[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 9, 2008)]
[Senate]
[Page S8216]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           NOTICE OF HEARINGS


                PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs will hold a hearing entitled, ``Dividend Tax 
Abuse: How Offshore Entities Dodge Taxes On U.S. Stock Dividends.'' The 
Subcommittee hearing will examine how some financial institutions have 
designed, marketed, and implemented transactions to enable foreign 
taxpayers, including offshore hedge funds, to dodge millions of dollars 
of taxes on U.S. stock dividends. The hearing will also examine whether 
current law relating to dividend taxation and withholding should be 
strengthened. The Subcommittee expects to issue a Subcommittee staff 
report in conjunction with the hearing summarizing its investigative 
findings and recommendations. Witnesses will include representatives of 
U.S. financial institutions, offshore hedge funds, a tax expert, and 
the Internal Revenue Service.
  The Subcommittee hearing is scheduled for Thursday, September 11, 
2008, at 9 a.m., in Room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. For 
further information, please contact Elise Bean of the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations at 202-224-9505.


            COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I would like to inform Members that the 
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship will hold a hearing 
entitled ``Business Start-up Hurdles in Underserved Communities: Access 
to Venture Capital and Entrepreneurship Training,'' on Thursday, 
September 11, 2008 at 10 a.m., in room 428A of the Russell Senate 
Office Building.


                      COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Thursday, Thursday, September 
11, at 9:30 a.m. in room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to 
conduct a hearing on (1) S. 3128, the White Mountain Apache Tribe Rural 
Water System Loan Authorization Act; (2) S. 3355, the Crow Tribe Water 
Rights Settlement Act of 2008; and (3) S. 3381, a bill to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of 
Reclamation, to develop water infrastructure in the Rio Grande Basin, 
and to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Pueblos 
of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, Tesuque, and Taos.
  Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs 
Committee at, 202-224-2251.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, the Senate Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources will hold a business meeting on Thursday, September 
11, 2008 at 12 noon, in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building.
  The purpose of the Business Meeting is to consider pending 
legislation.
  For further information, please contact Sam Fowler at (202) 224-7571 
or Amanda Kelly at (202) 224-6836.


                         Subcommittee on Energy

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been 
scheduled before the Energy Subcommittee of the Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, September 16, 
2008, at 2:30, in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on recent analyses 
of the role of speculative investment in energy markets.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may 
testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written 
testimony for the hearing record should send it to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Washington, DC 
20510-6150, or by email to Gina [email protected].
  For further information, please contact Angela Becker-Dippmann at 
(202) 224-5269 or Gina Weinstock at (202) 224-5684.

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