[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 2457-2459]
[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 26, 2008 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              FEBRUARY 27
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the current and future 
           worldwide threats to the national security of the 
           United States; with the possibility of a closed session 
           in S-407 following the open session.
                                                            SD-106
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 2232, to direct the 
           Secretary of Commerce to establish a demonstration 
           program to adapt the lessons of providing foreign aid 
           to underdeveloped economies to the provision of Federal 
           economic development assistance to certain similarly 
           situated individuals.
                                                            SR-485
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to review veterans' disability 
           compensation, focusing on expert work on post-traumatic 
           stress disorder and other issues.
                                                            SH-216
     9:45 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Stanley C. 
           Suboleski, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
           Energy (Fossil Energy), and J. Gregory Copeland, of 
           Texas, to be General Counsel, both of the Department of 
           Energy.
                                                            SD-366
     10 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2009 for the 
           Environmental Protection Agency.
                                                            SD-406
       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 
           prenatal and postnatal 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

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           less costly, and any pending nominations.
                                                            SD-430
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. reliance on private 
           security firms in overseas operations.
                                                            SD-342
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine S. 2041, to amend the False 
           Claims Act, focusing on strengthening the government's 
           most effective tool against fraud for the 21st century.
                                                            SD-226
       Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings to examine protecting voters in the 
           United States at the polls, focusing on limiting 
           abusive robocalls and vote caging practices.
                                                            SR-301
       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
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the U.S. Army, Department of 
           Defense.
                                                            SD-192
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine issues relative to surgeons, 
           focusing on conflicts and consultant payments in the 
           medical device industry.
                                                            SD-628
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Crime and Drugs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine supporting the front line in 
           the fight against crime, focusing on restoring federal 
           funding for state and local law enforcement.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 2229, to withdraw certain 
           Federal land in the Wyoming Range from leasing and 
           provide an opportunity to retire certain leases in the 
           Wyoming Range, S. 2379, to authorize the Secretary of 
           the Interior to cancel certain grazing leases on land 
           in Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument that are 
           voluntarily waived by the lessees, to provide for the 
           exchange of certain Monument land in exchange for 
           private land, to designate certain Monument land as 
           wilderness, S. 832, to provide for the sale of 
           approximately 25 acres of public land to the Turnabout 
           Ranch, Escalante, Utah, at fair market value, S. 2508 
           and H.R. 903, bills to provide for a study of options 
           for protecting the open space characteristics of 
           certain lands in and adjacent to the Arapaho and 
           Roosevelt National Forests in Colorado, S. 2601 and 
           H.R. 1285, bills to require the Secretary of 
           Agriculture to convey to King and Kittitas Counties 
           Fire District No. 51 a certain parcel of real property 
           for use as a site for a new Snoqualmie Pass fire and 
           rescue station, H.R. 523, to require the Secretary of 
           the Interior to convey certain public land located 
           wholly or partially within the boundaries of the Wells 
           Hydroelectric Project of Public Utility District No. 1 
           of Douglas County, Washington, to the utility district, 
           and H.R. 838, to provide for the conveyance of the 
           Bureau of Land Management parcels known as the White 
           Acre and Gambel Oak properties and related real 
           property to Park City, Utah.
                                                            SD-366
       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
       Intelligence
         Closed business meeting to consider pending calendar 
           business.
                                                            SH-219
     3 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Personnel Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009 for the Active component, 
           Reserve component, civilian personnel programs, and the 
           future years defense program.
                                                           SR-232A

                              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
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009 for 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
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the policy options of the 
           United States in post-election Pakistan.
                                                            SD-419
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the total economic costs of 
           the war beyond the federal budget.
                                                            SD-106
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the semiannual monetary 
           policy report to the Congress.
                                                            SD-538
       Environment and Public Works
       Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the Nuclear 
           Regulatory Commission, focusing on the security of the 
           nuclear power plants in the United States.
                                                            SD-406
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2009 for the Department 
           of Transportation.
                                                            SR-253
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the real estate market, 
           focusing on building a strong economy.
                                                            SD-215
       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, S. 2041, to amend the False Claims Act, 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, Brian Stacy 
           Miller, to be United States District Judge for the 
           Eastern District of Arkansas, and James Randal Hall, to 
           be United States District Judge for the Southern 
           District of Georgia.
                                                            SD-226
     2 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
           Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the recent Hallmark/Westland 
           meat recall.
                                                            SD-192
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 177 and H.R. 2085, bills 
           to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to 
           the McGee Creek Authority certain facilities of the 
           McGee Creek Project, Oklahoma, S. 1473 and H.R. 1855, 
           bills to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, 
           acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to enter into 
           a cooperative agreement with the Madera Irrigation 
           District for purposes of supporting the Madera Water 
           Supply Enhancement Project, S. 1474 and H.R. 1139, 
           bills to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
           plan, design and construct facilities to provide water 
           for irrigation, municipal, domestic, and other uses 
           from the Bunker Hill Groundwater Basin, Santa Ana 
           River, California, S. 1929, to authorize the Secretary 
           of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of 
           Reclamation, to conduct a feasibility study of water 
           augmentation alternatives in the Sierra Vista 
           Subwatershed, S. 2370, to clear title to certain real 
           property in New Mexico associated with the Middle Rio 
           Grande Project, and H.R. 2381, to promote Department of 
           the Interior efforts to provide a scientific basis for 
           the management of

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           sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper Mississippi 
           River Basin.
                                                            SD-366
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
       International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic 
           Affairs and International Environmental Protection 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine international deforestation 
           and climate change adaptation.
                                                            SD-419
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine weaknesses in the visa waiver 
           program, focusing on possible safeguards needed to 
           protect the United States of America.
                                                            SD-226
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                              FEBRUARY 29
     10 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 government-wide intelligence 
           community management reforms, focusing on ensuring 
           effective Congressional oversight and the role of the 
           Government Accountability Office.
                                                            SD-342

                                MARCH 4
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009 for the United States 
           Central Command and the United States Special 
           Operations Command, and the future years defense 
           program; with the possibility of a closed session in S-
           407 immediately following the open session.
                                                            SD-106
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2009 for Transportation 
           Security Administration, Department of Transportation.
                                                            SR-253
       Appropriations
       Homeland Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Homeland 
           Security.
                                                            SD-192
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, 
           Safety and Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine protecting seashores from oil 
           spills, focusing on operational procedures and ship 
           designs.
                                                            SR-253

                                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
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To continue oversight hearings to examine the Federal 
           Bureau of Investigation.
                                                            SD-226

                                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
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2009 for the U.S. Coast 
           Guard and conduct oversight.
                                                            SR-253

                                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
     10 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2009 for the U.S. Army 
           Corps of Engineers Civil Works Program, and the 
           implementation of the Water Resources Development Act 
           (WRDA) of 2007 (Public Law 110-114).
                                                            SD-406
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Science, Technology, and Innovation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2009 to support U.S. 
           basic research.
                                                            SR-253
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Grace C. 
           Becker, of New York, to be Assistant Attorney General 
           for the Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226

                                MARCH 12
     9:30 an.
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         To receive a briefing on the current readiness of the 
           armed forces of the United States.
                                                            SH-219
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2009 for the Department 
           of Housing and Urban Development and conduct oversight.
                                                            SD-538
     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

                                MARCH 13
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009 for the United States 
           European Command and the United States African Command, 
           and the future years defense program.
                                                            SH-216
     2 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009 for the current readiness 
           of the armed forces, and the future years defense 
           program.
                                                           SR-232A
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009 for the Cooperative Threat 
           Reduction Program and the Proliferation Security 
           Initiative at the Department of Defense, and nuclear 
           nonproliferation programs at the National Security 
           Administration, and the future years defense program.
                                                            SR-222