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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1165-D1166 on Sept. 6, 2007.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
IRAQI SECURITY FORCES INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT COMMISSION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine a report on the findings of the Iraqi Security Forces Independent Assessment Commission, receiving testimony from General James L. Jones, Jr., USMC (Ret.), Chairman, General George A. Joulwan, USA (Ret.), Chief Charles H. Ramsey, John J. Hamre, General John N. Abrams, USA
(Ret.), Lieutenant General Martin R. Berndt, USMC (Ret.), Admiral Gregory G. Johnson, USN (Ret.), Sergeant Major Alford L. McMichael, USMC (Ret.), and Lieutenant General James C. King, USA (Ret.), all of the Iraqi Security Forces Independent Assessment Commission.
MILITARY DETAINEES
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing regarding the treatment of detainees from certain members of the intelligence community.
CONFINED ANIMAL OPERATION INDUSTRY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the potential human health, water quality, and other impacts of the confined animal feeding operation industry, after receiving testimony from Robert M. Hirsch, Associate Director for Water, United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, Environmental Protection Agency; W.A. Drew Edmondson, Oklahoma Attorney General, Oklahoma City; Leonard Blackham, Utah Department of Agriculture and Food, Salt Lake City, on behalf of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture; Catharine Fitzsimmons, Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Urbandale, on behalf of the National Association of Clean Air Agencies; Thomas P. Bonacquisti, Loudoun County Sanitation Authority, Leesburg, Virginia, on behalf of Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies; Olin Sims, National Association of Conservation Districts, McFadden, Wyoming; Chris Chinn, American Farm Bureau Federation, Clarence, Missouri; Nicholas Nemec, Western Organization of Resource Councils, Holabird, South Dakota; Michael R. Dicks, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater; and Richard J. Dove, New Bern, North Carolina.
PENSION ISSUES
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine carried interest, the right to receive a percentage of private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, or similar investment profits without an obligation to contribute capital to the fund (Part III), focusing on pensions issues, after receiving testimony from Russell Read, California Public Employees' Retirement System, Sacramento; Alan J. Auerbach, University of California Berkeley Burch Center for Tax Policy and Public Finance; and Donald B. Trone, Foundation for Fiduciary Studies, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.
DHS STATUS REPORT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine a Department of Homeland Security status report, focusing on assessing challenges and measuring progress, after receiving testimony from David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability Office; and Paul A. Schneider, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Charles E. F. Millard, of New York, to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his on behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following:
S. 453, to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1692, to grant a Federal charter to Korean War Veterans Association, Incorporated;
S. Res. 282, supporting the goals and ideals of a National Polycystic Kidney Disease Awareness Week to raise public awareness and understanding of polycystic kidney disease and to foster understanding of the impact polycystic kidney disease has on patients and future generations of their families;
S. Res. 134, designating September 2007 as ``Adopt a School Library Month'';
S. Res. 288, designating September 2007 as ``National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month'';
S. Res. 292, designating the week beginning September 9, 2007, as
``National Assisted Living Week'';
S. Res. 301, recognizing the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, one of the most significant events in the American civil rights movement; and
The nominations of Richard A. Jones, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Washington, Sharion Aycock, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi, Michael David Credo, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Louisiana, and Esteban Soto III, of Maryland, to be United States Marshal for the District of Puerto Rico.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to the call.
