[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 192 (Friday, December 14, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1634-D1635]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of December 17 through December 22, 2007

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 10 a.m., Senate will resume consideration of the motion 
to proceed to consideration of S. 2248, FISA Amendments Act, and vote 
on the motion to invoke cloture thereon at approximately 12 noon.
  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 Armed Services: December 18, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Mary Beth Long, of Virginia, and James 
Shinn, of New Jersey, both to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense, 
and Craig W. Duehring, of Minnesota, and John H. Gibson, of Texas, 
both to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, all of the 
Department of Defense, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: December 18, 
to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Carl T. Johnson, of 
Virginia, to be Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous 
Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, 
Francis Mulvey, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Surface 
Transportation Board, and Denver Stutler, Jr., of Florida, Nancy A. 
Naples, of New York, and Thomas C. Carper, of Illinois, all to be a 
Members of the Reform Board (Amtrak), 11 a.m., SR-253.
  December 18, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and 
Coast Guard, to hold hearings to examine oil spills from non-tank 
vessels, focusing on threats, risks, and vulnerabilities, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-253.
  December 19, 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 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Robert A. Sturgell, of Maryland, to be Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration, and Simon Charles Gros, of 
New Jersey, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of 
Transportation, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: December 18, to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Jon Wellinghoff, of Nevada, to 
be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-366.
  December 19, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Jon Wellinghoff, of Nevada, to be a Member of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 11:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: December 19, to receive a closed 
briefing on Kosovo, focusing on future challenges, 11 a.m., S-407, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: December 
18, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Steven H. Murdock, 
of Texas, to be Director of the Census, Department of Commerce, 3:30 
p.m., SD-342.
  December 19, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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. 3470, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 744 West Oglethorpe Highway in Hinesville, Georgia, as the ``John 
Sidney `Sid' Flowers 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'', S. 2478, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 59 Colby Corner in East Hampstead, New 
Hampshire, as the ``Captain Jonathan D. Grassbaugh Post Office'', 
H.R. 3569, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 16731 Santa Ana Avenue in Fontana, California, as 
the ``Beatrice E. Watson Post Office Building'', and the nominations 
of Harvey E. Johnson, Jr., of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator, 
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, 
and Steven H. Murdock, of Texas, to be Director of the Census, 
Department of Commerce, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: December 18, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Ondray T. Harris, of Virginia, to be 
Director, Community Relations Service, David W. Hagy, of Texas, to 
be Director of the National Institute of Justice, Cynthia Dyer, of 
Texas, to be Director of the Violence Against Women Office, 
Department of Justice, and Nathan J. Hochman, of California, to be 
an Assistant Attorney General, all of the Department of Justice, and 
Scott M. Burns, of Utah, to be Deputy Director of National Drug 
Control Policy, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  December 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to consider the 
nomination of Mark R. Filip, of Illinois, to

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be Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, December 18, to continue 
consideration of H.R. 4040, Consumer Product Safety and 
Modernization Act, and to consider H.R. 1216, Cameron Gulbransen 
Kids and Cars Safety Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, December 19, Subcommittee on 
International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight, hearing on 
the Extension of the United Nations Mandate for Iraq: Is the Iraqi 
Parliament Being Ignored? 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, December 18, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, oversight hearing 
on the Legacy of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  December 18, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security, hearing on H.R. 4175, Privacy and Cybercrime Enforcement 
Act of 2007, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  December 19, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security, hearing on Enforcement of Federal Criminal Law to Protect 
Americans Working for U.S. Contractors in Iraq, 10:15 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  December 20, full Committee, hearing on Applicability of Federal 
Criminal Laws to the Interrogation of Detainees, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, December 20, 
Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, hearing 
entitled ``Pakistani Elections: Will They Be Free and Fair or 
Fundamentally Flawed?'' 10 a.m., Rayburn.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
December 19, hearing entitled ``After Bali--UN Conference and the 
Impact on International Climate Change Policy,'' 9:30 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.