[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 58 (Monday, April 14, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D429-D431]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             APRIL 15, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  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 Food and Drug 
Administration, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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 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.

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  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality, 
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.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine tax reform, 
focusing on fundamentals for advancement, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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 or the Amended Mines Protocol); 
the Protocol on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of 
Incendiary Weapons (Protocol III or the Incendiary Weapons 
Protocol); and the Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons (Protocol IV) 
(Treaty Doc. 105-01), 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 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: to hold 
hearings to examine nuclear terrorism, focusing on confronting the 
challenges of the day after, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Full Committee, to continue 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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, 
executive, on CIA, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, on IRS, 
10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on Capitol Visitor Center, 
1:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, on SOUTHCOM, 1:30 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, on Building Partnership Capacity and 
Development of the Interagency, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on oversight 
of the Defense Travel System, 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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, hearing entitled ``Financial 
Literacy and Education: The Effectiveness of Governmental and 
Private Sector Initiatives,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
  Committee on House Administration, hearing on Military and 
Overseas Voting: Problems and Progress in Ensuring the Vote, 11 
a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests and Public Lands and the Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources joint oversight hearing on the West-wide Energy Corridor 
Process: State and Community Impacts, 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 the following: the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act 
of 2008; and H.R. 3774, Senior Executive Service Diversity Assurance 
Act; followed by a oversight hearing on D.C. Water and Sewer 
Authority (DCWASA), 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and 
Procurement, hearing on New Contracting and Property Bills, 2 p.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 5719, Taxpayer Assistance and 
Simplification Act of 2008, 1:30 p.m., H-313 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on the Department of Energy's FutureGen 
Program, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on Fiscal Year 
Budget: Federal Maritime Commission, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 5730, To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to display in 
each prosthetic clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs an 
Injured and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights; 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. 
5622, Veterans' Timely Access to Health Care Act; H.R. 5595, Make 
Our Veterans Smile Act of 2008; and H.R. 5729, To amend title 38, 
United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
provide comprehensive health care to children of Vietnam veterans 
born with Spinua Bifida, and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
the Instability of Health Coverage in America, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Fiscal Year 2009 Budget-MIP, 1 p.m., H-140 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 2419, to provide for the 
continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, Time 
to be announced, SR-325.