[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 21, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D648-D649]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 22, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of General David H. Petraeus, USA, for reappointment to 
the grade of general and to be Commander, United States Central 
Command, and Lieutenant General Raymond T. Odierno, USA, for 
appointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, Multi-
National Force--Iraq, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the nomination of Steven C. Preston, of Illinois, to be 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine S. 1919, to 
establish trade enforcement priorities for the United States, to 
strengthen the provisions relating to trade remedies, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
International Convention Against Doping in Sport, adopted by the 
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization on 
October 19, 2005 (Treaty Doc. 110-14), 9:15 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider the nomination of Paul A. Schneider, of 
Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to continue hearings to 
examine improving the security clearance process, focusing on reform 
efforts to streamline, standardize, and update the process, 2:30 
p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold oversight hearings to examine 
the status of backlogs at the Department of the Interior, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-562.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 2756, 
to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a 
permanent background check system, S. 2982, to amend the Runaway and 
Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations, S. 1210, to extend 
the grant program for drug-endangered children, S. Res. 563, 
designating September 13, 2008, as ``National Childhood Cancer 
Awareness Day'', S. Res. 567, designating June 2008 as ``National 
Internet Safety Month'', and the nominations of Elisebeth C. Cook, 
of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General for the Office of 
Legal Policy, Department of Justice, William T. Lawrence, of 
Indiana, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Indiana, and G. Murray Snow, of Arizona, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Arizona, and William 
Walter Wilkins, III, to be United States Attorney for the District 
of South Carolina, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine closing the justice 
gap, focusing on providing civil legal assistance to low-income 
Americans, 2 p.m., SD-226.

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  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine improving 
Medicare for the most vulnerable, focusing on senior citizens at 
risk, 10:30 a.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, 
on Capitol Visitor Center, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Germs, Viruses, and Secrets: 
Government Plans to Move Exotic Disease Research to the Mainland 
United States,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Impact on 
Homebuyers and Housing Market of Conforming Loan Limit Increase,'' 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on Rising Oil Prices: 
Declining National Security? 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and 
Oversight, hearing on City on the Hill or Just Another Country? The 
United States and the Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy, 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, 
and Global Counterterrorism, hearing on The Border Security 
Challenge: Recent Developments and Legislative Proposals, focusing 
on the following bills: H.R. 5662, Putting Our Resources Towards 
Security (PORTS) Act; H.R. 5552, Border Accountability Act of 2008; 
H.R. 4008, SAVE Act of 2007 and H.R. 3531, Accountability in 
Enforcing Immigration Laws Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Task Force on Competition Policy and 
Antitrust Laws, hearing on Retail Gas Prices, Part 2, Competition in 
the Oil Industry, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing on The United States Geological 
Survey's Earthquake Hazards Program-Science, Preparation, and 
Response, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 5511, Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel Remediation Act of 2008; 
and H.R. 5710, Eastern New Mexico Rural Water System Authorization 
Act, II a.m., Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on 
Accountability Lapses in Multiple Funds for Iraq, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, and the Subcommittee on Housing 
and Community Opportunity of the Committee on Financial Services, 
joint hearing on Neighborhoods: Targeting Federal aid to 
neighborhoods distressed by the subprime mortgage crisis, 2 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Investigation 
and Oversight, hearing on American Decline or Renewal?--
Globalization Jobs and Technology, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``RESPA and Its 
Impact on Small Business,'' 10 a.m., 1539 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the 
following: H.R. 6003, Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act 
of 2008; measure to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize the predisaster hazard 
mitigation program, and for other purposes; and H.R 5001, Old Post 
Office Building Redevelopment Act of 2008, 10:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on Examining the 
Effectiveness of VBA Outreach Efforts, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Human Resources Challenges 
within the Veterans Health Administration, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Human Intelligence Analysis and Counterintelligence, 
executive briefing, on Counternarcotics, 11 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, to 
consider a Resolution and Committee Report to commence proceedings 
to find Stephen Johnson, Administrator of EPA, in contempt of 
Congress for refusing to comply with the subpoena issued by the 
Select Committee, 9:45 a.m., followed by a hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the Bush Administration's Energy Policy,'' 10 a.m. 
2175 Rayburn.