[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 50 (Tuesday, April 1, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D353-D354]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             APRIL 2, 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 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.
  Subcommittee on Defense, to meet in closed session to examine 
National Reconnaissance Office (NRO)/Space Programs, 10:30 a.m., S-
407, Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  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.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the listing decision for the polar bear under the 
Endangered Species Act, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine Iraq 
after the surge, focusing on military prospects, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Iraq after the surge, 
focusing on political prospects, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine nuclear terrorism, focusing on assessing the 
threat to the United States, 11 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold oversight hearings to examine 
the Department of Homeland Security, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Food and Drug Administration Center for Biologics Evaluation and 
Research, 11 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on Department of Energy--Weapons Activities and Naval 
Reactors, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, on OPM, 
10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Cargo, Container and Supply 
Chain Security, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, on 
Indian Health Service, 11 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs and 
Related Agencies, on Department of Defense-Budget Overview, 1:30 
p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  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.
  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.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up H.R. 1108, Family 
Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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, Subcommittee on International 
Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight, hearing and briefing on 
the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations: An Underfunded 
International Mandate--the Role of the United States, 2 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing on the 
Strategic Chaos and Taliban Resurgence in Afghanistan, 2 p.m., 210 
Cannon.

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  Committee on House Administration, 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, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
2176, To provide for an approve the settlement of certain land 
claims of the Bay Mills Indian Community; H.R. 4115, To provide for 
and approve the settlement of certain land claims of the Sault Ste. 
Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians; H.R. 5570, Religious Worker Visa 
Extension Act of 2008; H.R. 5060, To amend the Immigration and 
Nationality Act to allow athletes admitted as nonimmigrants 
described in section 101(a)(15)(P) of such Act to renew their period 
of authorized admission in 5-year increments; H.R. 5569, To extend 
for 5 years the EB-5 regional center pilot program; H.R. 5571, To 
extend for 5 years the program relating to waiver of the foreign 
country residence requirement with respect to international medical 
graduates; H.R. 1777, Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2007; and a 
private relief bill, 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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; and a H.R. 3734, 
Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area 
Act, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, hearing on 
Examining the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) of 2008, 2 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 4847, United States Fire 
Administration Reauthorization Act of 2007, 3:30 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Research and 
Science Education, hearing on International Science and Technology 
Cooperation, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Energy Management, 
hearing on National Flood Plain Remapping: The Practical Impact, 9 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Related 
Vision Issues, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence, 
executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 8:45 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 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 Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies--2008: 
organizational business meeting to consider an original resolution 
authorizing expenditures for committee operations and committee's 
rules and procedure for the 110th Congress, 5:15 p.m., S-219, 
Capitol.
  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the current 
economic outlook, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.