[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 31 (Tuesday, February 26, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D181-D183]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 27, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  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.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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.
  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 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.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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.
  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

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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: to hold 
hearings to examine U.S. reliance on private security firms in 
overseas operations, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: 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: 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.
  Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, to hold hearings to examine 
supporting the front line in the fight against crime, focusing on 
restoring federal funding for state and local law enforcement, 2 
p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: 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: 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: 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: closed business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: 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

  Committee on Agriculture, 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, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Drug Safety, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 
on National Science Board/National Science Foundation, 9:30 a.m., H-
309 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, on Shipbuilding, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on Bureau of Reclamation Commission, 10 a.m., 2362-B 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, on 
Election Administration, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, on 
Bureau of Land Management, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 
Related Agencies, on Department of Health and Human Services, 10 
a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, on Office of Inspector General, 1:30 p.m., H-143 
Capitol.
  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.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Fiscal Year 2009 National 
Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of the Air 
Force, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on U.S. Strategic 
Posture/Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request for Strategic Programs, 2 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, 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., Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing on 
Wireless Consumer Protection and Community Broadband Empowerment, 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to continue hearings on Monetary 
Policy and the State of the Economy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, to mark the following: GlobalHIV/
AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008; H.R. 
1084, Reconstruction and Stabilization Civilian Management Act of 
2007; 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 
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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. 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; H. Con. Res. 278, Supporting Taiwan's fourth direct 
and democratic presidential elections in March 2008; and H. Con. 
Res. 290, Commemorating the 175th anniversary of the special 
relationship between the United States and the Kingdom of Thailand, 
9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  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.
  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., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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, 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.
  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.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Organization and Procurement, hearing on 
Contracting Reform: Expert Recommendations and pending measures, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H. Res. 895, Establishing within 
the House of Representatives an Office of Congressional Ethics, and 
for other purposes, 12:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, to mark up 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, to consider Committee Budget Views 
and Estimates for Fiscal Year 2009 for submission to the Committee 
on the Budget, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
VA Construction Authorization, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Income Security and 
Family Support, hearing on Improving the Child Welfare System, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Intelligence Community Management, hearing on Security Clearances, 
9:30 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and 
Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 8:45 a.m., H-
405 Capitol.