[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 113 (Monday, July 16, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1532-E1533]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, July 17, 2007 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                July 18
     9:30 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine modernization of Federal 
           Housing Administration programs.
                                                            SD-538
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the federal 
           response to ensuring the safety of Chinese imports.
                                                            SR-253
       Finance
         Business meeting to consider the nominations of David H. 
           McCormick, of Pennsylvania, to be an Under Secretary, 
           and Peter B. McCarthy, of Wisconsin, to be an Assistant 
           Secretary, both of the Department of the Treasury, 
           Kerry N. Weems, of New Mexico, to be Administrator of 
           the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Tevi 
           David Troy, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of 
           Health and Human Services, and Charles E. F. Millard, 
           of New York, to be Director of the Pension Benefit 
           Guaranty Corporation.
                                                            SD-215
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S. 625, to protect the 
           public health by providing the Food and Drug 
           Administration with certain authority to regulate 
           tobacco products, S. 1183, to enhance and further 
           research into paralysis and to improve rehabilitation 
           and the quality of life for persons living with 
           paralysis and other physical disabilities, S. 1551, to 
           amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to 
           making progress toward the goal of eliminating 
           tuberculosis, and S. 579, to amend the Public Health 
           Service Act to authorize the Director of the National 
           Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make 
           grants for the development and operation of research 
           centers regarding environmental factors that may be 
           related to the etiology of breast cancer, and other 
           pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-106
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 1145, to amend title 35, 
           United States Code, to provide for patent reform, S. 
           Res. 248, honoring the life and achievements of Dame 
           Lois Browne Evans, Bermuda's first female barrister and 
           Attorney General, and the first female Opposition 
           Leader in the British Commonwealth, S. Res. 236, 
           supporting the goals and ideals of the National Anthem 
           Project, which has worked to restore America's voice by 
           re-teaching Americans to sing the national anthem, 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, S. Res. 261, 
           expressing appreciation for the profound public service 
           and educational contributions of Donald Jeffry Herbert, 
           fondly known as ``Mr. Wizard'', a bill entitled, 
           ``School Safety and Law Enforcement Improvements Act'', 
           and the nominations of Roslynn Renee Maus-kopf, to be 
           United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
           of New York, William Lindsay Osteen, Jr., to be United 
           States District Judge for the Middle District of North 
           Carolina, Martin Karl Reidinger, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Western District of North 
           Carolina, Timothy D. DeGiusti, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma, 
           Janis Lynn Sammartino, to be United States District 
           Judge for the Southern District of California, Rosa 
           Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, to be United States Attorney 
           for the District of Puerto Rico, and Joe W. Stecher, to 
           be United States Attorney for the District of Nebraska.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine abuse of elderly citizens, 
           focusing on prevention methods.
                                                            SD-628
     2 p.m.
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine increasing government 
           accountability and ensuring fairness in small business 
           contracting.
                                                           SR-428A

                                July 19
     9:30 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the semiannual monetary 
           policy report to the Congress.
                                                            SD-538
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1634, to implement further 
           the Act approving the Covenant to Establish a 
           Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in 
           Political Union with the United States of America.
                                                            SD-366
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the war in Iraq, focusing on 
           an update from the field.
                                                            SD-419
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 
           to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine 
           draft legislation to amend and reauthorize the Native 
           American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act.
                                                            SR-485
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to continue consideration of S. 1145, to 
           amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for 
           patent reform, S. Res. 248, honoring the life and 
           achievements of Dame Lois

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           Browne Evans, Bermuda's first female barrister and 
           Attorney General, and the first female Opposition 
           Leader in the British Commonwealth, S. Res. 236, 
           supporting the goals and ideals of the National Anthem 
           Project, which has worked to restore America's voice by 
           re-teaching Americans to sing the national anthem, 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, S. Res. 261, 
           expressing appreciation for the profound public service 
           and educational contributions of Donald Jeffry Herbert, 
           fondly known as ``Mr. Wizard'', a bill entitled, 
           ``School Safety and Law Enforcement Improvements Act'', 
           and the nominations of Roslynn Renee Mauskopf, of New 
           York, to be United States District Judge for the 
           Eastern District of New York, William Lindsay Osteen, 
           Jr., of North Carolina, to be United States District 
           Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, Martin 
           Karl Reidinger, of North Carolina, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Western District of North 
           Carolina, Timothy D. DeGiusti, of Oklahoma, to be 
           United States District Judge for the Western District 
           of Oklahoma, Janis Lynn Sammartino, of California, to 
           be United States District Judge for the Southern 
           District of California, Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, of 
           Puerto Rico, to be United States Attorney for the 
           District of Puerto Rico, and Joe W. Stecher, of 
           Nebraska, to be United States Attorney for the District 
           of Nebraska.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the military's role in 
           disaster response, focusing on progress since Hurricane 
           Katrina.
                                                            SD-342
     2 p.m.
       Appropriations
         Business meeting to markup proposed legislation making 
           appropriations for the Department of Agriculture for 
           the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008.
                                                            SD-106
     2:15 p.m.
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine aviation financing, focusing 
           on industry perspectives.
                                                            SD-215
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider S. 1769, to amend the 
           Communications Act of 1934 to facilitate number 
           portability in order to increase consumer choice of 
           voice service provider, S. 1780, to require the FCC, in 
           enforcing its regulations concerning the broadcast of 
           indecent programming, to maintain a policy that a 
           single word or image may be considered indecent, S. 
           1582, to reauthorize and amend the Hydrographic 
           Services Improvement Act, S. 1771, to increase the 
           safety of swimming pools and spas by requiring the use 
           of proper anti-entrapment drain covers and pool and spa 
           drainage systems, to educate the public about pool and 
           spa safety, S. 1778, to authorize certain activities of 
           the Maritime Administration, S. 1492, to improve the 
           quality of federal and state data regarding the 
           availability and quality of broadband services and to 
           promote the deployment of affordable broadband services 
           to all parts of the Nation, and the nominations of 
           Jonathan W. Bailey, and Philip M. Kenul, both to be 
           Rear Admiral, for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
           Administration.
                                                            SR-253
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the mayoral proposal to 
           reform the District of Columbia's public school system, 
           focusing on assessments, assurances, and 
           accountability.
                                                            SD-342
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
     2:45 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Sharion 
           Aycock, to be United States District Judge for the 
           Northern District of Mississippi, Jennifer Walker 
           Elrod, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
           the Fifth Circuit, and Richard A. Jones, to be United 
           States District Judge for the Western District of 
           Washington.
                                                            SD-226

                                July 20
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine youth violence, focusing on 
           the efficacy of mentoring children.
                                                            SD-116

                                July 24
     9:30 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To continue oversight hearings to examine the Department 
           of Justice.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the protection of children on 
           the internet.
                                                            SR-253
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine the BioShield and 
           Preparedness programs, focusing on improvements needed 
           for epidemics.
                                                            SD-628

                                July 25
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Department of 
           Veterans Affairs health care funding.
                                                            SD-562
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine United States trade relations 
           with China.
                                                            SR-253

                                July 26
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine preparation taken for digital 
           television transition.
                                                            SR-253
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, 
           Safety and Security Subcommittee
         To continue hearings to examine the Railroad Safety 
           Enhancement Act.
                                                            SR-253

                                July 31
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Ronald 
           Spoehel, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
           National Aeronautics and Space Administration, William 
           G. Sutton, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
           Secretary of Commerce, Thomas J. Barrett, of Alaska, to 
           be Deputy Secretary of Transportation, and Paul R. 
           Brubaker, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the 
           Research and Innovative Technology Administration, 
           Department of Transportation.
                                                            SR-253