[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 114 (Friday, July 11, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D876-D879]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 14 through July 19, 2008

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at approximately, 3 p.m., Senate will begin consideration 
of S. 2731, Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global 
Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization 
Act, and consider certain amendments.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Armed Services: July 16, to receive a closed briefing 
on the status of negotiations with Iraq on a strategic framework 
agreement and a status of forces agreement, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 15, to hold 
hearings to examine the semiannual monetary policy report to 
Congress, 10 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 15, 
Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, to hold 
hearings to examine summer air travel, focusing on addressing 
congestion and delay, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 15, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 3233, to promote development of a 21st 
century energy system to increase United States competitiveness in 
the world energy technology marketplace, and S. 2730, to facilitate 
the participation of private capital and skills in the strategic, 
economic, and environmental development of a diverse portfolio of 
clean energy and energy efficiency technologies within the United 
States, to facilitate the commercialization and market penetration 
of the technologies, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 2354, to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to convey 4 parcels of land from the Bureau of Land Management to 
the city of Twin Falls, Idaho, S. 3065, to establish the Dominguez-
Escalante National Conservation Area and the Dominguez Canyon 
Wilderness Area, S. 3069, to designate certain land as wilderness in 
the State of California, S. 3085, to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to establish a cooperative watershed management program, 
H.R. 3473, to provide for a land exchange with the City of 
Bountiful, Utah, involving National Forest System land in the 
Wasatch-Cache National Forest and to further land ownership 
consolidation in that national forest, H.R. 3490, to transfer 
administrative jurisdiction of certain Federal lands from the Bureau 
of Land Management to the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to take such 
lands into trust for Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne 
Rancheria, H.R. 3651, to require the conveyance of certain public 
land within the boundaries of Camp Williams, Utah, to support the 
training and readiness of the Utah National Guard, H.R. 2632, to 
establish the Sabinoso Wilderness Area in San Miguel County, New 
Mexico, and S. 2448, to amend the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 to make certain technical corrections, 2:30 
p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 16, Subcommittee 
on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings to examine the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission's licensing and relicensing processes 
for nuclear power plants, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine ways to make 
the nation's highways safer for travelers, 10:30 a.m., SD-408.
  Committee on Finance: July 15, to hold hearings to examine 
international enforcement of intellectual property rights and 
American competitiveness, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine leveraging 
innovation to improve health care quality for all Americans, 10 
a.m., SD-215.

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  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 15, to hold hearings to 
examine the crisis in Zimbabwe and prospects for its resolution, 
10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  July 16, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine North 
Korea's declaration of the Six-Party Talks, 2:30 p.m., S-407, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 15, to 
hold hearings to examine the Americans with Disabilities Act (Public 
Law 101-336), focusing on ways to determine the proper scope of 
coverage, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold hearings 
to examine childhood obesity, focusing on declining health of 
America's next generation (Part I), 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 15, 
to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Gus P. Coldebella, of 
Massachusetts, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland 
Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  July 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine global 
nuclear detection architecture, focusing on ways to build domestic 
defenses to combat a possible future attack, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the 
Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine the human capital crisis at the Department of State, 
focusing on its global implications, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  July 17, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine financial institutions located in offshore tax 
havens, focusing on ways to strengthen United States domestic and 
international tax enforcement efforts, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  July 17, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, to hold 
hearings to examine major disaster recovery assessing the 
performance of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) since 
October 2007, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 17, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine tracking sex offenders in Indian country, focusing on 
tribal implementation of the Adam Walsh Act (Public Law 109-248), 
9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 15, Subcommittee on Antitrust, 
Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine 
the Google-Yahoo agreement, focusing on the future of internet 
advertising, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  July 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Administration's detainee policies and the fight against terrorism, 
focusing on sound legal foundations, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 17, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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, and S. 2838, to amend 
chapter 1 of title 9 of United States Code with respect to 
arbitration, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: July 16, to hold hearings 
to examine administrative and management operations of the United 
States Capitol Police, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Special Committee on Aging: July 16, to hold hearings to examine 
smart ways Americans can save for their retirement, 10:30 a.m., SD-
562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, July 16, Subcommittee on Speciality 
Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to review 
efforts to deliver international food aid and provide foreign 
agricultural development assistance, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 15, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing on A New U.S. Grand Strategy, 10 a.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on nuclear 
weapons complex modernization, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, July 16, hearing on Getting Better Value 
in Health Care, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, July 15, hearing on Is the 
Department of Labor Effectively Enforcing Our Wage and Hour Laws? 
10:45 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 17, full Committee, hearing on Mayor and Superintendent 
Partnerships in Education: Closing the Achievement Gap, 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 15, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Air Quality, hearing entitled ``Next Steps Toward Permanent 
Nuclear Waste Disposal,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality, hearing entitled 
`` Climate Benefits of Improved Building Energy Efficiency,'' 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``What Your Broadband Provider Knows About Your Web 
Use: Deep Packet Inspection and Communications Laws and Policies,'' 
9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 16, hearing on Monetary 
Policy and the State of the Economy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``GAO Report on Regulation B: Should Lenders Be Required to 
Collect Race and Gender Data of Borrowers for All Loans,'' 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 16, to mark up the following 
measures: H.R. 3202, Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 
2007; H. Res. 937, Expressing the sense of the House of 
Representatives that the emergency communications services provided 
by the American Red Cross are vital resources for military service 
members and their families; H. Res. 1008, Condemning the persecution 
of Baha'is in Iran; H. Res. 1069, Condemning the

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use of television programming by Hamas to indoctrinate hatred, 
violence, and anti-Semitism toward Israel in young Palestinian 
children; H. Res. 1159, Recognizing the historical significance of 
the United States sloop-of-war Constellation as a surviving witness 
to the horrors of the Transatlantic Slave Trade and a leading 
participant in America's effort to end the practice; H. Res. 1254, 
Supporting the values and goals of the ``Joint Action Plan Between 
the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil and the 
Government of the United States of America to Eliminate Racial and 
Ethic Discrimination and Promote Equality,'' signed by Secretary of 
State Condoleezza Rice and the Brazilian Minister of Racial 
Integration Edson Santos on March 13, 2008; H. Con. Res. 344, 
Recognizing that we are facing a global food crisis; H. Con. Res. 
361, Commemorating Irena Sendler, a woman whose bravery saved the 
lives of thousands during the Holocaust and remembering her legacy 
of courage, selflessness, and hope; and H. Con. Res. 371, Strongly 
supporting an immediate and just restitution of, or compensation 
for, property illegally confiscated during the last century by Nazi 
and Communist regimes, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, 
hearing on Aiding American Businesses Abroad: Government Action to 
Help Beleaguered American Firms and Investors, 10 a.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on 
Venezuela: Looking Ahead, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, July 15, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Communications, Preparedness and Response, hearing entitled 
``Assessing the Framework and Coordination of the National Emergency 
Communications Plan,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Transportation Security and 
Infrastructure, hearing entitled ``The Next Step in Aviation 
Security--Cargo Security: Is DHS Implementing the Requirements of 
the 9/11 Law Effectively?'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global 
Counterterrorism, hearing entitled ``Implementing the 9/11 Act 
Mandates for Enhancing the Visa Waiver Program,'' 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and 
Science and Technology, hearing entitled ``One Year Later--
Implementing the Biosurveillance Requirements of the `9/11 Act.' '' 
2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 17, full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Challenge of 
Aligning Programs, Personnel, and Resources to Achieve Border 
Security,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 15, Task Force on Competition 
Policy and Antitrust Laws, hearing on Competition on the Internet, 
1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil 
Liberties, to continue hearings on ``From the Department of Justice 
to Guantanamo Bay: Administration Lawyers and Administration 
Interrogation Rules, Part IV,'' 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 6064, National Silver Alert 
Act; H.R. 5898, Silver Alert Grant Program Act of 2008; and H.R. 
423, Kristen's Act Reauthorization of 2007, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, 
hearing on the Reauthorization of the U.S. Parole Commission, 4 
p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  July 17, full Committee, to continue hearings on ``From the 
Department of Justice to Guantanamo Bay: Administration Lawyers and 
Administration Interrogation Rule, Part V,'' 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, July 15, Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Forests and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 2297, Arizona National Scenic Trail Act; H.R. 2299, Southern 
Nevada Limited Transition Area Act; H.R. 5335, To amend the National 
Trails System Act to provide for the inclusion of new trails 
segments, land components, and campgrounds associated with the Trail 
of Tears National Historic Trail, and for other purposes; H.R. 5671, 
To amend the laws establishing the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity 
National Recreation Area and the Columbia River National Gorge 
National Scenic Area, units of the National Forest System derived 
from the public domain, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to 
retain and utilize special use permit fees collected by the 
Secretary in connection with the operation of marinas in the 
recreation area and the operation of the Multnomah Fall Lodge in the 
scenic area, and for other purposes; H.R. 5853, Minute Man National 
Historical Park Boundary Revision Act; H.R. 6159, Deafy Glade Land 
Exchange Act; H.R. 6176, To authorize the expansion of the Fort 
Davis National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 6305, To clarify the authorization for the use of 
certain National Park Service properties within Golden Gate National 
Parks and San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park, and for 
other purposes, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 3437, Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation Act of 2007; H.R. 
2535, Tule River Tribe Water Development Act; and H.R. 5293, 
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights 
Settlement Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 16, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 160, 
Revolutionary War and War of 1812 Battlefield Protection Act; H.R. 
4828, Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Boundary 
Expansion Act of 2007; H.R. 5751, Walnut Canyon Study Act of 2008; 
H.R. 5853, Minute Man National Historical Park Boundary Revision 
Act; H.R. 6176, To authorize the expansion of the Fort Davis 
National Historic Site in Fort Davis, Texas, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 6177, Rio Grande Wild and Scenic River Extension Act of 2008; 
H.R. 2933, Civil War Battlefield Preservation Act of 2007; H.R. 
3299, To provide for a boundary adjustment and land conveyances 
involving Roosevelt National Forest, 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

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Land Conveyance Act; H.R. 3437, Jackson Gulch Rehabilitation Act of 
2007; H.R. 2535, Tule River Tribe Water Development Act; H.R. 5293, 
Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation Water Rights 
Settlement Act; and H.R. 5350, To authorize the Secretary of 
Commerce to sell or exchange certain National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration property located in Norfolk, Virginia, 
and for other purposes, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, oversight hearing on 
Successes and Challenges of the Interagency Group on Insular 
Affairs, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, July 15, 
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District 
of Columbia, to mark up H.R. 6322, Public Charter Schools Home Rule 
Act of 2008; followed by a hearing on H.R. 5600, District of 
Columbia Court, Offender Supervision, Parole, and Public Defender 
Employees Equity Act of 2008, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, 
hearing on AFRICOM: Rationales, Roles, and Progress on the Eve of 
Operations, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing on Examining 
Contractor Performance and Government Management of Retroactive Pay 
for Retired Veterans with Disabilities, 11:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 17, full Committee, hearing on Business Practices in the 
Individual Health Insurance Market: Terminations of Coverage, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, July 14, to consider 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 System, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  July 15, to consider the following bills: H.R. 5959, Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009; and H.R. 3999, National 
Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act of 2007, 2:30 p.m., 
H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, July 15, Subcommittee on 
Research and Science Education, hearing on the Role of Non-
Governmental Organizations and Universities in International Science 
and Technology Cooperation, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, oversight 
hearing on Low-Level Plutonium Spill at NIST-Boulder; Contamination 
of Lab and Personnel, 11 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  July 16, full Committee, to consider the following bills: H.R. 
3957, Water Use Efficiency and Conservation Research Act; H.R. 2339, 
Produced Water Utilization Act of 2007; and H.R. 6323, To establish 
a research, development, demonstration, and commercial application 
program to promote research of appropriate technologies for heavy 
duty plug-in hybrid vehicles, and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 16, Subcommittee on Contracting 
and Technology, hearing on Ensuring Continuity of Care for Veteran 
Amputees: The Role of Small Prosthetic Practices, 10 a.m., 1539 
Rayburn.
  July 17, full Committee, hearing on Small Business 
Administration's Contracting Programs and Recent GAO Examination of 
Programs, 10 a.m., 1539 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 16, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on 
Coast Guard Icebreaking, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on 
Improving Roadway Safety: Assessing the Effectiveness of the NHTSA's 
Highway Traffic Safety Programs, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 15, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing on Advertising to Help: Where is VA's 
Strategic Plan? 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  July 15, full Committee, to mark up pending legislation, 10 a.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 15, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on State Coverage Initiatives, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, 
hearing on Establishing a Modern Poverty Measure, 10 a.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 15, executive, 
briefing by Ambassador Chris Hill, 3:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis 
and Counterterrorism, executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 8:45 a.m., 
H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: July 16, to hold 
hearings to examine racism in the 21st century, focusing on 
understanding global challenges and implementing solutions, 11 a.m., 
B318, Rayburn Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: July 15, to hold 
hearings to examine the Supreme Courts recent decision in Boumediene 
v. Bush, focusing on foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo 
Bay detention facility, 2:30 p.m., 2200, Rayburn Building.