[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 15, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D10-D11]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MITCHELL REPORT--ILLEGAL USE OF STEROIDS IN MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled 
``The Mitchell Report: The Illegal Use of Steroids in Major League 
Baseball.'' Testimony was heard from former Senator George Mitchell of 
Maine; Allen H. (Bud) Selig, Commissioner, Major League Baseball; and 
Donald M. Fehr, Executive Director, Major League Baseball Players 
Association.
S-MINER ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 
1 hour of general debate on H.R. 2768, Supplemental Mine Improvement 
and New Emergency Response (S-MINER) Act of 2007, equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Education and Labor. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill except clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI. The rule 
provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended 
by the Committee on Education and Labor now printed in the bill shall 
be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment and 
shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order 
against the amendment in the nature of a substitute except for clause 
10 of rule XXI.
  The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules 
Committee report. The amendments made in order may be offered only in 
the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 
designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for a division of the 
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of 
order against the amendments except for clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI 
are waived. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. The rule provides that, notwithstanding the operation of 
the previous question, the Chair may postpone further consideration of 
the bill to a time designated by the Speaker. Testimony was heard from 
Chairman George Miller of California, and Representatives Ellsworth, 
McKeon, Wilson of South Carolina, and Kline of Minnesota.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, January 16, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing on A Continuing Dialogue: Post-Surge 
Alternatives for Iraq, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  January 17, full Committee, hearing on Status of Efforts to 
Develop Iraqi Security Forces, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, January 17, hearing on the Near-Term 
Outlook for the U.S. Economy, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, January 16, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``Helping Families with Needed Care: 
Medicaid's Critical Role for Americans with Disabilities,'' 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  January 17, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing 
entitled ``Administration Perspectives on United Nations Climate 
Change Conference in Bali,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, January 16, Subcommittee on the 
Middle East and South Asia, hearing on U.S.-Pakistan Relations: 
Assassination, Instability and the Future of U.S. Policy, 2 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, January 17, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, oversight hearing on the Implementation of 
the U.S. Department of Justice's Special Counsel Regulations, 1:30 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  January 17, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, 
Border Security, and International Law,

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hearing on Naturalization Delays: Causes, Consequences and 
Solutions, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, January 17, hearing 
on Assessing Veterans' Charities--Part II, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, January 16, to consider H.R. 3524, HOPE VI 
Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2007, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, January 16, hearing entitled ``SBA's 
Progress in Implementing the Women's Procurement Program,'' 10 a.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  January 17, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the U.S. Export-Import 
Bank's Implementation of its Small Business Mandate,'' 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, January 16, to 
mark up the following: GSA Capital Investment and Leasing Program 
Resolutions; H.R. 3913, To amend the International Center Act to 
authorize the lease or sublease of certain property described in 
such Act to an entity other than a foreign government or 
international organization if certain conditions are met; H.R. 4140. 
To designate the Port Angeles Federal Building in Port Angeles, 
Washington, as the ``Richard B. Anderson Federal Building;'' H. Res. 
832, Honoring the Texas Water Development Board on its selection as 
a recipient of the Environmental Protection Agency's 2007 Clean 
Water State Revolving and Innovation Award; H. Res. 845, Recognizing 
the 60th anniversary of Everglades National Park; H.R. 866, Honoring 
the brave men and women of the United States Coast Guard whose 
tireless work, dedication, and commitment to protecting the United 
States have let to the Coast Guard seizing over 350,000 pounds of 
cocaine at sea during 2007, far surpassing all of our previous 
records; and other pending business, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  January 17, hearing on the National Surface Transportation Policy 
and Revenue Study Commission Report, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, January 17, Subcommittee on 
Economic Opportunity, hearing to review pending Montgomery G.I. Bill 
legislation, 1 p.m., 340 Cannon.
  January 17, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 2790, To amend title 38, United Stats Code, to establish 
the position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the 
office of the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health; H.R. 
3458, To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a 
pilot program on the provision of traumatic brain injury care in 
rural areas; H.R. 3819, Veterans Emergency Care Fairness Act of 
2007; H.R. 4053, Mental Health Improvements Act of 2007; H.R. 4107, 
Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act; H.R. 4146, To amend 
title 38, United States Code, to clarify the availability of 
emergency medical care for veterans in non-Department of Veteran 
Affairs medical facilities; H.R. 4204, Veterans Suicide Study Act; 
and H.R. 4231, Rural Veterans Health Care Access Act of 2007, 10 
a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, January 16, Subcommittee on Social 
Security, hearing on Social Security Benefits for Economically 
Vulnerable Beneficiaries, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, January 16, executive, 
briefing on Hot Spots, 8:45 a.m., and, executive, hearing on CIA 
Tapes Investigation, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  January 17, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, 
Analysis and Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on U.S. 
Hostages in Colombia, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
January 17, hearing entitled ``On Thin Ice: the Future of the Polar 
Bear,'' 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.