[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 153 (Wednesday, October 10, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1343-D1344]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
PAKISTAN SECURITY CHALLENGES
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on security involving 
Pakistan and policy implications for the Department of Defense. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CHILD NEGLECT AND ABUSE
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on Cases of Child 
Neglect and Abuse at Private Residential Treatment Facilities. 
Testimony was heard from Greg Kutz, Managing Director, Forensic Adults 
and Special Investigations, GAO; and public witnesses.
PAUL WELLSTONE MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION EQUITY ACT OF 2007
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health approved for 
full Committee action, as amended, the following bills: H.R. 1236, To 
make permanent the authority of the United States Postal Service to 
issue a special postage stamp to support breast cancer research; and 
H.R. 1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 
2007.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and the Internet approved for full Committee action the following: H.R. 
3403, amended, 911 Modernization and Safety Act of 2007; and the 
Broadband Census of America Act of 2007.
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported H. Res. 106, Affirmation 
of the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution.
NUCLEAR FORENSICS AND ATTRIBUTION ACT
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, 
Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology held a hearing on H.R. 2631, 
Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Schiff; Vayl Oxford, Director, Domestic Nuclear 
Detention Office, Department of Homeland Security; Steven Aoki, Deputy 
Under Secretary, Counterterrorism, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Department of Energy; Mike Evenson, Associate Director, 
Operations, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Department of Defense; 
Vahid Majidi, Assistant Director, Weapons of Mass Destruction 
Directorate, FBI, Department of Justice; Andrew Grant, Acting Director 
for WMD Terrorism, Bureau of International Security and 
Nonproliferation, Department of State; and Carol Burns, Group Leader, 
Nuclear and Radiochemistry, Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National 
Laboratory.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
3773, Responsibility Electronic Surveillance That is Overseen, 
Reviewed, and Effective Act of 2007; H.R. 3678, amended, Internet Tax 
Freedom Act of 2007; H.R. 3387, To update and improve the codification 
of title 46, United States Code; and H.R. 3564, Regulatory Improvement 
Act of 2007.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Ordered reported the following bills: 
H.R. 53, amended, Virgin Islands National Park School Lease Act; H.R. 
767, amended, Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate 
Response Act; H.R. 830, amended, Denali National Park and Alaska 
Railroad Land Exchange Act of 2007; H.R. 3111, Port Chicago Naval 
Magazine National Memorial Enhancement Act of 2007; H.R. 783, amended, 
Mesa Verde National Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2007; H.R. 1528, 
amended, New England National Scenic Trail Designation Act; H.R. 2094, 
amended, To provide for certain administrative and support for the 
Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission; H.R. 2197, Hopewell Culture 
National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act; H.R. 523, amended, 
Douglas County, Washington, PUD Conveyance Act; H.R. 1462, amended, 
Platte River Recovery Implementation Program and Pathfinder 
Modification Authorization Act; H.R. 29, To authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, 
municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita 
River, California; H.R. 135, Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act 
of 2007; and H.R. 664, Dana Point Desalination Project Authorization 
Act.
PUBLIC STADIUM FUNDING's EFFECT ON INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Domestic 
Policy held a hearing on Professional Sport Stadiums: Do they Divert 
Taxpayer Funds from Public Infrastructure? Testimony

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was heard from Eric Solomon, Assistant Secretary, Tax Policy, 
Department of the Treasury; Arthur J. Rolnick, Senior Vice President 
and Research Director, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Federal 
Reserve System; Steven Maguire, Specialist in Public Finance, CRS, 
Library of Congress; and public witnesses.
U.S. SECURITY STRATEGY
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on National 
Security and Foreign Affairs held a hearing on Six Years Later: 
Assessing Long-Term Threats, Risks and the U.S. Strategy for Security 
in a Post 9/11 World. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FEDERAL RAILROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2007
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a non-record vote, a structured rule 
providing 1 hour of general debate on H.R. 2095, Federal Railroad 
Safety Improvement Act of 2007, equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure.
  The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill 
except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The rule 
provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended 
by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure now printed in 
the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of 
amendment and shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points 
of order against the committee amendment except those arising under 
clause 10 of rule XXI.
  The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules 
Committee report. Amendments so printed may be offered only in the 
order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated 
in this report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the 
time specified in this report equally divided and controlled by a 
proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 
not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or 
in the Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points of order 
against such amendments except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of 
rule XXI.
  The rule provides one motion to recommit H.R. 2095 with or without 
instructions. Finally, notwithstanding the operation of the previous 
question, the Chair may postpone further consideration of the bill to a 
time designated by the Speaker Chairman Oberstar and Representatives 
Ginny Brown-Waite, Napolitano, Gonzalez, Shuster and Rohrabacher.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment approved for full action the following bills: H.R. 1834, 
National Ocean Exploration Program Act; H.R. 3776, Energy Storage 
Technology Advancement Act of 2007; and H.R. 3775, Industrial Energy 
Efficiency Research and Development Act of 2007.
SCIENCE AND MATH EDUCATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Research and 
Science Education held a hearing on Assessment of the National Science 
Board's Action Plan for STEM Education. Testimony was heard from Steven 
C. Beering, Chairman, National Science Board, NSF; and public 
witnesses.
SMALL BUSINESS PRIORITIES
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the impact of the 700 
Megahertz Wireless Spectrum Auction on Small Business. Testimony was 
heard from Kevin Martin, Chairman, FCC; and public witnesses.
FLIGHT SERVICE STATION TRANSITION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on The Transition from FAA to Contractor-
Operated Flight Service Stations: Lessons Learned. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of Transportation: 
Calvin L. Scovel, III, Inspector General; James H. Washington, Vice 
President for Acquisition and Business Services, Air Traffic 
Organization; and John Staples, Director, Office of Flight Services 
Program Operations, both with the FAA; and public witnesses.
VETERANS' DISABILITY BENEFITS COMMISSION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on the Findings of the 
Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission. Testimony was heard from LTG 
James Terry Scott, USA (Ret.), Chairman, Veterans' Disability Benefits 
Commission.
RESTORE ACT OF 2007
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Ordered reported, as 
amended, H.R. 3773, RESTORE Act of 2007.
LOW-CARBON ENERGY ECONOMY
Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming: Held a 
hearing entitled ``The Business Opportunity in a Low-Carbon Energy 
Economy.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.