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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1343-D1344 on Oct. 10, 2007.
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Committee Meetings
PAKISTAN SECURITY CHALLENGES
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on security involving Pakistan and policy implications for the Department of Defense. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CHILD NEGLECT AND ABUSE
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on Cases of Child Neglect and Abuse at Private Residential Treatment Facilities. Testimony was heard from Greg Kutz, Managing Director, Forensic Adults and Special Investigations, GAO; and public witnesses.
PAUL WELLSTONE MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION EQUITY ACT OF 2007
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health approved for full Committee action, as amended, the following bills: H.R. 1236, To make permanent the authority of the United States Postal Service to issue a special postage stamp to support breast cancer research; and H.R. 1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet approved for full Committee action the following: H.R. 3403, amended, 911 Modernization and Safety Act of 2007; and the Broadband Census of America Act of 2007.
ARMENIAN GENOCIDE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Ordered reported H. Res. 106, Affirmation of the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution.
NUCLEAR FORENSICS AND ATTRIBUTION ACT
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology held a hearing on H.R. 2631, Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Schiff; Vayl Oxford, Director, Domestic Nuclear Detention Office, Department of Homeland Security; Steven Aoki, Deputy Under Secretary, Counterterrorism, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy; Mike Evenson, Associate Director, Operations, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Department of Defense; Vahid Majidi, Assistant Director, Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, FBI, Department of Justice; Andrew Grant, Acting Director for WMD Terrorism, Bureau of International Security and Nonproliferation, Department of State; and Carol Burns, Group Leader, Nuclear and Radiochemistry, Chemistry Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 3773, Responsibility Electronic Surveillance That is Overseen, Reviewed, and Effective Act of 2007; H.R. 3678, amended, Internet Tax Freedom Act of 2007; H.R. 3387, To update and improve the codification of title 46, United States Code; and H.R. 3564, Regulatory Improvement Act of 2007.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 53, amended, Virgin Islands National Park School Lease Act; H.R. 767, amended, Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act; H.R. 830, amended, Denali National Park and Alaska Railroad Land Exchange Act of 2007; H.R. 3111, Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial Enhancement Act of 2007; H.R. 783, amended, Mesa Verde National Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2007; H.R. 1528, amended, New England National Scenic Trail Designation Act; H.R. 2094, amended, To provide for certain administrative and support for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission; H.R. 2197, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act; H.R. 523, amended, Douglas County, Washington, PUD Conveyance Act; H.R. 1462, amended, Platte River Recovery Implementation Program and Pathfinder Modification Authorization Act; H.R. 29, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River, California; H.R. 135, Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act of 2007; and H.R. 664, Dana Point Desalination Project Authorization Act.
PUBLIC STADIUM FUNDING's EFFECT ON INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Domestic Policy held a hearing on Professional Sport Stadiums: Do they Divert Taxpayer Funds from Public Infrastructure? Testimony was heard from Eric Solomon, Assistant Secretary, Tax Policy, Department of the Treasury; Arthur J. Rolnick, Senior Vice President and Research Director, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Federal Reserve System; Steven Maguire, Specialist in Public Finance, CRS, Library of Congress; and public witnesses.
U.S. SECURITY STRATEGY
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs held a hearing on Six Years Later: Assessing Long-Term Threats, Risks and the U.S. Strategy for Security in a Post 9/11 World. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FEDERAL RAILROAD SAFETY IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2007
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a non-record vote, a structured rule providing 1 hour of general debate on H.R. 2095, Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure now printed in the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment and shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against the committee amendment except those arising under clause 10 of rule XXI.
The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report. Amendments so printed may be offered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in this report equally divided and controlled by a proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. The rule waives all points of order against such amendments except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI.
The rule provides one motion to recommit H.R. 2095 with or without instructions. Finally, notwithstanding the operation of the previous question, the Chair may postpone further consideration of the bill to a time designated by the Speaker Chairman Oberstar and Representatives Ginny Brown-Waite, Napolitano, Gonzalez, Shuster and Rohrabacher.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment approved for full action the following bills: H.R. 1834, National Ocean Exploration Program Act; H.R. 3776, Energy Storage Technology Advancement Act of 2007; and H.R. 3775, Industrial Energy Efficiency Research and Development Act of 2007.
SCIENCE AND MATH EDUCATION
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Research and Science Education held a hearing on Assessment of the National Science Board's Action Plan for STEM Education. Testimony was heard from Steven C. Beering, Chairman, National Science Board, NSF; and public witnesses.
SMALL BUSINESS PRIORITIES
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the impact of the 700 Megahertz Wireless Spectrum Auction on Small Business. Testimony was heard from Kevin Martin, Chairman, FCC; and public witnesses.
FLIGHT SERVICE STATION TRANSITION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing on The Transition from FAA to Contractor-
Operated Flight Service Stations: Lessons Learned. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Transportation: Calvin L. Scovel, III, Inspector General; James H. Washington, Vice President for Acquisition and Business Services, Air Traffic Organization; and John Staples, Director, Office of Flight Services Program Operations, both with the FAA; and public witnesses.
VETERANS' DISABILITY BENEFITS COMMISSION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on the Findings of the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission. Testimony was heard from LTG James Terry Scott, USA (Ret.), Chairman, Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission.
RESTORE ACT OF 2007
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 3773, RESTORE Act of 2007.
LOW-CARBON ENERGY ECONOMY
Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming: Held a hearing entitled ``The Business Opportunity in a Low-Carbon Energy Economy.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
