[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 133 (Monday, September 10, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1180-D1181]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





           COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, business 
meeting to markup H.R. 3222, making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, 
10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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: 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 Energy and Natural Resources: 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.

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  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the United 
States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine Iraq, 
focusing on the Crocker-Petraeus report, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  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 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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.