[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 57 (Thursday, April 10, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D420-D423]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of April 14 through April 19, 2008

                             Senate Chamber

On Monday, at 3 p.m. Senate will resume consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of H.R. 1195, Highway Technical Corrections, 
and at approximately 5:30 p.m., vote on the motion to invoke cloture 
thereon.
  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 15, Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of 
the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine the 
Department of Defense medical programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of 
Education, focusing on teacher quality, 9:45 a.m., SD-138.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 
for the Department of Energy, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2009 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2 p.m., 
SD-124.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2009 for the Internal Revenue Service, 3 p.m., SD-
192.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine the 
Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) safety and modernization 
performance, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans' 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for Military Construction, 10 
a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 16, Subcommittee on Personnel, 
to hold hearings to examine the defense authorization request for 
fiscal year 2009 on military beneficiary organizations regarding the 
quality of life of Active, Reserve, and retired military personnel 
and their members, and the future years defense program, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 15, to 
hold hearings to examine U.S. credit markets, focusing on the impact 
on the cost and availability of student loans, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  April 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine U.S. credit 
markets, focusing on proposals to mitigate foreclosures and restore 
liquidity to the mortgage markets, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community 
Development, to hold hearings to examine affordable housing 
opportunities, focusing on reforming the housing voucher program, 2 
p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 15, Subcommittee 
on Public Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine S. 570 and 
H.R. 1011, bills to designate additional National Forest System 
lands in the State of Virginia as wilderness or a wilderness study 
area, to designate the Kimberling Creek Potential Wilderness Area 
for eventual incorporation in the Kimberling Creek Wilderness, to 
establish the Seng Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, to provide 
for the development of trail plans for the wilderness areas and 
scenic areas, S. 758 and H.R. 1311, bills to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to convey the Alta-Hualapai Site to the city of Las 
Vegas, Nevada, for the development of a cancer treatment facility, 
S. 1680, to provide for the inclusion of certain non-Federal land in 
the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and the Alaska Peninsula 
National Wildlife Refuge in the State of Alaska, S. 2109, to 
designate certain Federal lands in Riverside County, California, as 
wilderness, to designate certain river segments in Riverside County 
as a wild, scenic, or recreational river, to adjust the boundary of 
the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National

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Monument, S. 2124, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey 
certain land in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Montana, 
to Jefferson County, Montana, for use as a cemetery, and S. 2581, to 
designate as wilderness additional National Forest System lands in 
the Monongahela National Forest in the State of West Virginia, 2:30 
p.m., SD-366.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to 
examine the United States Bureau of Reclamation, focusing on issues 
associated with aging water resource infrastructure, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 15, to hold 
hearings to examine pharmaceuticals in the nation's water, focusing 
on assessing potential risks and actions to address this issue, 3 
p.m., SD-406.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to 
hold hearings to examine surface transportation and the global 
economy, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: April 15, to hold hearings to examine tax 
reform, focusing on fundamentals for advancement, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  April 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of David Gustafson, of Virginia, Richard T. Morrison, of 
Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court, and 
Elizabeth Crewson Paris, of the District of Columbia, all to be a 
Judge of the United States Tax Court, and Eric M. Thorson, of 
Virginia, to be Inspector General, and Edwin Eck, of Montana, to be 
a Member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board, both of 
the Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 15, to hold hearings to 
examine protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 
1949, and relating to the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive 
Emblem (the ``Geneva Protocol III''), adopted at Geneva on December 
8, 2005, and signed by the United States on that date; the Amendment 
to Article 1 of the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on 
the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be 
Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (the ``CCW 
Amendment''); and the CCW Protocol on Explosive Remnants of War (the 
``CCW Protocol V'') (Treaty Doc. 109-10), the Hague Convention for 
the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict 
(the Convention) and, for accession, The Hague Protocol, concluded 
on May 14, 1954, and entered into force on August 7, 1956 with 
accompanying report from the Department of State (Treaty Doc. 106-
01), and protocols to the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or 
Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May Be 
Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate 
Effects: the amended Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the 
Use of Mines, Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II orthe 
Amended Mines Protocol); the Protocol on Prohibitions or 
Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons (Protocol III orthe 
Incendiary Weapons Protocol); and the Protocol on Blinding Laser 
Weapons (Protocol IV) (Treaty Doc. 105-01), 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  April 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Robert J. Callahan, of Virgina, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Nicaragua, Heather M. Hodges, of Ohio, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, Barbara J. Stephenson, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, Peter E. 
Cianchette, of Maine, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa 
Rica, Hugo Llorens, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Honduras, Stephen George McFarland, of Texas, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Guatemala, all of the Department of State; and 
Samuel W. Speck, of Ohio, to be a Commissioner on the part of the 
United States on the International Joint Commission, United States 
and Canada, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: April 15, to 
hold hearings to examine ending abuses and improving working 
conditions for tomato workers, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: April 15, 
to hold hearings to examine nuclear terrorism, focusing on 
confronting the challenges of the day after, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  April 15, Full Committee, to contiune hearings to examine the 2010 
Decennial Census, focusing on automation and information technology 
in order to improve census coverage, accuracy, and efficiency, 3:15 
p.m., SD-342.
  April 17, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector 
Preparedness and Integration, to hold hearings to examine fusion 
centers, focusing on a recent progress report, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: April 17, to hold hearings to examine 
the National Indian Gaming Commission, 10:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 16, to hold hearings to examine 
National Security Letters, focusing on the need for greater 
accountability and oversight, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, to hold hearings to 
examine violence and exploitation in the 21st century, focusing on 
solutions for protecting our children, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  April 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 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, 
and the nominations of Michael G. McGinn, to be United States 
Marshal for the District of Minnesota, and Ralph E. Martinez, of 
Florida, to be a Member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission 
of the United States, both of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: April 16, to 
hold hearings to examine the impact of the credit market on small 
businesses, 2:30 p.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 15, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  April 17, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

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  Special Committee on Aging: April 16, to hold hearings to examine 
caring for the elderly, focusing on how to support those on the 
frontline, 3 p.m., SD-562.


                             House Chamber

  To be announced.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, April 14, Subcommittee on Defense/
Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, executive, on National 
Reconnaissance Office and National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, 5 
p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Defense/Select Intelligence Oversight 
Panel, executive, on CIA, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, on IRS, 10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on Capitol Visitor 
Center, 1:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, on SOUTHCOM, 1:30 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, on SEC, 10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agency Agencies, on Special Operations Command, 10 a.m., 
H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, April 15, on Building Partnership 
Capacity and Development of the Interagency, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn
  April 15, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
oversight of the Defense Travel System, 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  April 16, full Committee, on National Industrial Security Program: 
Addressing the Implications of Globalization and Foreign Ownership 
for the Defense Industrial Base, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Land Forces and the Subcommittee on 
Readiness, joint hearing on H. Res. 834, Regarding the readiness 
decline of the Army, Marine Corps, National Guard, and Reserves, and 
the implications for national security, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn
  April 17, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on Military 
Resale and Morale, Welfare, and Recreation (MWR) overview, 10 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the Fiscal 
Year 2009 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for Missile 
Defense Program, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, April 16, to mark up H.R. 3185, 
401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007, 10:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 15, Subcommittee on 
Telecommunications and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Oversight of 
the Federal Communications Commission--the 7-MHz Auction, 9:30 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, April 15, hearing entitled 
``Financial Literacy and Education: The Effectiveness of 
Governmental and Private Sector Initiatives,'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing on H.R. 5579, Emergency 
Mortgage Loan Modification Act of 2008, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Examining 
Proposals to Reform Insurance Regulation,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing on H.R. 5679, Foreclosure Prevention and Sound Mortgage 
Servicing Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing on H.R. 5244, Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 17, Subcommittee on the Middle 
East and South Asia and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade, joint hearing on Between Feckless and 
Reckless: U.S. Policy Options to Prevent a Nuclear Iran, 1 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, April 15, Subcommittee on 
Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection, hearing 
entitled ``Moving Beyond the First Five Years: How the 
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) will Continue to 
Enhance Security for all Modes of Transportation,'' 2 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global 
Counterterrorism, hearing entitled ``Moving Beyond the First Five 
Years: Ensuring Successful Implementation of the Western Hemisphere 
Travel Initiative, 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, April 15, hearing on Military 
and Overseas Voting: Problems and Progress in Ensuring the Vote, 11 
a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 15, Subcommittee on 
Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, hearing on H.R. 
3189, National Security Letters Reform Act of 2007, 1 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, 
Border Security and International Law, oversight hearing on the H-2b 
Program, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 5464, A Child is Missing Alert 
and Recovery Center Act; H.R. 2352, School Safety Enhancements Act 
of 2007; and H.R. 1783, Elder Justice Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, April 15, Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Forests and Public Lands, oversight hearing on the West-wide 
Energy Corridor Process: State and Community Impacts, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, 
oversight hearing on the implementation of the Illegal, Unregulated 
and Unreported fishing provisions of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing 
Moratorium Protection Act and a hearing on H.R. 5741, Shark 
Conservation Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on 
Indian Water Rights Settlements, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.

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  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, April 15, 
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District 
of Columbia, to consider pending business, followed by an oversight 
hearing on D.C. Water and Sewer Authority (DCWASA), 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and 
Procurement, hearing on New Contracting and Property Bills, 2 p.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  April 16, full Committee, hearing on Healthcare Associated 
Infections: A Preventable Epidemic, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National 
Archives, hearing on Electronic Communications Preservation Act, 2 
p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  April 16, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, 
to continue hearings on What are the Prospects, What are the Costs?: 
Oversight Missile Defense, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 17, full Committee, hearing on U.S. Contract with AEY, Inc., 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing on After the 
Beef Recall: Exploring Greater Transparency in the Meat Industry, 1 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, April 14, to consider H.R. 2634, Jubilee Act 
for Responsible Lending and Expanded Debt Cancellation of 2007, 5 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, April 15, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Environment, hearing on the Department of Energy's 
FutureGen Program, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  April 16, full Committee, hearing on the National Nanotechnology 
Initiative Amendments Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, April 16, Subcommittee on Contracting 
and Technology, hearing on the obstacles that small businesses 
currently face in securing federal contracts, 2 p.m., 1539 Rayburn.
  April 17, full Committee, hearing on Maintaining Public Lands for 
Hunting, Fishing, Ranching and small Businesses, 10 a.m., 1539 
Longworth.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 15, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on 
Fiscal Year Budget: Federal Maritime Commission, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  April 16, full Committee, hearing on the Clean Water Restoration 
Act of 2007, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 15, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 2818, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide 
for the establishment of Epilepsy Centers of Excellence in the 
Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans' 
Affairs; H.R. 5554, Veterans' Substance Use Disorders Prevention and 
Treatment Act of 2008; H.R. 5595, Make Our Veterans Smile Act of 
2008; expanding Spina Bifida program; and a discussing authorizing 
VA to provide mental health treatment to families, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  April 16 Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 4883, To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
Act to provide for a limitation on the sale, foreclosure, or seizure 
of property owned by a service member during the one-year period 
following the servicemember's period of military service; H.R. 4884, 
Helping Our Veterans to Keep Their Homes Act of 2008; H.R. 4889, 
Guard and Reserves Are Fighting Too Act of 2008; H.R. 4539, 
Department of Veterans Affairs Loan Guaranty Cost Reduction Act of 
2007; H.R. 3646, To direct the Secretary of Veterans' Affairs and 
the Secretary of Labor to conduct a joint study on the fields of 
employment for which the greatest need for employees exists in 
various geographic areas; H.R. 5664, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to update 
at least once every six years the plans and specifications for 
specially adapted housing furnished to veterans by the Secretary; 
H.R. 3798, National Guard Employment Protection Act of 2007; H.R. 
3681, Veterans Benefits Awareness Act of 2007; H.R. 3393, Reservist 
Access to Justice Act of 2007; H.R. 3889, To amend title 38, United 
States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct 
a longitudinal study of the vocational rehabilitation programs 
administered by the Secretary; and H.R. 5684, Veterans Education 
Improvement Act of 2008, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 15, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Health Coverage in America, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 15, executive, 
hearing on Fiscal Year 2009 Budget--MIP, 1 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  April 16, full Committee, executive, briefing on Fiscal Year 2009 
Budget--HUMINT, 1 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis, 
and Counter-Intelligence, executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 8:45 
a.m., H-405 Capitol.