[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 12939-12941]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, May 17, 2007 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                 MAY 18
     10:30 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine growth trends in health care 
           premiums for active and retired federal employees.
                                                            SD-342

                                 MAY 21
     Time to be announced
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S.1352, to designate the 
           facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
           127 East Locust Street in Fairbury, Illinois, as the 
           ``Dr. Francis Townsend Post Office Building'', H.R. 
           1402, to designate the facility of the United States 
           Postal Servicelocated at 320 South Lecanto Highway in 
           Lecanto, Florida, as the ``Sergeant Dennis J. Flanagan 
           Lecanto Post Office Building'', H.R. 414, to designate 
           the facility of the United States Postal Servicelocated 
           at 60 Calle McKinley, West in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, as 
           the ``Miguel Angel Garcia Mendez Post Office 
           Building'', H.R. 625, to designate the facility of the 
           United States Postal Servicelocated at 4230 Maine 
           Avenue in Baldwin Park, California, as the ``Atanacio 
           Haro-Marin Post Office'', H.R. 988, to designate the 
           facility of the United States Postal Servicelocated at 
           5757 Tilton Avenue in Riverside, California, as the 
           ``Lieutenant Todd Jason Bryant Post Office'', H.R. 437, 
           to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
           Servicelocated at 500 West Eisenhower Street in Rio 
           Grande City, Texas, as the ``Lino Perez, Jr. Post 
           Office'', and the nomination of Howard Charles 
           Weizmann, of Maryland, to be Deputy Director of the 
           Office of Personnel Management.
                                                    S-216, Capitol

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     2 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To continue hearings to examine proposed budget estimates 
           for fiscal year 2008 for the National Institutes of 
           Health: A New Vision for Medical Research.
                                                            SD-116

                                 MAY 22
     Time to be announced
       Veterans' Affairs
         Business meeting to markup the nomination of Michael K. 
           Kussman, of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary for 
           Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
                                              Room to be announced
     9 a.m.
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
           Year 2008.
                                                            SR-222
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the progress of the Mine 
           Improvement and New Emergency Response Act (Public Law 
           109-236).
                                                            SD-628
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine tax policy in the pipeline, 
           focusing on oil and gas.
                                                            SD-215
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of James R. 
           Keith, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Malaysia, 
           Miriam K. Hughes, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
           Federated States of Micronesia, Hans G. Klemm, of 
           Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic 
           of Timor-Leste, and Cameron R. Hume, of New York, to be 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia.
                                                            SD-419
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine restoring habeas corpus, 
           focusing on protecting American values and the Great 
           Writ.
                                                            SD-226
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings with the House Subcommittee on the 
           Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of 
           Columbia to examine Government Accountability Office 
           Personnel reforms, focusing on expectations.
                                                          2154RHOB
       Armed Services
       Personnel Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
           Year 2008.
                                                           SR-232A
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine minority entrepreneurship, 
           focusing on the effectiveness of the Small Business 
           Administration programs for the minority business 
           community.
                                                           SR-428A
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, 
           Safety and Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine rail safety reauthorization.
                                                            SR-253
     12:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Airland Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
           Year 2008.
                                                            SR-222
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine improving air service to 
           small and rural communities.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Energy Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S.645, to amend the Energy 
           Policy Act of 2005 to provide an alternate sulfur 
           dioxide removal measurement for certain coal 
           gasification project goals, S.838, to authorize funding 
           for eligible joint ventures between United States and 
           Israeli businesses and academic persons, to establish 
           the International Energy Advisory Board, S.1089, to 
           amend the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act to allow the 
           Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas 
           Transportation Projects to hire employees more 
           efficiently, S.1203, to enhance the management of 
           electricity programs at the Department of Energy, H.R. 
           85, to provide for the establishment of centers to 
           encourage demonstration and commercial application of 
           advanced energy methods and technologies, and H.R. 
           1126, to reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy 
           Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 
           1988.
                                                            SD-366
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine the case for the California 
           waiver.
                                                            SD-406
     3 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine implementing Federal 
           Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reform, focusing on 
           the preparation for the 2007 hurricane season.
                                                            SD-342
     4 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
           Year 2008.
                                                            SR-222
     5:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
           Year 2008.
                                                           SR-232A

                                 MAY 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Judiciary
       Crime and Drugs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine rising crime in the United 
           States, focusing on the federal role in helping 
           communities prevent and respond to violent crime.
                                                            SD-226
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine health legislation.
                                                            SD-562
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine communications, taxation and 
           federalism.
                                                            SR-253
     11:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
       Strategic Forces Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
           Year 2008.
                                                            SR-222
     1:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine S.1257, to provide the 
           District of Columbia a voting seat and the State of 
           Utah an additional seat in the House of 
           Representatives, focusing on ending taxation without 
           representation.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
         Closed business meeting to markup the proposed National 
           Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008.
                                                            SR-222
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Security and International Trade and Finance Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine United States economic 
           relations with China, focusing on strategies and 
           options on exchange rates and market access.
                                                            SD-538

                                 MAY 24
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         Closed business meeting to markup the proposed National 
           Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008.
                                                            SR-222
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Michael E. 
           Baroody, of Virginia, to be Chairman and Commissioner 
           of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Charles 
           Darwin Snelling, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the 
           Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington 
           Airports Authority.
                                                            SR-253
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
           Federal Services, and International Security 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine federal real property, 
           focusing on the property management problems 
           highlighted in a

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           recent Government Accountability Office report.
                                                            SD-342
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine Russia, focusing on the 
           reemergence of Russia as a major political and economic 
           power.
                                                          B318RHOB
     3 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Disaster Recovery Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine issues relative to residents 
           of Louisiana affected by Hurricane Katrina or Rita, 
           focusing on the goals, costs, management and 
           impediments facing Louisiana's Road Home Program.
                                                            SD-342

                                JUNE 13
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         Business meeting to markup pending legislation.
                                                            SD-562
     10 a.m.
       Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings to examine nominations to the Federal 
           Election Commission.
                                                            SR-301

                                JUNE 27
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Department of 
           Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense, 
           focusing on cooperation on employment issues.
                                                            SD-562