Preview: Congress This Week (October 8-12, 2007)

Hearings Schedules:

Note: no regular Senate committees are meeting this week.

October 10, 2007

House

• House Science and Technology -- Subcommittee on Research and Science Education
  Hearing on Assessment of the National Science Board's Action Plan for STEM Education -- Oct 10, 2007 at 10 a.m.
• House Oversight and Government Reform -- Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs
  Hearing on Six Years Later: Assessing Long-Term Threats, Risks and the U.S. Strategy for Security in a Post 9/11 World -- Oct 10, 2007 at 10 a.m.
• House Committee on Natural Resources
  Full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 53, Virgin Islands National Park School Lease Act; H.R. 767, Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act; H.R. 830, 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, Mesa Verde National Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2007; H.R. 1528, New England National Scenic Trail Designation Act; H.R. 2094, To provide for certain administrative D1331and support for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission; H.R. 2197, Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act; H.R. 523, Douglas County, Washington, PUD Conveyance Act; H.R. 1462, 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 -- Oct 10, 2007 at 11 a.m.
  H.R. 53: Virgin Islands National Park School Lease Act
  H.R. 767: Refuge Ecology Protection, Assistance, and Immediate Response Act
  H.R. 830: 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: Mesa Verde National Park Boundary Expansion Act of 2007
  H.R. 1528: New England National Scenic Trail Designation Act
  H.R. 2094: To provide for certain administrative and support services for the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission, and for other purposes
  H.R. 2197: Hopewell Culture National Historical Park Boundary Adjustment Act
  H.R. 523: Douglas County, Washington, PUD Conveyance Act
  H.R. 1462: 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, and for other purposes
  H.R. 135: Twenty-First Century Water Commission Act of 2007
  H.R. 664: Dana Point Desalination Project Authorization Act

October 11, 2007

Senate

• Senate Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
  To hold hearings to examine United States and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) efforts to combat human trafficking for forced labor purposes. [2226RHOB] -- Oct 11, 2007 at 10 a.m.

House

• House Judiciary -- Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law
  Joint hearing on Allegations of Selective Prosecution: The Erosion of Public Confidence in Our Federal Justice System -- Oct 11, 2007 at 9:30 a.m.
• House Committee on Small Business
  Full Committee, to mark up Funding and Contracting legislation -- Oct 11, 2007 at 10 a.m.
• House Judiciary -- Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Refugees, Border Security, and International Law
  Hearing on H.R. 750, Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2007 -- Oct 11, 2007 at 10 a.m.
  H.R. 750: Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2007
• House Science and Technology -- Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics
  Hearing on Near-Earth Objects (NEOs)--Status of the Survey Program and Review of NASA's Report to Congress -- Oct 11, 2007 at 10 a.m.
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
  Full Committee, hearing on Medicare Part D: Assessing Private Insurers' Delivery of Medicare Drug Coverage -- Oct 11, 2007 at 10 a.m.
• House Committee on Foreign Affairs
  Full Committee, hearing on The Mexico City Policy/Global Gag Rule: Its Impact on Family Planning and Reproductive Health -- Oct 11, 2007 at 10 a.m.
• House Veterans' Affairs -- Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
  Oversight hearing on VETS DVOP/LVER Program -- Oct 11, 2007 at 2 p.m.