[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 62 (Friday, April 18, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D459-D463]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of April 21 through April 26, 2008

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 3 p.m., Senate will be in a period of morning business.

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  On Tuesday, following morning business, Senate will resume 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1315, 
Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act, and vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture thereon at approximately 12 noon.
  During the balance of the week Senate will consider any other cleared 
legislative and executive business, including appropriation bills, and 
conference reports, when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: April 23, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2009 for the Missile Defense Agency, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  April 24, 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 25, to receive information 
relating to the treatment of detainees, 9 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 22, to 
hold hearings to examine U.S. credit markets, focusing on the role 
of the credit rating agencies, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  April 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine U.S. credit 
markets, focusing on the U.S. regulatory framework for assessing 
sovereign investments, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 22, to 
hold hearings to examine the future of the internet, 10 a.m., SR-
253.
  April 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the National 
Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, focusing 
on a recent report on moving passengers and freight into the future, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  April 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine phantom 
traffic, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  April 24, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2688, to 
improve the protections afforded under Federal law to consumers from 
contaminated seafood by directing the Secretary of Commerce to 
establish a program, in coordination with other appropriate Federal 
agencies, to strengthen activities for ensuring that seafood sold or 
offered for sale to the public in or affecting interstate commerce 
is fit for human consumption, S.J. Res. 28, disapproving the rule 
submitted by the Federal Communications Commission with respect to 
broadcast media ownership, S. 2607, to make a technical correction 
to section 3009 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, S. 2507, to 
address the digital television transition in border states, H.R. 
3985, to amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Secretary 
of Transportation to register a person providing transportation by 
an over-the-road bus as a motor carrier of passengers only if the 
person is willing and able to comply with certain accessibility 
requirements in addition to other existing requirements, H.R. 802, 
to amend the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships to implement MARPOL 
Annex VI, S. 2657, to require the Secretary of Commerce to prescribe 
regulations to reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North 
Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, S. 2482, to 
repeal the provision of title 46, United States Code, requiring a 
license for employment in the business of salvaging on the coast of 
Florida, the nomination of Robert A. Sturgell, of Maryland, to be 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, and certain 
promotion lists in the U.S. Coast Guard, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Innovation, to 
hold hearings to examine national nanotechnology, focusing on 
charting the course for reauthorization, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 22, Subcommittee 
on Public Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine S. 934 and 
H.R. 1374, bills to amend the Florida National Forest Land 
Management Act of 2003 to authorize the conveyance of an additional 
tract of National Forest System land under that Act, S. 2833, to 
provide for the management of certain public land in Owyhee County, 
Idaho, and S. 2834, to establish wilderness areas, promote 
conservation, and improve public land in Washington County, Utah, 
2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  April 23, Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 662, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a special resource study to evaluate resources at the 
Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Brunswick, Maine, to determine the 
suitability and feasibility of establishing the site as a unit of 
the National Park System, S. 827, to establish the Freedom's Way 
National Heritage Area in the States of Massachusetts and New 
Hampshire, S. 923 and H.R. 1528, bills to amend the National Trails 
System Act to designate the New England National Scenic Trail, S. 
956, to establish the Land Between the Rivers National Heritage Area 
in the State of Illinois, S. 2073, to amend the National Trails 
System Act relating to the statute of limitations that applies to 
certain claims, S. 2513, to modify the boundary of the Minute Man 
National Historical Park, S. 2604, to establish the Baltimore 
National Heritage Area in the State of Maryland, S. 2804, to adjust 
the boundary of the Everglades National Park, H.R. 53, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a long-term lease with 
the Government of the United States Virgin Islands to provide land 
on the island of Saint John, Virgin Islands, for the establishment 
of a school, and H.R. 1483, to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public 
Lands Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for certain 
national heritage areas, 3 p.m., SD-366.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 2680, to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
Adjustment Act of 1992 to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
take certain actions to address environmental problems associated 
with the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel in the State of Colorado, S. 
2805, to direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the 
Commissioner of Reclamation, to assess the irrigation infrastructure 
of the Rio Grande Pueblos in the State of New Mexico and provide 
grants to, and enter

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into cooperative agreements with, the Rio Grande Pueblos to repair, 
rehabilitate, or reconstruct existing infrastructure, S. 2814, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide financial 
assistance to the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water Authority for the 
planning, design, and construction of the Eastern New Mexico Rural 
Water System, H.R. 29, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, municipal, 
domestic, military, and other uses from the Santa Margarita River, 
California, H.R. 1803, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a feasibility study to design and construct a four reservoir 
intertie system for the purposes of improving the water storage 
opportunities, water supply reliability, and water yield of San 
Vicente, El Capitan, Murray, and Loveland Reservoirs in San Diego 
County, California in consultation and cooperation with the City of 
San Diego and the Sweetwater Authority, and H.R. 123, to authorize 
appropriations for the San Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund, 2:15 
p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: April 24, to hold hearings to examine tax 
aspects of a cap-and-trade system, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 22, Subcommittee on 
International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs 
and International Environmental Protection, to hold hearings to 
examine international deforestation and climate change, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-419.
  April 22, Full Committee, business meeting to consider H.R. 3320, 
to provide assistance for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews 
in Warsaw, Poland, S. Con. Res. 74, honoring the Prime Minister of 
Ireland, Bertie Ahern, for his service to the people of Ireland and 
to the world and welcoming the Prime Minister to the United States, 
S. Res. 494, expressing the sense of the Senate on the need for 
Iraq's neighbors and other international partners to fulfill their 
pledges to provide reconstruction assistance to Iraq, protocol of 
Amendments to the Convention on the International Hydrographic 
Organization done at Monaco on April 14, 2005 (Treaty Doc. 110-09), 
and any pending nominations, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  April 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the crisis 
in Darfur, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
   April 23, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine the crisis in Tibet, focusing on a path to 
peace, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
   April 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
implementing smart power, focusing on setting an agenda for national 
security reform, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
   April 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
international debt, focusing on building relief initiatives, 2 p.m., 
SD-419.
   Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: April 24, to 
hold hearings to examine the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 
focusing on its ability to keep America's families safe, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-106.
   Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: April 
23, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Nanci E. Langley, 
of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory 
Commission, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
   April 24, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, 
Government Information, Federal Services, and International 
Security, to hold hearings to examine addressing Iran's nuclear 
ambitions, focusing on policy options for the U.S. and its allies, 
9:30 a.m., SD-342.
   April 24, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the 
Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine reforming export licensing agencies for national security 
and economic interests, focusing on the structure of the Federal 
government's agencies that are responsible for licensing controlled 
exports, the process in place for licensing, how the structures help 
or hinder their decision making for licenses, human capital 
challenges of the export control bureaucracy, and the 
recommendations for improving the export control processes and 
personal, 2 p.m., SD-342.
   Committee on Indian Affairs: April 24, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business; to be immediately followed by an 
oversight hearing to examine recommendations for improving the 
federal acknowledgment process, 9 a.m., SD-562.
   Committee on the Judiciary: April 23, to hold hearings to examine 
National Security Letters, focusing on the need for greater 
accountability and oversight, 10 a.m., SD-226.
   April 24, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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, 
S. 2840, to establish a liaison with the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation in United States Citizenship and Immigration Services 
to expedite naturalization applications filed by members of the 
Armed Forces and to establish a deadline for processing such 
applications, S. Res. 511, recognizing that John Sidney McCain, III, 
is a natural born citizen, H. Con. Res. 292, honoring Margaret 
Truman Daniel and her lifetime of accomplishments, S. Res. 515, 
commemorating the life and work of Dith Pran, and the nominations of 
Michael G. McGinn, to be United States Marshal for the District of 
Minnesota, 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, Mark S. Davis, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, David Gregory 
Kays, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Missouri, and Stephen N. Limbaugh, Jr., to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, 10 a.m., SD-226.
   April 24, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and 
Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine the Delta-Northwest 
airlines merger, 2 p.m., SD-226.
   Committee on Veterans' Affairs: April 23, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine an update on Department of Veterans Affairs and 
the Department of Defense cooperation and collaboration, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-418.
   Select Committee on Intelligence: April 22, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
   April 24, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

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                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, April 22, Subcommittee on Defense/
Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, executive, on National Security 
Agency, 5 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, on Department of Housing and 
Urban Development--Status of Project-Based Section 8 Program, 10 
a.m., and 1 p.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Defense, on Biological Countermeasures 
and Threats, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, April 23, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing on challenges associated with achieving 
full dental readiness in the reserve component, 2:30 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, and the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education 
of the Committee on Science, joint hearing on the role of the social 
and behavioral sciences in national security, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, April 23, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing on Improving Workplace Safety: 
Strengthening OSHA Enforcement of Multi-Site Employers, 10:30 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  April 24, full Committee, hearing on Child Abuse and Deceptive 
Marketing by Residential Programs for Teens, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 22, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``FDA's Foreign Drug 
Inspection Program: Weaknesses Place Americans at Risk,'' 11 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Food and Cosmetic 
Provisions of the Food and Drug Administration Globalization--
proposed measures, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, April 23, to consider the 
following H.R. 5818, Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008; and 
pending Committee business, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 24, to consider the following bills: H.R. 5830, FHA Housing 
Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act of 2008; and H.R. 
5829, Public Housing Asset Management Improvement Act of 2008, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 23, hearing on Foreign 
Assistance Reform in the Next Administration: Challenges and 
Solutions, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
Environment, hearing on A New Beginning for the U.S.-South Korea 
Strategic Alliance, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on the Bucharest Summit 
and the Way Forward for NATO, 1 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  April 24, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human 
Rights, and Oversight, hearing on War Powers for the 21st Century: 
The Executive Branch Perspective, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 24, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing 
on U.S. Policy and the Road to Damascus: Who's Converting Whom? 9 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, 
hearing on U.S. Export Promotion Strategy, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, April 23, hearing entitled 
``Moving Beyond the First Five Years: Improving the Functionality, 
Governance, and Accountability of the Department of Homeland 
Security,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and 
Terrorism Risk Assessment, hearing entitled ``Moving Beyond the 
First Five Years: Evolving the Office of Intelligence and Analysis 
to Better Serve State, Local and Tribal Needs,'' 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 22, Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism and Homeland Security, hearing on H.R. 4109, Prison Abuse 
Remedies Act of 2007, 4:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 23, full Committee, oversight hearing on the FBI, 10:15 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 24, Task Force on Competition Policy and Antitrust Laws, 
hearing on Competition in the Airline Industry, 10:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, April 23, to consider H.R. 2801, 
Izembek and Alaska Peninsula Refuge and Wilderness Enhancement and 
King Cove Safe Access Act, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, to mark 
up the following bills: H.R. 21, Oceans Conservation, Education, and 
National Strategy for the 21st Century Act; H.R. 2964, Captive 
Primate Safety Act; H.R. 5534, Bear Protection Act of 2008; and H.R. 
5618, National Sea Grant College Program Amendments Act of 2008, 2 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 2649, To make amendments to the Reclamation 
Project Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992; H.R. 3323, Goleta 
Water Distribution System Conveyance Act of 2007; and H.R. 4841, 
Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians Settlement Act, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 3639, Southern Sea Otter Recovery and 
Research Act; and H.R. 5350, To authorize the Secretary of Commerce 
to sell or exchange certain National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration property located in Norfolk, Virginia, and for other 
purposes, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 24, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 859, Sangre de Cristo 
National Heritage Area Act; H.R. 3227, To direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North 
Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake 
Chelan National Recreation Area; H.R. 3667, Missisquoi and Trout 
Rivers Wild and Scenic River Study Act of 2007; H.R. 3930, Lesser 
Prairie Chicken National Habitat Preservation Area Act of 2007, and 
for other purposes; H.R. 3981, Preserve America and Save America's 
Treasures Act; and H.R. 5540, Chesapeake Bay Gateways and 
Watertrails Network Continuing Authorization Act, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.

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  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, April 23, hearing on 
Domestic Abstinence-Only Programs: Assessing the Evidence, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National 
Archives, hearing on Electronic Communications Preservation Act, 2 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 24, full Committee, hearing on EPA's New Ozone Standards, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and 
the District of Columbia, hearing on H.R. 1296, District of Columbia 
District Attorney Establishment Act, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn; and a 
hearing entitled ``Eliminating Smoke and Mirrors in the Mail,'' 2 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, April 22, to consider the following bills: 
H.R. 5819, SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act; and H.R. 2830, Coast Guard 
Authorization Act of 2007, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, April 23, hearing on 
Opportunities and Challenges for Nuclear Power, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on NASA's 
International Space Station Program: Status and Issues, 10:30 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing on 
Aviation Security Research and Development at the Department of 
Homeland Security, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, April 23, Subcommittee on 
Regulations, Health Care and Trade, hearing entitled ``Minority and 
Hispanic Participation in the Federal Workforce and the Impact on 
the Small Business Community,'' 12 p.m., 1539 Rayburn.
  April 24, full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Role of Small 
Businesses in Stimulating the Economy,'' 10 a.m., 1539 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 23, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on the Reauthorization of the 
National Transportation Safety Board, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Railroad, Pipelines, and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing on Rail Capacity, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on Freight 
Movement from Origin to Destination, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 23, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, to mark up pending business, 1 p.m., 340 Cannon.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Health, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 2790, To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the 
position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the 
office of the Undersecretary of Veterans Affairs for Health; H.R. 
3819, Veterans Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2007; H.R. 5729, Spina 
Bifida Health Care Program Expansion Act; H.R. 5554, Veterans 
Substance Use Disorders Prevention and Treatment Act of 2008; and a 
Construction Authorization measure, 2:30 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  April 24, Subcommittee on Disability and Memorial Affairs, to mark 
up Veterans Disability Benefits Claims Modernization Act of 2008, 11 
a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 23, hearing on Clearing the 
Disability Backlog, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 23, executive, 
hearing on Fiscal Year 2009 Budget--Human Capital, 1 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  April 24, full Committee, executive, hearing on Fiscal Year 2009 
Budget--Special Program, 9 a.m., and executive, hearing on Fiscal 
Year 2009 Budget--Special Program, 10 H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, April 
24, Hearing entitled ``Pumping up Prices: The Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve and Record Gas Prices,'' 10 a.m., room to be announced.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: April 22, meeting of conferees on H.R. 2419, to 
provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal 
year 2012, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.