[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 169 (Friday, November 2, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1468-D1471]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of November 5 through November 10, 2007

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, November 5, 2007, at 3:00 p.m., Senate will begin 
consideration of H.R. 2419, Farm Bill Extension Act.
  During the balance of the week Senate will consider any other cleared 
legislative and executive business, including appropriation bills, and 
conference reports, when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: November 7, 
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Innovation, to hold 
hearings to examine carbon sequestration technologies, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-253.
  November 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine localism, 
diversity, and media ownership, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: November 6, to hold 
hearings to examine the efficacy of the domestic energy industry, 
focusing on its available workforce to meet our nation's growing 
needs, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  November 8, Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 86, to designate segments of Fossil Creek, a tributary to 
the Verde River in the State of Arizona, as wild and scenic rivers, 
S. 1365, to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act 
of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into 
cooperative agreements with any of the management partners of the 
Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation Area, S. 1449, to 
establish the Rocky Mountain Science Collections Center to assist in 
preserving the archeological, anthropological, paleontological, 
zoological, and geologic artifacts and archival documentation from 
the Rocky Mountain region through the construction of an on-site, 
secure collections facility for the Denver Museum of Nature and 
Science in Denver, Colorado, S. 1921, to amend the American 
Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for 
that Act, S. 1941, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study 
the suitability and feasibility of designating the Wolf House, 
located in Norfolk, Arkansas, as a unit of the National Park System, 
S. 1961, to expand the boundaries of the Little River Canyon 
National Preserve in the State of Alabama, S. 1991, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the 
suitability and feasibility of extending the Lewis and Clark 
National Historic Trail to include additional sites associated with 
the preparation and return phases of the expedition, S. 2098, to 
establish the Northern Plains Heritage Area in the State of North 
Dakota, S. 2220, to amend the Outdoor Recreation Act of 1963 to 
authorize certain appropriations, and H.R. 1191, to authorize the 
National Park Service to pay for services rendered by subcontractors 
under a General Services Administration Indefinite Deliver 
Indefinite Quantity Contract issued for work to be completed at the 
Grand Canyon National Park, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 8, 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: November 6, Subcommittee on Social Security, 
Pensions and Family Policy, to hold hearings to examine the 
Government Pension Offset (GPO), and the Windfall Elimination 
Provision (WEP), focusing on policies affecting pensions from work 
not covered by Social Security, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.

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  Committee on Foreign Relations: November 8, Subcommittee on Near 
East and South and Central Asian Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine Syria, focusing on options and implications for Lebanon and 
the surrounding region, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: November 8, 
to hold hearings to examine ways to protect the employment rights of 
those who protect the United States, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: November 
8, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Robert D. Jamison, 
of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for National Protection and 
Programs, and W. Ross Ashley, III, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, both of 
the Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: November 6, business meeting to 
continue consideration of the nomination of Michael B. Mukasey, of 
New York, to be Attorney General, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  November 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the United 
States government enforcement of intellectual property rights, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  November 8, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 352, 
to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings, S. 2135, 
to prohibit the recruitment or use of child soldiers, to designate 
persons who recruit or use child soldiers as inadmissible aliens, to 
allow the deportation of persons who recruit or use child soldiers, 
S. 2248, to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, 
to modernize and streamline the provisions of that Act, and the 
nominations of Michael J. Sullivan, of Massachusetts, to be 
Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 
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.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: November 7, 
business meeting to mark up an original bill entitled, ``Small 
Business Contracting Revitalization Act of 2007'', 9:30 a.m., SR-
428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: November 6, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the hiring practices and quality control in the 
Veterans Affairs medical facilities, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  November 7, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the performance and structure of the United States Court of 
Appeals for Veterans, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 6, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  November 8, Full Committee, meeting of conferees on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2008 for the 
intelligence community, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, November 7, Subcommittee on Livestock, 
Dairy and Poultry, hearing to review recent recalls in the meat 
industry, 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, November 8, Subcommittee on Seapower 
and Expeditionary Forces and Air and Land Forces, hearing on the 
Joint Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicle Program, 2 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, November 8, Subcommittee on 
Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, hearing on Securing 
Retirement Coverage for Future Generations, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, November 6, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled 
``Comprehensive Children's Product Safety and Consumer Product 
Safety Commission Reform Legislation,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, November 6, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 3915, Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory 
Lending Act of 2007; H.R. 3837, Escrow, Appraisal, and Mortgage 
Servicing Improvements Act; H.R. 4051, Housing Assistance 
Authorization Act of 2007; H.R. 4043, Preserving and Expanding 
Minority Depository Institutions Act; and H.R. 4050, Levee-Like 
Structure Consideration Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  November 8, hearing on H.R. 2634, Jubilee Act for Responsible 
Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2007, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  November 8, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary 
Policy, Trade, and Technology, hearing on H.R. 3956, Coin 
Modernization and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2007, 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, November 6, hearing on Yahoo! Inc.'s 
Provision of False Information to Congress, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  November 6, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human 
Rights, and Oversight, hearing on Human Rights Concerns in Vietnam, 
2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  November 7, Full Committee, hearing on Democracy, 
Authoritarianism, and Terrorism in Contemporary Pakistan, 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  November 8, Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia, hearing on 
Lebanon on the Brink, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, November 6, Subcommittee on 
Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment, 
hearing entitled ``Using the Web as a Weapon: The Internet as a Tool 
for Violent Radicalization and Homegrown Terrorism,'' 2 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  November 8, full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Progress and 
Pitfalls of the Terrorist Watch List,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, November 7, hearing on the 
Construction of the United States Capital: Recognizing the 
Contributions of Slave Labor, 1 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  November 9, Subcommittee on Elections, oversight hearing on 
Election Day Registration and Provisional Voting, 10 a.m., 1310 
Longworth.

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  Committee on the Judiciary, November 6, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, oversight hearing on the Congressional 
Review Act, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  November 6, Subcommittee on Crime, hearing and markup of H.R. 
1759, Managing Arson Through Criminal History (MATCH) Act of 2007, 1 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  November 8, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and 
Civil Liberties, oversight hearing on Torture and the Cruel, 
Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment of Detainees: The Effectiveness and 
Consequences of ``Enhanced'' Interrogation, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  November 8, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security, hearing on Review of the Prison Reform Act: A Decade of 
Reform or an Increase in Prison and Abuses?; and H.R. 1889, Private 
Prison Information Act of 2007, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  November 8, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, 
Border Security, and International Law, hearing on H.R. 750, Save 
America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, November 7, to mark up the 
following measures: H.R. 3079, Northern Mariana Islands Covenant 
Implementation Act; Northern Mariana Islands Delegate Act; H.R. 
1497, Legal Timber Protection Act; H.R. 3998, To authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct special resources studies of 
certain lands and structures to determine the appropriate means for 
preservation, use and management of the resources associated with 
such lands and structures; a measure To authorize the implementation 
of the San Joaquin River Restoration Settlement Act; H.R. 1662, To 
amend the Reclamation Safety Dams Act of 1978 to authorize 
improvements for the security of dams and other facilities; and H.R. 
2246, To validate certain conveyances made by the Union Pacific 
Railroad Company of lands located in Reno, Nevada, that were 
originally conveyed by the United States to facilitate construction 
of transcontinental railroads, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  November 8, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 3994, Department of 
the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, November 6, 
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District 
of Columbia, hearing on Telework: Breaking New Ground, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  November 6, Subcommittee on National Security, and Foreign 
Affairs, to continue hearings on Six Years Later: Smart Power and 
the U.S. Strategy for Security in a Post-9/11 World, 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  November 7, full Committee, hearing on Drug Resistant Infections 
in the Community: Consequences for Public Health, 9:15 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  November 7, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, 
to continue hearings on Iran: Reality, Options and Consequences, 
Part 2, Negotiating with Iranians: Missed Opportunities and Paths 
Forward, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  November 8, full Committee, hearing on EPA Approval of New Power 
Plants: Failure to Address Global Warming Pollutants, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, November 5, to consider the Conference Report 
to accompany H.R. 3043, Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 
2008, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  November 6, to consider the following: H.R. 3688, United States-
Peru Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act; and H.R. 3355, 
Homeowners' Defense Act of 2007, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, November 6, Subcommittee on 
Technology and Innovation, to continue hearings on Globalization of 
R&D and Innovation, Part IV: Implications for the Science and 
Engineering Workforce, 2:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  November 8, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on 
Near-Earth Objects (NEOs)--Status of the Survey Program and Review 
of NASA's Report to Congress, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, November 7, hearing entitled ``The 
State of The Small Business Economy,'' to examine the production, 
employment and output of our nation's small businesses, 9 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  November 8, Subcommittee on Regulations, Health Care and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Medicare Reimbursement Cuts: The Potential Impact 
on Solo and Small Group Medical Practices,'' 11 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, November 8, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Twenty-
First Century Water Commission Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, November 7, to mark up H.R. 3882, 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to change the length of the 
obligated period of service on active duty required for receiving 
certain education benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  November 8, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 
Affairs, hearing on the following: H.R. 3047, Veterans Claims 
Processing Innovation Act of 2007; H.R. 3249, Veterans Burial 
Benefits Improvement Act of 2007; H.R. 3286, To amend title 38, 
United States Code, to reduce the period of time for which a veteran 
must be totally disabled before the veterans's survivors are 
eligible for the benefits provided by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs for survivors of certain veterans rated totally disabled at 
time of death; H.R. 3415, To amend title 38, United States Code, to 
authorize the placement in a national cemetery of memorial markers 
for the purpose of commemorating servicemembers or other persons 
whose remains are interred in an American Battle Monuments 
Commission cemetery; H.R. 1137, To amend title 38, United States 
Code, to increase to $2,000 the amount of the Medal of Honor special 
pension under that title and to provide for payment of that pension 
to the surviving spouse of a deceased Medal of Honor recipient; H.R. 
3954, Providing Military Honors for our Nation's Heroes Act; and the 
Veterans Quality of Life Study Act of 2007, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.

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  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, November 7, executive, 
briefing on CIA Inspector General, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
November 5, hearing on Youth Leadership for Clean Energy and a 
Healthy Climate, 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  November 7, hearing entitled ``Oil Shock: Potential for Crisis,'' 
9 a.m., room to be announced.
  Select Committee to Investigate the Voting Irregularities of 
August 2, 2007, November 8, hearing on Presiding Officer 
Perspectives: presiding over a vote in the House of Representatives, 
8:45 a.m., 1537 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: November 8, Senate Select Committee on 
Intelligence, meeting of conferees on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2008 for the intelligence 
community, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: November 8, to 
hold hearings to examine outstanding issues relating to the 1992-
1995 conflict in Bosnia, focusing on violent ethic cleansing, and 
how they shape politics, society, and economic development in 
Bosnia, 2 p.m., B-318-RHOB.
  Joint Economic Committee: November 8, to hold hearings to examine 
the current economic outlook, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: November 5, to 
hold hearings to examine the twenty-first century security in the 
Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) region, 
focusing on challenges among member states, protracted and 
unresolved conflicts, shifting political and military alliances, 
while still confronting the threat of terrorism, 3 p.m., 2212-RHOB.