[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 159 (Friday, October 19, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1386-D1389]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of October 22 through October 27, 2007

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, October 22, 2007, at 3 p.m., Senate will resume 
consideration of H.R. 3043, Labor/HHS/Education Appropriations Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 24, 
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment, to hold 
hearings to examine international accounting standards, focusing on 
opportunities, challenges, and global coverage issues, 2 p.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 23, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine 
Infrastructure, Safety and Security, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Surface Transportation Board and regulation related to 
railroads, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  October 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Todd J. Zinser, of Virginia, to

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be Inspector General, Department of Commerce, Robert Clarke Brown, 
of Ohio, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Carl B. Kress, of 
California, and A. Paul Anderson, of Florida, both to be a Federal 
Maritime Commissioner, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  October 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the future 
of radio, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  October 25, Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and 
Tourism, to hold hearings to examine sweatshop conditions in the toy 
industry in China, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: October 23, to hold 
hearings to examine the human impacts of global warming, 10 a.m., 
SD-406.
  October 24, Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions 
to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 2191, to direct the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of 
greenhouse gases, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
  October 25, Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure 
Security, and Water Quality, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
the effectiveness of federal drunk driving programs, 10 a.m., SD-
406.
  Committee on Finance: October 25, to hold hearings to examine 
small business health insurance, focusing on building a gateway to 
coverage, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: October 24, Subcommittee on 
African Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the United States role 
in consolidating peace and democracy in the Great Lakes region, 9:30 
a.m., SD-419.
  October 24, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Henrietta Holsman Fore, of Nevada, to be 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, Robin Renee Sanders, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Barry Leon Wells, of Ohio, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia, Mark M. Boulware, of 
Texas, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, James 
D. McGee, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, 
Ronald K. McMullen, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the State of 
Eritrea, P. Robert Fannin, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the 
Dominican Republic, Christopher Egan, of Massachusetts, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the Organization 
for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank of 
Ambassador, Louis John Nigro, Jr., of Florida, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Chad, David T. Johnson, of Georgia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of State (International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs), Paul E. Simons, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Chile, Gail Dennise Mathieu, of New Jersey, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia, Dan Mozena, of Iowa, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Angola, Eunice S. Reddick, of New 
York, to be Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
the Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Daniel V. 
Speckhard, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to Greece, Thomas F. 
Stephenson, of California, to be Ambassador to the Portuguese 
Republic, Vincent Obsitnik, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Slovak Republic, William H. Frist, of Tennessee, to be a Member of 
the Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, 
George E. Pataki, of New York, to be a Representative of the United 
States of America to the Sixty-second Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations; to be immediately followed by an 
open hearing to examine issues relative to the global fight against 
HIV/AIDS, 1:45 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: October 23, 
to hold hearings to examine the efficacy of the Energy Employees 
Occupational Illness Compensation Program, focusing on our Cold War 
heroes, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  October 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Gregory F. Jacob, of New Jersey, to be Solicitor, and 
Howard Radzely, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary, both of the 
Department of Labor, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: October 
23, to hold hearings to examine six years after the anthrax attacks, 
focusing on our preparedness to respond to bioterrorism, 10 a.m., 
SD-342.
  October 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine ways to 
build an effective terrorist screening system, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  October 25, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, 
Government Information, Federal Services, and International 
Security, to hold hearings to examine single audits, focusing on a 
recent study on the potential impacts that implementing certain 
recommendations could have to help ensure that federal funds are 
safeguarded, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: October 24, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Ronald Jay Tenpas, of Maryland, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, Joseph N. Laplante, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of New Hampshire, Reed Charles 
O'Connor, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Texas, Thomas D. Schroeder, to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, and Amul R. Thapar, 
to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Kentucky, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  October 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the role 
of federally-funded university research in the patent system, 1:30 
p.m., SD-226.
  October 25, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1946, 
to help Federal prosecutors and investigators combat public 
corruption by strengthening and clarifying the law, S. Res. 347, 
designating May 2008 as ``National Be Bear Aware and Wildlife 
Stewardship Month'', S. Res. 346, expressing heartfelt sympathy for 
the victims of the devastating thunderstorms that caused severe 
flooding during August 2007 in the States of Illinois, Iowa, 
Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin, and the nomination of John Daniel 
Tinder, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Seventh Circuit, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: October 24, to hold hearings to 
examine pending legislation, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.

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  Select Committee on Intelligence: October 23, to hold hearings to 
examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) strategic plan, 
2:30 p.m., SDG-50.
  October 25, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: October 24, to hold hearings to 
examine hidden 401K fees, focusing on ways that disclosure can 
increase retirement security, 10:30 a.m., SD-628.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, October 24, Subcommittee on General Farm 
Commodities and Risk Management, hearing to review reauthorization 
of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1:30 p.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  October 25, full Committee, hearing to review agriculture disaster 
conditions across the nation, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, October 23, Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and 
Related Agencies, on Broadband: Connecting Rural America, 10 a.m., 
2362A Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Air Force Strategic 
initiatives, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, October 24, hearing on the Growing Costs 
of the Iraq War, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  October 25, hearing on Surface Transportation: Investment Needs 
and the Budget, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, October 25, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing on H.R. 3582, Fair Home Health Care 
Act, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, October 23, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 2601, To extend the authority of the Federal Trade 
Commission to collect fees to administer and enforce the provisions 
relating to the ``Do-not-call'' registry of the Telemarketing Sales 
Rule; H.R. 3461, Safeguarding America's Families by Enhancing and 
Reorganizing New and Efficient Technologies Act of 2007; and H.R. 
3526, To include all banking agencies within the existing regulatory 
authority under the Federal Trade Commission Act with respect to 
despository institutions, and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  October 24, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``NASPER: Why Has the National All Schedules Prescription 
Electronic Reporting Act Not Been Implemented? 9:30 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, October 23, hearing on H.R. 647, 
Market to Market Extension Act of 2007, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
October 24, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Legislative Proposals on 
    Reforming Mortgage Practices,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  October 25, hearing entitled ``Transparency of Extractive 
Industries: High Stakes for Resource-Rich Countries, Citizens and 
International Business,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, October 23, to markup the following 
bills: H.R. 1746, Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2007; 
H.R. 2332, Syria Accountability and Liberation Act; H.R. 2705, 
Compacts of Free Association Amendments Act of 2007; H.R. 3320, 
Support for the Museum of the History of Policy Jews Act of 2007; H. 
Res. 435, Expressing concern relating to the threatening behavior of 
the Iranian regime and its leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, and the 
activities of terrorist organizations sponsored by that regime in 
Latin America; and H. Res. 550, Congratulating the people of 
Ethiopia on the second millennium of Ethiopia, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  October 23, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, 
hearing on Iran Sanctions and Regional Security, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  October 24, full Committee, hearing on U.S. Policy in the Middle 
East, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 25, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
Environment, and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, 
and Trade, hearing on The Six Party Process: Progress and Perils in 
North Korea's Denuclearization, 3 p.m., 2320 Rayburn.
  October 25, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on 
U.S. Security Assistance to Mexico, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, October 24, Subcommittee on Border 
Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism and the Subcommittee on 
Management, Investigations and Oversight, joint hearing entitled 
``The Future of Border Security: Can SBInet Succeed?'' 2 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, October 22, Subcommittee on 
Elections, to continue hearings on Expanding and Improving 
Opportunities to vote by Mail or Absentee, 5:30 p.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  October 23, Subcommittee on Elections, hearing on Voter 
Registration and List Maintenance, 2 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  October 24, full Committee, oversight hearing on the Library of 
Congress: Current Issues in Library Management, 11 a.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, October 23, Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism, and Homeland Security and the Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, joint hearing on Allegations of Selective 
Prosecution: The Erosion of Public Confidence in Our Federal Justice 
System, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  October 23, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security, hearing on Genocide and the Rule of Law, 1 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  October 25, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on H.R. 3010, Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007, 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  October 25, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland 
Security, hearing on Organized Retail Theft Prevention: Fostering a 
Comprehensive Public-Private Response, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, October 23, to continue mark up of 
H.R. 2262, Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007, 9 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.

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  October 23, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 816, Orchard Detention 
Basin Flood Control Act; H.R. 1311, Nevada Cancer Institute 
Expansion Act; H.R. 1922, Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding 
Natural Area Act of 2007; and H.R. 2246, To validate certain 
conveyances made by the Union Pacific Railroad Company of lands 
located in Reno, Nevada, that originally conveyed by the United 
States to facilitate construction of transcontinental railroads; 2 
p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  October 24, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1187, Gulf of the Farallones 
and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification 
and Protection Act; H.R. 1907, Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection 
Act; and H.R. 3352, Hydrographic Services Improvement Act Amendments 
of 2007, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  October 24, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 496, Tumalo Water Conservation Project Act of 
2007; H.R. 3323, Goleta Water Distribution System Conveyance Act of 
2007; H.R. 3437, Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation Act of 2007; and H.R. 
3739, To amend the Arizona Water Settlements Act to modify the 
requirements for the statement of findings, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, October 23, hearing 
on the Health and Environment Impacts of Uranium Contamination in 
the Navajo Nation; followed by a business meeting, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  October 23, Subcommittee on Information, Census, and National 
Archives, hearing on Cybersecurity: A Review of Public and Private 
Sector Efforts to Secure Our Nation's Internet Infrastructure, 2 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  October 24, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing on Upholding 
the Spirit of CRA: Do CRA Rating Accurately Reflect Bank Practices? 
2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  October 25, full Committee, hearing on Iraq, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, October 22, to consider the following: H.R. 
1483, To amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 
1996 to extend the authorization for certain national heritage 
areas, and for other purposes; H.R. 1011, Virginia Ridge and Valley 
Act of 2007; and H.R. 505, Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization 
Act of 2007, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, October 23, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Environment, hearing on GAO's Report on the Status of 
NOAA's Geostationary Weather Satellite Program, 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  October 23, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on the 
Status of NASA Crew Exploration Vehicle and Crew Launch Vehicle 
Programs, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  October 24, full Committee, to mark up the following: H.R. 1834, 
National Ocean Exploration Program Act; H.R. 2406, To authorize the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology to increase its 
efforts in support of the integration of the healthcare information 
enterprise in the United States; and H.R. 3877, Mine Communications 
Technology Innovation Act, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  October 25, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing 
on Radiological Response: Assessing Environmental and Clinical 
Laboratory Capabilities, 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  October 24, Subcommittee on Finance and Tax, hearing on Pension 
Parity: Addressing the Inequities between Retirement Plan Options 
for Small and Large Businesses, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  October 25, full Committee, hearing on Health Insurer 
Consolidations, The Impact on Small Business, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October 23, 
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on Highway Bridge 
Inspection, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  October 24, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Aviation and the 
Environment: Noise, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  October 25, full Committee, hearing on The Impact of Railroad 
Injury, Accident, and Discipline Policies on the Safety of America's 
Railroads, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, October 24, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Sharing Electronic Medical 
Records between Department of Defense and Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  October 25, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, oversight 
hearing on VETS DVOP/LVER Program, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
October 24, hearing on The Gas Is Greener on the Other Side: the 
Future of Biofuels, 9:30 a.m., room to be announced.