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.