[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 35 (Monday, March 3, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D215-D216]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             MARCH 4, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, to 
hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2009 for the U.S. Enviromental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  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.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
defense authorization request for fiscal year 2009 for the United 
States Central Command and 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.
  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.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the state of the banking industry, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the Energy Information Administration's revised 
``Annual Energy Outlook'', 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
Kosovo, focusing on the Balkans region, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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.
  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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold joint hearings with the 
House Veterans Affairs Committee to examine

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veterans of foreign wars of the United States, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Full Committee, to hold joint hearings with the House Veterans 
Affairs Committee to examine disabled American veterans, 2 p.m., 
345, Cannon Building.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on Challenges and 
Opportunities for Improving School Nutrition, 3:30 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, 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.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: 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 Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold 
joint hearings with the House Veterans' Affairs Committee to examine 
disabled American veterans, 2 p.m., 345, Cannon Building.
  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.