[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 55 (Tuesday, April 8, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D393-D395]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              APRIL 9, 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 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2009 for the Department of State and foreign operations, 10 
a.m., SD-138.
   Subcommittee on Defense, to hold closed hearings to examine cyber 
warfare programs, 10:30 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
   Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
situation in Iraq, focusing on progress made by the Government of 
Iraq in meeting benchmarks and achieving reconciliation, 9:30 a.m., 
SH-216.
   Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine the defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2009 on Air Force and Navy 
aviation programs, and the future years defense program, 2 p.m., SR-
222.
   Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Science, Technology, and Innovation, to hold hearings to examine 
coal gasification technologies, focusing on the need for large scale 
projects, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
   Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1633, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a special resource study to determine the suitability and 
feasibility of including the battlefield and related sites of the 
Battle of Shepherdstown in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, as part of 
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park or Antietam National 
Battlefield, S. 1993 and H.R. 2197, bills to modify the boundary of 
the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park in the State of Ohio, 
S. 2207, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
suitability and feasibility of designating Green McAdoo School in 
Clinton, Tennessee, as a unit of the National Park System, S. 2254, 
to establish the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area in the 
State of Mississippi, S. 2262, to authorize the Preserve America 
Program and Save America's Treasures Program, S. 2329 and H.R. 2627, 
bills to establish the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in the 
State of New Jersey as the successor to the Edison National Historic 
Site, S. 2502 and H.R. 3332, bills to provide for the establishment 
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a memorial within Kalaupapa National Historical Park located on the 
island of Molokai, in the State of Hawaii, to honor and perpetuate 
the memory of those individuals who were forcibly relocated to the 
Kalaupapa Peninsula from 1866 to 1969, S. 2512, to establish the 
Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area in the State of 
Mississippi, and H.R. 3998, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct special resources studies of certain lands and 
structures to determine the appropriate means for preservation, use, 
and management of the resources associated with such lands and 
structures, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
   Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1870, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
clarify the jurisdiction of the United States over waters of the 
United States, 10 a.m., SD-406.
   Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine covering 
uninsured children, focusing on the provisions and regulations in 
the current Children's Healthcare Insurance Program (CHIP) 
directive, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
   Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Organizations, Democracy and Human Rights, to hold 
hearings to examine closing legal loopholes, focusing on sexual 
assaults and other violent crimes committed overseas by American 
civilians in a combat environment, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
   Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Patricia M. Haslach, of Oregon, for the rank of Ambassador during 
her tenure of service as United States Senior Coordinator for the 
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Forum, Scot A. Marciel, of 
California, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service 
as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and 
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Affairs, D. Kathleen 
Stephens, of Montana, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, and 
William E. Todd, to be Ambassador to the State of Brunei Darussalam, 
all of the Department of State, 3:15 p.m., SD-419.
   Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine making the Department of Veterans Affairs the workplace of 
choice for health care providers, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, on 
Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, 
on USTR, 9:30 a.m., on ITA 11 a.m., and on Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco and Firearms, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, on 
Federal Communications Commission, 10 a.m. 2220 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, on 
Smithsonian Institution, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on U.S. Capitol Police Budget, 
1 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs and 
Related Agencies, on Army Budget, 2 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the status of the war and 
political developments in Iraq, 9 a.m., and on the current status of 
U.S. ground forces, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, to mark up the following: H.R. 
5522, Combustible Dust Explosion and Fire Prevention Act of 2008; 
and a measure Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 
2008, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, to mark 
up H.R. 5613, Protecting the Medicaid Safety Net Act of 2008, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled `` Using FHA for 
Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention,'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on Report on Iraq, 1:30 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Communications, Preparedness, and Response, hearing entitled 
``Moving Beyond the First Five Years: Ensuring FEMA's Ability to 
Respond and Recover in the Wake of a National Catastrophe,'' 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight, hearing 
entitled ``Moving Beyond the First Five Years: Solving the 
Department of Homeland Security's Management Challenges'', 2 p.m., 
311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, hearing on the 2008 
Presidential Primaries and Caucuses: ``What we've learned so far,'' 
11:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on Natural Resources, hearing on the following: H.R. 
5608, Consultation and Coordination With Indian Tribal Governments 
Act, H.R. 3522, To ratify a conveyance of a portion of the Jicarilla 
Apache Reservation to Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, 
pursuant to the settlement of litigation between the Jicarilla 
Apache Nation and Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, to 
authorize issuance of a patent for said lands, and to change the 
exterior boundary of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation accordingly, 
H.R. 3490, Tuolumme Me-Wuk Land Transfer Act of 2007, S. 2457, to 
provide for extensions of leases of certain land by Mashantucket 
Pequot (Western) Tribe, and H.R. 5680, To amend certain laws 
relating to Native Americans, and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to consider the 
following bills: H.R. 5687, To amend the Federal Advisory Committee 
Act to increase the transparency and accountability of Federal 
advisory committees; H.R. 5683, Government Accountability Act of 
2008; H.R. 4791, Federal Agency Data Protection Act; H.R. 752, 
Federal Electronic Equipment Donation Act of 2007; H.R. 1734, To 
designate the United States Postal Service located at 630 Northeast 
Killingsworth Avenue in Portland, Oregon, as the ``Dr. Martin Luther 
King, Jr. Post Office;'' H. Res. 1073, Expressing the sense of the 
House of Representatives that public servants should be commended 
for their dedication and continued service to the Nation during 
Public Service Recognition Week, May 5

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through 11, 2008; H. Res. 1026, Recognizing the 100th anniversary of 
the founding of the Congressional Club; H.R. 5601, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 7925 West 
Russell Road in Las Vegas, Nevada, as the ``Sergeant Irving Joseph 
Schwartz Post Office Building;'' and H.R. 5631, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1155 
Seminole Trail in Charlottesville, Virginia, as the ``Corporal 
Bradley T. Arms Post Office Building.'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, and the Subcommittee on Information Policy, 
Census, and National Archives, joint hearing on 2010 Census, 
Progress on the Development of the Field Data Collection Automation 
Program, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and 
Procurement, hearing on Federal Security: ID Cards and Background 
Checks, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Investigations and 
Oversight, hearing entitled ``The Impact of Increasing Gas Prices on 
Small Businesses,'' 10 a.m., 1539 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on Aviation Delays and Consumer Issues, 2 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on Transportation 
Challenges of Metropolitan Areas, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs, hearing on Ending Homelessness for 
our Nation's Veterans, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following: the Housing 
Assistance Tax Act of 2008; and the Taxpayer Assistance and 
Simplification Act of 2008, 11 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, hearing on Assessing 
the Fight Against al-Qaeda, 12 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing entitled ``Healthy Planet, Healthy People: Global Warming 
and Public Health,'' 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.