[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 54 (Monday, April 7, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D384-D385]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             APRIL 8, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, to 
hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2009 for the Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
situation in Iraq and progress made by the Government of Iraq in 
meeting benchmarks and achieving reconciliation, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings to examine the defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2009 on Navy force structure 
requirements and programs to meet those requirements, and the future 
years defense program, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the Federal Trade Commission reauthorization, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the 
digital television transition, focusing on consumers, broadcasters, 
and converter boxes, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 2259 and H.R. 813, bills to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Prado Basin Natural 
Treatment System Project, to authorize the Secretary to participate 
in the Lower Chino Dairy Area desalination demonstration and 
reclamation project, H.R. 31, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to participate in the Elsinore Valley Municipal 
Water District Wildomar Service Area Recycled Water Distribution 
Facilities and Alberhill Wastewater Treatment and Reclamation 
Facility Projects, H.R. 716, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the Santa Rosa Urban Water Reuse 
Plan, H.R. 786, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to participate in the Los Angeles County Water Supply Augmentation 
Demonstration Project, H.R. 1140, to authorize the Secretary, in 
cooperation with the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, to 
participate in the design, planning, and construction of an advanced 
water treatment plant facility and recycled water system, H.R. 1503, 
to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the Avra Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian 
Restoration Project, H.R. 1725, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to participate in the Rancho California Water 
District Southern Riverside County Recycled Non-Potable Distribution 
Facilities and Demineralization Desalination Recycled Water 
Treatment and Reclamation Facility Project, H.R. 1737, to amend the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
design, planning, and construction of permanent facilities for the 
GREAT project to reclaim, reuse, and treat impaired waters in the 
area of Oxnard, California, and H.R. 2614, to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in certain water projects 
in California, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine S. 970, to 
impose sanctions on Iran and on other countries

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for assisting Iran in developing a nuclear program, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Barbara McConnell Barrett, of Arizona, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Finland, Yousif Boutrous Ghafari, of 
Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, Frank 
Charles Urbancic, Jr., of Indiana, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Cyprus, Nancy E. McEldowney, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Bulgaria, and Kurt Douglas Volker, of Pennsylvania, to 
be United States Permanent Representative on the Council of the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Iraq after the surge, 
2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, to 
hold hearings to examine the adequacy of representation in capital 
cases, 10:15 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, 
and the Global Environment, hearing on Central Asia: An Overview, 2 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, hearing on S. 2135, Child Soldiers Accountability 
Act of 2007, 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following bills: H.R. 2016, 
National Landscape Conservation System Act; and H.R. 2537, Beach 
Protection Act of 2007, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.