[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 150 (Monday, September 22, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1133-D1135]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 23, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
situation in Iraq and Afghanistan; with the possibility of a closed 
session in SVC-217 following the open session, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine turmoil in United States credit markets, focusing on 
recent actions regarding investment banks and other financial 
institutions, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
oversight hearings to examine the transition to digital television, 
focusing on the February 2009 deadline, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine reasons that diesel fuel prices have been so high and what 
can be done to address this situation, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act 
(Public Law 101-549), 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine covering the 
uninsured, focusing on making health insurance markets work, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider 
Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of 
the Republic of Albania and the Republic of Croatia adopted at 
Brussels on July 9, 2008, and signed that day on behalf of the 
United States and the other Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty 
(Treaty Doc. 110-20), Amendments to the Constitution and Convention 
of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) (Geneva 1992), as 
amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto 1994), together 
with declarations and reservations by the United States as contained 
in the Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis 
1998) (Treaty Doc. 108-05), Amendments to the Constitution and 
Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 
1992), as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994) 
and the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998), together 
with the declarations and reservations by the United States, all as 
contained in the Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary Conference 
(Marrakesh, 2002) (Treaty Doc. 109-11), Amendments to the 
Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication 
Union (Geneva, 1992), as Amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference 
(Kyoto, 1994) and the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh, 2002), 
Together with the Declarations and Reservations by the United 
States, all as Contained in the Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary 
Conference (Antalya, 2006) (Treaty Doc. 110-16), S. 2609, to 
establish a Global Service Fellowship Program, S. 3103, to amend the 
Iran, North Korea, and Syria nonproliferation Act to allow certain 
extraordinary payments in connection with the International Space 
Station, S. 1007, to direct the Secretary of State to work with the 
Government of Brazil and other foreign governments to develop 
partnerships that will strengthen diplomatic relations and energy 
security by accelerating the development of biofuels production, 
research, and infrastructure to alleviate poverty, create jobs, and 
increase income, while improving energy security and protecting the 
environment, S. 3426, to amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to 
extend comparability pay adjustments to members of the Foreign 
Service assigned to posts abroad, and to amend the provision 
relating to the death gratuity payable to surviving dependents on 
Foreign Service employees who die as a result of injuries sustained 
in the performance of duty abroad, S. Res. 598, expressing the sense 
of the Senate regarding the need for the United States to lead 
renewed international efforts to assist developing nations in 
conserving natural resources and preventing the impending extinction 
of a large portion of the world's plant and animal species, an 
original bill entitled, ``Security Assistance Act'', and the 
nominations of Brian H. Hook, of Iowa, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of State (International Organization Affairs), Sung Y. Kim, of 
California, a Foreign Service Officer of Class One, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Envoy for the Six 
Party Talks, Gregori Lebedev, of Virginia, to be Representative of 
the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. 
Management and Reform, with the rank of Ambassador and to be 
Alternate Representative of the United States to the United Nations, 
during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States 
to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, Clifford D. 
May, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Broadcasting Board of 
Governors, C. Steven McGann, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of the Fiji Islands, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Nauru, the 
Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Republic of Kiribati, and other 
pending nominations, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Employment and Workplace Safety, to hold hearings to examine 
investing in a skilled workforce, focusing on making the best use of 
tax-payer dollars to maximize results, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, to hold hearings to examine after 
action reviews of Federal, State, and local activities to respond 
and recover from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine reducing the undercount in the 2010 census, 
10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Full Committee, 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

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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, 12 
noon, S-216, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
the elements of the Federal government responsible for coordinating 
our public diplomacy, including their respective missions, 
organizational structures, workforce, and management, 2:30 p.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider H.R. 
5680, to amend certain laws relating to Native Americans, H.R. 2963, 
to transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, and San 
Diego County, California, from the Bureau of Land Management to the 
United States to be held in trust for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno 
Mission Indians, S. 3194, to transfer surplus Federal land 
administered by the Coast Guard in the State of Oregon, S. 3128, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to provide a loan to the White 
Mountain Apache Tribe for use in planning, engineering, and 
designing a certain water system project, S. 3355, to authorize the 
Crow Tribe of Indians water rights settlement, and S. 3381, 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, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine equal pay 
for equal work, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of C. 
Darnell Jones II to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania, Mitchell S. Goldberg to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Joel H. 
Slomsky to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, Eric F. Melgren to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Kansas, and Anthony John Trenga to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 3 p.m., 
SD-562.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Patrick W. Dunne, of New York, to be Under Secretary 
for Benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., S-213, 
Capitol.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine the 
new Attorney General guidelines for domestic intelligence 
collection, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on the Department of Defense's work with 
states, universities and students to transform the nation's foreign 
language capacity, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections, hearing on Child Labor Enforcement: Are We Adequately 
Protecting our Children, 11 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up the following 
legislation: H.R. 1283, Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act 
of 2007; H.R. 3232, Travel Promotion Act of 2007; H.R. Calling Card 
Consumer Protection Act; H.R. 1157, Breast Cancer and Environmental 
Research Act of 2007; legislation to amend Part II of the Federal 
Power Act to address potential cybersecurity threats to the bulk 
power system; and H.R. 6568, Tom Lantos Pulmonary Hypertension 
Research and Education Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, 
hearing on the Hurricanes in Haiti: Disaster and Recovery, 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following legislation: 
H.R. 6598, Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008; H.R. 5882, To 
recapture employment-based immigration visas lost to bureaucratic 
delays and to prevent losses of family- and employment-based 
immigrant visas in the future; H.R. 5924, Emergency Nursing Supply 
Relief Act; H.R. 5950, Detainee Basic Medical Care Act

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of 2008; and a resolution and report recommending to the House of 
Representatives that Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey be cited 
for contempt of Congress, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border 
Security and International Law, hearing on the Executive Office of 
Immigration Review, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, 
oversight hearing on Identifying Labor Solutions for the Guam 
Military Build-Up, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Domestic Policy, hearing on Necessary Reform to Pediatric Dental 
Care under Medicaid, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, 
hearing on FEMA's Response to the 2008 Hurricane Season and the 
National Housing Strategy, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing on Media Outreach to Veterans: An Update, 10 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Health of the Private Health Insurance market, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
CIA's Clandestine Service, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.