[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 72 (Friday, May 2, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D540-D543]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of May 5 through May 10, 2008

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 11:00 a.m., Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 
2881, FAA Reauthorization Act, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture 
on Rockefeller Amendment No. 4627 at 2:30 p.m.; following which, Senate 
will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of 
S. 2284, Flood Insurance Reform and Modernization Act, and 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: May 7, 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 Labor, 9:45 a.m., SD-124.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold closed hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the United States 
intelligence community, 10:30 a.m., S-407, Capitol.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, 
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2009 for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, 3 p.m., SD-192.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings to examine the Department of Energy's decision to 
restructure the FutureGen program and obtain information about the 
elements of the original and revised approaches to advance carbon 
capture and storage technologies, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 7, 
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment, to hold 
hearings to examine United States credit markets, focusing on the 
regulation of investment banks by the United States Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 6, 
Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics, and Related Agencies, 
to hold hearings to examine reauthorization of vision for space 
exploration, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, 
to hold hearings to examine the state of the airline industry, 
focusing on the impact of the Delta/Northwest airlines merger, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  May 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine improving the 
capacity of United States climate modeling for decision-makers and 
end-users, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 7, business meeting 
to consider pending calendar business, 9:45 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 6, to hold hearings 
to examine perchlorate and trichloroethylene (TCE) in water, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Public Sector Solutions to Global Warming, 
Oversight, and Children's Health Protection, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine science and environmental regulatory decisions, 
9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  May 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine goods movement 
on our nation's highways, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: May 6, to hold hearings to examine seizing 
the new opportunity for health reform, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  May 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine social security 
field offices, focusing on the resources and workforce needed to 
deliver quality service to the public, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 6, to hold hearings to examine 
the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims 
(ICHEIC), 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  May 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations 
of Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat, of

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New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal, and to 
serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador 
to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Gillian Arlette Milovanovic, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mali, Donald Gene 
Teitelbaum, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, 
Linda Thomas-Greenfield, of Louisiana, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Liberia, Peter William Bodde, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi, Donald E. Booth, of Virginia, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia, Marianne Matuzic Myles, 
of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cape Verde, and 
Stephen James Nolan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Botswana, all of the Department of State, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  May 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine international 
Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism (the 
``Convention''), adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 
April 13, 2005, and signed on behalf of the United States of America 
on September 14, 2005 (Treaty Doc.110-04), amendment to the 
Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material (the 
``Amendment''). A conference of States Parties to the Convention on 
the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material, adopted on October 28, 
1979, adopted the Amendment on July 8, 2005, at the International 
Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna (Treaty Doc.110-06), and protocol of 
2005 to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against 
the Safety of Maritime Navigation (the ``2005 SUA Protocol'') and 
the Protocol of 2005 to the Protocol for the Suppression of Unlawful 
Acts against the Safety of Fixed Platforms Located on the 
Continental Shelf (the ``2005 Fixed Platforms Protocol'') (together, 
``the Protocols''), adopted by the International Maritime 
Organization Diplomatic Conference in London on October 14, 2005, 
and signed by the United States of America on February 17, 2006 
(Treaty Doc. 110-08), 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 8, to 
hold hearings to examine cancer relating to challenges and 
opportunities in the 21st century, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: May 7, to 
hold hearings to examine fuel subsidies relating to food supply and 
prices, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  May 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations 
of Nanci E. Langley, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the Postal 
Regulatory Commission, and Andrew Saul, of New York, Alejandro 
Modesto Sanchez, of Florida, and Gordon James Whiting, of New York, 
all to be Members of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board, 
Time to be announced, S-216, Capitol.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the 
Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine recruiting and hiring the next generation of federal 
employees, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 6, Subcommittee on Administrative 
Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings to examine policing 
lenders and protecting homeowners, focusing on the current 
foreclosure crisis, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  May 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations 
of Helene N. White, and Raymond M. Kethledge, both of Michigan, both 
to be United States Circuit Judges for the Sixth Circuit, and 
Stephen Joseph Murphy III, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Michigan, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer 
Rights, to hold hearings to examine concentration in agriculture, 
focusing on an examination of the JBS Swift Group acquisitions, 2 
p.m., SD-226.
  May 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine a way forward 
for the United States Commission on Civil Rights, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  May 8, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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. 2913, 
to provide a limitation on judicial remedies in copyright 
infringement cases involving orphan works, S. 2511, to amend the 
grant program for law enforcement armor vests to provide for a 
waiver of or reduction in the matching funds requirement in the case 
of fiscal hardship, H.R. 4056, to establish an awards mechanism to 
honor Federal law enforcement officers injured in the line of duty, 
S. 2774, to provide for the appointment of additional Federal 
circuit and district judges, S. 1738, to establish a Special Counsel 
for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction within the Office 
of the Deputy Attorney General, to improve the Internet Crimes 
Against Children Task Force, to increase resources for regional 
computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements to increase 
the ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate and prosecute 
predators, S. 2756, to amend the National Child Protection Act of 
1993 to establish a permanent background check system, S. 1515, to 
establish a domestic violence volunteer attorney network to 
represent domestic violence victims, S. 2504, to amend title 36, 
United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to the Military 
Officers Association of America, and S. Res. 537, commemorating and 
acknowledging the dedication and sacrifice made by the men and women 
who have lost their lives while serving as law enforcement officers, 
10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: May 7, to hold hearings to examine 
pending benefits legislation, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 6, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Michael E. Leiter, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Director of the National Counterterrorism Center, 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  May 8, 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, May 7, Subcommittee on Defense, 
hearing on Defense (Contracting) Outsourcing, 1:40 p.m., H-140 
Capitol.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to continue 
appropriation hearings with public witnesses, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, May 7, Subcommittee on Air and Land 
Forces, to mark up H.R. 5658, National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2009, 10:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, to mark up H.R. 5658, 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, 11:30 a.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to mark up H.R. 5658, 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, 1 p.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Readiness, to mark up H.R. 5658, National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, 1 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, to mark 
up H.R. 5658, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2009, 11 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, to mark up H.R. 5658, National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2009, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn
  Committee on the Budget, and the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure, May 8, joint hearing on Financing Infrastructure 
Investments, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, May 6, hearing on Do Federal 
Programs Ensure U.S. Workers Are Recruited First Before Employers 
Hire From Abroad? 11 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, hearing 
on The National Endowment for the Humanities and the National 
Endowment for the Arts: Overview of Programs and National Impact, 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 6, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Air Quality, hearing entitled The Renewable Fuels Standard: 
Issues Implementation, and Opportunities, 10:30 a.m, 2123 Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing on H.R. 5353, Internet Freedom Preservation Act of 2008, 
9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Stem Cell 
Science: The Foundation for Future Cures,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Direct-to-Consumer Advertising: Marketing, Education, or 
Deception,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, May 8, Subcommittee on Housing 
and Community Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Emergency CDBG Funds 
in the Gulf Coast: Uses, Challenges, and Lessons for the Future,'' 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 6, Subcommittee on Africa and 
Global Health, hearing on Higher Education in Africa: Making the 
Link between Intellectual Capital and Regional Development, 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights 
and Oversight, hearing on the City on the Hill or Prison on the Bay? 
The Mistakes of Guantanamo and the Decline of America's Image, 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 7, full Committee, hearing on U.S. Foreign Policy in Pakistan: 
Implications for Regional Security, Stability and Development, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia, hearing on U.S. 
Assistance to the Middle East: Old Tools for New Tasks? 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on Central 
America and the Merida Initiative, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, May 6, hearing entitled ``The 
Resilient Homeland--Broadcasting the Homeland Security Strategy,'' 
10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global 
Counterterrorism, hearing entitled ``Assessing the Resiliency of the 
Nation's Supply Chain,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  May 8, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Performance Based 
Acquisitions: Creating Solutions or Causing Problems?'' 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 6, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on Rulemaking Process and the Unitary 
Executive Theory, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on The Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil 
Liberties, hearing on From the Department of Justice to Guantanamo 
Bay: Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules, 
Part I, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 
hearing on Federal Prison Industries--Examining the Effects of 
Section 827 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2008, 1 
p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  May 7, Task Force on Competition Policy and Antitrust Laws, 
hearing on Retail Gas, Part 1 Prices: Consumer Effects, 11 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, 
hearing on Addressing Gangs: What's Effective? What's Not? 2 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, May 7, to mark up H.R. 3094, 
National Park Centennial Fund Act, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, hearing on 
the following bills: H.R. 3840, To prohibit commercial fishing of 
Atlantic menhaden for reduction purposes in inland, State, and 
Federal water along the Atlantic coast of the United States, and for 
other purposes; and H.R. 3841, To prohibit the commercial harvesting 
of Atlantic menhaden for reduction purposes in the coastal waters 
and the exclusive economic zone, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 155, Lower Brule and Crow Creek Tribal Compensation Act; 
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Mine Drainage Tunnel Remediation Act of 2008; and H.R. 5710, Eastern 
New Mexico Rural Water System Authorization Act, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, May 5, and 7, 
hearings on the Lack of Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity: Will the 
Administration's Medicaid Regulations Make It Worse? 10 a.m. on May 
5 and 9:30 a.m. on May 7, 2154 Rayburn.
  May 8, hearing on EPA's New Ozone Standards, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the 
District of Columbia, hearing on The Economics of Universal Mail 
Post PAEA, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, May 6, to consider the following: H.R. 5818, 
Neighborhood Stabilization Act of 2008; and a resolution providing 
for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 3221) 
to provide needed housing reform and for other purposes, 3 p.m., H-
313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, May 6, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Environment, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3957, Water 
Use Efficiency and Conservation Research Act; and H.R. 2339, 
Produced Water Utilization Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 7, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 5940, National 
Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008, 11 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, hearing on 
Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and 
Engineering Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 7, Subcommittee on Contracting 
and Technology, hearing on the role of small businesses in the 
upcoming digital television (DTV) conversion, 2 p.m., 1539 
Longworth.
  May 8, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Medicare Physician Fee 
Cuts: Can Small Practices Survive,'' 10 a.m., 1539 Longworth.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 6, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Aviation and the Environment: 
Emissions, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on Rising 
Fuel Costs in the Trucking Industry, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 6, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Medicare's DMEPOS Competitive Bidding Program, 1 p.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  May 6, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on Employment 
Eligibility Verification Systems, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, hearing 
on the Utilization of Psychotropic Medication for Children in Foster 
Care, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 8, executive, to 
mark up the Fiscal Year 2009 Intelligence Authorization, 9 a.m., H-
405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: May 6, to hold 
hearings to examine oil and food prices relating to the link between 
energy and environmental security, focusing on the role that 
environmental technologies can play in increasing energy security 
while combating climate change by reducing demand on hydrocarbon 
resources, 3 p.m., B318, Rayburn Building.