[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 115 (Monday, July 14, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D884-D885]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JULY 15, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the semiannual monetary policy report to Congress, 10 
a.m., SR-325.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine recent developments in 
United State financial markets and regulatory responses to them, 
11:30 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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: 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.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine international 
enforcement of intellectual property rights and American 
competitiveness, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
crisis in Zimbabwe and prospects for its resolution, 10:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 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.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on A New U.S. Grand Strategy, 10 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on Is the Department of 
Labor Effectively Enforcing Our Wage and Hour Laws? 10:45 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.

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  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing entitled ``Next Steps Toward Permanent Nuclear 
Waste Disposal,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
  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.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Task Force on Competition Policy and 
Antitrust Laws, hearing on Competition on the Internet, 1:30 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 6126, Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act 
of 2008; H.R. 5312, Automobile Arbitration Fairness Act of 2008; and 
H.R. 3010, Arbitration Fairness Act of 2007, 12:30 p.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  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.
  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; followed by a mark up of H.R. 
6064, National Silver Alert Act, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
  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.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
  Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, hearing on 
AFRICOM: Rationales, Roles, and Progress on the Eve of Operations, 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules. 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, 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.
  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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, Media Outreach to Veterans, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
State Coverage Initiatives, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing by 
Ambassador Chris Hill, 3:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine the Supreme Court's recent decision in Boumediene v. 
Bush, focusing on foreign terrorism suspects held at Guantanamo Bay 
detention facility, 2:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn Building.