[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 117 (Friday, July 20, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1020-D1023]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 23 through July 27, 2007

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 10 a.m., Senate will begin consideration of S. 1642, 
Higher Education Amendments Act and consider certain amendments.
  On Tuesday, following the disposition of S. 1642, Higher Education 
Amendments Act, Senate will begin consideration of H.R. 2638, 
Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act.
  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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 25, 
Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance, to 
hold hearings to examine reforming key international financial 
institutions for the 21st century, 3:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: July 26, business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Jim Nussle, of Iowa, to be Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 24, to 
hold hearings to examine the protection of children on the internet, 
10 a.m., SR-253.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism, 
to hold hearings to examine United States trade relations with 
China, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  July 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine preparation 
taken for digital television transition, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant 
Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security, to continue hearings to 
examine the Railroad Safety Enhancement Act, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 25, business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 11:30 a.m., SD-366.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 300, to authorize appropriations for the Bureau of 
Reclamation to carry out the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species 
Conservation Program in the States of Arizona, California, and 
Nevada, S. 1258, to amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 
to authorize improvements for the security of dams and other 
facilities, S. 1477, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
carry out the Jackson Gulch rehabilitation project in the State of 
Colorado, S. 1522, to amend the Bonneville Power Administration 
portions of the Fisheries Restoration and Irrigation Mitigation Act 
of 2000 to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 
2014, and H.R. 1025, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a study to determine the feasibility of implementing a water 
supply and conservation project to improve water supply reliability, 
increase the capacity of water storage, and improve water management 
efficiency in the Republican River Basin between Harlan County Lake 
in Nebraska and Milford Lake in Kansas, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 24, Subcommittee 
on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and 
Wildlife Protection, to hold hearings to examine economic and 
international issues, focusing on global warming policy, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-406.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection 
Agency's Environmental Justice programs, 2 p.m., SD-406.
  July 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the case for 
the California waiver, including an update from the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 23, business meeting to consider S.J. 
Res. 16, approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in 
the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, 5 p.m., SD-215.
  July 24, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
the government tax policy in farm country, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  July 25, Full Committee, 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, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 24, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Michael W. Michalak, of Michigan, to be 
Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and Eric G. John, 
of Indiana, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  July 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Henrietta Holsman Fore, of Nevada, to be Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Development, 2:15 
p.m., SD-419.
  July 24, Full Committee, to hold a closed briefing regarding Gulf 
Security dialogue, 4 p.m., S-407, Capitol.

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  July 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S. 732, to 
empower Peace Corps volunteers, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  July 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Pakistan's 
future, focusing on the challenges of building a democracy, 2:30 
p.m., SD-419.
  July 26, Subcommittee on International Operations and 
Organizations, Democracy and Human Rights, to hold hearings to 
examine the United Nations Human Rights Council, focusing on its 
shortcomings and prospects for reform, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 24, to 
hold hearings to examine the BioShield and Preparedness programs, 
focusing on improvements needed for epidemics, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  July 25, Full Committee, 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. 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, S. 898, to amend the Public Health Service Act to fund 
breakthroughs in Alzheimer's disease research while providing more 
help to caregivers and increasing public education about prevention, 
an original bill entitled, ``Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 
2007'', and the nominations of Diane Auer Jones, of Maryland, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, Department of 
Education, David C. Geary, of Missouri, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences, and 
Miguel Campaneria, of Puerto Rico, to be a Member of the National 
Council on the Arts, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 24, 
to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Jim Nussle, of Iowa, 
to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 10 a.m., SD-
342.
  July 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Dennis R. Schrader, of Maryland, to be Deputy 
Administrator for National Preparedness, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine the implementation of the Postal Accountability 
and Enhancement Act. (Public Law 109-435), 3 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 26, to hold hearings to examine 
the nomination of Charles W. Grim, of Oklahoma, to be Director of 
the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, 
9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 24, to continue oversight 
hearings to examine the Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  July 26, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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. 453, to prohibit 
deceptive practices in Federal elections, S. 1692, to grant a 
Federal charter to Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated, an 
original bill entitled, ``School Safety and Law Enforcement Act'', 
and the nomination of Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, of Puerto Rico, 
to be United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: July 25, to hold 
an oversight hearing to examine Gulf Coast disaster loans, focusing 
on the future of the disaster assistance program, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: July 24, business meeting to mark 
up the nomination of Charles L. Hopkins, of Massachusetts, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Operations, Preparedness, 
Security and Law Enforcement), 2 p.m., Room to be announced.
  July 25, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
Department of Veterans Affairs health care funding, 9:30 a.m., SD-
562.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 24, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  July 26, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, July 25, to consider Defense 
Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2008, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 24, Subcommittee on Seapower and 
Expeditionary Forces, hearing on the surface combatant construction 
update, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  July 25, full Committee and the Permanent Select Committee on 
Intelligence, joint hearing on hearing on Implications of the 
National Intelligence Estimate regarding Al-Qaeda, 1 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to continue 
hearings on A Third Way: Alternatives for Iraq's Future, Part 3, 10 
a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  July 26, full Committee, hearing on Upholding the Principle of 
Habeas Corpus for Detainees, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, July 25, hearing on Perspectives on 
Renewing Statutory PAYGO, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, July 24, Subcommittee on Health, 
Employment, Labor and Pensions and the Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections, joint hearing on the Misclassification of Workers as 
Independent Contractors: What Policies and Practices Best Protect 
Workers? 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, hearing 
on Runaway, Homeless, and Missing Children: Perspectives on Helping 
the Nation's Vulnerable Youth, 3 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.

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  July 26, Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and 
Competitiveness, hearing on the Workforce Investment Act: Ideas to 
Improve the Workforce Development System, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on the S-
Miner Act (H.R. 2768) and the Miner Health Improvement Enhancement 
Act of 2007 (H.R. 2769), 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 24, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Oversight of 
the Federal Communications Commission--Part 2,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 24, Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, to 
consider H.R. 2761, Terrorism Risk Insurance Revision and Extension 
Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 25, full Committee, hearing on Improving Federal Consumer 
Protection in Financial Services-Consumer and Industry Perspectives, 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Rooting Out Discrimination in Mortgage Lending: Using HMDA as a Tool 
for Fair Lending Enforcement, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 27, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Credit-Based Insurance Scores: Are They Fair? 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee of Foreign Affairs, July 24, Subcommittee on the Western 
Hemisphere, briefing and hearing on Deportees in Latin America and 
the Caribbean, 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 25, full Committee, hearing on Central and Eastern Europe: 
Assessing the Democratic Transition, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
Environment, hearing on an Overview of the Compact of Free 
Association between the United States and the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands: Are Changes Needed? 2 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
Environment, hearing on Is the Millennium Challenge Corporation 
Overstating Its Impact: The Case of Vanuatu, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, 
hearing on Export Controls: Are We Protecting Security and 
Facilitating Exports? 2 p.m., B-3l8 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, July 24, Subcommittee on Emerging 
Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, hearing on 
Federal Efforts to Mitigate Vulnerabilities in the Food Supply 
Chain, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Transportation Security and 
Infrastructure Protection, hearing entitled ``Chemical Security--
Rising Concern for America: Examination of the Department's Chemical 
Security Regulation and Its Effect on the Public and Private 
Sector,'' 1 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 25, full Committee, hearing entitled ``An Overview of 
Department of Homeland Security Federal Advisory Committees,'' 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global 
Counterterrorism, hearing on Frequent Traveler Programs: Balancing 
Security and Commerce at our Land Borders, 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 24, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, oversight hearing on Privacy in the Hands of 
the Government: the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board and 
the Privacy Officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, 1 
p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, 
hearing on H.R. 2908, Deaths in Custody Reporting Act of 2007, 1 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on the Internet Tax Freedom Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 26, full Committee, oversight hearing on the Federal Bureau 
of Investigations, 1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, July 24, Subcommittee on Insular 
Affairs, oversight hearing on the Implementation of the Compact of 
Free Association between the United States and the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on H.R. 1970, 
Northwestern New Mexico Rural Water Projects Act; and H.R. 2515, 
Lower Colorado River Multi-Species Conservation Program Act, 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 25, full Committee, oversight hearing on the Surfacing 
Reclamation Act of 1977: A 30th Anniversary Review, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing on 
H.R. 2262, Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  July 26, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, 
hearing on H.R. 3058, Public Land Communities Transition Assistance 
Act of 2007, Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, July 24, hearing on 
Inadvertent File Sharing Over Peer-to-Peer Networks, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing on ExxonMobil 
and Shell Answer Questions about Hot Fuels Double Standards, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 26, full Committee, hearing on Iraq Embassy, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the 
District of Columbia, oversight hearing on the Postal Service: 
Planning for the 21st Century, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National 
Archives, hearing on 2010 Census Workforce, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, July 23, to consider H.R. 3093, Making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, and Justice, and 
Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2008, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, July 25, hearing on Competitive 
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Heading and What Small Businesses Can Expect, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing to 
examine the impact that the flooding has had on small businesses in 
Beaver County, PA and to review SBA's response in meeting the needs 
of those affected by the floods, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, July 24, Subcommittee on 
Space and Aeronautics, hearing on NASA's Space Shuttle and 
International Space Station Programs: Status and Issues, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  July 26, full Committee, to continue hearings on Globalization of 
R&D and Innovation, Part II: the University Response, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 24, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on FAA's Aging ATC Facilities: 
Investigating the Need to Improve Facilities and Worker Conditions, 
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing on Amtrak Labor Negotiations, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affair, July 24, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing on IT Inventory Management, 2 p.m., 334 
Cannon.
  July 25, full Committee, hearing on PTSD and Personality 
Disorders: Challenges for the VA, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing on Contract 
Bundling Oversight, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Gulf War Exposures, 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Mean, July 24, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
oversight hearing on Tax-Exempt Organizations, focusing on Charities 
and Foundations, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 24, Subcommittee 
on Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence, executive, 
to continue hearings on Weapons of Mass Destruction, 10 a.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  July 25, full Committee, executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 8:45 
a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 26, full Committee, briefing on National Drug Intelligence 
Center, 1:15 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis 
and Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on Russia 
Counterintelligence, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: July 23, to hold 
hearings to examine energy and democracy, focusing on whether the 
development of democracy is incompatible with the development of a 
country's energy resources, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  Joint Economic Committee: July 25, to hold hearings to examine the 
national foreclosure crisis, focusing on subprime mortgage fallout, 
10 a.m., SH-216.