[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 36 (Tuesday, March 4, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D224-D225]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 5, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 
for the Department of the Treasury, 3 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  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 servicewide improvements in mental 
health resources, including suicide prevention, for servicemembers 
and their families, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on the Budget: business meeting to mark up the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2009, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider the nomination of J. Gregory Copeland, of Texas, to be 
General Counsel of the Department of Energy, 11:15 a.m., SD-366.
  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 Foreign Relations: 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: 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.
  Subcommittee on Children and Families, 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.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine census in peril, focusing on getting the 2010 
decennial back on track, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine the state of the

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United States Postal Service one year after reform, 2:30 p.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to continue oversight hearings to 
examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Special Committee on Aging: 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

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies, Economic Development Administration, 
10 a.m., H-309 Rayburn, and on NASA, 2 p.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, on Air Force, Contract award for tanker 
replacement, 10 a.m., and, executive, on U.S. Central Command, 3 
p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, on 
Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Coast Guard 2009 Budget 
Impact on Maritime Safety, Security, and Environment, 10 a.m., 2362-
B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies, on Expanding Health Care Access, 10 a.m., 2358-C; 
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., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on Library of Congress, 10 
a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, 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.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on Fiscal Year 2009 
National Defense Authorization Budget Request and Status for Space 
Activities, 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on the Budget, to mark up the Concurrent Resolution on 
the Budget for Fiscal Year 2009, 10:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing entitled ``Climate Change: Competitiveness and 
Prospects for Engaging Developing Countries,'' 10:30 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investments, to authorize the 
issuance of a subpoena ad testificadum to Steven E. Mendell, 
President of Hallmark/Westland Meat Company, for testimony regarding 
the circumstances surrounding his company's recent recall of over 
143 million pounds of beef products after the USDA determined the 
products were unfit for human consumption, 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing 
entitled ``Competition in the Sports Programming Marketplace,'' 9:30 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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, to mark up a resolution establishing 
the Task Force on Competition Policy and Antitrust Laws; followed by 
an oversight hearing on the Department of Homeland Security, 9:30 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, oversight hearing entitled 
``Poaching American Security: Impacts of Illegal Wildlife Trade,'' 
9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
National Security, and Foreign Affairs, hearing on Oversight of 
Ballistic Missile Defense (Part I): Threats, Realities, and 
Tradeoffs, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on the Department of Energy Fiscal Year 2009 
Research and Development Budget Request, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, 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.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, hearing on Investment 
in the Rail Industry, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Select Revenue 
Measures, hearing on Tax Treatment of Derivatives, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
FISA Part II, 1:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and 
Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on FBI Intelligence 
Reforms, 8:45 a.m., H-405 Capitol.