[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 75 (Wednesday, May 7, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D568-D569]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces 
approved for full Committee action H.R. 5658, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel 
approved for full Committee action H.R. 5658, National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces approved 
for full Committee action H.R. 5658, National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2009.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported the following bills: 
H.R. 1343, amended, Health Centers Renewal Act of 2007; H.R. 5669, 
Poison Center Support, Enhancement, and Awareness Act of 2008; and H.R. 
1553, amended, Conquer Childhood Cancer Act of 2007.
U.S.-PAKISTAN FOREIGN POLICY
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on U.S. Foreign Policy in 
Pakistan: Implications for Regional Security, Stability and 
Development. Testimony was heard from the following former Ambassadors 
to the United Nations: Richard C. Holbrooke; and Thomas R. Pickering; 
and GEN James J. Jones USMC (Ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander, 
Europe.
NATION'S SUPPLY CHAIN SECURITY
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and 
Global Counterterrorism held a hearing entitled ``Assessing the 
Resiliency of the Nation's Supply Chain.'' Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Homeland Security: Todd Owen, 
Executive Director, Cargo and Conveyance Security Office, Office of 
Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and ADAM James 
Watson, USCG., Director, Prevention Policy for Marine Safety, Security 
and Stewardship, U.S. Coast Guard; Paul Zimmermann, Director of 
Operations, Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans; and a 
public witness.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported the following 
bills: H.R. 5803, amended, To direct the Federal Assistance Commission 
to establish a program to make grants to participating States and units 
of local government which will administer the regularly scheduled 
general election for Federal office held in November 2008 for carrying 
out a program to make backup paper ballots available in the case of the 
failure of a voting system or voting equipment in the election or some 
other emergency situation, and for other purposes; H.R. 5893, amended, 
Library of Congress Sound Recording and Film Preservation Programs 
Reauthorization Act of 2008; and H.R. 5972, United States Capitol 
Police Administrative Technical Corrections Act of 2008.
RISING GAS PRICES' CONSUMER IMPACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Task Force on Competition Policy and 
Antitrust Laws held a hearing on Retail Gas, Prices, Part 1: Consumer 
Effects. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ORPHAN WORKS ACT OF 2008
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and 
Intellectual Property approved for full Committee action, as amended, 
H.R. 5889, Orphan Works Act of 2008.
NATIONAL PARK CENTENNIAL FUND ACT
Committee on Natural Resources: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 
3094, National Park Centennial Fund Act.
HOSPITAL EMERGENCY SURGE CAPACITY
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Concluded hearings on the 
Lack of Hospital Emergency Surge Capacity: Will the Administration's 
Medicaid Regulations Make It Worse? Testimony was heard from Michael O. 
Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services; and Michael Chertoff, 
Secretary of Homeland Security.
NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY INITIATIVE AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2008
Committee on Science and Technology: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 
5940, National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008.

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DIGITAL TV TRANSITION
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology 
held a hearing on the role of small businesses in the upcoming digital 
television (DTV) conversion. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment approved for full Committee action the 
following measures: H.R. 2452, amended, Raw Sewage Overflow Community 
Right-to-Know Act; H.R. 135, amended, Twenty-First Century Water 
Commission Act of 2007; H.R. 5770, To provide for a study by the 
National Academy of Sciences of potential impacts of climate change on 
water resources and water quality; and H. Res. 1137, Supporting the 
goals and ideals of National Public Works Week.