[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 75 (Wednesday, May 7, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D569-D571]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                            NEW PUBLIC LAWS

      (For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D556)
  H.R. 3196, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 20 Sussex Street in Port Jervis, New York, as the 
``E. Arthur Gray Post Office Building''. Signed on May 7, 2008. (Public 
Law 110-210)
  H.R. 3468, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1704 Weeksville Road in Elizabeth City, North 
Carolina, as the ``Dr. Clifford Bell Jones, Sr. Post Office''. Signed 
on May 7, 2008. (Public Law 110-211)
  H.R. 3532, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 5815 McLeod Street in Lula, Georgia, as the 
``Private Johnathon Millican Lula Post Office''. Signed on May 7, 2008. 
(Public Law 110-212)
  H.R. 3720, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 424 Clay Avenue in Waco, Texas, as the ``Army PFC 
Juan Alonso Covarrubias Post Office Building''. Signed on May 7, 2008. 
(Public Law 110-213)
  H.R. 3803, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3100 Cashwell Drive in Goldsboro, North Carolina, as 
the ``John Henry Wooten, Sr. Post Office Building''. Signed on May 7, 
2008. (Public Law 110-214)
  H.R. 3936, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 116 Helen Highway in Cleveland, Georgia, as the 
``Sgt. Jason Harkins Post Office Building''. Signed on May 7, 2008. 
(Public Law 110-215)
  H.R. 3988, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3701 Altamesa Boulevard in Fort Worth, Texas, as the 
``Master Sergeant Kenneth N. Mack Post Office Building''. Signed on May 
7, 2008. (Public Law 110-216)
  H.R. 4166, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 701 East Copeland Drive in Lebanon, Missouri, as the 
``Steve W. Allee Carrier Annex''. Signed on May 7, 2008. (Public Law 
110-217)
  H.R. 4203, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3035 Stone Mountain Street in Lithonia, Georgia, as 
the ``Specialist Jamaal RaShard Addison Post Office Building''. Signed 
on May 7, 2008. (Public Law 110-218)
  H.R. 4211, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 725 Roanoke Avenue in Roanoke Rapids, North 
Carolina, as the ``Judge Richard B. Allsbrook Post Office''. Signed on 
May 7, 2008. (Public Law 110-219)
  H.R. 4240, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 10799 West Alameda Avenue in Lakewood, Colorado, as 
the ``Felix Sparks Post Office Building''. Signed on May 7, 2008. 
(Public Law 110-220)
  H.R. 4454, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3050 Hunsinger Lane in Louisville, Kentucky, as the 
``Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen Military Heroes of Louisville Memorial 
Post Office Building'', in honor of the servicemen and women from 
Louisville, Kentucky, who died in service during Operation Enduring 
Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Signed on May 7, 2008. (Public Law 
110-221)
  H.R. 5135, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 201 West Greenway Street in Derby, Kansas, as the 
``Sergeant Jamie O. Maugans Post Office Building''. Signed on May 7, 
2008. (Public Law 110-222)
  H.R. 5220, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 3800 SW. 185th Avenue in Beaverton, Oregon, as the 
``Major Arthur Chin Post Office Building''. Signed on May 7, 2008. 
(Public Law 110-223)
  H.R. 5400, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 160 East Washington Street in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, 
as the ``Sgt. Michael M. Kashkoush Post Office Building''. Signed on 
May 7, 2008. (Public Law 110-224)
  H.R. 5472, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 2650 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Street, 
Indianapolis, Indiana, as the ``Julia M. Carson Post Office Building''. 
Signed on May 7, 2008. (Public Law 110-225)
  H.R. 5489, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 6892 Main Street in Gloucester, Virginia, as the 
``Congresswoman Jo Ann S. Davis Post Office''. Signed on May 7, 2008. 
(Public Law 110-226)

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  H.R. 5715, to ensure continued availability of access to the Federal 
student loan program for students and families. Signed on May 7, 2008. 
(Public Law 110-227)


                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 8, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans' Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the United States Army and Air 
Force, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Full Committee, business meeting to markup the Emergency 
Supplemental Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2008, 2 p.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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 Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine goods movement on our nation's highways, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: 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 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine cancer relating to challenges and opportunities 
in the 21th century, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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.
  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: 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, S. 2565, to establish an awards mechanism to 
honor exceptional acts of bravery in the line of duty by Federal law 
enforcement officers, 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. 2942, to authorize funding 
for the National Advocacy Center, S. 2504, to amend title 36, United 
States Code, to grant a Federal charter to the Military Officers 
Association of America, 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, and the 
nomination of G. Steven Agee, of Virginia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness, to mark up 
H.R. 5658, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, 
1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  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.
  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, joint hearing on Financing Infrastructure 
Investments, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, 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, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Stem Cell Science: The Foundation for Future Cures,'' 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Direct-to-Consumer Advertising: Marketing, Education, or 
Deception,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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, Subcommittee on Middle East and 
South Asia, hearing on U.S. Assistance to the

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Middle East: Old Tools for New Tasks? 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on Central America and 
the Merida Initiative, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Performance 
Based Acquisitions: Creating Solutions or Causing Problems?'' 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration, 
Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law, to 
mark up the following: H.R. 4080, To amend the Immigration and 
Nationality Act to establish a separate nonimmigrant classification 
for fashion models; and private relief measures, 9:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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, 9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 155, Lower Brule and Crow Creek Tribal Compensation Act; H.R. 
5511, Leadville 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, 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 Science and Technology, 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, hearing entitled ``Medicare Physician 
Fee Cuts: Can Small Practices Survive,'' 10 a.m., 1539 Longworth.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Income Security and 
Family Support, hearing on the Utilization of Psychotropic 
Medication for Children in Foster Care, 11 a.m., B-318 Rayburn
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to mark up 
the Fiscal Year 2009 Intelligence Authorization, 9 a.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing entitled ``Negawatts: The Role of Efficiency Policies in 
Climate Legislation,'' 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine the future Administration of the President of the Russian 
Federation Dmitri Medvedev, focusing on United States and Russia's 
relationship, 3 p.m., SD-419.