[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 16 (Thursday, January 31, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D73-D75]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of February 4 through February 9, 2008

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 2 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of S. 2248, 
FISA Amendments Act.
  At 5:30 p.m., Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 5140, Recovery Rebates and 
Economic Stimulus for the American People Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Armed Services: February 6, to hold hearings to 
examine the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2009, the 
future years defense program, and for operations in Iraq and 
Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  February 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the final 
report of the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves, 9:30 
a.m., SD-106.
  February 7, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to 
hold hearings to examine business transformation and financial 
management at the Department of Defense, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 7, to 
hold hearings to examine ways to reform the regulation of government 
sponsored enterprises, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: February 5, to hold hearings to examine 
the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 2009, 10 a.m., SD-
608.
  February 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's Fiscal Year 2009 budget and revenue proposals, 10 a.m., 
SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 7, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Robert A. Sturgell, of 
Maryland, to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, and Simon Charles Gros, of New Jersey, to be an 
Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Transportation, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 6, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  February 7, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the energy market effects of the recently-passed renewable 
fuel standard, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 6, to hold 
hearings to examine perspectives on the Surface Transportation 
Commission report, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: February 5, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget for fiscal year 2009, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  February 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget for fiscal year 2009, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  February 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine selling to 
seniors, focusing on the need for accountability and oversight of 
marketing and sales by Medicare private plans, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 6, to hold hearings to 
examine the Six Party Talks for the denuclearization of the Korean 
Peninsula, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  February 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Margaret Scobey, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to 
the Arab Republic of Egypt, James Francis Moriarty, of 
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of 
Bangladesh, and Deborah K. Jones, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to 
the State of Kuwait, all of the Department of State, 1 p.m., SD-419.
  February 6, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on Sudan, 
3 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  February 7, Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine the immediate and underlying causes and consequences of 
Kenya's flawed election, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 7, 
to hold hearings to examine weathering the economic storm, focusing 
on helping working families in troubling times, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 7, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Robert G. McSwain, of Maryland, to be 
Director of the Indian Health Service,

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Department of Health and Human Services, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 7, to hold hearings to 
examine the Founding Fathers papers, focusing on ensuring public 
access to our national treasures, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: February 5, to continue oversight 
hearings to examine veterans disability compensation, 9:30 a.m., SR-
418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 5, to hold hearings to 
examine the world threat, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  February 5, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine the 
world threat, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  February 6, Full Committee, closed business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  February 7, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, February 7, Subcommittee on Livestock, 
Dairy, and Poultry, hearing to review the National Veterinary 
Medical Service Act, 10:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, February 6, Subcommittee on Defense, 
executive, on F-15 Aircraft, 10 a.m., and executive, briefing on 
World-Wide Threat, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  February 7, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on DOD Force 
Health Protection, 1:30 p.m., and, executive, on Surgeon Generals of 
the Services, 2:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  February 7, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on Department of Interior, Overview with the Secretary, 10 
a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  February 7, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on Capitol Visitor 
Center, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  February 7, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, on Quality of Life, 2 p.m., H-143 
Capitol.
  February 7, Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, on Department of Transportation 
Fiscal Year Budget Request, 1 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 6, hearing on Fiscal Year 
2009 National Defense Budget Request from the Department of Defense, 
1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 7, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on 
beneficiary advocacy overview, 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 7, hearing on the President's 
Fiscal Year 2009 Budget, 11 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 7, hearing entitled 
``Department of Energy's Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Proposal,'' 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 7, hearing entitled 
``The Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2007 (H.R. 1746): 
Holocaust Era Insurance Restitution After ICHEIC, the International 
Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims,'' 9:30 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  February 7, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Diversity in the Financial Services Sector,'' 2:30 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  February 8, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Negative 
Implications of the President's Signing Statement on the Sudan 
Accountability and Divestment Act,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, February 6, Subcommittee on Africa 
and Global Health, hearing on the Political Crisis in Kenya: A Call 
for Justice and Peaceful Resolution, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  February 7, full Committee, to mark up the following: The Global 
HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008; a 
measure authorizing assistance for the export of independent 
documentaries regarding the United States; H. Res. 185, Expressing 
the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the creation of 
refugee populations in the Middle East, North Africa, and the 
Persian Gulf region as a result of human rights violations; H. Res. 
854, Expressing gratitude to all of the member states of the 
International Commission of the International Tracing Service (ITS) 
on ratifying the May 2006 Agreement to amend the 1955 Bonn Accords 
granting open access to vast Holocaust and other World War II 
related archives located in Bad Arolsen, Germany; H. Res. 865, 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the March 
2007 report of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development makes an 
important contribution to the understanding of the high levels of 
crime and violence in the Caribbean, and that the United States 
should work with Caribbean countries to address crime and violence 
in the region; H. Res. 909, Commemorating the courage of the Haitian 
soldiers that fought for American independence in the ``Siege of 
Savannah'' and for Haiti's independence and renunciation of slavery; 
H. Con. Res. 154, Expressing the sense of Congress that the fatal 
radiation poisoning of Russian dissident and writer Alexander 
Litvinenko raises significant concerns about the potential 
involvement of elements of the Russian Government in Mr. 
Litvinenko's death about the security and proliferation of 
radioactive materials; H. Con. Res. 255, Expressing the sense of 
Congress regarding the United States commitment to preservation of 
religious and cultural sites and condemning instances where sites 
are desecrated; and H. Con. Res. 278, Supporting Taiwan's fourth 
direct and democratic presidential elections in March 2008, 1 p.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  Committee on Homeland Security, February 7, Subcommittee on 
Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Other Transaction Authority: Flexibility at the Expense 
of Accountability?'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 7, oversight hearing on the 
Department of Justice, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 8, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and 
Civil Liberties, oversight hearing on Voter Suppression, 9:30 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Natural Resources, February 6, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 2176, To provide for and approve the 
settlement of certain land claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community; 
and H.R. 4115, To provide for and approve the settlement of certain 
land claims of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, 2 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, February 8, 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and 
Procurement, hearing on Military Base Realignment: Contracting 
Opportunities for Impacted Communities,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, February 7, Subcommittee on 
Research and Science Education, hearing on Visas for Foreign 
Scholars and Students, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 7, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, to mark up 
the following bills: H.R. 3916, To provide for the next generation 
of border and maritime security technologies; H.R. 4847, United 
States Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2007; and H.R. 
5161, Green Transportation Infrastructure Research and Technology 
Transfer Act, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 7, hearing entitled ``The 
Small Business Administration's Budget for Fiscal Year 2009, 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 7, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 
2009 Federal Aviation Administration Budget, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 7, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
hearing on Agency Budgets and Priorities for Fiscal Year 2009, 2 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 7, hearing on the 
Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2009, 
1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 7, hearing on President 
Bush's budget proposals for fiscal year 2009, 9:30 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: February 7, to 
continue hearings to examine anti-Semitism in the Organization for 
Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) region, 2:30 p.m., SD-
406.