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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1186-D1188 on Sept. 11, 2007.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense approved for full Committee consideration H.R. 3222, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008. IRAQ
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the situation in Iraq, focusing on the progress made by the Government of Iraq in meeting benchmarks, after receiving testimony from Ryan C. Crocker, United States Ambassador to Iraq, Department of State; and General David H. Petraeus, USA, Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: On Friday, August, 3, 2007, Committee approved for reporting the following subcommittee assignments for the 110th Congress:
Subcommittee on Airland: Senators Lieberman (Chairman), Akaka, Bayh, Clinton, Pryor, Webb, McCaskill, Cornyn, Warner, Inhofe, Sessions, Chambliss, and Corker.
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities: Senators Reed
(Chairman), Kennedy, Byrd, Nelson (FL), Nelson (NE), Bayh, Clinton, Dole, Warner, Collins, Graham, Cornyn, and Martinez.
Subcommittee on Personnel: Senators Nelson (NE) (Chairman), Kennedy, Lieberman, Webb, McCaskill, Graham, Collins, Chambliss, and Dole.
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support: Senators Akaka
(Chairman), Byrd, Bayh, Clinton, Pryor, McCaskill, Thune, Inhofe, Chambliss, Dole, and Corker.
Subcommittee on Seapower: Senators Kennedy (Chairman), Lieberman, Reed, Akaka, Nelson (FL), Webb, Martinez, Warner, Sessions, Collins, and Cornyn.
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces: Senators Nelson (FL) (Chairman), Byrd, Reed, Nelson (NE), Pryor, Sessions, Inhofe, Graham, and Thune.
HEALTH CARE AND THE BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine health care and the federal budget, focusing on options for achieving universal health coverage, after receiving testimony from Henry J. Aaron, Brooking Institution, Washington, D.C.; Sherry Glied, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, New York, New York; and Janet Stokes Trautwein, National Association of Health Underwriters, Arlington, Virginia.
LAND BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 127, to amend the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve Act of 2000 to explain the purpose and provide for the administration of the Baca National Wildlife Refuge, S. 327 and H.R. 359, bills to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the life of Cesar Estrada Chavez and the farm labor movement, S. 868, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Taunton River in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 1051, to authorize National Mall Liberty Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia at Constitution Gardens previously approved to honor free persons and slaves who fought for independence, liberty, and justice for all during the American Revolution, S. 1184 and H.R. 1021, bills to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resources study regarding the suitability and feasibility of designating certain historic buildings and areas in Taunton, Massachusetts, as a unit of the National Park System, S. 1247, to amend the Weir Farm National Historic Site Establishment Act of 1990 to limit the development of any property acquired by the Secretary of the Interior for the development of visitor and administrative facilities for the Weir Farm National Historic Site, S. 1304, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Arizona National Scenic Trail, S. 1329, to extend the Acadia National Park Advisory Commission, to provide improved visitor services at the park, H.R. 807, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to determine the feasibility and suitability of establishing a memorial to the Space Shuttle Columbia in the State of Texas and for its inclusion as a unit of the National Park System, and H.R. 759, to redesignate the Ellis Island Library on the third floor of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, located on Ellis Island in New York Harbor, as the ``Bob Hope Memorial Library'', after receiving testimony from Representative Engel; Daniel N. Wenk, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Maurice A. Barboza, National Mall Liberty Fund D.C., Washington, D.C.; and David Hicks, Arizona Trail Association, Phoenix.
U.S.-PERU TRADE PROMOTION AGREEMENT
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the United States-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement, after receiving testimony from Michael Kantor, Mayer Brown, Thea Mei Lee, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), and Patricia A. Forkan, Humane Society International, all of Washington, D.C.; David Winkles, South Carolina Farm Bureau, Oswego, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation; and Thomas F. Catania, Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, Michigan. CROCKER-PETRAEUS REPORT ON IRAQ
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Iraq, focusing on the Crocker-Petraeus report, after receiving testimony from Ryan C. Crocker, United States Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq, Department of State; and General David H. Petraeus, USA, Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following:
S. 805, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist countries in sub-Saharan Africa in the effort to achieve internationally recognized goals in the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS and other major diseases and the reduction of maternal and child mortality by improving human health care capacity and improving retention of medical health professionals in sub-Saharan Africa, with amendments;
S. 968, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to provide increased assistance for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1839, to require periodic reports on claims related to acts of terrorism against Americans perpetrated or supported by the Government of Libya;
S. 2020, to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Coral Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2007;
H.R. 1678, to amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations to provide assistance for domestic and foreign programs and centers for the treatment of victims of torture;
Patent Law Treaty and Regulations Under the Patent Law Treaty (the
``Treaty''), done at Geneva on June 1, 2000, between the Governments of 53 countries including the United States of America (Treaty Doc. 109-
12), with one reservation;
The Geneva Act of the Hague Agreement Concerning the International Registration of Industrial Designs (the ``Agreement''), adopted in Geneva on July 2, 1999, and signed by the United States on July 6, 1999
(Treaty Doc. 109-21), with nine declarations;
The Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (Treaty Doc. 110-2), with one condition;
Protocol to the 1951 Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation between the United States and Denmark (Treaty Doc. 108-8); and
The nominations of Margaret Spellings, of Texas, to be designated a Representative of the United States of America to the Thirty-fourth Session of the General Conference of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paula J. Dobriansky, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as Special Envoy for Northern Ireland, Harry K. Thomas, Jr., of New York, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, Nancy Goodman Brinker, of Florida, to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service, and Ned L. Siegel, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to consider pending intelligence matters.
Committee recessed subject to the call.
