[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 17, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1107-D1108]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Cheryl Feldman Halpern, of New 
Jersey, David H. Pryor, of Arkansas, and Elizabeth Sembler, of Florida, 
who were both introduced by Senator Nelson (FL), Bruce M. Ramer, of 
California, and Loretta Cheryl Sutliff, of Nevada, each to be a Member 
of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following:
  An original bill to designate a portion of the Rappahannock River in 
the Commonwealth of Virginia as the ``John W. Warner Rapids'';
  H.R. 3999, to amend title 23, United States Code, to improve the 
safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, to strengthen bridge inspection 
standards and processes, to increase investment in the reconstruction 
of structurally deficient bridges on the National Highway System;
  An original bill to amend the Public works and Economic Development 
Act of 1965 to reauthorize that Act;
  S. 2080, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure 
that sewage treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw 
sewage, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1387, to amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know 
Act of 1986 to provide for greenhouse gases, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 2970, to enhance the ability of drinking water utilities in the 
United States to develop and implement climate change adaptation 
programs and policies;
  An original bill to address the health and economic development 
impacts of nonattainment of federally mandated air quality standards in 
the San Joaquin Valley, California, by designating air quality 
empowerment zones;
  An original bill to protect pregnant women and children from 
dangerous lead exposures;
  H.R. 1464, to assist in the conservation of rare felids and rare 
canids by supporting and providing financial resources for the 
conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and 
rare canid populations and projects of persons with demonstrated 
expertise in the conservation of rare felid and rare canid populations, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 1771, to assist in the conservation of cranes by supporting and 
providing, through projects of persons and organizations with expertise 
in crane conservation, financial resources for the conservation 
programs of countries the activities of which directly or indirectly 
affect cranes and the ecosystems of cranes;
  H.R. 3224, to amend the National Dam Safety Program Act to establish 
a program to provide grant assistance to States for the rehabilitation 
and repair of deficient dams;
  H.R. 5001, to authorize the Administrator of General Services to 
provide for the redevelopment of the Old Post Office Building located 
in the District of Columbia;

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  S. 3489, to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to conduct a study on black carbon emissions;
  An original bill to restore the value of every American in 
environmental decisions;
  S. 1828, to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency to conduct a study of the feasibility of increasing the 
consumption in the United States of certain ethanol-blended gasoline, 
with an amendment; and
  An original bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and 
the Safe Drinking Water Act to improve water and wastewater 
infrastructure in the United States.
GEORGIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Russia's aggression against Georgia, focusing on the 
consequences and responses relative to the relationship between the 
United States and Russia, after receiving testimony from William J. 
Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
401(K) AND SAVING FOR RETIRMENT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine 401(k) plan fee disclosure, focusing on 
helping workers save for retirement, after receiving testimony from 
Bradford P. Campbell, Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employee 
Benefits Security Administration; Olena Berg Lacy, Pension Rights 
Center, Washington, D.C.; Paul Hunt, Millennium Advisory Services, 
Inc., Glen Allen, Virginia, on behalf of the United States Chamber of 
Commerce; and R. Theodore Benna, 401(k) Association, Jersey Shore, 
Pennsylvania.
FBI
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), after receiving 
testimony from Robert S. Mueller, III, Director, Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, Department of Justice.
NOMINATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Patrick W. Dunne, of New York, to be Under 
Secretary for Benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs, after the 
nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
ADVERTISING OF MEDICAL DEVICES
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
direct-to-consumer medical device advertising, focusing on marketing 
and medicine, after receiving testimony from Daniel Schulz, Director, 
Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug 
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Kevin J. 
Bozic, University of California, San Francisco Department of 
Orthopaedic Surgery, on behalf of the American Association of 
Orthopaedic Surgeons and American Association of Hip and Knee Surgeons; 
William E. Boden, University at Buffalo Schools of Medicine and Public 
Health, Buffalo, New York; George A. Diamond, Cedars Sinai Medical 
Center, Los Angeles, California; Ruth S. Day, Duke University Medical 
Cognition Laboratory, Durham, North Carolina; and Ami Gadhia, Consumers 
Union, and Stephen J. Ubl, Advanced Medical Technology Association 
(AdvaMed), both of Washington, D.C.