[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 34 (Friday, February 29, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D207-D211]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of March 3 through March 8, 2008

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 3:30 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 2663, Consumer Product Safety 
Commission Reform Act.
  At 5:30 p.m., Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
  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: March 4, Subcommittee on the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the 
Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  March 4, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2009 for the U.S. Agency for International Development, 
2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 
for the Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of 
the Navy, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Treasury, 3 p.m., SD-138.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of 
Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Commerce, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 4, to hold hearings to examine 
the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2009 for the 
United States Central Command and

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the United States Special Operations Command, and the future years 
defense program; with the possibility of a closed session in S-407 
immediately following the open session, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2009 for 
the military space programs, and the future years defense program, 
2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  March 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2009, for the Department of 
the Air Force, and the future years defense program, 9:30 a.m., SH-
216.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine 
the findings and recommendations of the Department of Defense Task 
Force on Mental Health, the Army's Mental Health Advisory Team 
reports, and Department of Defense and service-wide improvements in 
mental health resources, including suicide prevention, for 
servicemembers and their families, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  March 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2009 for the U.S. Southern and 
Northern Command, and the future years defense program, 9:30 a.m., 
SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 4, to hold 
hearings to examine the state of the banking industry, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  March 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine reforming the 
regulation of government sponsored enterprises, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 4, to 
hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2009 for Transportation Security Administration, 
Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant 
Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security, to hold hearings to 
examine protecting seashores from oil spills, focusing on 
operational procedures and ship designs, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast 
Guard, to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget 
request for fiscal year 2009 for the U.S. Coast Guard and conduct 
oversight, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 4, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Energy Information Administration's 
revised Annual Energy Outlook, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  March 5, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
the initial amendment between the United States and the Russian 
Federation on the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation 
on Uranium from the Russian Federation, 3 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: March 6, to hold hearings to examine the 
Administration's 2008 trade agenda, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  March 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 4, to hold hearings to 
examine Kosovo, focusing on the Balkans region, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  March 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine strengthening 
national security, focusing on smart power and military perspective, 
9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 5, 
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, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  March 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the rising 
cost of heating homes, focusing on Low Income Home Energy Assistance 
Program (LIHEAP), 10:30 a.m., SD-430.
  March 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine unemployment 
in the economy, focusing on ways to secure families and build 
opportunities, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: March 4, 
Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness 
and Integration, with the Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, 
to hold joint hearings to examine the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency (FEMA) disaster housing strategy, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  March 4, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
National Security Presidential Directive-54 and Homeland Security 
Presidential Directive-23 (NSPD-54/HSPD-23) and the comprehensive 
national cyber security initiative, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  March 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine census in 
peril, focusing on getting the 2010 decennial back on track, 9:30 
a.m., SD-342.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine the state of the United States Postal Service 
one year after reform, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: March 6, to hold hearings to examine 
the state of facilities in Indian country jails, schools, and health 
facilities, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 5, to continue oversight 
hearings to examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 10 a.m., 
SD-106.
  March 6, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2304, to 
amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control

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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, S. 2533, to enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secrets 
privilege 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, James 
Randal Hall, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Georgia, William Joseph Hawe, to be United States 
Marshal for the Western District of Washington, Stanley Thomas 
Anderson, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Tennessee, and John A. Mendez, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of California, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 4, to hold joint hearings 
with the House Veterans Affairs Committee to examine veterans of 
foreign wars of the United States, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  March 4, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Veterans Affairs Committee to examine disabled American veterans, 2 
p.m., 345-CHOB.
  March 6, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Veterans Affairs Committee to examine a sundry of associations 
outlook on veterans affairs issues, 9:30 a.m., 345-CHOB.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 4, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  March 6, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: March 5, to hold hearings to examine 
elderly hunger in America, focusing on the steps needed to prevent 
this now and in the future, 10:30 a.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, March 4, Subcommittee on Defense, on 
Defense Contracting, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Food Safety and 
Inspection Service, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, Economic Development Administration, 10 a.m., H-309 Rayburn, 
and on NASA, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on U.S. Southern 
Command, and executive on U.S. Central Command, 3 p.m., H-140 
Capitol.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, on Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Coast Guard 2009 
Budget Impact on Maritime Safety, Security, and Environment, 10 
a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  March 5, Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on Bureau of Indian Affairs--Office of the Special 
Trustee, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, on Expanding Health Care Access, 10 
a.m., and on Health Issues and Opportunities at the National 
Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and 
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality/Fiscal Year 2009 Budget 
Overview, 2 p.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on Library of 
Congress, 10 a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Farm and Foreign 
Agricultural Services Budget request, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related 
Agencies, to continue on NASA, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn, and 2 p.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  March 6, Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, executive, on 
National Intelligence Program Budget, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on U.S. Corps of Engineers, 10 a.m., and on Department of 
Energy--Environmental Management Legacy Management, 3 p.m., 2362-B 
Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, on OMB, 10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Border Security 
Programs and Operations--Challenges and Priorities, 9:30 a.m., 2358-
A Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on the Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on National Park Service, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education and Related Agencies, on Secretary of Labor, Fiscal Year 
2009 Budget Overview, 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on GPO, 10 a.m., H-
144 Capitol.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, executive, on Central Command, 10 a.m., H-140 
Capitol, and on Department of Veterans' Affairs-Medical Care, 1:30 
p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  March 6, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, on Fiscal Year 2008 Emergency Supplemental Request for 
State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.

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  March 6, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, on FAA-Fiscal Year 2009 Budget 
Request and Next Generation Air Traffic Control System, 2 p.m., 
2358-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, March 5, hearing on the Fiscal Year 
2009 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the U.S. 
Central Command and the U.S. Special Operations, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on Fiscal Year 
2009 National Defense Authorization Budget Request and Status for 
Space Activities, 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Treats and 
Capabilities, hearing on Fiscal Year 2009 National Defense 
Authorization Budget Request from U.S. Special Operations Command 
and U.S. Northern Command, 1:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 6, full Committee, on Fiscal Year 2009 National Defense 
Authorization Budget Request from the Department of the Navy, 10 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, March 4, hearing on Challenges 
and Opportunities for Improving School Nutrition, 3:30 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 5, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Competition 
in the Sports Programming Marketplace,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, March 5, Subcommittee on Domestic 
and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology, and the 
Subcommittee on Capital Markets Insurance and Government Sponsored 
Enterprises, joint hearing entitled `` Foreign Government Investment 
in the U.S. Economy and Financial Sector,'' 2:30 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 6, full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Need for Credit 
Union Regulatory Relief and Improvements,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 4, Subcommittee on the Middle 
East and South Asia and the Subcommittee on International 
Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight, joint hearing on 
Declaration and Principles: Future U.S. Commitments to Iraq, 2 p.m., 
2200 Rayburn.
  March 5, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on With 
Castro Stepping Down, What's Next for Cuba and the Western 
Hemisphere? 2 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
Environment, hearing on Central Asia: An Overview, 2 p.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human 
Rights, and Oversight, and the Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, joint hearing on Empty Promises: 
Diplomatic Assurances and Rendition to Torture, 1 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, March 5, Subcommittee on Emerging 
Threats, Cybersecurity and Science and Technology, hearing entitled 
``Nuclear Smuggling Detection: Recent Tests of Advanced 
Spectroscopic Portal Monitors,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 5, oversight hearing on the 
Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on H.R. 5312, Automobile Arbitration Fairness Act of 2008, 
10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil 
Liberties, and the Subcommittee on International Organizations, 
Human Rights and Oversight, joint oversight hearing on Empty 
Promises: Diplomatic Assurances and Rendition to Torture, 1 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 
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, 11:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, March 5, oversight hearing 
entitled ``Poaching American Security: Impacts of Illegal Wildlife 
Trade,'' 9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 6, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 877, Adams National Historical 
Park Boundary Addition Act; H.R. 1423, Dorothy Buell Memorial 
Visitor Center Lease Act; H.R. 1693, National Liberty Memorial Act; 
H.R. 2675, HALE Scouts Act; H.R. 3651, Utah National Guard Readiness 
Act; and H.R. 3734, Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National 
Conservation Area Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, March 5, 
Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, 
hearing on 2010 Census Communications, Partnership Programs, Census 
in Schools, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 5, Subcommittee on National Security, and Foreign Affairs, 
hearing on Oversight of Ballistic Missile Defense (Part I): Threats, 
Realities, and Tradeoffs, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the 
District of Columbia, hearing on Investing in the Future of the 
Federal Workforce: Paid Parental Leave Improves Recruitment and 
Retention, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 7, full Committee, hearing on Executive Compensation II: CEO 
Pay and the Mortgage Crisis,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, March 4, to consider the following: H.R. 2857, 
Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act; and the 
Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007, 5 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, March 5, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Environment, hearing on the Department of Energy Fiscal 
Year 2009 Research and Development Budget Request, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing on 
Toxic Trailers: Have the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
Failed to Protect Public Health? 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.

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  March 6, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing on The 
Department of Homeland Security's R&D Budget Priorities for Fiscal 
Year 2009, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, March 5, Subcommittee on Finance and 
Tax, hearing on Improving the SBA's Access to Capital Programs for 
our Nation's Small Businesses, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  March 6, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Are New Procurement 
Methods Beneficial to Small Business Contractors?'' 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 6, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 
Emergency Management, hearing on Doing Business with the Government: 
The Record and Goals for Small, Minority, and Disadvantaged 
Businesses, 11 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 5, Subcommittee on Select 
Revenue Measures, hearing on Tax Treatment of Derivatives, 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 5, executive, 
briefing on FISA Part II, 1:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis 
and Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on FBI Intelligence 
Reforms, 8:45 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  March 6, full Committee, executive, briefing on Intelligence 
Budget Overview--DNI, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, March 
6, hearing entitled ``The Renewable Energy Economy: a New Path to 
Investment, Jobs and Growth,'' 9:30 a.m., room to be announced.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: March 4, to hold 
hearings to examine enlargement issues facing the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization (NATO) prior to the summit in Bucharest, 
Romania, focusing on democratic development, 3 p.m., B-318, Rayburn 
Building.
  Joint Economic Committee: March 7, to hold hearings to examine the 
current employment situation of 2008, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Joint Economic Committee: March 6, to hold hearings with the House 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee of Federal 
Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia to examine 
investing in the future of the federal workforce, focusing on paid 
parental leave to improve recruitment and retention, 9:30 a.m., 
2154-RHOB.
  Joint Hearing: March 6, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Veterans Affairs Committee to 
examine a sundry of associations outlook on veterans affairs issues, 
9:30 a.m., 345-CHOB.
  March 4, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Veterans Affairs Committee to examine disabled American veterans, 2 
p.m., 345-CHOB.
  March 4, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House 
Veterans Affairs Committee to examine veterans of foreign wars of 
the United States, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.