[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 116 (Tuesday, July 15, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D895-D897]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JULY 16, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: 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 Energy and Natural Resources: 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: 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.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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: 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.

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  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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.
  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.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold hearings to examine 
administrative and management operations of the United States 
Capitol Police, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine smart ways 
Americans can save for their retirement, 10:30 a.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Specialty 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 Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs, to mark up the State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations for Fiscal Year 
2009, 3 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Getting Better Value in Health 
Care, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 2851, amended, Mitchell's Law; H.R. 6432, Animal Drug User Fee 
Amendments of 2008; and H.R. 6433, Animal Generic Drug User Fee Act 
of 2008, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing on Monetary Policy and 
the State of the Economy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, to mark up the following measures: 
H.R. 3202, Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2007; H.R. 
6328, To develop a policy to address the critical needs of Iraqi 
refugees; H.R. 6456, To provide for extensions of certain 
authorities of the Department of State and for other purposes; 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 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 Ethnic 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. Res. 1279, Recognizing the Special Olympics' 40th 
anniversary; H. Res. 1290, Joining the Office of the United Nations 
High Commissioner for Refugees in observance of World Refugee Day 
and calling on the United States Government, international 
organizations, and aid groups to take immediate steps to secure 
urgently needed humanitarian relief for the more than 2,000,000 
people displaced by genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan; H.R. 
1307, Commemorating the Kingdom of Bhutan's participation in the 
2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and commending the people and the 
Government of the Kingdom of Bhutan for their commitment to holding 
elections and broadening political participation; 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, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
  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.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following: H.R. 5546, 
Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2008; H.R. 4854, False Claims Act 
Correction Act of 2007; H.R. 4081, PACT Act; H.R. 6083, To authorize 
funding for the National Advocacy Center; H.R. 5167, Justice for 
Victims of Torture and Terrorism Act; H.R. 6034, To amend the 
Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for relief to surviving 
spouses and children; and private relief bills, 10:25 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, hearing on 
the Reauthorization of the U.S. Parole Commission, 4 p.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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 
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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. 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.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to consider the 
following: H.R. 1865, To amend title 31, United States Code, to 
allow certain local tax debt to be collected through the reduction 
of Federal tax refunds; H.R. 6073, To provide that Federal employees 
their pay by electronic funds transfer shall be given the option of 
receiving their pay stubs electronically; H.R. 6113, To amend title 
44, United States Code, to require each agency to include a contact 
telephone number in its collection of information; H.R. 6322, Public 
Charters School Home Rule Act of 2008; H.R. 6388, Government 
Accountability Improvement Act of 2008; the Thrift Savings 
Enhancement Act; H. Con. Res. 364, Designating the third week of 
October as ``National Estate Planning Awareness Week; H. Res. 732, 
To support the designation of National Estate Planning Awareness 
Week and encouraging the distribution of estate planning information 
by professionals to all Americans; H. Res. 1128, To express support 
for the goals and ideals of National Carriage Driving Month; H. Res. 
1143, Supporting the goals and ideals of the Apple Crunch and the 
Nations's domestic apple industry; H. Res. 1202, Supporting the 
goals and ideals of a National Guard Youth Challenge Day; H. Res. 
1262, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the 
Secretary of Commerce should use all reasonable measures to ensure 
that every person is counted in the 2010 decennial census; H. Res. 
1311, Expressing support for the designation of National GEAR UP Day 
on July 22, 2008; H.R. 5932, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 2801 Manhattan Boulevard in Harvey, 
Louisiana, as the ``Harry Lee Post Office Building;'' H.R. 6168, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 112 South 5th Street in Saint Charles, Missouri, as the ``Lance 
Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post Office Building;'' H.R. 6169, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 15455 Manchester Road in Ballwin, Missouri, as the ``Specialist 
Peter J. Navarro Post Office Building;'' H.R. 6198, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1700 
Cleveland Avenue in Kansas City, as the ``Reverend Earl Abel Post 
Office Building;'' H.R. 6208, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 1100 Town and Country 
Commons in Chesterfield, Missouri, as the ``Lance Corporal Matthew 
P. Pathenos Post Office Building;'' H.R. 6226, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 300 East 3rd 
Street, Jamestown, New York, as the ``Stan Lundine Post Office 
Building;'' H.R. 6229, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 2523 7th Avenue East in North Saint 
Paul, Minnesota, as the ``Mayor William `Bill' Sandberg Post Office 
Building;'' H.R. 6338, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 4233 West Hillsboro Boulevard in 
Coconut Creek, Florida, as the ``Army SPC Daniel Agami Post Office 
Building;'' and H.R. 6437, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 200 North Texas Avenue in Odessa, 
Texas as the ``Corporal Alfred Mac Wilson Post Office;''and a 
resolution and report recommending to the House of Representatives 
that Michael B. Mukasey, Attorney General, be cited for contempt of 
Congress, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Science and Technology, 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, 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.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on Coast Guard 
Icebreaking, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  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, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 4255, United States Olympic Committee Paralympic Program Act of 
2007; H.R. 6225, Injunctive Relief for Veterans Act of 2008; H.R. 
6221, Veteran-Owned Small Business Protection and Clarification Act 
of 2008; 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; H.R. 
1527, Rural Veterans Access to Care Act; and H.R. 674, To amend 
title 38, United States Code, to repeal the provision of law 
requiring termination of the Advisory Committee on Minority Veterans 
of December 31, 2009, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine racism in the 21st century, focusing on understanding 
global challenges and implementing solutions, 11 a.m., B318, Rayburn 
Building.