[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 107 (Friday, June 29, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D937]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS AND VISITING SCHOLARS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: 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 held a joint hearing on International 
Students and Visiting Scholars: Trends, Barriers, and Implications for 
American Universities and U.S. Foreign Policy. Testimony was heard from 
Thomas A. Farrell, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Academic Programs, 
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, Department of State; James 
Manning, Acting Assistant Secretary, Postsecondary Education, 
Department of Education; George Scott, Director, Education, Workforce 
and Income Security Team, GAO; and public witnesses.
VETERANS MEASURES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity 
approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 1315, To 
amend title 38, United States Code, to provide specially adaptive 
housing assistance to certain disabled members of the Armed Forces 
residing temporarily in housing owned by a family member; H.R. 1750, 
amended, To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to extend from 90 
days to 1 year the period after release of a member of the Armed Forces 
from active duty during which the member is protected from mortgage 
foreclosure under that Act; H.R. 1240, amended, To direct the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs to establish a scholarship program for students 
seeking a degree or certificate in the areas of visual impairment and 
orientation and mobility; and H.R. 1632, amended, Improving Veterans' 
Reemployment Act of 2007.