[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 59 (Tuesday, April 15, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D439-D441]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             APRIL 16, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings to examine the Department of Defense medical programs, 9:30 
a.m., SD-192.

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  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Supplemental 
Request for war funding for fiscal year 2008, 12 noon, SD-106.
  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.
  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.
  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.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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: 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.
  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 Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold hearings to examine 
surface transportation and the global economy, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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 the Judiciary: 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.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine the impact of the credit market on small businesses, 2:30 
p.m., SR-428A.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine caring for 
the elderly, focusing on how to support those on the frontline, 3 
p.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services 
and General Government, on SEC, 10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agency Agencies, on Special Operations Command, 10 a.m., H-
143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the National Industrial 
Security Program: Addressing the Implications of Globalization and 
Foreign Ownership for the Defense Industrial Base, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Education and Labor, to mark up H.R. 3185, 401(k) 
Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2007, 1 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled 
``Examining Proposals to Reform Insurance Regulation,'' 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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 the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, 
Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law, 
oversight hearing on the H-2b Program, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Fisherie, 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.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on Indian Water 
Rights Settlements, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on Healthcare 
Associated Infections: A Preventable Epidemic; and to consider the 
following measures: H.R. 5683, Government Accountability Office Act 
of 2008; H.R. 4791, Federal Agency Data Protection Act; H.R. 5712, 
Close the Contractor Fraud Loophole Act; H.R. 5718, Federal 
Employees Paid Parental Leave Act; H. Res. 49, Expressing the sense 
of the House of Representatives that there should be established a 
National Letter Carriers Appreciation Day; H.R. 127, Recognizing and 
celebrating the 50th anniversary of the entry of Alaska in the Union 
as the 49th State; 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

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Recognition Week, May 5 through 11, 2008; H. Res. 1091, Honoring the 
life, achievements, and contributions of Charlton Heston and 
extending its deepest sympathies to the family of Charlton Heston 
for the loss of such a generous man, husband, and father; and H. 
Res. 5477, To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 120 South Del Mar Avenue in San Gabriel, 
California, as the ``Chi Mui Post Office Building,'' 9:45 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives, 
hearing on the Electronic Communications Preservation Act, 2 p.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Science and Technology, hearing on the National 
Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, to consider the Science 
and Technology Innovation Act of 2008, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Technology, hearing on the obstacles that small businesses currently 
face in securing federal contracts, 2 p.m., 1539 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing on the 
Clean Water Restoration Act of 2007, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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 servicmember 
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.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Fiscal Year 2009 Budget-HUMINT, 1 p.m., H-140 Capitol,
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis, and 
Couner-Intelligence, executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 8:45 a.m., H-
405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing entitled ``Green Capital: Seeding Innovation and the Future 
Economy,'' 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 2419, to provide for the 
continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, 1:30 
p.m., SH-216.