[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 23]
[Senate]
[Pages 31391-31393]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on November 14, 2007, at 10:30 a.m., in order to 
conduct a hearing entitled ``Shareholder Rights and Proxy Access.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on November 14, 2007, at 2 p.m., in order to 
conduct a hearing entitled ``Sovereign Wealth Fund Acquisitions and 
Other Foreign Government Investments in the U.S.: Assessing the 
Economic and National Security Implications.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Wednesday, November 14, 2007, at 10 a.m., 
in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building, in order to conduct 
a hearing.
  The hearing will focus on the need to improve the U.S. Global Change 
Research Program, which is responsible for coordinating and directing 
Federal climate change research. It will also address the need for 
improved communication of climate information to decision makers.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, November 14, 2007, at 10 a.m., in 
room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, in order to conduct 
a hearing.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the Global 
Nuclear Energy Partnership as it relates to U.S. policy on nuclear fuel 
management.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. HARKIN, Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Wednesday, November 14, 2007, at 10 a.m., in room 215 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building, to hear testimony on ``Federal Estate Tax: 
Uncertainty in Planning Under the Current Law.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet in 
executive session during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, 
November 14, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        committee on homeland security and governmental affairs

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet 
during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, November 14, 2007, at 10 
a.m. in order to conduct a business meeting to consider pending 
committee business.

                                 Agenda

     Legislation

  S. 2324, Inspector General Reform Act of 2007; S. 2292, National 
Bombing Prevention Act of 2007; S. 1667, a bill to establish a pilot 
program for the expedited disposal of Federal real property; S. 1000, 
Telework Enhancement Act of 2007; S. 2321, E-Government Reauthorization 
Act of 2007; H.R. 390, Preservation of Records of Servitude, 
Emancipation, and Post-Civil War Reconstruction Act; and H.R. 3571, a 
bill to amend the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to permit 
individuals who have served as employees of the Office of Compliance to 
serve as Executive Director, Deputy Executive Director, or General 
Counsel of the Office, and to permit individuals appointed to such 
positions to serve one additional term.

     Nominations

  Robert D. Jamison, Under Secretary for National Protection and 
Programs, U.S. Department of Homeland Security; Wiley Ross Ashley III, 
Assistant Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, U.S. 
Department of Homeland Security; and the Honorable Ellen C. Williams, 
Member, Postal Board of Governors.

     Postal Naming Bills

  S. 2174, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 175 South Monroe Street in Tiffin, Ohio, as the 
``Paul E. Gillmor Post Office Building;'' H.R. 2089, a bill to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
701 Loyola Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the ``Louisiana Armed 
Services Veterans Post Office;'' H.R. 3297, a bill to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 950 West 
Trenton Avenue in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, as the ``Nate DeTample 
Post Office Building;'' H.R. 3308, a bill to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 216 East Main Street in 
Atwood, Indiana, as the ``Lance Corporal David K. Fribley Post 
Office;'' H.R. 3530, a bill to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 1400 Highway 41 North in Inverness, 
Florida, as the ``Chief Warrant Officer Aaron Weaver Post Office 
Building;'' H.R. 2276, a bill to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 203 North Main Street in Vassar, 
Michigan, as the ``Corporal Christopher E. Esckelson Post Office 
Building;'' H.R. 3325, a bill to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 235 Mountain Road in Suffield, 
Connecticut, as the ``Corporal Stephen R. Bixler Post Office;'' S. 
2110, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 427 North Street in Taft, California, as the ``Larry 
S. Pierce Post Office;'' H.R. 3382, a bill to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 200 North William Street in 
Goldsboro, North Carolina, as the ``Philip A. Baddour Sr. Post 
Office;'' S. 2290, a bill 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;'' S. 
2272, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service known as the Southpark Station in Alexandria, Louisiana, as the 
``John `Marty' Thiels Southpark Station;'' H.R. 3446, a bill to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
202 East Michigan Avenue in Marshall, Michigan, as the ``Michael W. 
Schragg Post Office Building;'' S. 2150/H.R. 3572, a bill to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4320 Blue 
Parkway in Kansas City, Missouri, as the ``Wallace S. Hartsfield Post 
Office Building;'' S. 2107/H.R. 3307, a bill to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 570 Broadway in Bayonne, 
New Jersey, as the ``Dennis P. Collins Post Office Building;'' H.R. 
3518, a bill to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1430 South Highway 29 in Cantonment, Florida, as the 
``Charles H. Hendrix Post Office Building.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, November 14, 2007, in order to conduct a markup of 
pending legislation. Immediately following the conclusion of the 
markup, the Committee will conduct a hearing on the nomination of 
Michael W. Hager, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, Human Resources and Management. The committee will meet in 
room SD-562 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building beginning at 9:30 
a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, November 14, 2007, at 2:30 p.m., in order to 
conduct a hearing entitled, ``Medicaid Providers That Cheat on Their 
Taxes and What Can Be Done About It.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, 
be authorized to meet in order to conduct a hearing entitled ``No Safe 
Haven: Accountability for Human Rights Violators in the United States'' 
on Wednesday, November 14, 2007, at 10 a.m. in room SD-266 of the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building.

     Witness list

  Panel I: Sigal P. Mandelker, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 
Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, and 
Marcy M. Forman, Director of Office of Investigations, Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, 
DC.
  Panel II: David Scheffer, Mayer Brown/Robert A. Helman Professor of

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Law, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, IL; Pamela 
Merchant, Executive Director, Center for Justice and Accountability, 
San Francisco, CA; and Juan Romagoza Arce, Executive Director, La 
Clinica del Pueblo, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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