[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 148 (Wednesday, September 17, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1114-D1115]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 18, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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: 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 Environment and Public Works: to hold oversight 
hearings to examine clean-up efforts at federal facilities, 10 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation with India, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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, to amend title 5, United States 
Code, to provide for 8 weeks of paid leave for Federal employees 
giving birth, S. 3350, to provide that claims of the United States 
to certain documents relating to Franklin 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, Time 
to be announced, Room to be announced.
  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: to hold oversight hearings to examine 
federal declinations to prosecute crimes in Indian country, 9:30 
a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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, George W. Venables, to be 
United States Marshal for the Southern

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District of California, and A. Brian Albritton, to be United States 
Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, all of the Department 
of Justice, and the authorization for subpoenas relating to the 
Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, 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 Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``America's Need for Health Reform,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Science Under Siege: Scientific Integrity at the Environmental 
Protection Agency'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Auction Rate 
Securities Market: A Review of Problems and Potential Resolutions,'' 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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, to continue hearings entitled 
``Management, Missteps, and Missed Benchmarks: Why the Virtual Fence 
Has Not Become a Realty,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 5793, Cell Tax Fairness Act of 
2008, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil 
Liberties, to markup H.R. 5607, State Secret Protection Act of 2008, 
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  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, oversight hearing on Recent 
Interior Department Inspector General Investigations on Federal Oil 
and Gas Royalty Collections, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  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, 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.
  Committee on Science and Technology, 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, hearing entitled ``Making Health Care 
Reform Work for Small Business,'' 10:30 a.m., 1539 Longworth.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing on Transportation Planning, 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on 
Emerging Contaminants in U.S. Waters, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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, to continue hearings on Policy 
Options to Prevent Climate Change, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Cyber Security, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, executive, to meet 
on ongoing matters/reports, 1 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and 
Counterintelligence, executive, on Russia, 2:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Emerging Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing entitled ``The Green Road to Economic Recovery,'' 1:30 p.m., 
175 Rayburn.