[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 112 (Wednesday, July 9, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D860-D861]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 10, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for the 
Department of Transportation, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, and related agencies, Energy and Water Development, and 
Financial Services and General Government, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean 
Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold oversight hearings to examine the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), focusing on implementing the 
renewable fuel standard, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine issues and 
options for the transportation infrastructure, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
protocol Amending the Convention Between the United States of 
America and Canada with Respect to Taxes on Income and on Capital 
done at Washington on September 26, 1980, as Amended by the 
Protocols done on June 14, 1983, March 28, 1984, March 17, 1995, and 
July 29, 1997, signed on September 21, 2007, at Chelsea (the 
``proposed Protocol'') (Treaty Doc. 110-15), Convention Between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of 
Iceland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of 
Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, and accompanying 
Protocol, signed on October 23, 2007, at Washington, D.C. (Treaty 
Doc. 110-17), Convention Between the Government of the United States 
of America and the Government of the Republic of Bulgaria for the 
Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion 
With Respect to Taxes on Income, with accompanying Protocol, signed 
at Washington on February 23, 2007 (the ``Proposed Treaty''), as 
well as the Protocol Amending the Convention Between the Government 
of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic 
of Bulgaria for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention 
of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income, signed at Sofia 
on February 26, 2008 (Treaty Doc. 110-18), and certain other pending 
treaties, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the roots of violent Islamist extremism and 
efforts to counter it, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine passport 
files, focusing on privacy protection for all Americans, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to continue hearings to review 
legislation amending the Commodity Exchange Act, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
the CFTC, 11 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Threat posed by 
Electromagnetic Pulse Attack, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, hearing on the source 
selection and path forward regarding the Air Force KC-(X) Program, 2 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on oversight and 
status of POW-MIA activities, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing on H.R. 6258, Carbon Capture and Storage Early 
Deployment Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Systemic Risk 
and the Financial Markets,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on the Politicization of the Justice 
Department and Allegations of Selective Prosecution, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border 
Security, and International Law, to mark up H.R. 6034, To amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for relief to surviving 
spouses and children; and to consider private relief measures, 1 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife and Oceans, oversight hearing entitled ``Going, Going, 
Gone? An Assessment of the Global Decline in Bird Populations,'' 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 160, Revolutionary War and War of 1812 
Battlefield Protection Act; H.R. 1847, National Trails System 
Willing Seller Act; H.R. 2933, Civil War Battlefield Preservation 
Act of 2007; H.R. 3299, To provide for a boundary adjustment and 
land conveyance involving Roosevelt National Forest,

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Colorado, to correct the effects of an erroneous land survey that 
resulted in approximately 7 acres of the Crystal Lakes Subdivision, 
Ninth Filing, encroaching on National Forest System land; H.R. 3336, 
Camp Hale Historic District Study Act; H.R. 3849, Box Elder Utah 
Land Conveyance Act; H.R. 5263, Forest Landscape Restoration Act; 
H.R. 5751, Walnut Canyon Study Act of 2008; and H.R.6177, Rio Grande 
Wild and Scenic River Extension Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, 
hearing on Investing in the Future: Minority Opportunities and the 
TSP, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, 
hearing on 2010 Census: Using the Communication Campaign to 
Effectively Reduce the Undercount, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on Harmful Algal Blooms: The Challenges on the 
Nation's Coastlines, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on the Role of Green 
Technologies in Spurring Economic Growth, 10 a.m., 1539 Longworth.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing on Independent Living, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Health, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1527, 
Rural Veterans Access to Care Act; H.R. 6114, Simplifying and 
Updating National Standards to Encourage Testing of the Human 
Immunodeficiency Virus of 2008; H.R. 6122, Veterans Pain Care Act of 
2008; H.R. 6366, Veterans Revenue Enhancement Act of 2008; H.R. 
6439, Mental Health for Heroes' Families Act of 2008; and H.R. 6445, 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs from collecting certain copayments from veterans 
who are catastrophically disabled, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence, 
executive, briefing on IC HUMINT, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing entitled ``Global Warming Effects on Extreme Weather,'' 1:30 
p.m., 210 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine public 
pension plans, focusing on the need to strengthen retirement 
security and economic growth, 10 a.m., SD-106.