[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 24, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D808-D809]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JUNE 25, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, business meeting to mark up proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2009 for the Energy Information Administration, 
focusing on forecasts for oil and gasoline prices, 11 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold closed hearings to examine 
the current situation in Afghanistan, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider the nominations of Neel T. Kashkari, of California, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Christopher R. Wall, of 
Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Sheila McNamara 
Greenwood, of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, Susan D. Peppler, of California, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Joseph J. 
Murin, of Pennsylvania, to be President, Government National 
Mortgage Association, Luis Aguilar, of Georgia, Troy A. Paredes, of 
Missouri, and Elisse Walter, of Maryland, all to be Members of the 
Securities and Exchange Commission, Donald B. Marron, of Maryland, 
to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, and Michael E. 
Fryzel, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Credit Union 
Administration Board, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the increased global energy demand, focusing on the 
challenges for meeting future energy needs, while developing new 
technologies to address the current and future global climate 
change, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the future federal role for surface transportation, 10 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine a new 
strategy for an enhanced partnership with Pakistan, 9:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 2583, to amend the Improper Payments 
Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 note) in order to prevent 
the loss of billions in taxpayer dollars, S. 1924, to amend chapter 
81 of title 5, United States Code, to create a presumption that a 
disability or death of a Federal employee in fire protection 
activities caused by any of certain diseases is the result of the 
performance of such employee's duty, H.R. 5683, to make certain 
reforms with respect to the Government Accountability Office, S. 
3013, to provide for retirement equity for Federal employees in 
nonforeign areas outside the 48 contiguous States and the District 
of Columbia, S. 3175, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize the predisaster 
hazard mitigation program, to make technical corrections to that 
Act, S. 2382, to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to quickly and fairly address the abundance of 
surplus manufactured housing units stored by the Federal Government 
around the country at taxpayer expense, S. 2148, to provide for 
greater diversity within, and to improve policy direction and 
oversight of, the Senior Executive Service, S. 2816, to provide for 
the appointment of the Chief Human Capital Officer of the Department 
of Homeland Security by the Secretary of Homeland Security, S. 3015, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 18 S. G Street, Lakeview, Oregon, as the ``Dr. Bernard 
Daly Post Office Building'', H.R. 5395 and S. 2622, bills to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 11001 Dunklin Drive in St. Louis, Missouri, as the ``William 
`Bill' Clay Post Office Building'', H.R. 5479, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 117 North 
Kidd Street in Ionia, Michigan, as the ``Alonzo Woodruff Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 4185, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 11151 Valley Boulevard in El Monte, 
California, as the ``Marisol Heredia Post Office Building'', H.R. 
5528, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 120 Commercial Street in Brockton, Massachusetts, as the 
``Rocky Marciano Post Office Building'', H.R. 3721, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1190 Lorena 
Road in Lorena, Texas, as the ``Marine Gunnery Sgt. John D. Fry Post 
Office Building'', H.R. 5517, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 7231 FM 1960 in Humble, 
Texas, as the ``Texas Military Veterans Post Office'', H.R. 5168, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 19101 Cortez Boulevard in Brooksville, Florida, as the ``Cody 
Grater Post Office Building'', S. 3082, to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 1700 Cleveland Avenue in 
Kansas City, Missouri, as the ``Reverend Earl Abel Post Office 
Building'', and the nomination of Elaine C. Duke, of Virginia, to be 
Under Secretary for Management, Department of Homeland Security, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, to 
hold hearings to examine laptop searches and other violations of 
privacy faced by Americans returning from overseas travel, 9 a.m., 
SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine solutions to cope with the rise in home heating oil 
prices, 10 a.m., SR-428A.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, to mark up the following 
Appropriations for Fiscal year 2009: Energy and Water Development, 
and Related Agencies; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies; and Financial Services and General Government, 10 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 25, hearing on China: Recent 
Security Developments, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, to mark up H.R. 3289, PRE-K Act, 
11:15 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, to 
consider the Protecting Records, Optimizing Treatment, and Easing 
Communication through Healthcare Technology Act of 2008, 11 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Financial Services, to continue markup of the 
following bills: H.R. 6306, To authorize United States participation 
in, and appropriations for the United States contributions to, the 
fifteenth replenishment of the resources of the International 
Development Association and the eleventh replenishment of the 
resources of the African Development Fund, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 6315, To authorize United States participation in, and 
appropriations for the United States contribution to, an 
international clean technology fund, and for other purposes; H.R. 
1746, Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2007; H.R. 5767, 
Payments System Protection Act; and H.R. 6308, Municipal; Bond 
Fairness Act.; and to consider pending Committee business, 11 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on Foreign Assistance 
Reform: Rebuilding U.S. Civilian Development and Diplomatic Capacity 
in the 21st Century, 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing on More 
Than Just the 123 Agreement: The Future of U.S.-Indo Relations, 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation 
Security and Infrastructure Protection, hearing on The Goodyear 
Explosion: Ensuring Our Nation is Secure by Developing a Risk 
Management Framework for Homeland Security, 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on the Executive Office for United 
States Attorneys, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, to consider the following: a 
Committee Resolution dealing with emergency withdrawal of certain 
federal lands near Grand Canyon National Park; H.R. 415, To amend 
the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Taunton 
River in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as a component of the 
National Wild and Scenic Rivers; H.R. 1286, Washington-Rochambeau 
Revolutionary Route National Historic Trail Designation Act; H.R. 
1210, Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act of 2007; H.R. 6041, To 
redesignate the Rio Grande American Canal in El Paso, Texas, as the 
``Travis C. Johnson Canal''; H.R. 1907, Coastal and Estuarine Land 
Protection Act; and H.R. 3227, To direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North 
Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake 
Chelan National Recreation Area, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on Waste, 
Fraud, and Abuse at K-Town: One Year Later, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and 
Procurement, hearing on ID Cards: Reissuing Border Crossing Cards, 2 
p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 6052, Saving 
Energy Through Public Transportation Act of 2008; and H.R. 6355, Air 
Service Improvement Act of 2008. 3:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 4174, Federal Ocean Acidification Research and 
Monitoring Act of 2007; H.R. 5618, National Sea Grant College 
Program Amendments Act of 2008; and H.R. 6314, Fulfilling the 
Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act of 2008, 
10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Regulations, Health 
Care and Trade, hearing entitled ``The Impact of Online Advertising 
on Small Firms,'' 10 a.m., 1539 Longworth.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, hearing on 
Implementation of the Pipeline Inspection, Protection, and 
Enforcement and Safety Act of 2006, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, and 
the Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management of the 
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, joint hearing on 
National Security Implications of Global Climate, 210 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the United 
States economy, focusing on the skyrocketing oil prices, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-106.
  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 4040, to establish 
consumer product safety standards and other safety requirements for 
children's products and to reauthorize and modernize the Consumer 
Product Safety Commission, 3:30 p.m., SD-106.