[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 51 (Wednesday, April 2, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D364-D365]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 3, 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 the status of the Surface Transportation Trust 
Funds and impact on federal spending, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  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: 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.
  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: to hold hearings 
to examine turmoil in U.S. credit markets, focusing on the recent 
actions of federal financing regulators, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine international fisheries, focusing on management 
and enforcement, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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: 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: 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: to hold hearings to examine the 
conditions and developments of Iraq in 2012, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine 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.
  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: 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.
  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: to hold hearings to examine 
legislative presentations from sundry Veteran Affairs organizations, 
9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Special Committee on Aging: 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

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Natural Resources Conservation Service Budget, 10 a.m., 2362-A 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 
on Attorney General, 10 a.m., and on Census, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense/Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, 
executive, on Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative, 1:30 
p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies, on 
Department of Energy--Nuclear Nonproliferation, 10 a.m., 2362-B 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services, and General Services, on GSA, 
10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Candidate Protection and 
Investigatory Programs: Balancing the U.S. Secret Service Workload, 
10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  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.

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  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, 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, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
on H.R. 5613, Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  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, to mark up H.R. 2634, Jubilee Act 
for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2007, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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, Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on H.R. 5618, National Sea Grant 
College Program Amendments Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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 Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics, hearing on NASA's Exploration Initiative: Status and 
Issues, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on the Role of Credit Cards 
in Small Business Financing, 10 a.m., 1529 Longworth.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing on 
Critical Lapses in FAA Safety Oversight of Airlines: Abuses of 
Regulatory ``Partnership Programs,'' 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Fiscal Year 2009 Budget--Special Program, 9 a.m., 405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: 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.