[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 21, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D642-D643]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
LOW-CARBON ECONOMY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Rural Revitalization, Conservation, Forestry, and Credit concluded a 
hearing to examine efforts to create jobs with climate solutions, 
focusing on the ways agriculture and forestry can help lower costs in a 
low-carbon economy, after receiving testimony from Dick Wittman, 
Agricultural Carbon Market Working Group, and Derik Broekhoff, World 
Resources Institute, both of Washington, DC; Laurie A. Wayburn, Pacific 
Forest Trust, San Francisco, California; Ruben N. Lubowski, 
Environmental Defense Fund, New York, New York; and Steven Corneli, NRG 
Energy, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following:
  S. 2766, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to address 
certain discharges incidental to the normal operation of a recreational 
vessel;
  S. 1499, to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce air pollution from 
marine vessels;
  S. 2555, to permit California and other States to effectively control 
greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles;
  S. 2844, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to modify 
provisions relating to beach monitoring, with amendments;
  S. 2707, to amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to 
provide for the continuing authorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways 
and Watertrails Network;
  H.R. 3891, to amend the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 
Establishment Act to increase the number of Directors on the Board of 
Directors of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation;
  S. 1566, to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to improve that Act;
  S. 2700, to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to double liability 
limits for single-hull tankers and tank barges for 2009, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2728, to establish the Twenty-First Century Water Commission to 
study and develop recommendations for a comprehensive water strategy to 
address future water needs, with an amendment;
  H.R. 3248, to amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to make technical 
corrections, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 3986, to amend the John F. Kennedy Center Act to authorize 
appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2403, to designate the new Federal Courthouse, located in the 700 
block of East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, as the ``Spottswood W. 
Robinson, III and Robert R. Merhige, Jr. Federal Courthouse'';
  S. 2837, to designate the United States courthouse located at 225 
Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, NY as the ``Theodore Roosevelt United 
States Courthouse'';
  S. 3009, to designate the Federal Bureau of Investigation building 
under construction in Omaha, NE as the ``J. James Exon Federal Bureau 
of Investigation Building'';
  H.R. 1019, to designate the United States customhouse building 
located at 31 Gonzalez Clemente Avenue in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, as the 
``Rafael Martinez Nadal United States Customhouse Building'';
  H.R. 4140, to designate the Port Angeles Federal Building in Port 
Angeles, Washington, as the ``Richard B. Anderson Federal Building'';
  H.R. 781, to redesignate Lock and Dam No. 5 of the McClellan-Kerr 
Arkansas River Navigation System near Redfield, Arkansas, authorized by 
the Rivers and Harbors Act approved July 24, 1946, as the ``Colonel 
Charles D. Maynard Lock and Dam''.
TREATIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the Treaty Between the Government of the United States of 
America and the

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Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 
Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at Washington and London on 
June 21 and 26, 2007 (Treaty Doc. 110-07), and the Treaty Between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of 
Australia Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at Sydney, 
September 5, 2007 (Treaty Doc. 110-10), after receiving testimony from 
John C. Rood, Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and 
International Security.
PRICE OF OIL
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the escalating price of crude oil, including S. 879, to amend the 
Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal, after 
receiving testimony from Robert A. Malone, BP America, John Hofmeister, 
Shell Oil Company, and John E. Lowe, ConocoPhillips, all of Houston, 
Texas; Peter J. Robertson, Chevron Corporation, San Ramon, California; 
and J. Stephen Simon, Exxon Mobil Corporation, Irving, Texas.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Cynthia L. Bauerly, of Minnesota, who was 
introduced by Senators Schumer and Klobuchar, and Caroline C. Hunter, 
of Florida, and Donald F. McGahn, of the District of Columbia, who were 
introduced by Senator Feinstein, each to be a Member of the Federal 
Election Commission, after each nominee testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
VETERANS HEALTH CARE LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine pending veterans health care legislation, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Durbin; Gerald M. Cross, Principal Deputy Under 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health; Carl Blake, Paralyzed 
Veterans of America, J. David Cox, American Federation of Government 
Employees, AFL-CIO, Cecelia McVey, Nurses Organization of Veterans 
Affairs, and Sally Satel, American Enterprise Institute, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Joseph L. Wilson, American Legion, Indianapolis, 
Indiana; Joy J. Ilem, Disabled American Veterans, Cold Spring, 
Kentucky; Christopher Needham, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United 
States, Kansas City, Missouri; Stanley Luke, Helping Hands Hawaii, 
Honolulu; Donna McCartney, National Association of Veterans' Research 
and Education Foundations, Chevy Chase, Maryland; and Thomas J. Berger, 
Vietnam Veterans of America, Silver Spring, Maryland.