Preview: Congress This Week (Sept. 17 - 21, 2007)

by Conor Kenny — September 17, 2007 - 9:30am
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    In the coming week the Senate will continue to debate the Fiscal Year 2008 defense budget after last week's testimony by Gen. David Petraeus and Amb. Ryan Crocker, which will provide a platform for general debate on the Iraq War and measures to begin withdrawing troops. It will also look at a bill to provide a congressional seat for Washington, D.C. The House will take on the Federal Aviation Administration section of the federal budget and, through the Financial Services Committee, will take up legislation to increase federal backing of low and middle income mortgages.

    Know anything about these issues? Click the links to the articles above and add what you find. A complete list of the week's congressional hearings are below, courtesy of Govtrack.

    Hearings Schedules:

    September 18, 2007

    Senate

    House

    September 19, 2007

    Senate

    • Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
      To hold a hearing to examine S.1905, to provide for a rotating schedule for regional selection of delegates to a national Presidential nominating convention. [SR-301] -- Sep 19, 2007 at 9:30 a.m.
      S. 1905: Regional Presidential Primary and Caucus Act of 2007
    • Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
      To hold hearings to examine the process of federal recognition of Indian tribes. [SD-628] -- Sep 19, 2007 at 9:30 a.m.
    • Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
      To hold oversight hearings to examine information technology. [SD-562] -- Sep 19, 2007 at 9:30 a.m.
    • Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works -- Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality
      To hold hearings to examine America's wastewater infrastructure needs in the 21st century. [SD-406] -- Sep 19, 2007 at 10 a.m.
    • Senate Committee on Aging
      To hold hearings to examine preparing for the digital television transition, focusing on how senior citizens will be affected. [SD-106] -- Sep 19, 2007 at 10:30 a.m.
    • Senate Judiciary Committee
      To hold hearings to examine the “material support to terrorist organizations” bar to admission to asylum and resettlement in the United States, focusing on the denial of refuge to the persecuted. [SD-226] -- Sep 19, 2007 at 2:30 p.m.

    House

    September 20, 2007

    Senate

    • Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
      To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative presentation by the American Legion. -- Sep 20, 2007 at 9:30 a.m.
    • Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
      To hold hearings to examine expanding opportunities for women entrepreneurs, focusing on the future of women's small business programs. [SR-428A] -- Sep 20, 2007 at 10 a.m.
    • Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs -- Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security
      To hold hearings to examine the Office of Management and Budget's oversight on ongoing information systems projects, focusing on the efficacy of the management practices use by agencies to ensure the success of the projects. [SD-342] -- Sep 20, 2007 at 2:30 p.m.
    • Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
      To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters. [SH-219] -- Sep 20, 2007 at 2:30 p.m.
    • Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources -- Public Lands and Forests
      To hold hearings to examine S.1433, to amend the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to provide competitive status to certain Federal employees in the State of Alaska, S.1143, to designate the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and the surrounding Federal land in the State of Florida as an Outstanding Natural Area and as a unit of the National Landscape System, S.2034, to amend the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 to designate the Copper Salmon Wilderness and to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the North and South Forks of the Elk River in the State of Oregon as wild or scenic rivers, S.1377, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the City of Henderson, Nevada, certain Federal land located in the City, S.1608, to provide for the conveyance of certain land in Clark County, Nevada, for use by the Nevada National Guard, H.R.815, to provide for the conveyance of certain land in Clark County, Nevada, for use by the Nevada National Guard, S.1740, to amend the Act of February 22, 1889, and the Act of July 2, 1862, to provide for the management of public land trust funds in the State of North Dakota, S.1802, to adjust the boundaries of the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in the State of Idaho, S.1803, to authorize the exchange of certain land located in the State of Idaho, S.1939, to provide for the conveyance of certain land in the Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico, and S.1940, to reauthorize the Rio Puerco Watershed Management Program. [SD-366] -- Sep 20, 2007 at 2:30 p.m.
      S. 1433: Thomas P. O'Hara Public Land Career Opportunity Act of 2007
      S. 1143: Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2007
      S. 2034: A bill to amend the Oregon Wilderness Act of 1984 to designate the Copper Salmon Wilderness and to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the North and South Forks of the Elk River in the State of Oregon as wild or scenic rivers, and for other purposes
      S. 1377: Southern Nevada Limited Transition Area Act
      S. 1608: Southern Nevada Readiness Center Act
      H.R. 815: Southern Nevada Readiness Center Act
      S. 1740: North Dakota Enabling Act and First Morrill Act Amendments Act of 2007
      S. 1802: Idaho Wilderness Boundary Modification Act of 2007
      S. 1803: Idaho Land Conveyance Act of 2007
      S. 1939: Santa Fe National Forest Title Claim Resolution Act
      S. 1940: Rio Puerco Watershed Management Program Reauthorization Act

    House

    • House Ways and Means Committee
      Hearing on FISA with the DNI -- Sep 20, 2007 at 9 a.m.
    • House Small Business Committee
      To mark up an Investment measure -- Sep 20, 2007 at 10 a.m.
    • House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
      Full Committee, hearing on Assessing the State of Iraqi Corruption; and to mark up the following measures:
      H. Con. Res. 193: Recognizing all hunters across the United States for their continued commitment to safety
      H. Res. 303: Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that a day ought to be established to bring awareness to the issue of missing persons
      H. Res. 584: Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Life Insurance Awareness Month"
      H. Res. 605: Supporting the goals and ideals of Gold Star Mothers Day
      H. Res. 641: Acknowledging the importance of understanding the history of the United States of America and recognizing the need to foster civic responsibility in all citizens
      H.R. 2089: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 701 Loyola Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the "Louisiana Armed Services Veterans Post Office"
      H.R. 2276: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 203 North Main Street in Vassar, Michigan, as the "Corporal Christopher E. Esckelson Post Office Building"
      H.R. 3233: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at Highway 49 South in Piney Woods, Mississippi, as the "Laurence C. and Grace M. Jones Post Office Building"
      H.R. 3297: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 950 West Trenton Avenue in Morrisville, Pennsylvania, as the "Nate DeTample Post Office Building"
      H.R. 3307: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 570 Broadway in Bayonne, New Jersey, as the "Dennis P. Collins Post Office Building"
      H.R. 3308: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 216 East Main Street in Atwood, Indiana, as the "Lance Corporal David K. Fribley Post Office"
      H.R. 3325: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 235 Mountain Road in Suffield, Connecticut, as the "Corporal Stephen R. Bixler Post Office"
      H.R. 3382: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 North William Street in Goldsboro, North Carolina, as the "Philip A. Baddour, Sr. Post Office"
      H.R. 3518: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1430 South Highway 29 in Cantonment, Florida, as the "Charles H. Hendix Post Office Building"
      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
      H.R. 1110: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and to allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums
    • House Veterans' Affairs Committee
      Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, oversight hearing on Licensure and Certification of Transitioning Veterans -- Sep 20, 2007 at 2
    • House Foreign Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment
      Hearing on U.S. Assistance in East Asia and the Pacific: An Overview -- Sep 20, 2007 at 2 p.m.
    • House Natural Resources Committee Subcommittee on Insular Affairs
      To mark up H.R. 53, Virgin Islands National Park School Lease Act -- Sep 20, 2007 at 3 p.m.
      H.R. 53: Virgin Islands National Park School Lease Act