[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 125 (Wednesday, August 1, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1109-D1111]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following:
   S. 1677, to amend the Exchange Rates and International Economic 
Coordination Act of 1988, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  An original bill (S. 1923), to authorize appropriations for 
assistance for the Housing Assistance Council, the Raza Development 
Fund, and for the Housing Partnership Network (HPN) and its members;
  An original bill to establish requirements for private lenders to 
protect student borrowers receiving private educational loans; and
  An original bill to establish a nonpartisan Commission on Natural 
Catastrophe Risk Management and Insurance.
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE OVERSIGHT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Department of Commerce, after 
receiving from Carlos Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce.
CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine recent advances in clean coal technology, 
focusing on the prospects for deploying these technologies at a 
commercial scale in the near future, after receiving testimony from 
Carl O. Bauer, Director, National Energy Technology Laboratory, 
Department of Energy; Jerry Hollinden, URS Corp, Louisville, Kentucky, 
on behalf of the National Coal Council, Inc.; Jeffrey N. Phillips, 
Electric Power Research Institute, Charlotte, North Carolina; Donald C. 
Langley, Babcock and Wilcox Company, Barberton, Ohio; Andrew Perlman, 
Great Point Energy, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Frank Alix, Powerspan 
Corp., Portsmouth, New Hampshire; Jim Rosborough, Dow Chemical Company, 
Midland, Michigan; and Bill Fehrman, PacifiCorp Energy, Salt Lake City, 
Utah.
WATER BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded to examine S. 1054 and H.R. 122, bills to amend the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Inland 
Empire regional recycling project and in the Cucamonga Valley Water 
District recycling project, S. 1472, to authorize the

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Secretary of the Interior to create a Bureau of Reclamation partnership 
with the North Bay Water Reuse Authority and other regional partners to 
achieve objectives relating to water supply, water quality, and 
environmental restoration, S. 1475 and H.R. 1526, bills to amend the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
authorize the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program, H.R. 30, to 
amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities 
Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
Eastern Municipal Water District Recycled Water System Pressurization 
and Expansion Project, H.R. 609, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the Central Texas Water Recycling and 
Reuse Project, and H.R. 1175, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to increase the ceiling on the 
Federal share of the costs of phase I of the Orange County, California, 
Regional Water Reclamation Project, after receiving testimony from 
Representative Edwards; Larry Todd, Deputy Commissioner, Bureau of 
Reclamation, Department of the Interior; Larry Groth, City of Waco, 
Waco, Texas; Richard W. Atwater, Inland Empire Utilities Agency, Chino, 
California; Gary W. Darling, City of Antioch, Antioch, California; Bill 
Long, North Bay Water Reuse Authority, North San Pablo Bay, California; 
and Randy A. Record, Eastern Municipal Water District, Riverside 
County, California.
UNITED STATES AFRICA COMMAND
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine the United States Africa Command, 
focusing on a new strategic relationship with Africa, after receiving 
testimony from Jendayi E. Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State for 
African Affairs; Theresa Whelan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for African 
Affairs, and Major General Jonathan S. Gration, USAF (Ret.), former 
Director, Strategy, Policy, and Assessments, United States European 
Command, both of the Department of Defense; Michael E. Hess, Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian 
Assistance, United States Agency for International Development; and J. 
Stephen Morrison, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and 
Mark Malan, Refugees International, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following:
  S. 680, to ensure proper oversight and accountability in Federal 
contracting; with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 1254, to amend title 44, United States Code, to require 
information contributors to Presidential library fundraising 
organizations, with an amendment;
  An original bill to provide for the flexibility of certain disaster 
relief funds, and for improved evacuation and sheltering during 
disasters and catastrophes;
  S. 1446, to amend the National Capital Transportation Act of 1969 to 
authorize additional Federal contributions for maintaining and 
improving the transit system of the Washington Metropolitan Area 
Transit Authority;
  S. 547, to establish a Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security for 
Management;
  S. 1245, to reform mutual aid agreements for the National Capital 
Region;
  S. 597, to extend the special postage stamp for breast cancer 
research for 2 years;
  H.R. 2570 and S. 1732, bills to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 301 Boardwalk Drive in Fort Collins, 
Colorado, as the ``Dr. Karl E. Carson Post Office Building'';
  S. 1772, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 127 South Elm Street in Gardner, Kansas, as the 
``Private First Class Shane R. Austin Post Office'';
  S. 1781, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 118 Minner Avenue in Bakersfield, California, as the 
``Buck Owens Post Office'';
  H.R. 2127, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 408 West 6th Street in Chelsea, Oklahoma, as the 
``Clem Rogers McSpadden Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 2563, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 309 East Linn Street in Marshalltown, Iowa, as the 
``Major Scott Nisely Post Office'';
  S. 1539, to designate the post office located at 309 East Linn 
Street, Marshalltown, Iowa, as the ``Major Scott Nisely Post Office'';
  S. 1596, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 103 South Getty Street in Uvalde, Texas, as the 
``Dolph S. Briscoe, Jr. Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 1722, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 601 Banyan Trail in Boca Raton, Florida, as the 
``Leonard W. Herman Post Office'';
  H.R. 1425, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 4551 East 52nd

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Street in Odessa, Texas, as the ``Staff Sergeant Marvin `Rex' Young 
Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 2078, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 14536 State Route 136 in Cherry Fork, Ohio, as the 
``Staff Sergeant Omer T. `O.T.' Hawkins Post Office'';
  H.R. 2077, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 20805 State Route 125 in Blue Creek, Ohio, as the 
``George B. Lewis Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 1617, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 561 Kingsland Avenue in University City, Missouri, 
as the ``Harriett F. Woods Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 2025, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 11033 South State Street in Chicago, Illinois, as 
the ``Willye B. White Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 1335, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 508 East Main Street in Seneca, South Carolina, as 
the ``S/Sgt Lewis G. Watkins Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 1260, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 6301 Highway 58 in Harrison, Tennessee, as the 
``Claude Ramsey Post Office'';
  H.R. 1434, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 896 Pittsburgh Street in Springdale, Pennsylvania, 
as the ``Rachel Carson Post Office Building'';
  S. 1896, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 11 Central Street in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, as 
the ``Officer Jeremy Todd Charron Post Office''; and
  The nominations of Jim Nussle, of Iowa, to be Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, and Dennis R. Schrader, of Maryland, to be 
Deputy Administrator for National Preparedness, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
POST-9/11 AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC PRESENCE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine the under-
representation of Americans at the United Nations and its 
organizations, focusing on ways to build a stronger American diplomatic 
presence, including staffing shortfalls since the implementation of the 
Diplomatic Readiness Initiative, and filling gaps in the language 
proficiency of Foreign Service officers and other staff, after 
receiving testimony Heather M. Hodges, Acting Director General of the 
Foreign Service, Director of Human Resources, and James B. Warlick, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Organization 
Affairs, both of the Department of State; Jess T. Ford, and Thomas 
Melito, each a Director, International Affairs and Trade, Government 
Accountability Office; John K. Naland, American Foreign Service 
Association, and Thomas D. Boyatt, Foreign Affairs Council, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Deborah Derrick, Better World Campaign, New York, 
New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported S. 625, to protect the public health by providing 
the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate 
tobacco products, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing on the 
nomination of Donald M. Kerr, of Virginia, to be Principal Deputy 
Director of National Intelligence, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senators Bingaman and Warner, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
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