[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 150 (Monday, September 22, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1135-D1139]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

            Week of September 23 through September 27, 2008

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 11 a.m. Senate will begin consideration 
of H.R. 6049, Renewable Energy and Job Creation Act, and consider 
certain amendments.
  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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: September 24, 
to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Mark Everett Keenum, 
of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration 
Board, Farm Credit Administration for a term ending May 21, 2014, 
9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  September 24, Full Committee, with the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster 
Recovery, to hold joint hearings to examine the effectiveness of 
agricultural disaster assistance programs in the wake of the 2008 
Midwest floods, Hurricane Gustav, and Hurricane Ike, 10 a.m., SR-
328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: September 23, 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: September 23, 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.
  September 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
authorization of Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape techniques 
for interrogations in Iraq, focusing on the Committee's inquiry into 
the treatment of detainees in United States custody, 9:30 a.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 23, 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: September 23, 
to hold oversight hearings to examine the transition to digital 
television, focusing on the February 2009 deadline, 2:30 p.m., SR-
253.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and 
Tourism, to hold hearings to examine the imbalance in United States-
Korea automobile trade, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  September 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
safety and security of spent nuclear fuel transportation, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-253.
  September 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
broadband providers and consumer privacy, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 23, 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: September 23, to hold 
hearings to examine regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean 
Air Act (Public Law 101-549), 10 a.m., SD-406.
  September 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Bush 
Administration's environmental record at the Department of the 
Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 2:30 p.m., 
SD-406.
  September 25, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to 
examine the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) cleanup of the 
Superfund site in Libby, Montana, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: September 23, to hold hearings to examine 
covering the uninsured, focusing on making health insurance markets 
work, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 23, 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

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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.
  September 24, Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine Africa's management of its extractive industries, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-419.
  September 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of James Franklin Jeffrey, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Turkey, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central 
Asian Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the Middle East peace 
process, focusing on progress and prospects, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 23, 
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: September 
23, 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.
  September 23, 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.
  September 23, 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 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

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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.
  September 23, 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.
  September 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine domestic 
partner benefits for federal employees, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  September 24, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, with the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, to hold joint 
hearings to examine the effectiveness of agricultural disaster 
assistance programs in the wake of the 2008 Midwest floods, 
Hurricane Gustav, and Hurricane Ike, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  September 24, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private 
Sector Preparedness and Integration, to hold hearings to examine the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) future preparedness 
planning, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  September 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine ways to 
prevent nuclear terrorism, focusing on hard lessons learned from 
troubled investments, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, 
Government Information, Federal Services, and International 
Security, to hold hearings to examine addressing cost growth of 
major Department of Defense (DOD) weapons systems, 2:30 p.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 23, 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.
  September 25, Full Committee, business meeting to consider H.R. 
1294, to extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian 
Tribe, the Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper 
Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian 
Nation, and the Nansemond Indian Tribe, S. 514, to extend Federal 
recognition to the Muscogee Nation of Florida, S. 724, to extend the 
Federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 
Montana, and S. 1058, to expedite review of the Grand River Bands of 
Ottawa Indians of Michigan to secure a timely and just determination 
of whether the Bands are entitled to recognition as a Federal Indian 
tribe so that the Bands may receive eligible funds before the funds 
are no longer available, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 23, to hold hearings to 
examine equal pay for equal work, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  September 23, 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.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, to hold 
hearings to examine extracting natural resources, focusing on 
corporate responsibility and the rule of law, 10:45 a.m., SH-216.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland 
Security, to hold hearings to examine the Visa Waiver Program, 
focusing on mitigating risks to ensure the safety of all Americans, 
2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  September 25, 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. 3501, to ensure that Congress is notified 
when the Department of Justice determines that the Executive Branch 
is not bound by a statute, H.R. 1943, to provide for an effective 
HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons, S. Res. 659, A resolution 
designating September 27, 2008, as Alcohol and Drug Addiction 
Recovery Day, 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 
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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 District of 
California, A. Brian Albritton to be United States Attorney for the 
Middle District of Florida, and Dennis Michael Klein to be United 
States Marshal for the Eastern District of Kentucky, 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.
  September 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S. 3501, 
to ensure that Congress is notified when the Department of Justice 
determines that the Executive Branch is not bound by a statute, 10 
p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: September 25, business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Gracia M. Hillman, of the 
District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Election Assistance 
Commission, Donetta Davidson, of Colorado, to be a Member of the 
Election Assistance Commission, Rosemary E. Rodriguez, of Colorado, 
to be a Member of the Election Assistance Commission, and Gineen 
Bresso Beach, of New York, to be a Member of the Election Assistance 
Commission for the remainder of the term expiring December 12, 2009, 
2:30 p.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: September 23, 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.
  September 24, Full Committee, to hold oversight hearings to 
examine cooperation and collaboration by the Departments of Veterans 
Affairs and Defense on information technology efforts, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 23, to hold hearings 
to examine the new Attorney General guidelines for domestic 
intelligence collection, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  September 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of J. Patrick Rowan, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50.
  Special Committee on Aging: September 24, to hold hearings to 
examine ways to respect Americans' choices at the end of life, 10:30 
a.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, September 25, Subcommittee on Livestock, 
Dairy, and Poultry, hearing to review advances in animal health 
within the livestock industry, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, September 24, Subcommittee on 
Legislative, on Capitol Visitor Center, oversight, 11 a.m., 2362A 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, September 23, 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.
  September 24, full Committee, hearing on Consideration for an 
American Grand Strategy, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, September 25, hearing on Budget Reform 
Proposals for the 111th Congress, 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  September 26, full Committee, hearing on Federal Responses to 
Market Turmoil: What's the Impact on the Budget, 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, September 24, hearing on Child 
Labor Enforcement: Are We Adequately Protecting our Children? 11 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  September 25, full Committee, hearing on Safeguarding Retiree 
Benefits, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 23, 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.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing on Hazardous Substance Releases and Reporting under the 
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability 
Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-
to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA), 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 24, hearing on The 
Future of Financial Services: Exploring Solutions for the Market 
Crisis, 2:30 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing to Review of Continuing Security Concerns at DOE's National 
Labs, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 25, full Committee, oversight hearing to Examine Recent 
Treasury and FHFA Actions Regarding the Housing GSE's, 12 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 23, Subcommittee on 
Western Hemisphere, hearing on the Hurricanes in Haiti: Disaster and 
Recovery, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, September 24, Subcommittee on 
Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment, 
hearing on A Report Card on Homeland Security Information Sharing, 
10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, September 25, hearing on 
Ensuring the Rights of College Students to Vote, 1:30 p.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 22, Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism and Homeland Security, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 6713, E-fencing Enforcement Act of 2008; H.R. 6491, Organized 
Retail Crime Act of 2008; and S. 3434, Combating Organized Retail 
Crime Act of 2008, 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, 
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hearing on the Executive Office of Immigration Review, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  September 24, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and 
Civil Liberties, and the Subcommittee on Elections of the Committee 
on House Administration, joint hearing on Federal, State and Local 
Efforts to Prepare for the 2008 General Election, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  September 26, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on Lehman Brothers, Sharper Image, Bennigan's, and Beyond: 
Is Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Working? 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, September 23, Subcommittee on 
Insular Affairs, oversight hearing on Identifying Labor Solutions 
for the Guam Military Build-Up, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, 
oversight hearing on recent trends concerning annual budgets for the 
National Wildlife Refuge System and implications for management 
activities, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the 
following legislation: H.R. 883, Oglala Sioux Tribe Angostura 
Irrigation Project Modernization and Development Act; H.R. 6754, 
White Mountain Apache Tribe Rural Water System Loan Authorization 
Act; H.R. 6768, 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; and legislation to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to 
facilitate the transfer to non-Federal ownership of appropriate 
reclamation projects or facilities, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, September 23, 
Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing on Necessary Reform to 
Pediatric Dental Care under Medicaid, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 24, full Committee, hearing on Implementation and 
Enforcement of the Clean Water Act, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, 
and Procurement, hearing on Passing the Baton: Preparing for the 
Presidential Transition, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and 
National Archives, hearing on How Information Policy Affects 
Competitive Viability in Minority Contracting, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 24, Subcommittee on National Security, and Foreign 
Affairs, hearing on Oversight of U.S.-Pakistan Relations: From Ad 
Hoc and Transactional to Strategic and Enduring, 2 p.m., 2203 
Rayburn.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing on Tumors 
and Cell Phone use: What the Science Says, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, September 22, to consider H.R. 5244, Credit 
Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2008, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol
  Committee on Small Business, September 24, Subcommittee on 
Contracting and Technology, hearing on Small Business Recovery from 
the Midwest Disasters of 2008, 2 p.m., 1539 Longworth.
  September 25, full Committee, hearing on Small Business 
Competition Policy: Are Markets Open for Entrepreneurs? 10 a.m., 
1539 Longworth.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 23, 
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.
  September 24, full Committee, to mark up the following: H.R. 6707, 
Taking Responsible Action for Community Safety Act; GSA Capital 
Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions; U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers Survey Resolution; and other matters, 11 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  September 24, full Committee, hearing on National Mediation Board 
Oversight of Elections for Union Representation, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  September 25, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Runway Safety: 
An Update, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 23, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Media Outreach to Veterans: 
An Update, 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to continue 
oversight hearings on G.I. Bill Implementation, 1 p.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 23, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Health of the Private Health Insurance market, 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on Pension 
Benefit Guaranty Corporation, 11 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 23, 
executive, briefing, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
executive, to consider pending business, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, 
Analysis and Counterintelligence, executive, to consider pending 
business, 3 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  September 25, full Committee, executive, to consider pending 
business, 1:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  September 24, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, 
Analysis and Counterintelligence, briefing on Hot Spots, 8:45 a.m., 
H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
September 25, hearing on The Future of LIHEAP Funding: Will Families 
Get The Cold Shoulder This Winter? 9:30 a..m., room to be announced.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: September 24, to hold hearings to 
examine the current economic outlook, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Joint Economic Committee: September 25, to hold hearings to 
examine ways to reduce the number of American families living in 
poverty, 10 a.m., SD-562.