[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 121 (Thursday, July 26, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1064-D1065]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Jim Nussle, of Iowa, to be Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator 
Grassley and Representative Spratt, testified and answered questions in 
his own behalf.
DIGITAL TELEVISION TRANSITION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine preparation taken for the digital television 
transition, after receiving testimony from John M.R. Kneuer, Assistant 
Secretary for Communications and Information, National 
Telecommunications and Information Administration, Department of 
Commerce; Catherine Seidel, Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs 
Bureau, Federal Communications Commission; Nelda Barnett, AARP, and 
Nancy Zirkin, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Alex Nogales, National Hispanic Media Coalition, 
Los Angeles, California.
RAILROAD SAFETY AND ENHANCEMENT ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and 
Security concluded a hearing to examine a bill entitled, ``Railroad 
Safety Enhancement Act'', after receiving testimony from Joseph H. 
Boardman, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of 
Transportation; Edward R. Hamberger, Association of American Railroads, 
and John P. Tolman, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, 
both of Washington, D.C.; and David Solow, American Public 
Transportation Association, Los Angeles, California.
WATER BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded a hearing 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

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Basin between Harlan County Lake in Nebraska and Milford Lake in 
Kansas, after receiving testimony from Senator Allard; Larry Todd, 
Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; 
Perri Benemelis, Arizona Department of Water Resources, Phoenix; Marc 
Thalacker, Three Sisters Irrigation District, Salem, Oregon, on behalf 
of the Oregon Water Resources Congress; George Caan, Colorado River 
Commission of Nevada, Las Vegas, on behalf of the Colorado River Energy 
Distributors Association; Shannon McDaniel, South Columbia Basin 
Irrigation District, Pasco, Washington, on behalf of the National Water 
Resources Association; and Gary Kennedy, Mancos Water Conservancy 
District, Mancos, Colorado.
CALIFORNIA WAIVER
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the case for the California waiver, receiving an 
update from the Environmental Protection Agency, and focusing on S. 
1785, to amend the Clean Air Act to establish deadlines by which the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall issue a 
decision on whether to grant certain waivers of preemption under that 
Act, after receiving testimony from Senator Nelson (FL); and Stephen L. 
Johnson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following:
  S. 1607, to provide for identification of misaligned currency, 
require action to correct the misalignment, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute; and
  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.
TREATMENT OF DETAINEES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine extraordinary rendition, extraterritorial detention, and 
treatment of detainees, focusing on restoring the United States' moral 
credibility and strengthening diplomatic standing, after receiving 
testimony from Major General Paul D. Eaton, USA (Ret.), former 
Commanding General, Office of Security Transition, Baghdad, Iraq; Tom 
Malinowski, Human Rights Watch, and Daniel Byman, Georgetown University 
Center for Peace and Security Studies of the Edmund A. Walsh School of 
Foreign Service, both of Washington, D.C.; and Philip Zelikow, 
University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Organizations, Democracy and Human Rights concluded a 
hearing to examine the United Nations Human Rights Council, focusing on 
its shortcomings and prospects for reform, after receiving testimony 
from Kristen Silverberg, Assistant Secretary of State for International 
Organization Affairs; Thomas O. Melia, Freedom House, and Brett D. 
Schaefer, Heritage Foundation Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom, 
both of Washington, D.C.; and Peggy Hicks, Human Rights Watch, New 
York, New York.
NOMINATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Charles W. Grim, of Oklahoma, to be Director of the 
Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, after 
the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Coburn, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
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.