[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 23]
[Senate]
[Pages 31973-31974]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          NOTICES OF HEARINGS


               COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been 
scheduled before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The 
hearing will be held on December 11, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. in room 366 of 
the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 2156 (SECURE 
Water Act), a bill 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-related data to assess the long-term availability 
of water resources for irrigation, hydroelectric power, municipal, and 
environmental uses, and for other purposes.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may 
testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written 
testimony for the hearing record should send it to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Washington, DC 
20510-6150.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that an oversight hearing has 
been scheduled before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will be held on Thursday, December 13, 2007, at 9:30 a.m. 
in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of this oversight hearing is to receive testimony on 
Reform of the Mining Law of 1872.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may 
testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written 
testimony for the hearing record should send it to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Washington, DC 
20510-6150.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that an oversight hearing has 
been scheduled before the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests of 
the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will be held on Thursday, December 13, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. 
in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony regarding forest 
restoration and hazardous fuels reduction efforts in the forests of 
Oregon and Washington.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may 
testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written 
testimony for the hearing record should send it to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Washington, DC 
20510-6150.


                PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland

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Security and Governmental Affairs will hold a hearing entitled, 
``Credit Card Practices: Unfair Interest Rate Increases.'' The 
Subcommittee hearing will examine the circumstances under which credit 
card issuers may increase the interest rates of cardholders who are in 
compliance with the terms of their credit cards. This hearing will be a 
followup to the Subcommittee's March 2007 hearing, which examined 
practices related to credit card grace periods, interest charges 
assessed against debt that was paid on time, and excessive fees. 
Witnesses for the upcoming hearing will include a panel of cardholders 
who experienced interest rate increases, as well as representatives 
from credit card companies.
  The Subcommittee hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, December 4, 2007, 
at 9:30 a.m., in room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.


                         SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a joint hearing has been 
scheduled before the Subcommittee on Energy of the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources and the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations 
of the Committee on Homeland Security. The hearing will be held on 
Tuesday, December 11, 2007, at 10 a.m., in Room 216 of the Hart Senate 
Office Building.
  This joint hearing will examine the role of speculation in recent 
record crude oil prices.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may 
testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written 
testimony for the hearing record should send it to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Washington, DC 
20510-6150.

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