[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 123 (Friday, July 25, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D951-D955]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 26 through August 2, 2008

                             Senate Chamber

  On Saturday, at 9 a.m., Senate will continue consideration of the 
amendment of the House of Representatives to the amendment of the 
Senate to the amendments of the House to the amendment of the Senate to 
H.R. 3221, Foreclosure Prevention Act, and vote on the motion to concur 
therein at 11 a.m.;

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following which, Senate will vote on the motion to invoke on the motion 
to proceed to consideration of S. 3186, Warm in Winter and Cool in 
Summer Act.
  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 Appropriations: July 29, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, with the 
Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, to hold 
joint hearings to examine food marketing to children, focusing on 
ways to make it safer, 11 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 28, to hold a briefing related 
to Air Force nominations, 11 a.m., SR-222.
  July 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the North 
Korean Six-Party Talks and implementation activities, 9:30 a.m., SR-
325.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 29, to hold 
hearings to examine the state of the insurance industry, focusing on 
the current regulatory and oversight structure, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 29, to 
hold hearings to examine the nomination of John P. Hewko, of 
Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, 10:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  July 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine ways to 
improve consumer protection in the prepaid calling card market, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  July 31, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 3198, to 
amend title 46, United States Code, with respect to the navigation 
of submersible or semi-submersible vessels without nationality, S. 
3274, to reauthorize the 21st Century Nanotechnology Research and 
Development Act, H. Con. Res. 375, to honor the goal of the 
International Year of Astronomy, H. Con. Res. 305, recognizing the 
importance of bicycling in transportation and recreation, an 
original bill entitled,''The Whaling Amendments Act of 2008'', the 
nomination of John P. Hewko, of Michigan, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Transportation, and a promotion list in the United 
States Coast Guard, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 30, Subcommittee 
on National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 1816, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative trail in 
connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link 
properties that are historically and thematically associated with 
the struggle for women's suffrage, S. 2093, to amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Missisquoi and Trout 
Rivers in the State of Vermont for study for potential addition to 
the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 2535, to revise the 
boundary of the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, S. 2561, to 
require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a theme study to 
identify sites and resources to commemorate and interpret the Cold 
War, S. 3011, to amend the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic 
Site Act of 1991 to expand the boundaries of the historic site, S. 
3113, to reinstate the Interim Management Strategy governing off-
road vehicle use in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North 
Carolina, pending the issuance of a final rule for off-road vehicle 
use by the National Park Service, S. 3148, to modify the boundary of 
the Oregon Caves National Monument, S. 3158, to extend the authority 
for the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission, S. 3226, to 
rename the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in the 
State of Kentucky as the ``Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National 
Historical Park'', S. 3247, to provide for the designation of the 
River Raisin National Battlefield Park in the State of Michigan, and 
H.R. 5137, to ensure that hunting remains a purpose of the New River 
Gorge National River, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  July 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the state of 
the nation's transmission grid, focusing on the implementation of 
the transmission provisions of the Energy Policy Act (Public Law 
109-58), including reliability, siting, and infrastructure 
investment, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 29, Subcommittee 
on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings to examine the 
Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Air Interstate Rule 
(CAIR), focusing on a recent court decision and its implications, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 29, to hold hearings to examine the 
future of United States trade policy, focusing on perspectives from 
former United States trade representatives, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  July 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine health 
benefits in the tax code, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 29, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  July 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine ways to 
define the military's role towards foreign policy, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 29, 
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, to hold hearings to 
examine the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), 
focusing on protecting workers from dangerous dust at the workplace, 
10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 29, 
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to 
examine the magnitude of outstanding payroll tax debt, focusing on 
the policies and procedures that are used to collect unpaid payroll 
taxes, 9 a.m., SD-342.
  July 30, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2583, to 
amend the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 3321 
note) in order to prevent the loss of billions in taxpayer dollars, 
S. 3176, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide 
mental health and substance abuse services, H.R. 3068, to prohibit 
the award of contracts to provide guard services under the contract 
security guard program of the Federal Protective Service to a 
business concern that is owned,

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controlled, or operated by an individual who has been convicted of a 
felony, H.R. 404, to require the establishment of customer service 
standards for Federal agencies, S. 3328, to amend the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 to provide for a one-year extension of other 
transaction authority, S. 3241, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 1717 Orange Avenue in Fort 
Pierce, Florida, as the ``CeeCee Ross Lyles Post Office Building'', 
H.R. 6150, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 14500 Lorain Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, as the 
``John P. Gallagher Post Office Building'', H.R. 6085, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 42222 
Rancho Las Palmas Drive in Rancho Mirage, California, as the 
``Gerald R. Ford Post Office Building'', H.R. 5477, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 120 South 
Del Mar Avenue in San Gabriel, California, as the ``Chi Mui Post 
Office Building'', H.R. 5631, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 1155 Seminole Trail in 
Charlottesville, Virginia, as the ``Corporal Bradley T. Arms Post 
Office Building'', H.R. 5483, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 10449 White Granite Drive in 
Oakton, Virginia, as the ``Private First Class David H. Sharrett II 
Post Office Building'', H.R. 6061, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 219 East Main Street in West 
Frankfort, Illinois, as the ``Kenneth James Gray Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 4210, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 401 Washington Avenue in Weldon, 
North Carolina, as the ``Dock M. Brown Post Office Building'', an 
original bill entitled, ``Federal Financial Assistance Management 
Improvement Act of 2008'', and the nominations of Gus P. Coldebella, 
of Massachusetts, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland 
Security, James A. Williams, of Virginia, to be Administrator of 
General Services, Carol A. Dalton, Anthony C. Epstein, and Heidi M. 
Pasichow, all to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  July 30, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, to hold 
hearings to examine planning for post-catastrophe housing needs, 
focusing on if the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has 
developed an effective strategy for housing large numbers of 
citizens displaced by a disaster, 12 noon, SD-562.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine the state of information technology planning in 
the federal government, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  July 31, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, to hold joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee 
on Emergency Communications, Preparedness to examine ways to ensure 
the delivery of donated goods to survivors of catastrophes, 1 p.m., 
311 Cannon Building.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the 
Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine reliance on smart power, focusing on reforming the foreign 
assistance bureaucracy, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 31, business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business; to be immediately followed by an 
oversight hearing to examine Indian health service management, 
focusing on lost property, wasteful spending and document 
fabrication, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 29, to hold hearings to examine 
music and radio in the 21st century, focusing on assuring fair rates 
and rules across the platforms, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine hiring at the 
Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S.J. Res. 45, 
expressing the consent and approval of Congress to an inter-state 
compact regarding water resources in the Great Lakes--St. Lawrence 
River Basin, 1 p.m., SD-226.
  July 31, 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, S. 2838, to amend chapter 
1 of title 9 of United States Code with respect to arbitration, S. 
3136, to encourage the entry of felony warrants into the NCIC 
database by States and provide additional resources for extradition, 
S. 1276, to establish a grant program to facilitate the creation of 
methamphetamine precursor electronic logbook systems, and S. 3197, 
to amend title 11, United States Code, to exempt for a limited 
period, from the application of the means-test presumption of abuse 
under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of the 
Armed Forces and members of the National Guard who, after September 
11, 2001, are called to active duty or to perform a homeland defense 
activity for not less than 90 days, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and 
Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine consolidation in the 
Pennsylvania health insurance industry, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: July 30, to hold hearings 
to examine S. 3212, to amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to 
provide for auditable, independent verification of ballots, to 
ensure the security of voting systems, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: July 30, 
business meeting to mark up an original bill to reauthorize the 
Small Business Innovation Research Program, 10 a.m., SR-428A.

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  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 29, closed business meeting 
to consider pending intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  July 30, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  July 31, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: July 31, to hold hearings to examine 
aging in rural America, focusing on preserving elderly citizen's 
access to health care, 10:30 a.m., SD-106.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, July 30, Subcommittee on Conservation, 
Credit, Energy, and Research, hearing to review electricity 
reliability in rural America, 10:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic Agriculture, 
hearing to review legal and technological capacity for full 
traceability in fresh produce, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, July 30, Subcommittee on Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on Food Safety-FDA-Center for Food Safety and 
Applied Nutrition, 1:30 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 30, and 31, hearings on 
Implications of the Supreme Court's Boumediene Decision for 
Detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba: Non-governmental Perspective on 
July 30 and Administration Perspectives on July 31, 10 a.m., on July 
30, and 2 p.m., on July 31, 2118 Rayburn.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to continue 
hearings on A New U.S. Grand Strategy (Part 2), 10 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, 
hearing on Navy Destroyer Acquisition Programs, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, July 30, hearing on Rising Food Prices: 
Budget Challenges, 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, July 29, Subcommittee on Healthy 
Families and Communities, hearing on Caring for the Vulnerable: The 
State of Social Work in America,'' 3 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Health, Employment and Pensions, hearing 
on the Proposed Delta/Northwest Airline Merger: The Impact on 
Workers, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Workforce Projects, hearing on The 
Growing Income Gap in the American Middle Class, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 31, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on H.R. 6594, James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act 
of 2008, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``The Recent Salmonella Outbreak: Lessons Learned and 
Consequences to Industry and Public Health,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 29, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``What Borrowers Need 
to Know About Credit Scoring Models and Credit Scores,'' 2 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  July 30, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
6308, Municipal Bond Fairness Act; H.R. 5772, Frank Melville 
Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2008; H.R. 5244, Credit 
Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2008; H.R. 6078, GREEN Act of 
2008; and H.R. 840, Homeless Emergency Assistance and Rapid 
Transition to Housing Act of 2007, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary 
Policy, Trade and Technology, hearing entitled ``Examining Issues 
Related to Tactilely Distinguishable Currency,'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 29, Subcommittee on the Middle 
East and South Asia, hearing on Update on the Situation in Lebanon, 
4 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, 
hearing on Foreign Aid and the Fight Against Terrorism and 
Proliferation: Leveraging Foreign Aid to Achieve U.S. Policy Goals, 
10:30 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on Energy in 
the Americas, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, July 30, Subcommittee on 
Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment, 
hearing entitled ``Reassessing the Threat: The Future of Al Qaeda 
and Its Implications for Homeland Security,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and 
Oversight, hearing entitled ``The Quadrennial Homeland Security 
Review,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 31, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 5884, Sunshine in Litigation 
Act of 2008, 190:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  July 31, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil 
Liberties, hearing on H.R. 5607, State Secret Protection Act of 
2008, 12:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 6598, Prevention of Equine 
Cruelty Act of 2008; and H.R. 6597, Animal Cruelty Statistics Act of 
2008, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, July 31, Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, oversight hearing on the impacts 
that U.S. consumer demand is having on the illegal and unsustainable 
trade of wildlife products and ongoing and proposed efforts to 
increase public awareness about these impacts, 9:30 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, July 30, hearing on 
Deficient Electrical Systems at U.S. Facilities in Iraq, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing on Gaming the 
Tax Code: Public Subsidies, Private Profits, and Big League Sports 
in New York, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National 
Archives, hearing entitled ``Critical Budget Issues Affecting the 
2010 Census--Part 2,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.

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  July 31, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, 
oversight hearing on Sexual Assault in the Military, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, July 29, to consider H.R. 6599, Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2009, 4:45 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, July 30, hearing on NASA at 
50: Past Accomplishments and Future Opportunities and Challenges, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 31, hearing on Oversight of the Federal Networking and 
Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 30, Subcommittee on Regulations, 
Health Care and Trade, hearing entitled ``Regulatory Burdens on 
Small Firms: What Rules Need Reform?'' 10 a.m., 1539 Longworth.
  July 31, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Cost and 
Confidentiality: The Unforeseen Challenges of Electronic Health 
Records in Small Specialty Practices, 10 a.m., 1539 Longworth.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 30, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 
Emergency Management, hearing on Credit Crunch: A Hearing on the 
Effects on Federal Leasing and Construction, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
on Protecting and Restoring America's Great Waters--Part II: 
Chesapeake Bay, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs, July 31, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing on Billions Spent on ``Miscellaneous'' 
Expenditures: Inadequate Controls at the VA, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 31, Subcommittee on Income 
Security and Family Support, hearing on Racial Disproportionality in 
Foster Care, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 30, executive, 
briefing on Congressional Notifications, 1 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 30, Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management, 
hearing on Security Clearance Reform, 2:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  July 31, full Committee, executive, briefing on Revisions to 
Executive Order 12333, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  July 31, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis 
and Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 8:45 
a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, July 
30, hearing entitled ``What's Cooking with Gas: the Role of Natural 
Gas in Energy Independence and Global Warming Solutions,'' 1:30 
p.m., room to be announced.
  July 31, hearing entitled ``Renewing America's Future: Energy 
Visions of Tomorrow, Today,'' 9:30 a.m., room to be announced.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: July 31, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, to 
hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Homeland Security 
Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness to examine 
ways to ensure the delivery of donated goods to survivors of 
catastrophes, 1 p.m., 311 Cannon Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: July 29, to hold 
hearings to examine human rights and democratization in Azerbaijan, 
focusing on the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe 
(OSCE) and the Council of Europe's numerous concerns, including 
freedom of the media, political prisoners and the conduct of 
elections, 3 p.m., B13, Rayburn Building.
  Joint Economic Committee: July 30, to hold hearings to examine 
ways to solve the energy crisis, 10 a.m., SD-106.