[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2461]
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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, December 4, 2007 maybe found in the
Daily Digest of today's Record.

MEETINGS SCHEDULED

DECEMBER 5
9 a.m.
Environment and Public Works
Business meeting to consider S. 2191, to direct the
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to
establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse
gases, and the nominations of John S. Bresland, of New
Jersey, to be Chairperson, and Charles Russell Homer
Shearer, of Delaware, both to be Members of the
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, William
H. Graves, of Tennessee, Susan Richardson Williams, of
Tennessee, and Thomas C. Gilliland, of Georgia, all to
be Members of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee
Valley Authority.
SD-406
9:30 a.m.
Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of James B.
Peake, of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of
Veterans Affairs.
SD-G50
10 a.m.
Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine reauthorization of the
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (Public
Law 93-415), focusing on protecting children and
communities.
SD-226
10:30 a.m.
Aging
To hold hearings to examine the elderly who have been
displaced by war, poverty, and persecution abroad.
SD-106
2:30 p.m.
Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine the foreclosure crisis,
focusing on helping families save their homes.
SD-226
3 p.m.
Intelligence
Closed meeting of conferees on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2008 for the
intelligence community.
S-407, Capitol
DECEMBER 6
10 a.m.
Judiciary
Business meeting to consider S. 344, to permit the
televising of Supreme Court proceedings, S. 1638, to
adjust the salaries of Federal justices and judges, S.
1829, to reauthorize programs under the Missing
Children's Assistance Act, S. 431, to require convicted
sex offenders to register online identifiers, S. 352,
to provide for media coverage of Federal court
proceedings, S. 2344, to create a competitive grant
program to provide for age-appropriate Internet
education for children, and the nomination of Ronald
Jay Tenpas, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney
General.
SD-226
2:30 p.m.
Foreign Relations
International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic
Affairs and International Environmental Protection
Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine the United States foreign
assistance to Pakistan.
SD-419
Armed Services
Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine the report of the Commission
on Army Acquisition and Program Management in
Expeditionary Operations entitled ``Urgent Reform
Required: Army Expeditionary Contracting''.
SR-222
DECEMBER 11
10 a.m.
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine the global challenge of HIV/
AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.
SD-430
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine e-government 2.0, focusing on
improving innovation, collaboration, and access.
SD-342
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Investigations Subcommittee
To hold joint hearings with the Committee on Energy and
Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy to examine the
role of speculation in recent crude oil prices.
SH-216
Judiciary
Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine the legal rights of
Guantanamo detainees, focusing on what they are, should
they be changed, and is there an end in sight.
SD-226
2 p.m.
Judiciary
Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights
Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine the Sunshine in Litigation
Act, focusing on whether court secrecy undermines
public health and safety.
SD-226
2:30 p.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine S. 2156, to authorize and
facilitate the improvement of water management by the
Bureau of Reclamation, to require the Secretary of the
Interior and the Secretary of Energy to increase the
acquisition and analysis of water resources for
irrigation, hydroelectric power, municipal, and
environmental uses.
SD-366
DECEMBER 12
10 a.m.
Rules and Administration
To hold hearings to examine a recently released
Government Accountability Office report, focusing on
funding challenges and facilities maintenance at the
Smithsonian Institution.
SR-301
DECEMBER 13
9:30 a.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine ways to reform the Mining Law
of 1872.
SD-366
10 a.m.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC).
SR-253
2:30 p.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine forest restoration and
hazardous fuels reduction efforts in the forests of
Oregon and Washington.
SD-366

POSTPONEMENTS

DECEMBER 5
9:30 a.m.
Indian Affairs
To hold oversight hearings to examine American Indian
youth, focusing on hope, empowerment and change for
Indian country.
SD-628