[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 172 (Wednesday, November 7, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1491-D1493]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





           COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine localism, diversity, and media ownership, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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

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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: 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 Foreign Relations: 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: to hold 
hearings to examine ways to protect the employment rights of those 
who protect the United States, 10:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, 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, 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, Subcommittee on Environment and 
Hazardous Materials, to mark up H.R. 1747, Safe Drinking Water for 
Healthy Communities Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing on H.R. 2634, Jubilee Act 
for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2007, 10 
a.m.; and to continue markup of H.R. 4051, Housing Assistance 
Authorization Act of 2007, 1 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Middle East and 
South Asia, hearing on Lebanon on the Brink, 9:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``The Progress 
and Pitfalls of the Terrorist Watch List,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  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, 1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  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, 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, hearing on EPA 
Approval of New Power Plants: Failure to Address Global Warming 
Pollutants; and to mark up the following measures: H.R. 3179, Local 
Preparedness Acquisition Act; H.R. 2414, Metropolitan Police 
Department and Fire Service Act of 2007; H.R. 3974, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 797 Sam Bass 
Road in Round Rock, Texas, as the ``Marine Corps Corporal Steven P. 
Gill Post Office Building;'' H.R. 4009, To designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 567 West Nepessing 
Street in Lapeer, Michigan, as the ``Turrill Post Office Building;'' 
H. Con. Res 211, Supporting the goals and ideals of World Diabetes 
Day;'' H. Con. Res. 215, Supporting the

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designation of a week as ``National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation 
and Automated External Defibrillator Awareness Week;'' H. Res. 695, 
Expressing the support for designation of a ``National Fire Fighter 
Appreciation Day;'' and H. Res. 785, Recognizing the 100th 
Anniversary of Robstown, Texas, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 3996, Temporary Tax Relief 
Act of 2007, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, 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, 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, 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, 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 veteran'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; 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 veteran'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; and 
H.R. 4984, Veterans Quality of Life Study Act of 2007, 2 p.m., 334 
Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine outstanding issues relating to the 1992-1995 conflict in 
Bosnia, focusing on violent ethnic cleansing, and how they shape 
politics, society, and economic development in Bosnia, 2 p.m., B-
318-RHOB.
  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the current 
economic outlook, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Conference: Meeting of conferees on H.R. 1429, to reauthorize the 
Head Start Act, to improve program quality, to expand access, 5:30 
p.m., 2175-RHOB.