[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 24, 2009)]
[Senate]
[Page S2431]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          NOTICES OF HEARINGS


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate, that the hearing scheduled before Senate 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, for Thursday, February 26, 
2009, will begin at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to provide recommendations for reducing 
energy consumption in buildings through improved implementation of 
authorized DOE programs and through other innovative federal energy 
efficiency policies and programs.
  For further information, please contact Deborah Estes at (202) 224-
5360 or Rosemarie Calabro at (202) 224-5039.


               COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that an oversight hearing has 
been scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, March 3, 2009, at 10 
a.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of this oversight hearing is to examine the progress on 
smart grid initiatives authorized in the Energy Independence and 
Security Act of 2007, and funded in the stimulus bill, and to learn of 
opportunities and impediments to timely installation of smart grid 
technologies.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may 
testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written 
testimony for the hearing record may do so by sending it to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, 
Washington, D.C. 20510-6150, or by e-mail to 
Gina_W[email protected].
  For further information, please contact Leon Lowery at (202) 224-2209 
or Gina Weinstock at (202) 224-5684.


               COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that an oversight hearing has 
been scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources. The hearing will be held on Thursday, March 5, 2009, at 9:30 
a.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of this oversight hearing is to review future directions 
of energy research and development and to identify key scientific and 
technological hurdles that must be overcome in order to pursue these 
new directions.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may 
testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written 
testimony for the hearing record may do so by sending it to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, 
Washington, D.C. 20510-6150, or by e-mail to 
Rosemarie_C[email protected].
  For further information, please contact Jonathan Epstein at (202) 
224-4971 or Rosemarie Calabro at (202) 224-5039.


                PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs has rescheduled its February 24th hearing, 
``Tax Haven Banks and U.S. Tax Compliance--Obtaining the Names of U.S. 
Clients with Swiss Accounts,'' to Wednesday, March 4th. This hearing 
will continue the Subcommittee's examination of financial institutions 
which are located in offshore tax havens and which use practices that 
facilitate tax evasion and other misconduct by U.S. clients. One of the 
banks featured in a July 2008 hearing on this topic is UBS, a major 
financial institution headquartered in Switzerland. The hearing will 
examine issues related to a John Doe summons served by the IRS on UBS 
seeking the names of U.S. clients with UBS Swiss accounts that have not 
been disclosed to the IRS. In July, UBS representatives estimated that 
about 19,000 U.S. clients had about $18 billion in assets in such Swiss 
accounts. The hearing will examine a recent deferred prosecution 
agreement involving UBS, the status of the John Doe summons, the role 
of U.S.-Swiss tax and legal assistance treaties, and the effect of 
Swiss secrecy laws on U.S. information requests. A witness list will be 
available Friday, February 27, 2009.
  The Subcommittee hearing has been rescheduled for March 4, 2009, at 
2:30 p.m., in Room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. For 
further information, please contact Bob Roach of the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations at 202-224-9505.

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