABUSE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing, Transportation and Community Development concluded a hearing 
to examine ending mortgage abuse, focusing on safeguarding homebuyers, 
after receiving testimony from David Berenbaum, National Community 
Reinvestment Coalition, Anthony M. Yezer, George Washington University 
Department of Economics, John M. Robbins, Mortgage Bankers Association, 
Pat V. Combs, National Association of Realtors, and Wade Henderson, 
Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, all of Washington, D.C.; Denise 
Leonard, Constitution Financial Group Inc., Wakefield, Massachusetts, 
on behalf of the National Association of Mortgage Brokers; Alan E. 
Hummel, Saint Paul, Minnesota, on behalf of sundry organizations; and 
Michael D. Calhoun, Center for Responsible Lending, Durham, North 
Carolina.
HEALTH CARE AND THE BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
health care and the federal budget, focusing on the Healthy Americans 
Act and other options for reform, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Wyden and Bennett; Len Nichols, New America Foundation, 
Washington, D.C.; Sara R. Collins, Commonwealth Fund, New York, New 
York; and Arnold Milstein, Pacific Business Group on Health (PBGH), San 
Francisco, California.
MEDIA VIOLENCE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the impact of media violence on children, after 
receiving testimony from Timothy F. Winter, Parents Television Council, 
Alexandria, Virginia; Peter Liguori, Fox Broadcasting Company, Los 
Angeles, California; Dale Kunkel, University of Arizona Department of 
Communication, Tucson; Jeff J. McIntyre, American Psychological 
Association, Washington, D.C.; and Laurence H. Tribe, Harvard Law 
School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on behalf of the Ad Hoc Media 
Coalition.
WILDFIRE SEASON AND MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded 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, after receiving testimony 
from Mark Rey, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and 
the Environment; C. Stephen Allred, Assistant Secretary of the Interior 
for Land and Minerals Management; and Robin M. Nazzaro, Director, 
Natural Resources and the Environment, Government Accountability 
Office.

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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION GOVERNANCE REFORM
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Smithsonian Institution governance reform, focusing on a report 
by the Smithsonian's Independent Review Committee, after receiving 
testimony from Representative Matsui; and Charles Bowsher, Independent 
Review Committee, Roger W. Sant, Executive Committee Board of Regents, 
Cristian Samper, Acting Secretary, and Diana Aviv, Governance 
Committee, all of the Smithsonian Institution.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following:
  S. 1662, to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to 
reauthorize the venture capital program, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute (as approved by the committee, the substitute 
amendment incorporates provisions of S. 1663); and
  S. 1671, to reauthorize and improve the entrepreneurial development 
programs of the Small Business Administration, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following:
  S. 1547, to authorize appropriations 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, with 
amendments; 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, with amendments.
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.