Volume 154, No. 113 covering the 2nd Session of the 110th Congress (2007 - 2008) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D865-D867 on July 10, 2008.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following:
An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Transportation, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009;
An original bill making appropriations for Energy and Water Development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009; and
An original bill making appropriations for Financial Services and General Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.
EPA OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), focusing on implementing the renewable fuel standard, after receiving testimony from Robert J. Meyers, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Steven G. Chalk, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for Renewable Energy; John Pierce, E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; Scott Faber, Grocery Manufacturers Association, Washington, D.C.; and Nathanael Greene, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, New York.
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine issues and options for the transportation infrastructure, focusing on current surface transportation policies and programs, after receiving testimony from Peter R. Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office; and Jayetta Z. Hecker, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability Office.
TREATIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Protocol Amending the Convention Between the United States of America and Canada with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital done at Washington on September 26, 1980, as Amended by the Protocols done on June 14, 1983, March 28, 1984, March 17, 1995, and July 29, 1997, signed on September 21, 2007, at Chelsea (the ``Proposed Protocol'')
(Treaty Doc. 110-15), Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Iceland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, and accompanying Protocol, signed on October 23, 2007, at Washington, D.C. (Treaty Doc. 110-17), Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income, with accompanying Protocol, signed at Washington on February 23, 2007 (the
``Proposed Treaty''), as well as the Protocol Amending the Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income, signed at Sofia on February 26, 2008 (Treaty Doc. 110-18), International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships, 2001 (the ``Convention'') (Treaty Doc. 110-13), 1996 Protocol to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of Wastes and Other Matter (the ``London Convention''), done in London on November 7, 1996, the Protocol was signed by the United States on March 31, 1998, and entered into force on March 24, 2006 (Treaty Doc. 110-
05), Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and Activities (the ``Protocol'') to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region, with Annexes, done at Oranjestad, Aruba, on October 6, 1999, and signed by the United States on that same date (Treaty Doc. 110-01), Amendments to the Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992), as Amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994) and the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh, 2002), Together with the Declarations and Reservations by the United States, all as contained in the Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Antalya, 2006) (Treaty Doc. 110-16), Amendments to the Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992), as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994) and the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998), together with the declarations and reservations by the United States, all as contained in the Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh, 2002) (Treaty Doc. 109-
11), 1995 Revision of the Radio Regulations, with appendices, signed by the United States at Geneva on November 17, 1995 (the ``1995 Revision''), together with declarations and reservations of the United States as contained in the Final Acts of the World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-95) (Treaty Doc. 108-28), Amendments to the Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) (Geneva, 1992), as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994), together with declarations and reservations by the United States as contained in the Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998) (Treaty Doc. 108-05), and 1992 Partial Revision of the Radio Regulations (Geneva, 1979), with appendices, signed by the United States at Malaga-Torremolinos on March 3, 1992 (the ``1992 Partial Revision''), together with declarations and reservations of the United States as contained in the Final Acts of the World Administrative Radio Conference for Dealing with Frequency Allocations in Certain Parts of the Spectrum (WARC-92) (Treaty Doc. 107-17), after receiving testimony from Emily S. McMahon, Deputy Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Taxation, United States Congress; Michael F. Mundaca, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Tax Affairs; and David A. Balton, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries, Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, and Richard C. Beaird, Senior Deputy Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, both of the Department of State.
ISLAMIST EXTREMISM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the roots of violent Islamist extremism and efforts to counter it, after receiving testimony from Michael Leiter, Director, National Counterterrorism Center; Maajid Nawaz, Quilliam Foundation, Essex, United Kingdom; Peter P. Mandaville, George Mason University Center for Global Studies, Fairfax, Virginia; and Zeyno Baran, Hudson Institute, and Fathali M. Moghaddam, Georgetown University Department of Government, both of Washington, D.C.
PASSPORT FILES PRIVACY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine issues relative to passport files, focusing on privacy protection for all Americans, after receiving testimony from Harold W. Geisel, Acting Inspector General, and Mark W. Duda, Assistant Inspector General for Audits, both of the Office of Inspector General, Department of State; and Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Ari Schwartz, Center for Democracy and Technology, and Alan Charles Raul, Sidley Austin LLP, all of Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to the call.
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