[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 42 (Wednesday, March 12, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D285-D287]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 13, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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 Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., SD-
138.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold a 
hearing to examine the nomination of John J. Sullivan, of Maryland, 
to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, 2 p.m., SR-253.

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  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine old-growth forest 
science, focusing on policy and management in the Pacific Northwest 
region, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine customs 
reauthorization, focusing on strengthening United States economic 
interests and security, 9:15 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. 
2731, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 
to provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/AIDS, 
tuberculosis, and malaria, and the nominations of William Raymond 
Steiger, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Mozambique, and Mark Kimmitt, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary 
of State for Political-Military Affairs, both of the Department of 
State, and a promotion list in the foreign service, 10:15 a.m., S-
116, Capitol.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
FNCS Budget, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, on Navy Posture, 10 a.m., and executive, 
on Navy Acquisition, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, on DOE--Science 
Research, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services, and General Government, on 
Supreme Court, 10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Federal Emergency Management 
Agency--Is the agency on the right track? 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, on 
Public Witnesses--Other Issues, 9:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 
Related Agencies, on Public Witnesses, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2358-C 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on Budget Hearing--U.S. House 
of Representatives, 10:30 a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, on Air Force Budget, 10:30 a.m., and on Outside 
Witnesses, 1:30 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Fiscal Year 2009 National 
Defense Authorization Budget Request for the U.S. European Command, 
Southern Command and Africa Command, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on Department of Defense Energy 
Posture, 10:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on Fiscal Year 2009 National Defense 
Authorization Budget Request--Department of Defense Science and 
Technology: Responding to the 21st Century Irregular Warfare Threat 
Environment, 10:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on America's Black 
Colleges and Universities: Models of Excellence and Challenges for 
the Future, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, hearing entitled ``Department of 
Commerce Budget for Fiscal Year 2009,'' 9 a.m., and to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 3754, To authorize the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to accept, as part of a settlement, 
diesel emission reduction Supplemental Environmental Projects, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 1108, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco 
Control Act; H.R. 1198, Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Act 
of 2007; H.R. 2464, Wakefield Act; H.R. 1237, Cytology Proficiency 
Improvement Act of 2007; H.R. 3701, Keeping Seniors Safe From Falls 
Act of 2007; H.R. 2063, Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act 
of 2007; H.R. 3825, Newborn Screening Saves Lives Act of 2007; and 
H.R. 1418, Reauthorization of the Traumatic Brain Injury Act; 12:30 
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing on The Credit Cardholders' 
Bill of Rights: Providing New Protections for Consumers, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa and Global 
Health, hearing on Child Survival: The Unfinished Agenda to Reduce 
Global Child Mortality, 10:30 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and 
Oversight, hearing on War Powers for the 21st Century: The 
Congressional Perspective, 9:30 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence, 
Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment, hearing entitled 
``Making Homeland Security Intelligence Work for State, Local, and 
Tribal Partners: An Interagency Threat Assessment Coordination Group 
(ITACG) Progress Report,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, 
and Intellectual Property, hearing on Promoting the Use of Orphan 
Works: Balancing the Interests of Copyright Owners and Users, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests and Public Lands, oversight hearing on the Impacts of 
Unmanaged Off-Road Vehicles on Federal Land, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 317, Arkansas Valley Conduit Act; H.R. 4841, Soboba Band of 
Luiseno Indians Settlement Act; and H.R. 5293, Shoshone-Paiute 
Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights Settlement Act, 
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to consider the 
following measures: S. 550, To preserve existing judgeships on the 
Superior Court of the District of Columbia; H.R. 5551, To amend 
title 11, District of Columbia Official Code, to implement the 
increase provided under the District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 
2008, in the amount of funds made available for the

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compensation of attorneys representing indigent defendants in the 
District of Columbia courts; H.R. 4106, Telework Improvements Act of 
2007; H.R. 2780, to amend section 8339(p) of title 5, United States 
Code, to clarify the method for computing certain annuities under 
the Civil Service Retirement System which are based on part-time 
service; H.R. 4881, Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of 2007; 
H.R. 3033, Contractors and Federal Spending Accountability Act of 
2007; H.R. 3928, Government Contractor Accountability Act of 2007; 
H.R. 3548, Plain Language in Government Communications Act of 2007; 
H.R. 752, Federal Electronic Equipment Donation Act of 2007; H. Con. 
Res. 310, Expressing support for a national day of remembrance for 
Harriet Ross Tubman; H. Res. 578, Expressing the sense of the House 
of Representatives that there should be established a National 
Watermelon Month; H. Res. 892, Expressing support for designation of 
March 11, 2008, as ``National Funeral Directors and Mortician 
Recognition Day''; H. Res. 952, Expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that there should be established a National Teacher 
Day to honor and celebrate teachers in the United States; H. Res. 
994, Expressing support for the designation of a National 
Glanzmann's Thrombasthenia Awareness Day; H. Res. 1002, Expressing 
support for designation of April 2008 as ``Public Radio Recognition 
Month''; H. Res. 1005, Supporting the goals and ideals of Borderline 
Personality Awareness Month; H. Res. 1021, Supporting the goals, 
ideals, and history of National Women's History Month; H.R. 4185, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 11151 Valley Boulevard in El Monte, California, as the ``Marisol 
Heredia Post Office Building''; H.R. 5395, To designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 11001 Dunklin Drive 
in St. Louis, Missouri, as the ``William `Bill' Clay Post Office 
Building''; H.R. 5472, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 2650 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 
Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, as the ``Julia M. Carson Post Office 
Building''; H.R. 5479, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 117 North Kidd Street in Ionia, 
Michigan, as the ``Alonzo Woodruff Post Office Building''; H.R. 
5483, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 10449 White Granite Drive in Oakton, Virginia, as the 
``Private First Class Davis H. Sharrett II Post Office Building''; 
H.R. 5489, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 6892 Main Street in Gloucestor, Virginia, as the 
``Congresswoman Jo Ann S. Davis Post Office''; H.R. 5517, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 7231 FM 1960 in Humble, Texas, as the ``Texas Military Veterans 
Post Office;'' and H.R. 5528, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 120 Commercial Street in 
Brockton, Massachusetts, as the ``Rocky Marciano Post Office 
Building,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing on Is USDA Accounting for 
Costs to Farmers Caused by Contamination from Genetically Engineered 
Plants? 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Services and the 
District of Columbia, hearing on H.R. 3268, Government 
Accountability Office Act of 2007, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Investigations and Oversight, hearing on EPA Library Closures: 
Better Access for a Broader Audience? 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on NASA's Science 
Programs: Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Request and Issues, 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Legislation to 
Reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program,'' 
10 a.m., 1539 Longworth.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing on U.S. Paralympic Military Program, 1 p.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Care of 
Seriously Wounded After In-Patient Care, 10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on 
2008 tax return filing season, IRS operations the fiscal Year 2009 
budget proposals, and National Taxpayer Advocate's Annual Report, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Overhead Architecture, 9:30 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and 
Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 1:30 p.m., 
and executive, briefing on Southwest Border Security, 3 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing entitled ``Massachusetts v* U.S. EPA Part II: Implications 
of the Supreme Court Decision,'' 9:30 a.m., 1334 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine Poland's Museum of the History of Polish Jews, 2:30 p.m., 
B-318, Rayburn Building.