[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 82 (Monday, May 19, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D625-D627]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                              MAY 20, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 
for the Department of Defense, 11 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider H.R. 634, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to 
mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life 
while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, S. 1100, to 
address the regulation of secondary mortgage market enterprises, and 
an original bill to make technical corrections to Title III of 
SAFETEA-LU, 10:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine energy and related economic effects of global climate change 
legislation, 10 a.m., SD-366.

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  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
agreement on Extradition between the United States of America and 
the European Union (EU), signed on June 25, 2003 at Washington, 
together with twenty-two bilateral instruments which subsequently 
were signed between the United States and each European Union Member 
State in order to implement the Agreement with the EU. The Agreement 
includes an explanatory note which is an integral part of the 
Agreement (Treaty Doc.109-14), extradition Treaty between the United 
States of America and the Government of the Republic of Latvia, 
signed on December 7, 2005, at Riga (Treaty Doc.109-15), extradition 
Treaty between the United States of America and the Government of 
the Republic of Estonia, signed on February 8, 2006, at Tallinn 
(Treaty Doc.109-16), extradition Treaty between the United States of 
America and the Government of Malta, signed on May 18, 2006, at 
Valletta, that includes an exchange of letters that is an integral 
part of the treaty (Treaty Doc.109-17), extradition Treaty between 
the United States of America and Romania (the ``Extradition Treaty'' 
or the ``Treaty'') and the Protocol to the Treaty between the United 
States of America and Romania on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal 
Matters (the ``Protocol''), both signed at Bucharest on September 
10, 2007 (Treaty Doc.110-11), extradition Treaty between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Republic of Bulgaria (the ``Extradition Treaty'' or the ``Treaty'') 
and the Agreement on Certain Aspects of Mutual Legal Assistance in 
Criminal Matters between the Government of the United States of 
America and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria (the ``MLA 
Agreement''), both signed at Sofia on September 19, 2007 (Treaty 
Doc.110-12), treaty Between the Government of the United States of 
America and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden on Mutual Legal 
Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed at Stockholm on December 17, 
2001 (Treaty Doc.107-12), mutual Legal Assistance between the United 
States of America and the European Union (EU), signed on June 25, 
2003, at Washington, together with 25 bilateral instruments that 
subsequently were signed between the United States and each European 
Union Member State in order to implement the Agreement with the EU, 
and an explanatory note that is an integral part of the Agreement 
(Treaty Doc.109-13), and treaty between the United States of America 
and Malaysia on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed 
on July 28, 2006, at Kuala Lumpur (Treaty Doc.109-22), 10:30 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending calendar 
business, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, 
to hold hearings to examine Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal 
Areas (FATA) challenge, focusing on securing one of the worlds most 
dangerous areas, 2:45 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine plant closings, focusing on workers rights and 
the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) (Public Law 
100-379) Act's 20th anniversary, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine financial speculation in commodity markets, 
focusing on whether institutional investors and hedge funds are 
contributing to food and energy price inflation, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine global 
internet freedom, focusing on corporate responsibility and the rule 
of law, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine protecting the 
constitutional right to vote for all Americans, 2:30 p.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 Education and Labor, Subcommittee Workforce 
Protections, hearing on ICE Workplace Raids: Their Impact of U.S. 
Children, Families, and Communities, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing on H.R. 5632, To prohibit the importation of 
certain lo-level radioactive waste into the United States, 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing on examining the need for 
H.R. 2885, Credit Monitoring Clarification Act, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, 
and the Global Environment, hearing on Burma in the Aftermath of 
Cyclone Nargis: Death, Displacement, and Humanitarian Aid, 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and 
Oversight, hearing on City on the Hill or Prison on the Bay? The 
Mistakes of Guantanamo and the Decline of America's Image, Part II, 
2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, hearing on 
Export Compliance: Ensuring Safety, Increasing Efficiency, 10 a.m., 
2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 1333, Civil Air Patrol Homeland Security Support Act of 2007; 
H.R. 2631, Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act; H.R. 4179, Fast, 
Accurate, Secure and Timely Redress Act of 2007; H.R. 4749, National 
Bombing Prevention Act of 2007; H.R. 5909, To amend the Aviation and 
Transportation Security Act to prohibit advance notice to certain 
individuals, including security screeners, of covert testing of 
security screening procedures for the purpose of enhancing 
transportation security at airports; H.R. 5982, Biometric 
Enhancement for Airport-Risk Reduction Act of 2008; and H. Res. 
1150, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the 
Transportation Security Administration should, in accordance with 
the congressional mandate provided for in the Implementing 
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, enhance security 
against terrorist attack and other security threats to our Nation's 
rail and mass transit lines, 11 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, hearing on H.R. 3546, To authorize the Edward 
Byrne Memorial Justice

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Assistance Grant Program at fiscal year 2006 levels through 2012, 11 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border 
Security, and International Law, hearing on Immigration Needs of 
America's Fighting Men and Women, 2:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests and Public Lands, oversight hearing on The Future of the 
National Mall, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on EPA's New 
Ozone Standards, 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District 
of Columbia, hearing on Part-Time Reemployment of Federal 
Annuitants, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: Conference Report 
to accompany S. Con. Res. 70, An original concurrent resolution 
setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate 
budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013; H.R. 
6049, Energy and Tax Extenders Act of 2008; and H.R. 5658, Duncan 
Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, 5 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics, to consider H.R. 6063, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Authorization Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on Coast Guard and 
National Transportation Safety Board Casualty Investigation Program, 
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, to 
mark up H.R. 6003, Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 
2008, 2:30 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on 
the Department of the Treasury Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade 
Bureau, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing 
follow-up on National Intelligence Estimate, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on S. Con. Res. 70, setting forth 
the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal 
year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2008 and 2010 through 2013, 11 a.m., Room to be announced.