[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 111 (Tuesday, July 8, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D850-D851]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





             COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Walter Lukken, of Indiana, to 
be Chairman, and Bartholomew H. Chilton, of Delaware, and Scott 
O'Malia, of Michigan, both to be a Commissioner, all of the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 11:30 a.m., S-241, Capitol.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, business 
meeting to consider proposed legislation making appropriations for 
the Department of Transportation, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2009, 10:30 a.m., SD-116.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine reducing risks and improving oversight in the OTC credit 
derivatives market, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine privacy implications of online advertising, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to 
hold hearings to examine fishing safety, focusing on policy 
implications of cooperatives and vessel improvements, 2:30 p.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine S. 2443 and H.R. 
2246, bills to provide for the release of any revisionary interest 
of the United States in and to

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certain lands in Reno, Nevada, S. 2779, to amend the Surface Mining 
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified 
States and Indian tribes have the authority to use certain payments 
for certain noncoal reclamation projects, S. 2875, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to provide grants to designated States and 
tribes to carry out programs to reduce the risk of livestock loss 
due to predation by gray wolves and other predator species or to 
compensate landowners for livestock loss due to predation, S. 2898 
H.R. 816, bills to provide for the release of certain land from the 
Sunrise Mountain Instant Study Area in the State of Nevada, S. 3088, 
to designate certain land in the State of Oregon as wilderness, S. 
3157, to provide for the exchange and conveyance of certain National 
Forest System land and other land in southeast Arizona, and S. 3179, 
to authorize the conveyance of certain public land in the State of 
New Mexico owned or leased by the Department of Energy, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
challenges from Iran, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine Medicare 
vulnerabilities, focusing on payments for claims tied to deceased 
doctors, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to continue oversight hearings to 
examine the Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Christine O. Hill, of Georgia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Congressional Affairs, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine veterans 
disability compensation, focusing on undue delay in claims 
processing, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review legislation amending 
the Commodity Exchange Act, 2:30 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on an update on efforts to 
develop and support the Iraqi Security Forces, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Defense 
Language and Cultural Awareness Transformation: To What End? At What 
Cost? 2:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on the Rising Cost of 
Food and Its Impact on Federal Child Nutrition Programs, 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, to mark 
up the following: H.R. 2851, Michelle's Law; the Animal Drug User 
Fee Amendments of 2008; and the Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act of 
2008, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, to mark up the 
following: H.R. 5840, Insurance Information Act of 2008; H.R. 5792, 
Increasing Insurance Coverage Options for Consumers Act of 2008; 
H.R. 5611, National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers 
Reform Act of 2008; and the Securities Act of 2008, 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing 
entitled ``Federal Spending Requirements in Housing and Community 
Development Programs: Challenges in 2008 and Beyond,'' 9:30 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on U.S. Policy Toward Iran, 
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe and the Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
South Asia, joint hearing on Europe and Israel: Strengthening the 
Partnership, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``The Challenge 
of Protecting Mass Gatherings in a Post-9/11,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on 
Manufacturers of FEMA Trailers and Elevated Formaldehyde Levels, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing on Truck Weights and Lengths: 
Assessing the Impacts of Existing Laws and Regulations, 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on Why Does the VA 
Continue to Give a Suicide-Inducing Drug to Veterans with PTSD?, 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Colombia Hostage Situation, 12 p.m., H-405 Capitol.