[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 140 (Thursday, September 20, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1232-D1234]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
LAND BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands 
and Forests concluded a hearing to examine S. 1143, to designate the 
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the surrounding Federal land in the State 
of Florida as an Outstanding Natural Area and as a unit of the National 
Landscape System, S. 2034, to amend the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 
to designate the Copper Salmon Wilderness and to

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amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the North 
and South Forks of the Elk River in the State of Oregon as wild or 
scenic rivers, S. 1377, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey to the City of Henderson, Nevada, certain Federal land located 
in the City, S. 1608 and H.R. 815, bills to provide for the conveyance 
of certain land in Clark County, Nevada, for use by the Nevada National 
Guard, S. 1740, to amend the Act of February 22, 1889, and the Act of 
July 2, 1862, to provide for the management of public land trust funds 
in the State of North Dakota, S. 1802, to adjust the boundaries of the 
Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in the State of Idaho, S. 
1939, to provide for the conveyance of certain land in the Santa Fe 
National Forest, New Mexico, S. 1940, to reauthorize the Rio Puerco 
Watershed Management Program, and S. 1433, to amend the Alaska National 
Interest Lands Conservation Act to provide competitive status to 
certain Federal employees in the State of Alaska, after receiving 
testimony from Joel Holtrop, Deputy Chief, National Forest System, U.S. 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Michael Nedd, Assistant 
Director for Mineral, Realty, and Resource Protection, Bureau of Land 
Management, Department of the Interior; and Mayor Jim Auborn, and Jim 
Rogers, Friends of Elk River, on behalf of sundry organizations, both 
of Port Orford, Oregon.
NATION'S BRIDGES
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the condition of our nation's bridges, 
focusing on the Federal Highway Administration's oversight of 
structurally deficient bridges with the National Highway System, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Klobuchar and Coleman; Mary E. 
Peters, Secretary, and Calvin L. Scovel III, Inspector General, both of 
the Department of Transportation; Kirk Steudle, Michigan Department of 
Transportation, Lansing, on behalf of the American Association of State 
Highway and Transportation Officials; and Andrew Herrmann, Hardesty and 
Hanover, New York, New York, on behalf of the American Society of Civil 
Engineers.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported S. 589, to provide for the transfer of certain Federal 
property to the United States Paralympics, Incorporated, a subsidiary 
of the United States Olympic Committee, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine a review 
of bank treatment of social security benefits, after receiving 
testimony from Montrice Godard Yakimov, Managing Director for 
Compliance and Consumer Protection, Office of Thrift Supervision, and 
Julie L. Williams, First Senior Deputy Comptroller and Chief Counsel, 
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, both of the Department of 
the Treasury; Sara A. Kelsey, General Counsel, Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation; Margot Saunders, National Consumer Law Center, 
Washington, D.C.; and Waverly Taliaferro, New York, New York.
HIGH RISK IT PROJECTS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security held an oversight hearing to 
examine the Office of Management and Budget's ongoing information 
systems projects, focusing on the efficacy of the management practices 
used by agencies to ensure the success of the projects, receiving 
testimony from Karen S. Evans, Administrator, Electronic Government and 
Information Technology, Office of Management and Budget; David A. 
Powner, Director, Information Technology Management Issues, Government 
Accountability Office; Barry C. West, Chief Information Officer, 
Department of Commerce; Daniel G. Mintz, Chief Information Officer, 
Department of Transportation; Michael D. Duffy, Chief Information 
Officer, Department of the Treasury; Scott Charbo, Chief Information 
Officer, Department of Homeland Security; and Paul A. Brinkley, Deputy 
Under Secretary of Defense for Business Transformation.
   Hearing recess subject to the call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following items:
   S. 1845, to provide for limitations in certain communications 
between the Department of Justice and the White House Office relating 
to civil and criminal investigations, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
   S. 772, to amend the Federal antitrust laws to provide expanded 
coverage and to eliminate exemptions from such laws that are contrary 
to the public interest with respect to railroads, with an amendment;
   S. 1703, to prevent and reduce trafficking in persons, with an 
amendment; and
   The nominations of Jennifer Walker Elrod, of Texas, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, and Patrick P. Shen, of 
Maryland, to be Special Counsel for Immigration-Related Unfair 
Employment Practices.

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FUTURE OF WOMEN'S SMALL BUSINESS PROGRAMS
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine expanding opportunities for women entrepreneurs, 
focusing on the future of women's small business programs, after 
receiving testimony from Anoop Prakash, Associate Administrator, Office 
of Entrepreneurial Development, and Debra S. Ritt, Assistant Inspector 
General for Auditing, both of the Small Business Administration; 
William B. Shear, Director, Financial Markets and Community 
Investments, Government Accountability Office; Wendi Goldsmith, 
Bioengineering Group, Salem, Massachusetts; Ann Marie Almeida, 
Association of Women's Business Centers, Camden, Maine; Gale King, 
Treats By Gale, LLC, Burke, Virginia; and Rosemary Bratton, Wyoming 
Women's Business Center, Laramie.
LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a joint hearing 
with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation by the American Legion, after receiving testimony from 
Martin F. Conatser, American Legion, Champaign, Illinois.
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.