[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 187 (Friday, December 7, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1589-D1591]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of December 10 through December 15, 2007

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 3 p.m., Senate will resume consideration on H.R. 2419, 
Farm Bill Extension 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 Appropriations: December 11, to hold hearings to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2008 
for the supplemental request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, 
10 a.m., SD-106.
  December 13, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine mine 
inspections, focusing on the efficacy of the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration (MSHA), 2 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: December 13, to 
hold hearings to examine shopping smart and avoiding scams, focusing 
on financial literacy during the holiday season, 10:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: December 12, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine 
Infrastructure, Safety and Security, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, focusing on 
truck driver hours-of-service (HOS) rules and truck safety, 10 a.m., 
SR-253.
  December 13, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 10 a.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: December 11, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 2156, to authorize and facilitate the 
improvement of water management by the Bureau of Reclamation, to 
require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Energy to 
increase the acquisition and analysis of water resources for 
irrigation, hydroelectric power, municipal, and environmental uses, 
2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  December 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine ways to 
reform the Mining Law of 1872, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  December 13, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold 
hearings to examine forest restoration and hazardous fuels reduction 
efforts in the forests of Oregon and Washington, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: December 13, to hold 
hearings to examine the Clean Water Act (Public Law 92-500), 
focusing on the Supreme Court decisions in Solid Waste Agency of 
Northern Cook County and Rapanos-Carabell, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: December 11, to hold hearings to examine S. 
1673, to facilitate the export of United States agricultural 
products to Cuba as authorized by the Trade Sanctions Reform and 
Export Enhancement Act of 2000, to remove impediments to the export 
to Cuba of medical devices and medicines, to allow travel to Cuba by 
United States citizens, to establish an agricultural export 
promotion program with respect to Cuba, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: December 11, to receive a closed 
briefing on national intelligence estimate on Iran, focusing on 
nuclear intentions and capabilities, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  December 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
perspectives on the next phase of the global fight against HIV/AIDS, 
tuberculosis, and malaria, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: December 11, 
to hold hearings to examine the global challenge of HIV/AIDS, 
tuberculosis, and malaria, 10 a.m., SR-325.
  December 12, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 579, 
to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize the Director of 
the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make 
grants for the development and operation of research centers 
regarding environmental factors that may be related to the etiology 
of breast cancer, and any pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  December 13, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Education and Labor 
Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions to examine 
the National Labor Relations Board, focusing on decisions and their 
impact on worker's rights, 10 a.m., 2175-RHOB.

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  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: December 
11, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold joint hearings 
with the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on 
Energy to examine the role of speculation in recent crude oil 
prices, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  December 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine e-
government 2.0, focusing on improving innovation, collaboration, and 
access, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  December 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Harvey E. Johnson, Jr., of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Administrator and Chief Operating Officer, Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, and Jeffrey William Runge, of North Carolina, to 
be Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, 
both of the Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  December 13, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold 
hearings to examine prioritizing management, focusing on 
implementing chief management officers at federal agencies, 10 a.m., 
SD-342.
  December 13, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine United Nations Development Program operations in 
North Korea, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: December 11, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security, to hold hearings to 
examine the legal rights of Guantanamo detainees, focusing on what 
they are, should they be changed, and is there an end in sight, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  December 11, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and 
Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine the Sunshine in 
Litigation Act, focusing on whether court secrecy undermines public 
health and safety, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  December 12, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1782, to amend chapter 1 of title 9 of United States Code 
with respect to arbitration, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  December 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S. 2402, 
to provide for the substitution of the United States in certain 
civil actions, S. 344, to permit the televising of Supreme Court 
proceedings, S. 1638, to adjust the salaries of Federal justices and 
judges, S. 1829, to reauthorize programs under the Missing 
Children's Assistance Act, S. 431, to require convicted sex 
offenders to register online identifiers, S. 2344, to create a 
competitive grant program to provide for age-appropriate Internet 
education for children, and S. Res. 388, designating the week of 
February 4 through February 8, 2008, as ``National Teen Dating 
Violence Awareness and Prevention Week'', 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: December 12, to hold 
hearings to examine a recently released Government Accountability 
Office report, focusing on funding challenges and facilities 
maintenance at the Smithsonian Institution, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: December 13, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: December 12, to hold hearings to 
examine reverse mortgages, focusing on polishing not tarnishing the 
golden years, 10:30 a.m., SD-628.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, December 11, hearing on Security and 
Stability in Afghanistan: Status of U.S. Strategy and Operations and 
the Way Ahead, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  December 12, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on implementation 
of the Base Realignment and Closure 2005 decisions, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  December 13, full Committee, hearing on global maritime strategy 
initiatives, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, December 13, hearing on CBO's Long-Term 
Budget Outlook, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, December 12, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Energy Speculation: 
Is Greater Regulation Necessary to Stop Price Manipulation?'' 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, December 12, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``The 
Financial Consumer Hotline Act of 2007: Providing Consumers with 
Easy Access to the Appropriate Banking Regulator,'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, December 12, Subcommittee on the 
Middle East and South Asia, hearing on Connecting the Money to the 
Mission: The Past, Present, and Future of U.S. Assistance to the 
Palestinians, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, December 12, Subcommittee on 
Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection, hearing on 
the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, December 12, Task Force on Antitrust 
and Competition Policy, hearing on Media Consolidation: Impact on 
Minority Ownership and Localism, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  December 13, Subcommittee on Courts, The Internet, and 
Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 4279, Prioritizing Resources 
and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  December 13, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security, hearing on oversight of State-Run Juvenile Correctional 
Facilities known as ``Boot Camps,'' 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, December 12, oversight hearing on 
New Fees for Filming and Photography on Public Lands, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, December 11, 
Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, 
hearing on A Review of the Census Bureau's Risk Management 
Activities for IT Acquisitions, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.

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  December 12, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing on Assessing 
the Environmental Risks of the Water Bottling Industry's Extraction 
of Groundwater, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  December 13, full Committee, hearing on Assessing Veterans' 
Charities, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, December 11, to consider the following: 
Conference Report to accompany H.R. 1585, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; Conference to accompany H.R. 
2082, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008; and a 
resolution Providing for the consideration of the Senate amendment 
to the bill (H.R. 2764) making appropriations for the Department of 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2008, and for other purposes, 5 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, December 12, hearing entitled 
``Sarbanes-Oxley Section 404: New Evidence on the Cost for Small 
Companies,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, December 12, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 
Emergency Management, hearing on the New DHS Headquarters at St. 
Elizabeths: Local Business Opportunities, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, December 12, hearing on Stopping 
Suicides: Mental Health Challenges Within the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 10 a.m., 345 Cannon.
  December 12, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the 
Subcommittee on Health, joint hearing on Outpatient Waiting Times, 2 
p.m., 345 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: December 13, Senate Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace 
Safety, to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Education 
and Labor Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions to 
examine the National Labor Relations Board, focusing on decisions 
and their impact on workers' rights, 10 a.m., 2175-RHOB.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: December 13, to 
hold hearings to examine freedom of the media in the Organization 
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) region, 10 a.m., 318B-
RHOB.