[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 108 (Monday, July 9, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8878-S8879]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          NOTICES OF HEARINGS


               COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that an additional item has 
been added to the agenda of a previously announced hearing.
  On Thursday, June 28, 2007, I announced that a hearing would be held 
before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on Thursday, July 
12, 2007, to consider pending nominations, including the nomination of 
Clarence H. Albright of South Carolina, to be Under Secretary of 
Energy; Lisa E. Epifani of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Energy, Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs; and James L. 
Caswell of Idaho, to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management, 
Department of the Interior.
  Since that announcement was made, the nomination of Brent T. 
Wahlquist of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Office of Surface 
Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, has been referred to the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources and added to the agenda of the 
Thursday, July 12 hearing.
  As previously announced, the hearing will convene at 9:30 a.m. in 
room SD-266 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, and witnesses may 
testify by invitation only. Those Wishing to submit written testimony 
for the hearing record, however, may send two copies of their testimony 
to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, 
Washington, DC, 20510-6150 or by e-mail to 
[email protected].

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  For further information, please contact Sam Fowler at (202) 224-7571 
or Amanda Kelly at (202) 224-6836.


                      Committee on Indian Affairs

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Thursday, July 12, 2007, at 
9:30 a.m. in room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct 
an oversight hearing on Transportation Issues in Indian Country.
  Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs 
Committee at 224-2251.


                PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs will hold a hearing entitled, ``Dirty Bomb 
Vulnerabilities: Fake Companies, Fake Licenses, Real Consequences.'' 
The Subcommittee's hearing will examine certain vulnerabilities in the 
Government's procedures for licensing radiological materials. This 
hearing builds upon the findings released at the Subcommittee's hearing 
on March 28, 2006, which examined certain flaws in U.S. safeguards 
against radiological and nuclear attacks. Specifically, the hearing 
will examine the effectiveness of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's 
materials licensing policies and procedures, including: (1) The process 
by which parties obtain NRC materials licenses; and (2) the 
vulnerability of NRC materials licenses to counterfeiting. Witnesses 
for the upcoming hearing will include representatives of the Government 
Accountability Office and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. A final 
witness list will be available Tuesday, July 10, 2007.
  The Subcommittee hearing is scheduled for Thursday, July 12, 2007, at 
9 a.m., in room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. For further 
information, please contact Elise Bean of the Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations.

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