[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 2]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 2793-2795]
[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 Thursday, February 28, 2008 may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              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
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine Kosovo, focusing on the 
           Balkans region.
                                                            SD-419
     10 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and 
           Integration Subcommittee
       Disaster Recovery Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings to examine the Federal Emergency 
           Management Agency (FEMA) disaster housing strategy.
                                                            SD-342
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the state of the banking 
           industry.
                                                            SD-538
       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
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Energy 
           Information Administration's revised annual energy 
           outlook.
                                                            SD-366
       Appropriations
       Homeland Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Homeland 
           Security.
                                                            SD-192
       Appropriations
       Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the U.S. Enviromental Protection 
           Agency.
                                                            SD-124
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold closed hearings to examine National Security 
           Presidential Directive-54 and Homeland Security 
           Presidential Directive-23 (NSPD-54/HSPD-23) and the 
           comprehensive national cyber security initiative.
                                                    S-407, Capitol
       Armed Services
       Strategic Forces Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009 for the military space 
           programs, and the future years defense program.
                                                           SR-232A
       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
       Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
     3 p.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine enlargement issues facing the 
           North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) prior to the 
           summit in Bucharest, Romania, focusing on democratic 
           development.
                                            B318, Rayburn Building

                                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
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Energy.
                                                            SD-124
       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

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           examinations and radiation therapy treatments safer, 
           more accurate, and less costly, and any pending 
           nominations.
                                                            SD-430
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine census in peril, focusing on 
           getting the 2010 decennial back on track.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To continue oversight hearings to examine the Federal 
           Bureau of Investigation.
                                                            SD-106
     10:30 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine the rising cost of heating 
           homes, focusing on Low Income Home Energy Assistance 
           Program (LIHEAP).
                                                            SD-430
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine elderly hunger in America, 
           focusing on the steps needed to prevent this now and in 
           the future.
                                                            SD-562
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
           Federal Services, and International Security 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the state of the United 
           States Postal Service one year after reform.
                                                            SD-342
       Armed Services
       Personnel Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the findings and 
           recommendations of the Department of Defense Task Force 
           on Mental Health, the Army's Mental Health Advisory 
           Team reports, and Department of Defense and service-
           wide improvements in mental health resources, including 
           suicide prevention, for servicemembers and their 
           families.
                                                           SR-232A
     3 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the initial 
           amendment between the United States and the Russian 
           Federation on the agreement suspending the antidumping 
           investigation on uranium from the Russian Federation.
                                                            SD-366
       Appropriations
       Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Treasury.
                                                            SD-138

                                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.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget request for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Commerce.
                                                            SD-138
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine unemployment in the economy, 
           focusing on ways to secure families and build 
           opportunities.
                                                            SD-430
       Appropriations
       Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget request for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Transportation.
                                                            SD-192
     10:30 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
     2:30 p.m.
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                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.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Department of 
           Transportation's Cross-Truck pilot program.
                                                            SR-253
       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 a.m.
       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
     2:15 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine hardrock mining, focusing on 
           issues relating to abandoned mine lands and uranium 
           mining.
                                                            SD-366
     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 Afican 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


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                                APRIL 8
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Federal Trade Commission 
           Reauthorization.
                                                            SR-253