[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 30 (Monday, February 25, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D165-D171]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

               Week of February 25 through March 1, 2008

                             Senate Chamber

   On Tuesday, at approximately 10:00 a.m., Senate will continue 
consideration of S. 1200, Indian Health Care Improvement Act 
Amendments, and vote on the pending amendments and on passage of the 
bill. At 2:50 p.m., Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 
the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2633, Troop Redeployment, 
following which, Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 
the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2634, Global Strategy 
Report.
   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 Appropriations: February 26, Subcommittee on 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, to hold oversight 
hearings to examine the oil, gas, and mineral revenue programs 
managed by the Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the U.S. Army, 
Department of Defense, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine the recent Hallmark/Westland meat recall, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 26, to hold hearings to 
examine the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2009 for 
the Department of the Army, and the future years defense program, 
9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  February 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the 
United States; with the possibility of a closed session in S-407 
following the open session, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to 
examine the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2009 for 
the Active component, Reserve component, civilian personnel 
programs, and the future years defense program, 3 p.m., SR-232A.
  February 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
defense authorization request for fiscal year 2009 for Department of 
the Navy, and the future years defense program; with the possibility 
of a closed session in SR-222 immediately following the open 
session, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  February 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
defense authorization request for fiscal year 2009, for the 
Department of the Navy, and the future years defense program; with 
the possibility of a closed session in SR-222 immediately following 
the open session, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 28, to 
hold hearings to examine the semiannual monetary policy report to 
the Congress, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 27, 
Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2009 for the National Space and Aeronautics 
Administration (NASA), 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  February 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2009 for the 
Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 26, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine U.S. oil inventory policies, focusing 
on the Department of Energy's Strategic Petroleum Reserve Project 
Management Office policies, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  February 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Stanley C. Suboleski, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Energy (Fossil Energy), and J. Gregory Copeland, of 
Texas, to be General Counsel, both of the Department of Energy, 9:45 
a.m., SD-366.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 2229, to withdraw certain Federal land in the 
Wyoming Range from leasing and provide an opportunity to retire 
certain leases in the

[[Page D166]]

Wyoming Range, S. 2379, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to cancel certain grazing leases on land in Cascade-Siskiyou 
National Monument that are voluntarily waived by the lessees, to 
provide for the exchange of certain Monument land in exchange for 
private land, to designate certain Monument land as wilderness, S. 
832, to provide for the sale of approximately 25 acres of public 
land to the Turnabout Ranch, Escalante, Utah, at fair market value, 
S. 2508 and H.R. 903, bills to provide for a study of options for 
protecting the open space characteristics of certain lands in and 
adjacent to the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado, 
S. 2601 and H.R. 1285, bills to require the Secretary of Agriculture 
to convey to King and Kittitas Counties Fire District No. 51 a 
certain parcel of real property for use as a site for a new 
Snoqualmie Pass fire and rescue station, H.R. 523, to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey certain public land located 
wholly or partially within the boundaries of the Wells Hydroelectric 
Project of Public Utility District No. 1 of DouglasCounty, 
Washington, to the utility district, and H.R. 838, to provide for 
the conveyance of the Bureau of Land Management parcels known as the 
White Acre and Gambel Oak properties and related real property to 
Park City, Utah, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  February 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
impact of increased minimum wages on the economies of American Samoa 
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 9:30 a.m., SD-
366.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 177 and H.R. 2085, bills to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to convey to the McGee Creek Authority certain 
facilities of the McGee Creek Project, Oklahoma, S. 1473 and H.R. 
1855, bills to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Bureau of Reclamation, to enter into a cooperative 
agreement with the Madera Irrigation District for purposes of 
supporting the Madera Water Supply Enhancement Project, S. 1474 and 
H.R. 1139, bills to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to plan, 
design and construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, 
municipal, domestic, and other uses from the Bunker Hill Groundwater 
Basin, Santa Ana River, California, S. 1929, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of 
Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study of water augmentation 
alternatives in the Sierra Vista Subwatershed, S. 2370, to clear 
title to certain real property in New Mexico associated with the 
Middle Rio Grande Project, and H.R. 2381, to promote Department of 
the Interior efforts to provide a scientific basis for the 
management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi 
River Basin, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 27, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2009 for the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., 
SD-406.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold 
oversight hearings to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
focusing on the security of the nuclear power plants in the United 
States, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: February 26, to hold hearings to examine the 
economic and fiscal conditions of the States, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  February 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the real 
estate market, focusing on building a strong economy, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 28, to hold hearings to 
examine the policy options of the United States in post-election 
Pakistan, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  February 28, Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign 
Assistance, Economic Affairs and International Environmental 
Protection, to hold hearings to examine international deforestation 
and climate change adaptation, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 27, 
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 
prenatal and postnatal diagnosed conditions, S. 999, to amend the 
Public Health Service Act to improve stroke prevention, diagnosis, 
treatment, and 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: February 
27, to hold hearings to examine U.S. reliance on private security 
firms in overseas operations, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  February 29, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold 
hearings to examine government-wide intelligence community 
management reforms, focusing on ensuring effective Congressional 
oversight and the role of the Government Accountability Office, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 27, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 2232, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to establish a 
demonstration program to adapt the lessons of providing foreign aid 
to underdeveloped economies to the provision of Federal economic 
development assistance to certain similarly situated individuals, 
9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 27, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 2041, to amend the False Claims Act, focusing on 
strengthening the government's most effective tool against fraud for 
the 21st century, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, to hold hearings to 
examine supporting the front line in the

[[Page D167]]

fight against crime, focusing on restoring federal funding for state 
and local law enforcement, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  February 28, Full Committee, 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, S. 2041, to amend the False Claims Act, 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, Brian 
Stacy Miller, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Arkansas, and James Randal Hall, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  February 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
weaknesses in the visa waiver program, focusing on possible 
safeguards needed to protect the United States of America, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: February 27, to hold 
hearings to examine protecting voters in the United States at the 
polls, focusing on limiting abusive robocalls and vote caging 
practices, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: February 27, to 
hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2009 for the Small Business Administration, 10 a.m., SR-
428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: February 27, to hold hearings to 
review veterans' disability compensation, focusing on expert work on 
post-traumatic stress disorder and other issues, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 26, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  February 27, Full Committee, closed business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  February 28, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: February 27, to hold hearings to 
examine issues relative to surgeons, focusing on conflicts and 
consultant payments in the medical device industry, 10:30 a.m., SD-
628.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, February 27, to consider Budget Views 
and Estimates for Fiscal Year 2009 for submission to the Committee 
on the Budget, 12 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, February 26, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, on Office of 
Science and Technology Policy, 10 a.m., and on International Trade 
Commission, 2 p.m., B-309 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Missile 
Defense Agency, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Immigration 
Enforcement Issues, including Comprehensive Identification and 
Removal of Criminal Aliens and Students and Exchange Visitor Program 
fee increases--Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on Environmental Protection Agency, 1:30 p.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education and Related Agencies, on Secretary of Education, 10 a.m., 
and an Overview hearing on Opportunities Lost and Costs to Society: 
The Social and Economic Burden of Inadequate Education, Training and 
Workforce Development, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' 
Affairs and Related Agencies, on American Battle Commission, 1:30 
p.m.; on Arlington National Cemetery and United States Soldiers' and 
Airmen's Home National Cemetery, 2:15 p.m., on Armed Forces 
Retirement Income, 2:45 p.m., and on United States Court of Appeals 
for Veterans' Claims, 3:15 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  February 26, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs, on Fiscal Year 2009 Budget-Millennium Challenge 
Account, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, on Federal Railroad 
Administration and National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK), 
10 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Drug Safety, 10 
a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and 
Related Agencies, on National Science Board/National Science 
Foundation, 9:30 a.m., H-309 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Defense, on Shipbuilding, 10 a.m., H-
140 Capitol.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and 
Related Agencies, on Bureau of Reclamation Commission, 10 a.m., 
2362-B Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, on Election Administration, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related 
Agencies, on Bureau of Land Management, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education and Related Agencies, on Department of Health and Human 
Services, 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, on Office of Inspector General, 1:30 
p.m., H-143 Capitol.

[[Page D168]]


  February 27, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Agencies, on Fiscal Year 2009 Budget, U.S. Agency for 
International Development, 10 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Inspector General, 
10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Defense, on Defense Health Program, 
10 a.m., and on National Guard and Reserve Issues, 1:30 p.m., H-140 
Capitol.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and 
Related Agencies, on Department of Energy, 9 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, on Consumer Protection in Financial Services, 10 a.m., 
2220 Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Improving the 
Efficiency of the Aviation Security System--TSA, GAO, American 
Airlines, and Washington Metropolitan Airport Authority, 10 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service- and U.S. Geological 
Survey, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education and Related Agencies, on Reducing the Disability Backlog 
at the Social Security Administration/Fiscal Year 2009 Budget 
Overview, 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs, on Fiscal Year 2009 Budget-State Operations, 
Embassy Baghdad, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, on Housing Needs of Special 
Populations (Elderly; Disabled; Homeless; HOPWA), 10 a.m., 2358-A 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 26, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2009 National Defense 
Authorization Budget Request on Overview of Recruiting, Retention 
and Compensation, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and the 
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, 
joint hearing on Irregular Warfare and Stability Operations: 
Approaches to Interagency Integration, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 27, full Committee, hearing on Fiscal Year 2009 National 
Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of the Air 
Force, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, 
hearing on Fiscal Year 2009 National Defense Authorization Budget 
Request overview for the United States Marine Corps, 3 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on U.S. 
Strategic Posture/Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request for Strategic 
Programs, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 28, full Committee, hearing on Fiscal Year 2009 National 
Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of the 
Army, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on the Fiscal Year 
2009 National Defense Authorization Budget Request on military 
construction, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 27, hearing on Department of 
Defense Fiscal Year 2009 Budget, 10 a.m., and a hearing on 
Department of Health and Human Services Fiscal Year 2009 Budget, 2 
p.m., 210 Cannon.
  February 28, hearing on Members' Day, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, February 26, Subcommittee on 
Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, hearing on H.R. 2703, 
Private Security Officer Employment Authorization Act of 2007, 10:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 26, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``Covering Uninsured Kids: Reversing 
Progress Already Made,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Contaminated Food: Private Sector Accountability,'' 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection, entitled ``Drugs in Sports: Compromising the Health of 
Athletes and Undermining the Integrity of Competition,'' 9:30 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing on Wireless Consumer Protection and Community Broadband 
Empowerment, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  February 28, full Committee, hearing entitled ``A Review of the 
Department of Health and Human Services Fiscal Year 2009 Budget,'' 
9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing 
entitled ``Climate Change: Competitiveness Concerns and Prospects 
for Engaging Developing Countries,'' 1 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing on S. 742, Ban Asbestos in America Act of 2007 and on other 
proposals to Ban Asbestos in Products, 1:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 26 and 27, hearings on 
Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, February 26, Subcommittee on 
International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight and the 
Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia, joint briefing on Iraqi 
Refugees: Can the U.S. Do More to Help? 1 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  February 27, full Committee, to mark the following measures: 
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 the gratitude to 
all member states of the International Commission of the 
International Tracing Service (ITS) on ratifying the May 2006 
Agreement to amend the 1955 Bonn Accords

[[Page D169]]

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 Nationals 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. Con. Res. 154, Expressing the sense of Congress 
that the fatal radiation poisoning of Russian dissident and writer 
Alexandria 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, 9:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, hearing on 
Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis: Assessing the U.S. Response to an 
Emerging Global Threat, 2:30 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
Environment, hearing and briefing on Climate Change and Vulnerable 
Societies: A Post-Bali Overview, 2 p.m., 340 Cannon.
  February 28, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human 
Rights, and Oversight, hearing on Status of Forces in Agreements and 
UN Mandates: What Authorities and Protections Do They Provide to 
U.S. Personnel? 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, February 26, hearing on the 
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  February 26, 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,'' 4 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global 
Counterterrorism and the Subcommittee on Management, Investigations 
and Oversight, joint hearing entitled `` Project 28: Lessons Learned 
and the Future of SBInet,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  February 28, full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Cyber 
Initiative,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 26, Subcommittee on 
Commercial and Administrative Law, to consider a resolution 
authorizing the Chairman to issue a subpoena to former Attorney 
General John Ashcroft for testimony and related documents at a 
hearing before the Subcommittee regarding deferred prosecution 
agreements and independent corporate monitors; followed by an 
oversight hearing on the Implementation of the U.S. Department of 
Justice's Special Counsel Regulations, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and 
Civil Liberties, to consider a resolution authorizing the Chairman 
of the Committee to issue a subpoena to J. Kenneth Blackwell for 
testimony and related documents at a hearing before the Subcommittee 
regarding voter suppression; followed by an oversight hearing on 
Voter Suppression, 9:25 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security, hearing on Cracked Justice--Addressing the Unfairness in 
Cocaine Sentencing, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, 
Border Security, and International Law, to meet to request 
Department of Homeland Security Departmental Reports on the 
beneficiaries of private relief measures, 11 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and 
Intellectual Property, oversight hearing on the U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office, 1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, February 26, Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, oversight hearing entitled ``The 
fiscal year 2009 budget request for the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service (FWS), 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  February 26, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public 
Lands, hearing on H.R. 5151, Wild Monongahela Act: A National Legacy 
for West Virginia's Special Places, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on 
the Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Requests for the Bureau of Reclamation, 
the Water Resources Division of the United States Geological Survey, 
and the Federal Power Marketing Administrations, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  February 27, full Committee, oversight hearing on the Department 
of Interior's recently released guidance on taking land into trust 
for Indian Tribes and its ramifications, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 27, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public 
Lands, oversight hearing on the Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Requests for 
the National Park Service, Forest Service and the Bureau of Land 
Management, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, 
oversight hearing on the proposed Fiscal Year 2009 Budget for the 
Minerals Management Service, the Bureau of Land Management, Energy 
and Minerals programs, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement, the Minerals programs, the Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement, the Minerals and Geology Program of the 
Forest Service, and the United States Geological Survey, except for 
the activities and programs of the Water Resources Division, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3223, Keep Our Waterfronts 
Working Act of 2007; H.R. 5451, Coastal Zone Reauthorization Act of 
2009; H.R. 5452, Coastal State Renewable Energy Promotion Act of 
2008;

[[Page D170]]

and H.R. 5453, Coastal State Climate Change Planning Act of 2008, 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, oversight hearing on 
the Fiscal Year 2009 budget request for the Department of Interior's 
Office of Insular Affairs, 1 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, February 26, hearing 
on Electronic Records Preservation at the White House; followed by 
consideration of the following: Committee Budget Views and Estimates 
for Fiscal Year 2009 for submission to the Committee on the Budget; 
H. Con. Res. 286, Expressing the sense of Congress that Earl Lloyd 
should be recognized and honored for breaking the color barrier and 
becoming the first African American to play in the National 
Basketball Association League 58 years ago; H. Con. Res. 292, 
Honoring Margaret Truman Daniel and her lifetime of accomplishments; 
H. Res. 537, Expressing support for the designation and goals of 
National 9-1-1 Educational Month, and for other purposes; H.R. 3196, 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 20 Sussex Street in Port Jervis, New York, as the ``E. 
Arthur Gray Post Office Building''; H.R. 4166, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 701 East 
Copeland Drive in Lebanon, Missouri, as the ``Steve W. Allee Carrier 
Annex''; H.R. 4774, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 10250 John Saunders Road in San Antonio, 
Texas, as the ``Cyndi Taylor Krier Post Office Building''; H.R. 
5168, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 19101 Cortez Boulevard in Brooksville, Florida, as the 
``Cody Crater Post Office Building''; H.R. 5220, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3800 SW. 
185th Avenue in Beaverton, Oregon, as the ``Major Arthur Chin Post 
Office Building''; and H.R. 5400, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 160 East Washington Street 
in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, as the ``Sgt. Michael M. Kashkoush Post 
Office Building,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization 
and Procurement, hearing on Contracting Reform: Expert 
Recommendations and pending measures, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 27, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign 
Affairs, hearing on One Year After Walter Reed: An Independent 
Assessment of the Care, Support, and Disability Evaluation for 
Wounded Soldiers, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 28, full Committee, to continue hearings on Executive 
Compensation II: CEO Pay and the Mortgage Crisis, 10 a.m., 2145 
Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, 
and the District of Columbia, to consider pending business, and to 
hold a hearing on the Implementation of the Postal Accountability 
Enhancement Act of 2006, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, February 26, to consider H.R. 5351, Renewable 
Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008, 4 p.m., H-313 
capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, February 26, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Environment, hearing on the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration's Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Proposal and 
GAO's Report on the Aviation Weather Service, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Science and Education, oversight 
hearing on the NSF, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 27, full Committee, to markup the following bills: H.R. 
3916, To provide for the next generation of border and maritime 
security technologies; H.R. 4847, U.S. Fire Administration 
Reauthorization Act of 2008; and H.R. 5161, Green Transportation 
Infrastructure Research and Technology Transfer Act, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 26, hearing entitled ``State 
Strategies to Expand Health Insurance Coverage for Small 
Businesses,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Plain Language in Paperwork--The Benefits to Small 
Business,'' 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  February 27, full Committee, to consider Committee Budget Views 
and Estimates for Fiscal Year 2009 for submission to the Committee 
on the Budget, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  February 28, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Improving the 
Paperwork Reduction Act for Small Businesses,'' 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 26, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on 
Fiscal Year 2009 Budget: Coast Guard, Federal Maritime Commission 
and Maritime Administration, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 26, Subcommittee on 
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on Revising the 
VA Schedule of Rating Disabilities, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on VA Construction 
Authorization, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing on 
Subprime Mortgage Crisis and America's Veterans, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Mental Health 
Treatment for Families: Supporting Those Who Support our Veterans, 
10 a.m,. 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 27, Subcommittee on Income 
Security and Family Support, hearing on Improving the Child Welfare 
System, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  February 28, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Medicare 
Advantage, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 26, 
executive, briefing on Cyber Initiative, 11 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management, 
hearing on Security Clearances, 9:30 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  February 27, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, 
Analysis and Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 
8:45 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  February 28, full Committee, executive, briefing on FISA, 12:30 
p.m., and, executive, meeting on FY 09 Budget, 2 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.

[[Page D171]]


  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
February 26, hearing entitled ``Food for Thought: Sustainability 
from Counter to Compost,'' 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: February 28, to hold hearings to examine 
the total economic costs of the war beyond the Federal budget, 9:30 
a.m., SD-106.