This Week's Senate Committee Schedule

Here are the United States Senate committee meetings scheduled for this week:

Aging

Jan 31, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. To hold hearings to examine if Medicare Part D is working for low-income seniors.

Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

Jan 31, 2007 at 9:45 a.m. To hold hearings to examine the roles of Federal food assistance programs in family economic security and nutrition.

Armed Services

Jan 30, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Admiral William J. Fallon, USN, for reappointment to the grade of admiral and to be Commander, United States Central Command.

Jan 31, 2007 at 10 a.m. To receive a closed briefing regarding the Iraq

Jan 31, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. To resume hearings to examine abusive practices in Department of Defense contracting for services and inter-agency contracting. (Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee)

Feb 1, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Gen. George W. Casey Jr.,USA, for reappointment to the grade of general and to be Chief of Staff, United States Army.

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Jan 31, 2007 at 10 a.m. To hold hearings to examine the Department of the Treasury's report to Congress on International Economic and Exchange Rate Policy (IEERP) and the U.S.-China strategic economic dialogue.

Budget

Jan 30, 2007 at 10 a.m. To hold hearings to examine long-term fiscal challenges.

Jan 31, 2007 at 10 a.m. To hold hearings to examine solutions to long-term fiscal challenges.

Feb 1, 2007 at 10 a.m. To hold hearings to examine the current account deficit and the foreign debt of the United States.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Jan 31, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. Business meeting to consider pending calendar business; to be followed by a hearing to examine economic and security concerns relating to promoting travel to America.

Feb 1, 2007 at 10 a.m. To hold hearings to examine a view from the Federal Communications Commission relating to assessing the communications marketplace.

Energy and Natural Resources

Jan 30, 2007 at 10 a.m. 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.

Jan 30, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. To hold hearings to examine transportation sector fuel efficiency, including challenges to and incentives for increased oil savings through technological innovation including plug-in hybrids.

Jan 31, 2007 at 11:30 a.m. Business meeting to consider S.202, to provide for the conveyance of certain Forest Service land to the city of Coffman Cove, Alaska, S.216, to provide for the exchange of certain Federal land in the Santa Fe National Forest and certain non-Federal land in the Pecos National Historical Park in the State of New Mexico, S.220, to authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation within the A & B Irrigation District in the State of Idaho, S.232, to make permanent the authorization for watershed restoration and enhancement agreements, S.235, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain buildings and lands of the Yakima Project, Washington, to the Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District, S.240, to reauthorize and amend the National Geologic Mapping Act of 1992, S.241, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements to protect natural resources of units of the National Park System through collaborative efforts on land inside and outside of units of the National Park System, S.245, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, Arkansas, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, S.255, to provide assistance to the State of New Mexico for the development of comprehensive State water plans, S.260, to establish the Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area, S.262, to rename the Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in the State of Idaho as the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in honor of the late Morley Nelson, an international authority on birds of prey, who was instrumental in the establishment of this National Conservation Area, S.263, to amend the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of 1996 to reauthorize the participation of the Bureau of Reclamation in the Deschutes River Conservancy, S.264, to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to participate in the rehabilitation of the Wallowa Lake Dam in Oregon, S.265, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to conduct a water resource feasibility study for the Little Butte/Bear Creek Subbasins in Oregon, S.266, to provide for the modification of an amendatory repayment contract between the Secretary of the Interior and the North Unit Irrigation District, S.268, to designate the Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail, S.275, to establish the Prehistoric Trackways National Monument in the State of New Mexico, S.277, to modify the boundaries of Grand Teton National Park to include certain land within the GT Park Subdivision, S.278, to establish a program and criteria for National Heritage Areas in the United States, S.283, to amend the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003, S.320, to provide for the protection of paleontological resources on Federal lands, H.R.57, to repeal certain sections of the Act of May 26, 1936, pertaining to the Virgin Islands, and S.200, to require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation and the United States Geological Survey, to conduct a study on groundwater resources in the State of Alaska.
S. 202: Coffman Cove Administrative Site Conveyance Act of 2007
S. 216: Pecos National Historical Park Land Exchange Act of 2007
S. 220: Southern Idaho Bureau of Reclamation Repayment Act of 2007
S. 232: Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Agreements Act of 2007
S. 235: Yakima-Tieton Irrigation District Conveyance Act of 2007
S. 240: National Geologic Mapping Reauthorization Act of 2007
S. 241: Natural Resource Protection Cooperative Agreement Act
S. 245: A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate the President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home in Hope, Arkansas, as a National Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, and for other purposes
S. 255: New Mexico Water Planning Assistance Act
S. 260: Fort Stanton-Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area Act
S. 262: Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area Act
S. 263: Deschutes River Conservancy Reauthorization Act of 2007
S. 264: Wallowa Lake Dam Rehabilitation and Water Management Act of 2007
S. 265: Little Butte/Bear Creek Subbasins Water Feasibility Act
S. 266: North Unit Irrigation District Act of 2007
S. 268: Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail Designation Act
S. 275: Prehistoric Trackways National Monument Establishment Act
S. 277: Grand Teton National Park Extension Act of 2007
S. 278: A bill to establish a program and criteria for National Heritage Areas in the United States, and for other purposes
S. 283: A bill to amend the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003, and for other purposes
S. 320: A bill to provide for the protection of paleontological resources on Federal lands, and for other purposes
H.R. 57: To repeal certain sections of the Act of May 26, 1936, pertaining to the Virgin Islands
S. 200: Alaska Water Resources Act of 2007

Feb 1, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. To hold hearings to examine accelerated biofuels diversity, focusing on how home-grown, biologically derived fuels can blend into the nation's transportation fuel mix.

Environment and Public Works

Jan 30, 2007 at 9 a.m. Organizational business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures for committee operations; to be followed by a hearing to examine Senators' perspectives on global warming, focusing on Senators' views on global warming and what each Senator believes the nation's response should be to the issue.

Finance

Feb 1, 2007 at 10 a.m. To hold hearings to examine improving the health of America's children relating to the future of Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP).

Foreign Relations

Jan 30, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. To hold hearings to examine the nomination of John D. Negroponte, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of State.

Jan 30, 2007 at 1 p.m. To resume hearings to examine securing America's interests in Iraq, focusing on the remaining options, alternative plans and the Iraq Study Group.

Jan 31, 2007 at 9:15 a.m. To continue hearings to examine securing America's interests in Iraq, focusing on the remaining options in Iraq in the strategic context.

Feb 1, 2007 at 9:15 a.m. To continue hearings to examine securing America's interests in Iraq, focusing on the remaining options in Iraq in the strategic context.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Jan 31, 2007 at 10 a.m. 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.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Feb 1, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. To hold hearings to examine privacy implications of the Federal government's health information technology initiative relating to private health records, focusing on the efforts of Department of Health and Human Services to integrate privacy into the Health Information Technology national infrastructure and Office of Personnel Management's efforts to expand the use of Health Information Technology through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program and the impact such actions have on Federal employees' health information privacy. (Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia)

Indian Affairs

Feb 1, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Carl Joseph Artman, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; to be followed by a business meeting to consider the nomination.

Intelligence

Jan 30, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. Closed business meeting and hearing regarding certain intelligence matters.

Jan 31, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. To hold hearings to examine the nomination of J. Michael McConnell, of Virginia, to be Director of National Intelligence.

Feb 1, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters.

Joint Economic

Jan 31, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. To hold hearings to examine ensuring the economic future by promoting middle-class prosperity.

Judiciary

Jan 30, 2007 at 10 a.m. To hold hearings to examine exercising Congress' constitutional power to end a war.

Jan 31, 2007 at 10 a.m. To hold hearings to examine the Iraq Study Group, focusing on recommendations for improvements to Iraq's police and criminal justice system.

Jan 31, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. To hold hearings to examine challenges and strategies for securing the U.S. border. (Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security Subcommittee)

Rules and Administration

Jan 31, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. 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.

Small Business and Entrepreneurship

Jan 31, 2007 at 10 a.m. To hold hearings to examine Federal small business assistance programs for veterans and reservists.