Jan. 22, 2007: Congressional Record publishes “SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS”

Jan. 22, 2007: Congressional Record publishes “SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS”

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Volume 153, No. 12 covering the 1st Session of the 110th Congress (2007 - 2008) was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E171-E172 on Jan. 22, 2007.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

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 Tuesday, January 23, 2007 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.

MEETINGS SCHEDULED

JANUARY 249 a.m.

Foreign Relations

Business meeting to consider S. Con. Res. 2, expressing the bipartisan resolution on Iraq, and subcommittee assignments and jurisdiction for the 110th Congress.

SH-2169:45 a.m.

Energy and Natural Resources

Organizational business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures for committee operations, committee's rules of procedure for the

110th Congress, and subcommittee assignments; to be followed by a hearing to examine an analysis completed by the Energy Information Administration entitled

``Energy Market and Economic Impacts of a Proposal to

Reduce Greenhouse Gas Intensity with a Cap and Trade

System''.

SD-36610 a.m.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Organizational business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures for committee operations, committee's rules of procedure for the

110th Congress, and subcommittee assignments; to be followed by a hearing to examine the potential impact of airline mergers and industry consolidation relating to the state of the airline industry.

SR-253

Finance

To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Michael J.

Astrue, of Massachusetts, to be Commissioner of Social

Security.

SD-215

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Organizational business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures for committee operations, committee's rules of procedure for the

110th Congress, and subcommittee assignments; committee will also consider the Genetic Information

Nondiscrimination Act.

SD-430

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Organizational business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures for committee operations, committee's rules of procedure for the

110th Congress, and subcommittee assignments.

SD-342

JANUARY 259:30 a.m.

Armed Services

To hold hearings to examine the current situation in Iraq and on the Administration's recently announced strategy for continued United States assistance to the Iraqi government and for an increased United States military presence in Iraq.

SD-106

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

To hold hearings to examine the billing, marketing, and disclosure practices of the credit card industry, and their impact on consumers.

SD-538

Energy and Natural Resources

To hold hearings to examine oil and gas resources on the

Outer Continental Shelf and areas available for leasing in the Gulf of Mexico.

SD-366

Indian Affairs

Business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures for committee operations, and committee's rules of procedure for the 110th Congress.

SR-48510 a.m.

Budget

To hold hearings to examine the Congressional Budget

Office budget and economic outlook.

SD-608

Judiciary

Business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures for committee operations, committee's rules of procedure for the 110th Congress, subcommittee assignments, the nominations of Lisa

Godbey Wood, to be United States District Judge for the

Southern District of Georgia, Philip S. Gutierrez, and

Valerie L. Baker, each to be United States District

Judge for the Central District of California, Lawrence

Joseph O'Neill, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, Gregory Kent

Frizzell, to be United States District Judge for the

Northern District of Oklahoma, S. 188, to revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, Rosa Parks, and

Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 2006, S. 214, to amend chapter 35 of title 28, United States Code, to preserve the independence of United States attorneys, S. Res. 21, recognizing the uncommon valor of Wesley Autrey of New

York, New York, S. Res. 24, designating January as

``National Stalking Awareness Month'', and S. Res. 29, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding Martin

Luther King, Jr. Day.

SD-2262:30 p.m.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine the Federal government's efforts to develop a foreign language strategy, focusing on the government's efforts to increase foreign language education to meet the Federal workforce, national security, and economic competitiveness needs.

SD-342

Intelligence

To hold hearings to examine intelligence reform.

SH-216

JANUARY 3010 a.m.

Energy and Natural Resources

To hold hearings to examine the status of Federal land management agencies' efforts to contain the costs of their wildlife suppression activities and to consider recent independent reviews of and recommendations for those efforts.

SD-366

Judiciary

To hold hearings to examine exercising Congress' constitutional power to end a war.

SD-2262 p.m.

Foreign Relations

To hold hearings to examine the remaining options, alternative plans and the Iraq Study Group relating to securing America's interests in Iraq.

SH-216

JANUARY 3110 a.m.

Judiciary

To hold hearings to examine the Iraq Study Group, focusing on recommendations for improvements to Iraq's police and criminal justice system.

SD-2262:30 p.m.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

To hold hearings to examine economic and security concerns relating to promoting travel to America.

SR-253

Judiciary

To hold hearings to examine challenges and strategies for securing the U.S. border.

SD-226

Armed Services

Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee

To resume hearings to examine abusive practices in

Department of Defense contracting for services and inter-agency contracting.

SR-222

FEBRUARY 110 a.m.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

To hold hearings to examine the communications marketplace relating to the Federal Communications

Commission.

SR-253

FEBRUARY 79:30 a.m.

Energy and Natural Resources

To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2008 for the Department of Energy.

SD-366

FEBRUARY 89:30 a.m.

Energy and Natural Resources

To hold hearings to examine issues relating to labor, immigration, law enforcement, and economic conditions in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

SD-366

FEBRUARY 159:30 a.m.

Energy and Natural Resources

To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2008 for the Department of the Interior.

SD-366

SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 153, No. 12

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