[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 24, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1168-D1169]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 25, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: 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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine broadband providers and consumer privacy, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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 Foreign Relations: 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 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine ways to prevent nuclear terrorism, focusing on 
hard lessons learned from troubled investments, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  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: business meeting to consider S. 3355, 
to authorize the Crow Tribe of Indians water rights settlement; 
followed immediately by hearings to examine 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: 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

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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 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, 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, Dennis 
Michael Klein, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District 
of Kentucky, 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, 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.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: 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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and 
Poultry, hearing to review advances in animal health within the 
livestock industry, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Budget Reform Proposals for 
the 111th Congress, 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on Safeguarding Retiree 
Benefits, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing to Review of Continuing Security Concerns at 
DOE's National Labs, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, oversight hearing to Examine 
Recent Treasury and FHFA Actions Regarding the Housing GSE's, 12 
p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, to consider the Interim 
Authority Resolution Mass Communication Quarterly Reporting Policy, 
1 p.m., and a hearing on Ensuring the Rights of College Students to 
Vote, 1:30 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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, Subcommittee on 
Domestic Policy, hearing on Tumors and Cell Phone Use: What the 
Science Says, 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing on Small Business Competition 
Policy: Are Markets Open for Entrepreneurs? 10 a.m., 1539 Longworth.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on Runway Safety: An Update, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to consider 
pending business, 1:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and 
Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 8:45 a.m., H-
405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing on The Future of LIHEAP Funding: Will Families Get The Cold 
Shoulder This Winter? 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.