[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 132 (Friday, September 7, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1174-D1175]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

            Week of September 10 through September 15, 2007

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 10 a.m., Senate will begin consideration of the 
nominations of 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, and Janis Lynn Sammartino, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of California, and after a 
period of debate, vote on the confirmations of the nominations at 11:00 
a.m.; following which, Senator Barrasso will be recognized to speak in 
morning business; following which, Senate will begin consideration of 
H.R. 3074, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act.
  During the balance of the week Senate will consider any other cleared 
legislative and executive business, including appropriation bills and 
conference reports, when available


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: September 11, Subcommittee on 
Defense, business meeting to mark up H.R. 3222, making 
appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2008, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  September 12, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up H.R. 
3222, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, to hold hearings to examine enhancing the safety of toys 
relating to lead paint, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and 
toy safety standards, 11 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: September 11, to hold hearings to 
examine the situation in Iraq, focusing on the progress made by the 
Government of Iraq in meeting benchmarks, 2 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Budget: September 11, to hold hearings to examine 
health care and the federal budget, focusing on options for 
achieving universal health coverage, 10 a.m., SD-608.
   Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 12, 
Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism, to hold 
hearings to examine the Federal Trade Commission Reauthorization, 
9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 11, 
Subcommittee on National Parks, business meeting to consider S. 127, 
to amend the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000 
to explain the purpose and provide for the administration of the 
Baca National Wildlife Refuge, S. 327 and H.R. 359, bills to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
resource study of sites associated with the life of Cesar Estrada 
Chavez and the farm labor movement, S. 868, to amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Taunton River in the 
Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a component of the National Wild 
and Scenic Rivers System, S. 1051, to authorize National Mall 
Liberty Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on Federal land in the 
District of Columbia at Constitution Gardens previously approved to 
honor free persons and slaves who fought for independence, liberty, 
and justice for all during the American Revolution, S. 1184 and H.R. 
1021, bills to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
special resources study regarding the suitability and feasibility of 
designating certain historic buildings and areas in Taunton, 
Massachusetts, as a unit of the National Park System, S. 1247, to 
amend the Weir Farm National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1990 
to limit the development of any property acquired by the Secretary 
of the Interior for the development of visitor and administrative 
facilities for the Weir Farm National Historic Site, S. 1304, to 
amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Arizona 
National Scenic Trail, S. 1329, to extend the Acadia National Park 
Advisory Commission, to provide improved visitor services at the 
park, H.R. 807, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
special resource study to determine the feasibility and suitability 
of establishing a memorial to the Space Shuttle Columbia in the 
State of Texas and for its inclusion as a unit of the National Park 
System, and H.R. 759, to redesignate the Ellis Island Library on the 
third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, located on Ellis 
Island in New York Harbor, as the ``Bob Hope Memorial Library'', 
2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  September 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S. 2017, 
to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide for 
national energy efficiency standards for general service 
incandescent lamps, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: September 11, to hold hearings to examine 
the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 11, to hold hearings to 
examine Iraq, focusing on the Crocker-Petraeus report, 9:30 a.m., 
SH-216.
  September 11, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 968, 
to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide increased 
assistance for the prevention, treatment, and control of 
tuberculosis, S. 805, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to 
assist countries in sub-Saharan Africa in the effort to achieve 
internationally recognized goals in the treatment and prevention of 
HIV/AIDS and other major diseases and the reduction of maternal and 
child mortality by improving human health care capacity and 
improving retention of medical health professionals in sub-Saharan 
Africa, S. 1839, to require periodic reports on claims related to 
acts of terrorism against Americans perpetrated or supported by the 
Government of Libya, S. 2020, to reauthorize the Tropical

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Forest Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007, H.R. 1678, to 
amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize 
appropriations to provide assistance for domestic and foreign 
programs and centers for the treatment of victims of torture, patent 
Law Treaty and Regulations Under the Patent Law Treaty (the 
``Treaty''), done at Geneva on June 1, 2000, between the Governments 
of 53 countries including the United States of America (Treaty Doc. 
109-12), the Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the 
International Registration of Industrial Designs (the 
``Agreement''), adopted in Geneva on July 2, 1999, and signed by the 
United States on July 6, 1999 (Treaty Doc. 109-21), the Singapore 
Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (Treaty Doc. 110-2), Protocol to the 
1951 Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation between the 
United States and Denmark (Treaty Doc. 108-8), and the nominations 
of Henrietta Holsman Fore, of Nevada, to be Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, Harry K. Thomas, 
Jr., of New York, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, 
Nancy Goodman Brinker, of Florida, to be Chief of Protocol, and to 
have the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service, and Ned L. 
Siegel, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The 
Bahamas, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 
10, to hold hearings to examine confronting the terrorist threat to 
the Homeland, six years after 9/11, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  September 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Julie L. Myers, of Kansas, to be Assistant Secretary 
of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 12, to hold hearings to 
examine regulatory preemption relating to federal agencies usurping 
congressional and state authority, 11 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: September 12, to hold a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Robert Charles Tapella, of 
Virginia, to be Public Printer for the Government Printing Office, 
10 a.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 11, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, September 10, full Committee and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs, joint hearing on the status of the war 
and political developments in Iraq, 12:30 p.m., 345 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, September 10, hearing on 
proposals to reauthorize the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, 
10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  September 12, hearing on Why Weren't 9/11 Recovery Workers 
Protected at the World Trade Center? 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, September 11, hearing on 
Bridge Safety: Next Steps To Protect the Nation's Critical 
Infrastructure, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, September 11, hearing on SBA 
Contracting Programs, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 11, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 
Emergency Management, hearing on Readiness in the Post-Katrina and 
Post-9/11 World: An Evaluation of the New National Response 
Framework, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.