[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 191 (Thursday, December 13, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1628-D1629]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
CIA INTERROGATION PROGRAM
Committee on Appropriations: Select Intelligence Oversight Panel met in 
executive session to hold a hearing on CIA Interrogation Program. 
Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
GLOBAL MARITIME STRATEGY INITIATIVES
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on global maritime strategy 
initiatives. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of the Navy: ADM Gary Roughead, USN, Chief of Naval 
Operations; and GEN James T. Conway, USMC, Commandant of the Marine 
Corps; and ADM Thad W. Allen, USCG, Commandant of the Coast Guard, 
Department of Homeland Security.
CBO's LONG-TERM BUDGET OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on CBO's Long-Term Budget 
Outlook. Testimony was heard from Peter Orszag, Director, CBO.
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY MODERNIZATION ACT; COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Began consideration of H.R. 4040, 
Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act.
  The Committee also approved pending Committee business.
PRIORITIZING RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATION FOR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ACT 
OF 2007
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and 
Intellectual Property held a hearing on H.R. 4279, Prioritizing 
Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2007. 
Testimony was heard from Sigal P. Mandelker, Deputy Assistant Attorney 
General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; and public 
witnesses.
STATE-RUN JUVENILE BOOT CAMPS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security held a hearing on oversight of State-Run Juvenile 
Correctional Facilities known as ``Boot Camps.'' Testimony was heard 
from Audrey Gibson, State Representative, Florida; and public 
witnesses.
ASSESSING VETERANS' CHARITIES
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Held a hearing on 
Assessing Veterans' Charities. Testimony was heard from Senator 
Grassley; Tracy L. McCurdy, Director, Bureau of Charitable 
Organizations, State of Pennsylvania; and public witnesses.

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SAME DAY CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED BY RULES 
COMMITTEE
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a voice vote, a rule waiving clause 
6(a) of rule XIII (requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on 
the same day it is reported from the Rules Committee) against certain 
resolutions reported from the Rules Committee. The rule applies the 
waiver to any resolution reported on the legislative day of December 
17, 2007, providing for 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. It also applies to any 
resolution reported on the legislative day of December 17, 2007, 
providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to H.R. 6, to 
reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil by investing in clean, 
renewable, and alternative energy resources, promoting new emerging 
energy technologies, developing greater efficiency, and creating a 
Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables Reserve to invest in 
alternative energy, and for other purposes.
SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Small Business: Ordered reported H.R. 4458, Small Business 
Regulatory Improvement Act.
LATIN AMERICA: DESTABILIZING EFFECTS OF THE DRUG TRADE
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on Latin America: Destabilizing Effects of the Drug 
Trade. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings
FREEDOM OF THE MEDIA IN THE OSCE REGION
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission concluded 
a hearing to examine freedom of the media in the Organization for 
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) region, after receiving 
testimony from Miklos Haraszti, Representative on Freedom of the Media, 
OSCE, Vienna, Austria.