[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 1892-1893]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, February 12, 2008 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              FEBRUARY 13
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine improvements implemented and 
           planned by the Department of Defense and the Department 
           of Veterans Affairs for the care, management, and 
           transition of wounded and ill service members.
                                                            SH-216
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2009 for veterans 
           programs.
                                                            SR-418
     9:45 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the President's budget 
           request for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of the 
           Interior.
                                                            SD-366
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled 
           ``Industrial Bank Holding Company Act of 2008''.
                                                            SD-538
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the President's budget 
           request for fiscal year 2009 for foreign affairs.
                                                            SD-419
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the role of the Department of 
           Defense in homeland security, focusing on how the 
           military can and will contribute.
                                                            SD-342
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the state secrets privilege, 
           focusing on protecting national security while 
           preserving accountability.
                                                            SD-226
       Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings to examine ways to protect voters at 
           home and at the polls, focusing on limiting abusive 
           robocalls and vote caging practices.
                                                            SR-301
     10:30 a.m.
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine the housing foreclosure 
           aftermath, focusing on concerns for elderly homeowners.
                                                            SD-628
     11 a.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine Finland's leadership of the 
           Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe 
           (OSEC), focusing on plans, priorities, and challenges 
           that face the region.
                                            B318, Rayburn Building
     2 p.m.
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the efficacy of sovereign 
           wealth funds, focusing on the U.S. economy and national 
           security risks.
                                                            SD-106
     2:30 p.m.
       Intelligence
         Closed business meeting to consider pending calendar 
           business.
                                                            SH-219
     3 p.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Children and Families Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Family and Medical Leave 
           Act (FMLA)(P.L. 103-3), focusing on a fifteen year 
           history of support for workers.
                                                            SD-430

                              FEBRUARY 14
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the strategy in Afghanistan, 
           focusing on reports by the Afghanistan Study Group and 
           the Atlantic Council of the United States.
                                                            SD-106
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of John J. 
           Sullivan, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of 
           Commerce.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the 
           Department of Agriculture Forest Service.
                                                            SD-366
       Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the President's 
           proposed budget request for fiscal year 2009 for tribal 
           programs.
                                                            SD-628
     9:45 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine ways to build and strengthen 
           the Federal acquisition workforce.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the current state of the 
           United States economy and financial matters.
                                                            SR-325
       Budget
         To hold hearings to examine health care and the budget, 
           focusing on information technology and health care 
           reform.
                                                            SD-608
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the February 2009 transition 
           to digital television, focusing on consumers, 
           broadcasters, and converter boxes.
                                                            SR-253
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1499, to amend the Clean 
           Air Act to reduce air pollution from marine vessels.
                                                            SD-406
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine international aspects of a 
           carbon cap and trade program.
                                                            SD-215
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S. 579, to amend the Public 
           Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the 
           National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to 
           make grants for the development and operation of 
           research centers regarding environmental factors that 
           may be related to the etiology of breast cancer, S. 
           1810, to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
           increase the provision of scientifically sound 
           information and support services to patients receiving 
           a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other 
           prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions, S. 
           999, to amend the Public Health Service Act to improve 
           stroke prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and 
           rehabilitation, S. 1760, to amend the Public Health 
           Service Act with respect to the Healthy Start 
           Initiative, H.R. 20, to provide for research on, and 
           services for individuals with, postpartum depression 
           and psychosis, and S. 1042, to amend the Public Health 
           Service Act to make the provision of technical services 
           for medical imaging examinations and radiation therapy 
           treatments safer, more accurate, and less costly, and 
           any pending nominations.
                                                            SD-430

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       Appropriations
       Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Environmental Protection 
           Agency.
                                                            SD-124
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 2304, to amend title I of 
           the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 
           to provide grants for the improved mental health 
           treatment and services provided to offenders with 
           mental illnesses, S. 2449, to amend chapter 111 of 
           title 28, United States Code, relating to protective 
           orders, sealing of cases, disclosures of discovery 
           information in civil actions, S. 352, to provide for 
           media coverage of Federal court proceedings, S. 2136, 
           to address the treatment of primary mortgages in 
           bankruptcy, S. 2133, to authorize bankruptcy courts to 
           take certain actions with respect to mortgage loans in 
           bankruptcy, and the nominations of Kevin J. O'Connor, 
           of Connecticut, to be Associate Attorney General, and 
           Gregory G. Katsas, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant 
           Attorney General, both of the Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226
     10:15 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                    S-116, Capitol
     1:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2009 for the Department 
           of Homeland Security.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
         To continue hearings to examine the strategy in 
           Afghanistan, focusing on reports by the Afghanistan 
           Study Group and the Atlantic Council of the United 
           States.
                                                            SD-106
       Intelligence
         To hold hearings to examine the Director of National 
           Intelligence authorities.
                                                            SH-216

                              FEBRUARY 21
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine pending judicial nominations.
                                                            SD-226

                              FEBRUARY 26
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of the 
           Army, and the future years defense program.
                                                            SH-216

                              FEBRUARY 27
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Space, Aeronautics, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2009 for the National 
           Space and Aeronautics Administration (NASA).
                                                            SR-253

                              FEBRUARY 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009, for the Department of the 
           Navy, and the future years defense program; with the 
           possibility of a closed session in SR-222 immediately 
           following the open session.
                                                            SH-216
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the impact of increased 
           minimum wages on the economies of American Samoa and 
           the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 5
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009, for the Department of the 
           Air Force, and the future years defense program.
                                                            SH-216

                                MARCH 6
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009 for the U.S. Southern and 
           Northern Command, and the future years defense program.
                                                            SH-216

                                MARCH 11
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009 for U.S. Pacific Command 
           and U.S. Forces in Korea, and the future years defense 
           program.
                                                            SH-216

                                MARCH 12
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine technologies to combat 
           weapons of mass destruction.
                                                            SD-106
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009, the future years defense 
           program, and military installation, environmental, and 
           base closure programs.
                                                           SR-232A

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                              FEBRUARY 13
     10 a.m.
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2009 for the Small 
           Business Administration.
                                                           SR-428A