[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 145 (Friday, September 12, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1080-D1083]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

            Week of September 15 through September 20, 2008

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at approximately 3 p.m., Senate will resume consideration 
of S. 3001, National Defense Authorization Act.
  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of S. 3001, National 
Defense Authorization Act, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture 
thereon.
  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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 16, to 
hold hearings to examine recent regulatory actions regarding Fannie 
Mae and Freddie Mac, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  September 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine recent 
bank failures and the response of regulators, 10:30 a.m., SD-538.
  September 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
transparency in accounting, proposed changes to accounting for off-
balance sheet entities, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 16, 
to hold hearings to examine reasons that broadband Internet access 
matters, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  September 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pending 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting nominations, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant 
Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine bus safety, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 16, to hold 
hearings to examine the current state of vehicles powered by the 
electric grid and the prospects for wider deployment in the near 
future, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Energy, to hold hearings to examine 
recent analyses of the role of speculative investment in energy 
markets, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 16, to hold 
oversight hearings to examine the children's health protection 
efforts of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 10 a.m., SD-
406.
  September 18, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to 
examine clean-up efforts at Federal facilities, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: September 16, to hold hearings to examine 
aligning incentives, focusing on the case for delivery system 
reform, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 17, to hold hearings to 
examine Russia's aggression against Georgia, focusing on the 
consequences and responses, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  September 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation with India, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 17, 
to hold hearings to examine 401(k) plan fee disclosure, focusing on 
helping workers save for retirement, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 
17, business meeting to consider S. 3474, to amend title 44, United 
States Code, to enhance information security of the Federal 
Government, S. 3384, to amend section 11317 of title 40, United 
States Code, to require greater accountability for cost overruns on 
Federal IT investment projects, H.R. 2631, to strengthen efforts in 
the Department of Homeland Security to develop nuclear forensics 
capabilities to permit attribution of the source of nuclear 
material, H.R. 6098, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to 
improve the financial assistance provided to State, local, and 
tribal governments for information sharing activities, H.R. 3815, to 
amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to make full and efficient use of open source 
information to develop and disseminate open source homeland security 
information products, 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, an 
original bill to establish a controlled unclassified information 
framework, H.R. 6073, to provide that Federal employees receiving 
their pay by electronic funds transfer shall be given the option of 
receiving their pay stubs electronically, S. 3350, to provide that 
claims of the United States to certain documents relating to 
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Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in 
certain circumstances, S. 3477, to amend title 44, United States 
Code, to authorize grants for Presidential Centers of Historical 
Excellence, H.R. 5975 and S. 3317, bills to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 101 West Main Street 
in Waterville, New York, as the ``Cpl. John P. Sigsbee Post 
Office'', H.R. 6092, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 101 Tallapoosa Street in Bremen, Georgia, 
as the ``Sergeant Paul Saylor Post Office Building'', S. 3309, 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. 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 the nominations of Ruth Y. Goldway, of 
California, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory 
Commission, and Carol Waller Pope, of the District of Columbia, and 
Thomas M. Beck, of Virginia, both to be a Member of the Federal 
Labor Relations Authority, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold 
hearings to examine the homeland security risks associated with the 
upcoming presidential transition, the Department of Homeland 
Security's (DHS) planning for the transition, and what remains to be 
done to prepare for the transition, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 18, to hold oversight 
hearings to examine Federal declinations to prosecute crimes in 
Indian country, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 16, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, to hold hearings to examine restoring the rule of law, 
10:15 a.m., SH-216.
  September 17, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to 
examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  September 18, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 
3259, to amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to the 
priority of certain high cost credit debts, H.R. 3971, to encourage 
States to report to the Attorney General certain information 
regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of law 
enforcement agencies, S. Res. 540, recognizing the historical 
significance of the sloop-of-war USS Constellation as a reminder of 
the participation of the United States in the transatlantic slave 
trade and of the efforts of the United States to end the slave 
trade, the nominations of Clark Waddoups, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Utah, Michael M. Anello, to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
California, Mary Stenson Scriven, to be United States District Judge 
for the Middle District of Florida, Christine M. Arguello, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Colorado, Philip A. 
Brimmer, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Colorado, and Gregory G. Garre, of Maryland, to be Solicitor General 
of the United States, and the authorization for subpoenas relating 
to the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel, 10 a.m., SH-
216.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: September 17, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Patrick W. Dunne, of New York, to be Under 
Secretary for Benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 
a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 18, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: September 17, to hold hearings to 
examine direct-to-consumer medical device advertising, focusing on 
marketing and medicine, 10:30 a.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, September 17, Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies, on Food Safety--FDA, 2 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, on Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) Access to 
Cable Television, 10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, September 16, hearing on 
Considerations for an American Grand Strategy, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing on Defeating the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and Other 
Asymmetric Threats: Today's Efforts and Tomorrow's Requirements, 1 
p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats 
and Capabilities, hearing on Lessons for Countering al Qa'ida and 
the Way Ahead, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, September 16, hearing on Iraq's Budget 
Surplus, 9:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, September 17, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing on the Secret Rule of the Department 
of Labor's Worker Health Risk Assessment Proposal, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 16, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, hearing on H.R. 3402, 
Calling Card Consumer Protection Act, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn; and to 
mark up H.R. 3232, Travel Promotion Act of 2007; and H.R. 3402, 
Calling Card Consumer Protection Act, 3 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``Status of the DTV Transition: 154 Days and 
Counting,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``America's 
Need for Health Reform,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing entitled ``Science Under Siege: Scientific Integrity at the 
Environmental Protection Agency,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Financial Services, September 16, to consider the 
following bills: H.R. 6694, FHA Seller-Financed Downpayment Reform 
and Risk-Based Pricing Authorization Act of 2008; H.R. 6890, 
Payments System Protection Act of 2008; H.R. 3019, Expand and 
Preserve Home Ownership Through Counseling Act; H.R. 6642, National 
Consumer Cooperative Bank Act Amendments of 2008; and H.R. 6871, 
Expedited Funds Availability Dollar Limits Adjustment Act of 2008, 1 
p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing entitled: ``HUD's Proposed RESPA Rule.'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  September 17, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Implementation of 
the Hope for Homeowners Program and A Review of Foreclosure 
Mitigation Efforts,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 18, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Auction Rate 
Securities Market: A Review of Problems and Potential Resolutions,'' 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 16, Subcommittee on the 
Middle East and South Asia, hearing on Defeating al Qaeda's Air 
Force: Pakistan's F-16 Program in the Fight Against Terrorism, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 16, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on 
Foreign Assistance in the Americas, 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and The Global 
Environment, hearing on Exporting Toxic Trash: Are We Dumping Our 
Electronic Waste on Poorer Countries?, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human 
Rights, and Oversight, hearing on Families Torn Apart: Human Rights 
and U.S., Restrictions on Cuban-American Travel, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, September 16, Subcommittee on 
Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Cybersecurity Recommendations for the Next 
Administration,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, 
Preparedness and Response, hearing entitled ``Interoperability in 
the Next Administration: Assessing the Derailed 700 MHz D-block 
Public Safety Spectrum Auction,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Border Maritime and Global 
Counterterrorism, hearing entitled ``Transportation Worker 
Identification Credential: A Status Update,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Management, Investigations and 
Oversight, hearing entitled ``Waste, Abuse and Mismanagement: 
Calculating the Cost of DHS Failed Contracts,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  September 18, full Committee, to continue hearings entitled 
``Management, Missteps, and Missed Benchmarks: Why the Virtual Fence 
Has Not Become a Reality,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 16, oversight hearing on the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on Bankruptcy Trustee Compensation, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on H.R. 5793, Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2008, 1 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security, hearing on the Department of Justice, Office of Justice 
Programs Oversight, 11:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, September 16, 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, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  September 16, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forest and Public 
Lands, oversight hearing on the Pineros: Reviewing the Welfare of 
Workers on Federal Lands, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 18, full Committee, oversight hearing on Recent Interior 
Department Inspector General Investigations on Federal Oil and Gas 
Royalty Collections, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, oversight hearing 
on the Federal Court Options for American Samoa, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, September 16, 
hearing on the Domestic Epidemic is Worse Than We Thought: A Wake-up 
Call for HIV Prevention, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 16, Subcommittee Federal Workforce, Postal Service and 
the District of Columbia, to mark up H.R. 5600, District of Columbia 
Court, Offender Supervision, Parole, and Public Defender Employees 
Equity Act of 2008; followed by a hearing on Legislative Branch 
Diversity Management Review, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and 
National Archives, hearing on Implementation of the Office of 
Government Information Services, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing on Gaming 
the Tax Code: Public Subsidies, Private Profits, and Big League 
Sports in New York, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign 
Affairs, hearing on Oversight of Airstrikes and Civilian Deaths in 
Afghanistan, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, September 15, to consider H.R. 6842, National 
Capital Security and Safety Act, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, September 18, Subcommittee on 
Research and Science Education, hearing on the Role of Social 
Sciences in Public Health, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, September 17, Subcommittee on 
Finance, and Tax, hearing entitled ``Disaster Savings Accounts: 
Protections for Small Businesses During a Disaster,'' 2 p.m., 1539 
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  September 18, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Making Health 
Care Reform Work for Small Business,'' 10:30 a.m., 1539 Longworth.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 16, 
hearing on the Effects of Proposed Arrangement Between DHL and UPS 
on Competition, Customer Service, and Employment, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation, hearing on Oil Spill in New Orleans in July 2008 and 
Safety on the Inland River System, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on FAA Aircraft 
Certification: Alleged Regulatory Lapses in the Certification and 
Manufacture of the Eclipse EA-500, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on 
Transportation Planning, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
hearing on Emerging Contaminants in U.S. Waters, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 16, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing on VA Suicide Hotline, 10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 
Affairs, hearing on Examining the Effectiveness of the Veterans 
Benefits Administration's Training, Performance Management and 
Accountability, 10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 16, Subcommittee on Social 
Security, hearing on Clearing the Disability Backlog, 10 a.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  September 18, full Committee, to continue hearings on Policy 
Options to Prevent Climate Change, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 16, 
Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, executive, 
meeting on Subcommittee report, 1:15 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management, 
executive, on Security Clearance proceedings, 10 a.m., H-405 
Capitol, and a hearing on the Administration progress toward reform 
of the security clearance process, as set forth by the Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, 2 p.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  September 18, full Committee, executive, hearing on Cyber 
Security, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
executive, to meet on ongoing matters/reports, 1 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, 
Analysis, and Counterintelligence, executive, hearing on Russia, 
2:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
September 18, hearing entitled ``The Green Road to Economic 
Recovery,'' 10 a.m., room to be announced.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: September 17, to hold hearings to 
examine the role of Organization for Security and Cooperation in 
Europe (OSCE) institutions in advancing human rights and democracy, 
3 p.m., 2325, Rayburn Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: September 16, to 
hold hearings to examine the state of democracy and human rights in 
Belarus and how the Belarusian authorities are complying with their 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) election 
commitments in advance of the September 28 parliamentary elections, 
2:30 p.m., B318, Rayburn Building.