[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 134 (Tuesday, September 11, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1186-D1188]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense approved for full 
Committee consideration H.R. 3222, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008.

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IRAQ
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the situation in Iraq, focusing on the progress made by the Government 
of Iraq in meeting benchmarks, after receiving testimony from Ryan C. 
Crocker, United States Ambassador to Iraq, Department of State; and 
General David H. Petraeus, USA, Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq.
BUSINESS MEETING
  Committee on Armed Services: On Friday, August, 3, 2007, Committee 
approved for reporting the following subcommittee assignments for the 
110th Congress:
  Subcommittee on Airland: Senators Lieberman (Chairman), Akaka, Bayh, 
Clinton, Pryor, Webb, McCaskill, Cornyn, Warner, Inhofe, Sessions, 
Chambliss, and Corker.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities: Senators Reed 
(Chairman), Kennedy, Byrd, Nelson (FL), Nelson (NE), Bayh, Clinton, 
Dole, Warner, Collins, Graham, Cornyn, and Martinez.
  Subcommittee on Personnel: Senators Nelson (NE) (Chairman), Kennedy, 
Lieberman, Webb, McCaskill, Graham, Collins, Chambliss, and Dole.
  Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support: Senators Akaka 
(Chairman), Byrd, Bayh, Clinton, Pryor, McCaskill, Thune, Inhofe, 
Chambliss, Dole, and Corker.
  Subcommittee on Seapower: Senators Kennedy (Chairman), Lieberman, 
Reed, Akaka, Nelson (FL), Webb, Martinez, Warner, Sessions, Collins, 
and Cornyn.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces: Senators Nelson (FL) (Chairman), 
Byrd, Reed, Nelson (NE), Pryor, Sessions, Inhofe, Graham, and Thune.
HEALTH CARE AND THE BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
health care and the federal budget, focusing on options for achieving 
universal health coverage, after receiving testimony from Henry J. 
Aaron, Brooking Institution, Washington, D.C.; Sherry Glied, Columbia 
University Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy 
and Management, New York, New York; and Janet Stokes Trautwein, 
National Association of Health Underwriters, Arlington, Virginia.
LAND BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine 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'', after receiving testimony from Representative 
Engel; Daniel N. Wenk, Deputy Director, National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior; Maurice A. Barboza, National Mall Liberty 
Fund D.C., Washington, D.C.; and David Hicks, Arizona Trail 
Association, Phoenix.
U.S.-PERU TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENT
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, after receiving testimony 
from Michael Kantor, Mayer Brown, Thea Mei Lee, American Federation of 
Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), and Patricia 
A. Forkan, Humane Society International, all of Washington, D.C.; David 
Winkles, South Carolina Farm Bureau, Oswego, on behalf of the American 
Farm Bureau Federation; and Thomas F. Catania, Whirlpool Corporation, 
Benton Harbor, Michigan.

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CROCKER-PETRAEUS REPORT ON IRAQ
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Iraq, focusing on the Crocker-Petraeus report, after receiving 
testimony from Ryan C. Crocker, United States Ambassador to the 
Republic of Iraq, Department of State; and General David H. Petraeus, 
USA, Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following:
  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, with 
amendments;
  S. 968, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide 
increased assistance for the prevention, treatment, and control of 
tuberculosis, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  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), with one reservation;
  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), with nine declarations;
  The Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (Treaty Doc. 110-2), 
with one condition;
  Protocol to the 1951 Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation 
between the United States and Denmark (Treaty Doc. 108-8); and
  The nominations of Margaret Spellings, of Texas, to be designated a 
Representative of the United States of America to the Thirty-fourth 
Session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paula J. Dobriansky, of 
Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as 
Special Envoy for Northern Ireland, 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.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.