[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 25, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D818-D819]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 26, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark up proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and related agencies, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Nelson M. Ford, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of 
the Army, Joseph A. Benkert, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary, Sean Joseph Stackley, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy, and Frederick S. Celec, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant to the Secretary for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological 
Defense Programs, all of the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the foundation 
of international tax reform, focusing on worldwide, territorial, and 
other related issues, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Children and Families, to hold hearings to examine 
reauthorization of the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 
(CAPTA) (Public Law 93-247), focusing on protecting children and 
strengthening families, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine nuclear terrorism, focusing on the federal 
response for providing medical care and meeting basic needs in the 
aftermath of an attack, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine addressing the nation's financial challenges, 
2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine access to contract health services in Indian country, 10 
a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 2979, 
to exempt the African National Congress from treatment as a 
terrorist organization, H.R. 5690, to remove the African National 
Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization for certain acts 
or events, provide relief for certain members of the African 
National Congress regarding admissibility, S. 2892, to promote the 
prosecution and enforcement of frauds against the United States by 
suspending the statute of limitations during times when Congress has 
authorized the use of military force, S. 1211, to amend the 
Controlled Substances Act to provide enhanced penalties for 
marketing controlled substances to minors, S. 3155, to reauthorize 
and improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 
1974, S. 2746, to amend section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act) to 
provide that statutory exemptions to the disclosure requirements of 
that Act shall specifically cite to the provision of that Act 
authorizing such exemptions, to ensure an open and deliberative 
process in Congress by providing for related legislative proposals 
to explicitly state such required citations, S. 3061, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2011 for the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, to enhance measures to 
combat trafficking in persons, S. Res. 594, designating September 
2008 as ``Tay-Sachs Awareness Month'', and the nominations of Paul 
G. Gardephe, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of New York, Kiyo A. Matsumoto, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, Cathy Seibel, 
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New 
York, Glenn T. Suddaby, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of New York, Kelly Harrison Rankin, to be United 
States Attorney for the District of Wyoming, and Clyde R. Cook, Jr., 
to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of North 
Carolina, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, to hold hearings to examine 
effective ways to catch fugitives in the 21st century, 2 p.m., SD-
226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to mark up S. 
2969, to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance the capacity 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain nurses 
and other critical health-care professionals, S. 2309, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to clarify the service treatable as 
service engaged in combat with the enemy for utilization of non-
official evidence for proof of service-connection in a combat-
related disease or injury, S. 22, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to establish a program of educational assistance for members 
of the Armed Forces who serve in the Armed Forces after September 
11, 2001, S. 2617, to increase, effective as of December 1, 2008, 
the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected 
disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation 
for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, and an original bill 
to provide technical corrections to S. 22, the Post 9/11 Veterans 
Educational Assistance Act of 2007; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Christine O. Hill, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Congressional Affairs, 
9:30 a.m., SR-418.

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                                  House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic 
Agriculture, hearing to review the status of pollinator health including 
colony collapse disorder, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, to mark up the following Appropriations 
for Fiscal Year 2009: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies; and the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, to continue markup of H.R. 3289, PRE-
K Act, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, hearing on An 
Examination of Discrimination Against Transgender Americans in the 
Workplace, immediately following full Committee markup, 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing on Climate Change: Costs of Inaction, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing on H.R. 6066, Extractive 
Industries Transparency Disclosure Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing 
entitled ``Problem Credit Care Practices Affecting Students,'' 2 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
263, Cybersecurity Education Enhancement Act of 2007; H.R. 2490, To 
require the Secretary of Homeland Security to conduct a pilot program for 
mobile biometric identification in the maritime environment of aliens 
unlawfully attempting to enter the United States; H.R. 3815, Homeland 
Security Open Source Information Enhancement Act of 2007; H.R. 4806, 
Reducing Over-Classification Act of 2007; H.R. 5170, Department of 
Homeland Security Component Privacy Officer Act of 2008; H.R. 5531, Next 
Generation Radiation Screening Act of 2008; H.R. 5743, Scientific 
Transformations through Advancing Research (STAR) Act; H.R. 5935, 
American Steel First Act of 2008; H.R. 5983, To amend the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 to enhance the information security of the 
Department of Homeland Security; H.R. 6098, Personnel Reimbursement for 
Intelligence Cooperation and Enhancement of Homeland Security Act; and 
H.R. 6193, Improving Public Access to Documents Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to consider a resolution authorizing the Chairman to 
issue a subpoena to Attorney General Michael Mukasey for certain 
documents previously requested, 1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, 
hearing on From the Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay: 
Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules, Part III, 
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, The Internet, and Intellectual Property, to 
mark up H.R. 4789, Performance Rights Act, 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing on 
H.R. 1889, Private Prison Information Act of 2007, (Part II), 1 p.m., 
2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and 
Oceans, hearing on H.R. 6311, NonNative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act, 
10:30 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on Governance and 
Financial Accountability of Rural Electric Cooperatives: the Pedernales 
Experience, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of 
Columbia, hearing on An Examination of Locality Pay, 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, and the Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, 
joint hearing on The State of Hurricane Research and H.R. 2407, National 
Hurricane Research Initiative Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Investigation and Oversight, to meet to consider 
authorization of a subpoena for documents related to the Department of 
Energy's FutureGen project, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Grounded: How the Air 
Transportation Crisis Is Hurting Entrepreneurs and the Economy,'' 10 
a.m., 1539 Longworth.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment, hearing on Protecting and Restoring America's 
Great Waters--Part 1: Coastal Estuaries, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, 
to mark up the following bills: H.R. 6225, Injunctive Relief for Veterans 
Act of 2008; H.R. 6224, Pilot College Work Study Programs for Veterans 
Act of 2008; H.R. 6221, Veterans-Owned Small Business Protection and 
Clarification Act of 2008; H.R. 6272, SMOCTA Reauthorization Act of 2008; 
H.R. 4255, United States Olympic Committee Paralympic Program Act of 
2007; H.R. 6070, Military Spouses Residency Relief Act; H.R. 2910, 
Veterans Education Tuition Support Act of 2007; H.R. 3298, 21st Century 
Servicemembers Protection Act; and H.R. 2721, To amend title 10, United 
States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to develop, and 
the Secretary of Defense to distribute to members of the Armed Forces 
upon their discharge or release from active duty, information in a 
compact disk read-only memory format that lists and explains the health, 
education, and other benefits for which veterans are eligible under the 
laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 1 p.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on health care proposals., 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, 
hearing on the role of Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA's) in our 
retirement system, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
North Korea, 11 a.m., executive, briefing on Treasury Update, 2:30 p.m., 
and, executive, briefing on CIA Program, 3:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and 
Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on National Applications Office, 
1 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, hearing 
entitled ``$4 Gasoline and Fuel Economy: Auto Industry at a Crossroads,'' 
1:30 p.m., 210 Cannon.