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**Press Releases**

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Oct. 30^th^: [Congress Extends Internet Tax Ban for 7
Years](http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=248972&Month=10&Year=2007)

Oct. 30^th^: [Commerce Committee Approves Permanent Extension of
"Do-Not-Call"
Registry](http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=248974&Month=10&Year=2007)

Oct. 30^th^: [Commerce Committee Approves Stevens Provision to Improve
ATV
Safety](http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=248975&Month=10&Year=2007)

Oct. 30^th^: [Commerce Committee Approves Bill to Make Broadband Access
More
Affordable](http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=248976&Month=10&Year=2007)

Nov. 1^st^: [Education Groups Praise Stevens Legislation to Protect
Children
Online](http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=248979&Month=11&Year=2007)

Nov 1^st^: [Stevens Praises FCC for Easing Number
Portability](http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=248980&Month=11&Year=2007)

**Commerce Committee Hearings**

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Oct. 30^th^: [Executive
Session](http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=1912)

> During the Executive Session, the Committee approved the following:
>
> 1\) S. 2045, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) Reform Act of
> 2007
>
> 2\) S. 2096, Do-Not-Call Improvement Act of 2007
>
> 3\) S. 1580, the Coral Reef Conservation Amendments Act of 2007
>
> 4\) S. 1853, Community Broadband Act of 2007
>
> 5\) S. 1675, Local Community Radio Act of 2007
>
> 6\) H.Con.Res. 225, Honoring the 50th anniversary of the dawn of the
> Space Age, and the ensuing 50 years of productive and peaceful space
> activities
>
> 7\) Mr. Todd J. Zinser, Inspector General - Designate, United States
> Department of Commerce
>
> 8\) Mr. Robert Clarke Brown, Member of the Board of Directors,
> Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
>
> 9\) Nominations for Promotion in the United States Coast Guard
>
> 10\) Nominations for Promotion in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
> Administration Commission Corps

**Upcoming Committee Hearings**

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Nov. 7^th^: [Carbon Sequestration
Technologies](http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=1913)
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> Carbon dioxide capture and sequestration is a widely discussed
> solution to decreasing atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide.
> At this hearing, the subcommittee will discuss research and
> development efforts to safely and efficiently sequester carbon
> dioxide.

Nov. 8^th^: [Localism, Diversity, and Media
Ownership](http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Hearings.Hearing&Hearing_ID=1914)
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> This hearing will focus on issues related to media consolidation,
> pending proposals to change the Federal Communications Commission's
> media ownership rules, and government efforts to promote localism and
> diversity in the media marketplace.

**Articles**

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Oct. 31^st^: Ketchikan Daily News -- [Ride ATVs
Safely](http://www.ketchikandailynews.com/opinion/290186246911979.php)

Oct. 31^st^: EWeek.com -- [Tech Bills Advance in
Congress](http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2210542,00.asp)

Oct. 30^th^: AccountingWeb.com -- [Legislative Leaders Back 7-year
Extension of Internet Tax
Ban](http://www.accountingweb.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?id=104166&d=883&h=884&f=882&dateformat=%25e-%25h-%25y)

^th^: Washington Post -- [Senate Passes Amtrak Funding for 6
Years](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/10/30/AR2007103001433.html)