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2007 Congressional Calendar

110th Congress (all future dates are tentative)

December 14	House of Representatives expected adjournment.
November 16	House of Representatives adjourns until December 5. The Senate remains in pro forma sessions with no votes taken until December 4.
November 08	The House (274-141) and Senate (56-37) pass Labor-HHS-ED Conference Report for consideration by the President. IRA Rollover tax extension passes the House within the AMT bill. The House Judiciary Committee reports out the A.R.T.S bill by voice vote.
November	House and Senate conferees expected to meet on Labor-HHS-ED appropriations bill. The U.S. Senate is expected to consider FY08 Interior Appropriations bill.
October 23	The U.S. Senate passes H.R. 3043, FY08 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill by a vote of 75-19.
October 17	Representatives Tom Udall (D-NM) and Phil English (R-PA) introduced H.R. 3881, The Promotion of Artistic Giving Act of 2007 (PAGA).
September 25	H.R. 1312, the Arts Require Timely Service Act (ARTS), reported out of Immigration Subcommittee.
September 24	The House Ways & Means Committee held an oversight hearing on whether charitable organizations serve the needs of diverse communities.
September 10	The House Education & Labor Committee held a hearing, "Miller/McKeon Discussion Draft of ESEA Reauthorization" and reviewed new proposals relating to the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB).
July 19	The U.S. House of Representatives approved the FY08 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill by a vote of 276-140.
June 21	Senate Appropriations Committee markup of FY 2008 Interior & Labor-Health-Education spending bills.
June 19	Senate Interior Appropriations Subcommittee markup of FY 2008 spending bill.
June 19	Senate Labor-Health-Education Appropriations Subcommittee markup of FY 2008 spending bill.
June	Mid-June House floor consideration of FY 2008 Interior appropriations bill expected.
June 07	The House Appropriations Committee markup of FY 2008 Interior bill.
June 07	House Labor-Health-Education Appropriations Subcommittee approval of FY 2008 spending bill.
May 23	The House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee holds Interior bill markup.
April 19	House Interior Subcommittee public witness hearing includes two witnesses from arts field and Congressional Arts Caucus Co-chairs Louise Slaughter and Chris Shays.
March 28	Americans for the Arts testifies on arts education at public witness hearing of House Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee.
March 20	National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Dana Gioia testifies before House Interior Appropriations Subcommittee.
March 13	House Interior Appropriations (Chairman Dicks, D-WA) Subcommittee Hearing titled, "Role of the Arts in Creativity & Innovation."
March 13	Arts Advocacy Day
February 16	President Bush signs FY 2007 Continuing Resolution funding domestic programs at FY 2006 appropriations levels.
February 05	President Bush releases FY 2008 budget.