[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 49 (Monday, March 31, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D341-D345]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of March 31 through April 5, 2008

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of the motion to 
reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of H.R. 3221, New Direction for Energy 
Independence, National Security, and Consumer Protection Act, at 2:15 
p.m., and vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the bill at 
approximately 2:30 p.m.
  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: April 1, Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the Forest 
Service, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  April 2, 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.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Defense, to meet in closed session to 
examine National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/Space Programs, 10:30 
a.m., S-407, Capitol.

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  April 2, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
National Labor Relations Board Representation elections and initial 
collective bargaining agreements, focusing on safeguarding workers' 
rights, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine the 
status of the Surface Transportation Trust Funds and impact on 
federal spending, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2009 for the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Fiscal Year, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 1, Subcommittee on Airland, to 
hold hearings to examine the defense authorization request for 
fiscal year 2009 on the Army's new doctrine (Field Manual 3-0, 
Operations), and the future years defense program, 9:30 a.m., SR-
222.
  April 1, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2009 for 
ballistic missile defense programs, and the future years defense 
program, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  April 1, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold 
hearings to examine the defense authorization request for fiscal 
year 2009 for the current readiness of the armed forces, and the 
future years defense program, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to 
hold hearings to examine the defense authorization request for 
fiscal year 2009 for the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program and 
the Proliferation Security Initiative at the Department of Defense, 
and nuclear nonproliferation programs at the National Nuclear 
Security Administration, and the future years defense program, 10 
a.m., SR-232A.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold 
hearings to examine the Department of Defense contracting in Iraq 
and Afghanistan, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  April 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Gen. David D. McKiernan, to be General, and 
Commander, International Security Assistance Force, Afghanistan, Lt. 
Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, to be General, and Vice Chief of Staff, and 
Lt. Gen. Walter L. Sharp, to be General, and Commander, United 
Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/United States Forces Korea, 
all of the United States Army, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine the 
defense authorization request for fiscal year 2009 on Army 
modernization, and the future years defense program, 3 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 3, to hold 
hearings to examine turmoil in U.S. credit markets, focusing on the 
recent actions of federal financing regulators, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 2, 
business meeting to consider S. 2688, to improve the protections 
afforded under Federal law to consumers from contaminated seafood by 
directing the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program, in 
coordination with other appropriate Federal agencies, to strengthen 
activities for ensuring that seafood sold or offered for sale to the 
public in or affecting interstate commerce is fit for human 
consumption, S.J. Res. 28, disapproving the rule submitted by the 
Federal Communications Commission with respect to broadcast media 
ownership, S. 2607, to make a technical correction to section 3009 
of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, H.R. 3985, to amend title 49, 
United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to 
register a person providing transportation by an over-the-road bus 
as a motor carrier of passengers only if the person is willing and 
able to comply with certain accessibility requirements in addition 
to other existing requirements, H.R. 802, to amend the Act to 
Prevent Pollution from Ships to implement MARPOL Annex VI, and the 
nomination of Robert A. Sturgell, of Maryland, to be Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  April 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine international 
fisheries, focusing on management and enforcement, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 1, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 2593, to establish a program at the Forest 
Service and the Department of the Interior to carry out 
collaborative ecological restoration treatments for priority forest 
landscapes on public land, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  April 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the current 
price of oil, focusing on non-commercial institutional investors, 
9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 2, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the listing decision for the polar bear 
under the Endangered Species Act, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  April 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine strategies to 
reduce greenhouse gas emissions at United States colleges and 
universities, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: April 1, to hold hearings to examine anti-
terrorism financing, focusing on progress made and the challenges 
ahead, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  April 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine outside the 
box on estate tax reform, focusing on reviewing ideas to simplify 
planning, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 1, to receive a closed 
briefing on the situation in Iraq, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  April 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Iraq after 
the surge, focusing on military prospects, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  April 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Iraq after 
the surge, focusing on political prospects, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  April 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
conditions and developments of Iraq in 2012, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.

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  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: April 1, 
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, to hold hearings to 
examine Occupational Safety and Health Administration violations, 
focusing on strategies for breaking dangerous patterns, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: April 2, 
to hold hearings to examine nuclear terrorism, focusing on assessing 
the threat to the United States, 11 a.m., SD-342.
  April 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, focusing on if the agency is better 
prepared for a catastrophe now than it was in 2005, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the 
Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the 
District of Columbia to examine managing diversity of senior 
leadership in the Federal workforce and Postal Service, 2 p.m., 
2154, Rayburn Building.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 1, Subcommittee on Human Rights 
and the Law, to hold hearings to examine rape as a weapon of war, 
focusing on accountability for sexual violence in conflict, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  April 2, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to examine the 
Department of Homeland Security, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  April 3, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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, S. 702, to authorize the Attorney General to award 
grants to State courts to develop and implement State courts 
interpreter programs, S. Res. 468, designating April 2008 as 
``National 9-1-1 Education Month'', and the nominations of Catharina 
Haynes, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth 
Circuit, and Rebecca A. Gregory, to be United States Attorney for 
the Eastern District of Texas, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Mark S. Davis, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Virginia, David Gregory Kays, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, David J. 
Novak, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Virginia, Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, and Elisebeth C. Cook, 
of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 2:15 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: April 3, to hold hearings to 
examine legislative presentations from sundry Veteran Affairs 
organizations, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 1, closed business meeting 
to consider pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: April 3, to hold hearings to examine 
scrambling for health insurance coverage, focusing on health 
security for people in late middle age, 10:30 a.m., SD-608.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, April 1, Subcommittee on Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related 
Agencies, on Rural Development, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  April 1, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related 
Agencies, on FBI, 10 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  April 1, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, on National Archives, 10 a.m, 2220 Rayburn.
  April 1, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Department of 
Homeland Security, Office of Health Affairs, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn, 
and on Addressing the Challenges of Protecting the Nation's Physical 
and Cyber Infrastructure, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 1, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related 
Agencies, on National Endowment for the Arts and Arts Advocacy Day, 
10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Dug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Food and Drug 
Administration Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, 11 
a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, on Outside Witnesses, 10 a.m., and on Legal Services 
Corporation, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on Department of Energy--Weapons Activities and Naval 
Reactors, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, on OPM, 10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Cargo, Container 
and Supply Chain Security, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related 
Agencies, on Indian Health Service, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs 
and Related Agencies, on Department of Defense--Budget Overview, 
1:30 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  April 2, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, on Contributions to International Peacekeeping Activities 
(CIPA) and the Contributions to International Organizations (CID) 
accounts, 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, on Highways and Transit Programs: 
The DOT Perspective on the Urgent Funding Needs for Today and 
Tomorrow, 10 a.m., and on Thoughts and Recommendations from the 
National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, 
2 p.m., 2358-A Rayburn.

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  April 3, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Natural Resources 
Conservation Service Budget, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, on Attorney General, 10 a.m., and on Census, 2 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Defense/Select Intelligence Oversight 
Panel, executive, on Comprehensive National Cybersecurity 
Initiative, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  April 3, Subcommittee Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on Department of Energy-Nuclear Nonproliferation, 10 a.m., 
2362-B Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Financial Services, and General Services, 
on GSA, 10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Candidate 
Protection and Investigatory Programs: Balancing the U.S. Secret 
Service Workload, 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related 
Agencies, on Public Witnesses; 10 a.m., and on Bureau of Indian 
Affairs and Office of Special Trustee, 10:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, on Veterans' Affairs Information Technology, 
1:30 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, April 1, Subcommittee on Air and Land 
Forces, hearing on Fiscal Year 2009 National Defense Authorization 
Budget Request from the U.S. Transportation Command and Air Force 
Mobility Aircraft Programs, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 1, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on Fiscal Year 2009 
National Defense Authorization Budget Request on the Readiness of 
the Army and Air Force Reserves and National Guard Forces, 9 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  April 1, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on the Holistic Approaches to Cybersecurity 
Enabling Network Centric Operations, 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, hearing on Fiscal 
Year 2009 National Defense Authorization Budget Request on Army 
National Guard and Army Reserve Equipment, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 1, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Online 
Virtual Worlds: Applications and Avatars in a User-Generated 
Medium,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on H.R. 5613, Protecting 
the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Selling the Department of Energy's Depleted Uranium 
Stockpile: Opportunities and Challenges,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, April 2, Subcommittee on Domestic 
and International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Proposed UIGEA Regulations: Burden without Benefit?'' 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 2, Subcommittee on 
International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight, hearing 
and briefing on Funding for the United Nations Peacekeeping 
Operations: What is the U.S. Responsibility? 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  April 2, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing 
on the Strategic Chaos and Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan, 2 
p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Homeland Security, April 1, Subcommittee on Emerging 
Threats, Cybersecurity and Science and Technology, hearing entitled 
``The Future of Science and Technology at the Department of Homeland 
Security,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, April 1, Subcommittee on 
Elections, hearing on the National Voter Registration Act, Section 
7: The Challenges Public Assistance Agencies Face, 2 p.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  April 2, full Committee, to consider the following: H.R. 5493, To 
provide that the usual day for paying salaries in or under the House 
of Representatives may be established by regulations of the 
Committee on House Administration; a measure To permit membership in 
the exercise facility established for employees of the House of 
Representatives and in the House Staff Fitness Program to be made 
available to other Federal employees who are assigned to official 
duty at the House of Representatives; H.R. 5036, Emergency 
Assistance for Secure Elections Act of 2008; H.R. 281, Universal 
Right to Vote by Mail Act of 2007; H.R. 3032, To amend the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 to permit candidates for election for 
Federal office to designate an individual who will be authorized to 
disburse funds of the authorized campaign committees of the 
candidate in the event of the death of the candidate; and an 
amendment to Regulations Governing the Use of Official Funds: 
Alternate Ride Home, 11 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 1, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 4044, To amend the 
Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act of 2005 to 
exempt from the means test in bankruptcy cases, for a limited 
period, qualifying reserve-component members who, after September 
11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense 
activity for not less than 60 days, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 1, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, 
Border Security and International Law and the Subcommittee on 
Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, joint hearing on 
Paying With Their Lives: The Status of Compensation for 9/11 Health 
Effects, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 
hearing on proposals before the 110th Congress to amend Federal 
Restitution Laws, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, April 2, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 3513, Cooper Salmon Wilderness Act; H.R. 5151, Wild 
Monongahela Act: A National Legacy for West Virginia's Special 
Places; H.R. 831, Coffman Cove Administrative Site Conveyance Act; 
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National Conservation Area Act, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, April 2, 
Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, 
hearing on Examining the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 
2008, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and 
the District of Columbia, to mark up H.R. 3799, Federal Employees 
Paid Parental Leave Act of 2007, 1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, April 1, to consider H.R. 5501, Tom Lantos and 
Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, 
Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008, 2:30 p.m., 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, April 1, Subcommittee on 
Investigations and Oversight, hearing on Toxic Trailers: Have the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Failed to Protect Public 
Health?, 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, hearing 
on International Science and Technology Cooperation, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  April 3, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on NASA's 
Exploration Initiative: Status and Issues, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, April 3, hearing on the Role of 
Credit Cards in Small Business Financing, 10 a.m., 1529 Longworth.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 1, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 
Emergency Management, hearing on A Growing Capitol Complex and 
Visitor Center: Needs for Transportation Security, Greening, Energy, 
and Maintenance, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, 
and Energy Management, hearing on National Flood Plain Remapping: 
The Practical Impact, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 3, full Committee, hearing on Critical Lapses in FAA Safety 
Oversight of Airlines: Abuses of Regulatory ``Partnership 
Programs,'' 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 1, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on PTSD Treatment and Research: Moving Ahead Toward 
Recovery, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Related Vision Issues, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 1, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on the 2008 Medicare Trustees Report, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 1, executive, 
briefing on Cyber Technology, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  April 2, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis 
and Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 8:45 
a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  April 3, full Committee, executive, hearing on Fiscal Year 2009 
Budget--Special Program, 9 a.m., 405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, April 
1, hearing on Drilling for Answers: Oil Company Profits, Runaway 
Prices and the Pursuit of Alternatives, 12 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  April 2, to meet to authorize the Select Committee to issue 
subpoenas to the EPA as necessary to obtain information concerning 
the EPA's regulatory response to the Massachusetts v. EPA decision 
and the Administration's finding of ``endangerment'' as provided for 
under the Clean Air Act; followed by a hearing entitled, ``From the 
Wright Brothers to the Right Solutions: Curbing Soaring Aviation 
Emissions,'' 1:30 p.m., 1310 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: April 3, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government 
Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform Subcommittee on the Federal Workforce, Postal 
Service, and the District of Columbia to examine managing diversity 
of senior leadership in the Federal workforce and Postal Service, 2 
p.m., 2154, Rayburn Building.
  Joint Economic Committee: April 2, to hold hearings to examine the 
current economic outlook, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Joint Economic Committee: April 4, to hold hearings to examine the 
current employment situation, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.