[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 113 (Thursday, July 10, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D865-D867]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following:
  An original bill making appropriations for the Department of 
Transportation, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009;
  An original bill making appropriations for Energy and Water 
Development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009; and
  An original bill making appropriations for Financial Services and 
General Government for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.
EPA OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air 
and Nuclear Safety concluded an oversight hearing to examine the 
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), focusing on implementing the 
renewable fuel standard, after receiving testimony from Robert J. 
Meyers, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and 
Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Steven G. Chalk, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Renewable Energy; John Pierce, E.I. 
DuPont de Nemours and Company, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; Scott Faber, 
Grocery Manufacturers Association, Washington, D.C.; and Nathanael 
Greene, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, New York.
TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine issues 
and options for the transportation infrastructure, focusing on current 
surface transportation policies and programs, after receiving testimony 
from Peter R. Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office; and 
Jayetta Z. Hecker, Director,

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Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability Office.
TREATIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing 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), 
International Convention on the Control of Harmful Anti-Fouling Systems 
on Ships, 2001 (the ``Convention'') (Treaty Doc. 110-13), 1996 Protocol 
to the Convention on the Prevention of Marine Pollution by Dumping of 
Wastes and Other Matter (the ``London Convention''), done in London on 
November 7, 1996, the Protocol was signed by the United States on March 
31, 1998, and entered into force on March 24, 2006 (Treaty Doc. 110-
05), Protocol Concerning Pollution from Land-Based Sources and 
Activities (the ``Protocol'') to the Convention for the Protection and 
Development of the Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region, 
with Annexes, done at Oranjestad, Aruba, on October 6, 1999, and signed 
by the United States on that same date (Treaty Doc. 110-01), Amendments 
to the Constitution and Convention of the International 
Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992), as Amended by the 
Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994) and the Plenipotentiary 
Conference (Marrakesh, 2002), Together with the Declarations and 
Reservations by the United States, all as contained in the Final Acts 
of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Antalya, 2006) (Treaty Doc. 110-16), 
Amendments to the Constitution and Convention of the International 
Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992), as amended by the 
Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994) and the Plenipotentiary 
Conference (Minneapolis, 1998), together with the declarations and 
reservations by the United States, all as contained in the Final Acts 
of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh, 2002) (Treaty Doc. 109-
11), 1995 Revision of the Radio Regulations, with appendices, signed by 
the United States at Geneva on November 17, 1995 (the ``1995 
Revision''), together with declarations and reservations of the United 
States as contained in the Final Acts of the World Radiocommunication 
Conference (WRC-95) (Treaty Doc. 108-28), Amendments to the 
Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication 
Union (ITU) (Geneva, 1992), as amended by the Plenipotentiary 
Conference (Kyoto, 1994), together with declarations and reservations 
by the United States as contained in the Final Acts of the 
Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998) (Treaty Doc. 108-05), 
and 1992 Partial Revision of the Radio Regulations (Geneva, 1979), with 
appendices, signed by the United States at Malaga-Torremolinos on March 
3, 1992 (the ``1992 Partial Revision''), together with declarations and 
reservations of the United States as contained in the Final Acts of the 
World Administrative Radio Conference for Dealing with Frequency 
Allocations in Certain Parts of the Spectrum (WARC-92) (Treaty Doc. 
107-17), after receiving testimony from Emily S. McMahon, Deputy Chief 
of Staff, Joint Committee on Taxation, United States Congress; Michael 
F. Mundaca, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for 
International Tax Affairs; and David A. Balton, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Oceans and Fisheries, Bureau of Oceans and International 
Environmental and Scientific Affairs, and Richard C. Beaird, Senior 
Deputy Coordinator for International Communications and Information 
Policy, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, both of the Department 
of State.
ISLAMIST EXTREMISM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the roots of violent Islamist extremism 
and efforts to counter it, after receiving testimony from Michael 
Leiter, Director, National Counterterrorism Center; Maajid Nawaz, 
Quilliam Foundation, Essex, United Kingdom; Peter P. Mandaville, George 
Mason University Center for Global Studies, Fairfax, Virginia; and 
Zeyno Baran, Hudson Institute, and Fathali M. Moghaddam, Georgetown 
University Department of Government, both of Washington, D.C.

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PASSPORT FILES PRIVACY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
issues relative to passport files, focusing on privacy protection for 
all Americans, after receiving testimony from Harold W. Geisel, Acting 
Inspector General, and Mark W. Duda, Assistant Inspector General for 
Audits, both of the Office of Inspector General, Department of State; 
and Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Ari 
Schwartz, Center for Democracy and Technology, and Alan Charles Raul, 
Sidley Austin LLP, all of Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.