[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 13, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D139-D141]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 14, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
strategy in Afghanistan, focusing on reports by the Afghanistan 
Study Group and the Atlantic Council of the United States, 11:10 
a.m., SD-106.
  Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine the strategy in 
Afghanistan, focusing on reports by the Afghanistan Study Group and 
the Atlantic Council of the United States, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the current state of the United States economy and 
financial matters, 10 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine health care 
and the budget, focusing on information technology and health care 
reform, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the President's proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2009 for the Department of Agriculture Forest Service, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1499, to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce air pollution 
from marine vessels, 10:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine international 
aspects of a carbon cap and trade program, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 579, to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental 
Health Sciences to make grants for the development and operation of 
research centers regarding environmental factors that may be related 
to the etiology of breast cancer, S. 1810, to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to increase the provision of scientifically sound 
information and support services to patients receiving a positive 
test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally and postnatally 
diagnosed conditions, S. 999, to amend the Public Health Service Act 
to improve stroke prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and

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rehabilitation, S. 1760, to amend the Public Health Service Act with 
respect to the Healthy Start Initiative, H.R. 20, to provide for 
research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum 
depression and psychosis, and S. 1042, to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to make the provision of technical services for medical 
imaging examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, more 
accurate, and less costly, and any pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
ways to build and strengthen the Federal acquisition workforce, 9:45 
a.m., SD-342.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of 
Homeland Security, 1:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2009 
for tribal programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 2304, 
to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act 
of 1968 to provide grants for the improved mental health treatment 
and services provided to offenders with mental illnesses, S. 2449, 
to amend chapter 111 of title 28, United States Code, relating to 
protective orders, sealing of cases, disclosures of discovery 
information in civil actions, S. 352, to provide for media coverage 
of Federal court proceedings, S. 2136, to address the treatment of 
primary mortgages in bankruptcy, S. 2133, to authorize bankruptcy 
courts to take certain actions with respect to mortgage loans in 
bankruptcy, and the nominations of Kevin J. O'Connor, of 
Connecticut, to be Associate Attorney General, and Gregory G. 
Katsas, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Attorney General, both 
of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine the 
Director of National Intelligence authorities, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
NRCS Under Secretary Mark Rey, 2 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, on Army Readiness, 1:30 p.m., H 140 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Waste Development, and Related 
Agencies, overview hearing on Vehicle Technology and Gas Prices, 12 
p.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Land Border Enforcement, 
12:30 p.m., and 3 p.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies, overview hearing on Opportunities Lost and Costs 
to Society: the Social and Economic Burden of Disease, Injuries, and 
Disability, 12 p.m., and on Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
Fiscal Year 2009 Budget overview, 2 p.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, on Veterans Affairs, 1 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Implications for Our 
Strategic Posture, 11 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Provincial Reconstruction Teams: A Case for Interagency National 
Security Reform? 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing on The State 
of the Bond Insurance Industry, 11:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, to mark up the following measures: 
The Global HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 
2008; 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 and 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; 10:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Asia, The Pacific and the Global Environment, 
hearing on an Overview of Cambodia and the Need for Debt Recycling: 
How Can the U.S. Be of Assistance? 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence, 
Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment, hearing entitled 
``Homeland Security Intelligence at a Crossroads: the Office of 
Intelligence and Analysis' Vision for 2008,'' 11 a.m., Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 3679, State Video Tax Fairness 
Act of 2007, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil 
Liberties, oversight hearing on the Justice Department's Office of 
Legal Counsel, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, 
hearing on Design Law--Are Special Provisions Needed to Protect 
Unique Industries? 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, oversight hearing on the 
President's Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request for the Department of 
the Interior, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Domestic Policy, hearing on One year later: Medicaid's Response to 
Systemic Problems Revealed by the death of Deamonte Driver, 2 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives 
and the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and 
Procurement, joint hearing on Federal IT Security: A Review of H.R. 
4791, Federal Agency Data Protection Act, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, to continue 
hearings on Six Years Later (Part III): Innovative Approaches to 
Defeating Al Qaeda, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, hearing on Funding for the 
America COMPETES Act in the Fiscal Year 2009 Administration Budget 
Request, 11 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Business Activity 
Taxes and their Impact on Small Businesses, 10 a.m.,2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Revitalization of the 
Environmental Protection Agency's Brownfields Program, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on Examining the VA's 
Claims Processing System, 2 p.m., 340 Cannon
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up H.R. 5264, Trade 
Preference Extension Act of 2008, and to consider Committee's Views 
and Estimates Letter to the Committee on the Budget, 9 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the Medicare portions of the 
President's fiscal year 2009 budget, 12 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Overhead, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing entitled ``Fire and Rain: How the Destruction of Tropical 
Forests is Fueling Climate Change, `` 2 p.m., room to be announced.