[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 3]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 3646-3648]
[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, March 11, 2008, may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                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
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine alternatives to the current 
           federal estate tax system.
                                                            SD-215
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider H.R. 3247, to improve the 
           provision of disaster assistance for Hurricanes Katrina 
           and Rita, H.R. 3179, to amend title 40, United States 
           Code, to authorize the use of Federal supply schedules 
           for the acquisition of law enforcement, security, and 
           certain other related items by State and local 
           governments, S. 2606, to reauthorize the United States 
           Fire Administration, S. 789, to prevent abuse of 
           Government credit cards, S. 2291, to enhance citizen 
           access to Government information and services by 
           establishing plain language as the standard style of 
           Government documents issued to the public, S. 2420, to 
           encourage the donation of excess food to nonprofit 
           organizations that provide assistance to food-insecure 
           people in the United States in contracts entered into 
           by executive agencies for the provision, service, or 
           sale of food, S. 2534, to designate the facility of the 
           United States Postal Service located at 2650 Dr. Martin 
           Luther King Jr. Street, Indianapolis, Indiana, as the 
           ``Julia M. Carson Post Office Building'', H.R. 4210, to 
           designate the facility of the United States Postal 
           Service located at 401 Washington Avenue in Weldon, 
           North Carolina, as the ``Dock M. Brown Post Office 
           Building'', H.R. 4342, to designate the facility of the 
           United States Postal Service located at 824 Manatee 
           Avenue West in Bradenton, Florida, as the ``Dan Miller 
           Post Office Building'', S. 2725, to designate the 
           facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
           6892 Main Street in Gloucester, Virginia, as the 
           ``Congresswoman Jo Ann S. Davis Post Office'', H.R. 
           3720, to designate the facility of the United States 
           Postal Service located at 424 Clay Avenue in Waco, 
           Texas, as the ``Army PFC Juan Alonso Covarrubias Post 
           Office Building'', H.R. 3988, to designate the facility 
           of the United States Postal Service located at 3701 
           Altamesa Boulevard in Fort Worth, Texas, as the 
           ``Master Sergeant Kenneth N. Mack Post Office 
           Building'', H.R. 4211, to designate the facility of the 
           United States Postal Service located at 725 Roanoke 
           Avenue in Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, as the 
           ``Judge Richard B. Allsbrook Post Office'', H.R. 4240, 
           to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
           Service located at 10799 West Alameda Avenue in 
           Lakewood, Colorado, as the ``Felix Sparks Post Office 
           Building'', S. 2622, to designate the facility of the 
           United States Postal Service located at 11001 Dunklin 
           Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the ``William `Bill' 
           Clay Post Office'', S. 2626 and H.R. 5400, bills to 
           designate the facility of the United States Postal 
           Service located at 160 East Washington Street in

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           Chagrin Falls, Ohio, as the ``Sergeant Michael M. 
           Kashkoush Post Office Building'', H.R. 3468, to 
           designate the facility of the United States Postal 
           Service located at 1704 Weeksville Road in Elizabeth 
           City, North Carolina, as the ``Dr. Clifford Bell Jones, 
           Sr. Post Office'', H.R. 3532, to designate the facility 
           of the United States Postal Service located at 5815 
           McLeod Street in Lula, Georgia, as the ``Private 
           Johnathon Millican Lula Post Office'', H.R. 4203, to 
           designate the facility of the United States Postal 
           Service located at 3035 Stone Mountain Street in 
           Lithonia, Georgia, as the ``Specialist Jamaal RaShard 
           Addison Post Office Building'', H.R. 5135, to designate 
           the facility of the United States Postal Service 
           located at 201 West Greenway Street in Derby, Kansas, 
           as the ``Sergeant Jamie O. Maugans Post Office 
           Building'', and the nomination of Harvey E. Johnson, 
           Jr., of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator, Federal 
           Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland 
           Security.
                                                            SD-342
       Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings to examine issues relative to in-person 
           voter fraud and voter disenfranchisement.
                                                            SR-301
       Armed Services
       Strategic Forces Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine strategic forces programs in 
           review of the defense authorization request for fiscal 
           year 2009 and the future years defense program.
                                                           SR-232A
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Air Force.
                                                            SD-192
       Aging
         To hold hearings relative to doctors and prescription 
           drug information and reviews.
                                                            SD-562
     1:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the gross domestic product as 
           a measurement of national strength.
                                                            SR-253
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine Generation Rx, focusing on 
           the abuse of prescription and over-the-counter drugs.
                                                            SD-226
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009, for the strategic lift 
           programs, and the future years defense program.
                                                            SR-222
     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.
       Foreign Relations
       East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the United States and 
           Vietnam, focusing on the bilateral relationship.
                                                            SD-419
       Armed Services
       Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine technologies to combat 
           weapons of mass destruction.
                                                            SD-106
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
           Federal Services, and International Security 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine agencies in peril, focusing 
           on protecting federal information technology and secure 
           sensitive information.
                                                            SD-342
       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
       Intelligence
         Closed business meeting to consider pending calendar 
           business.
                                                            SH-219
     4 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the federal judiciary.
                                                            SD-138

                                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
       Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider S. 2731, to authorize 
           appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 2013 to 
           provide assistance to foreign countries to combat HIV/
           AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, and the nominations of 
           William Raymond Steiger, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador 
           to the Republic of Mozambique, and Mark Kimmitt, of 
           Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State for 
           Political-Military Affairs, both of the Department of 
           State.
                                                    S-116, Capitol
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine old-growth forest science, 
           focusing on policy and management in the Pacific 
           Northwest region.
                                                            SD-366
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the financial state of the 
           airline industry.
                                                            SR-253
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the National Oceanic and 
           Atmospheric Administration and the National Science 
           Foundation.
                                                            SD-192
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine customs reauthorization, 
           focusing on strengthening United States economic 
           interests and security.
                                                            SD-215
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider 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, S. 2533, to enact a 
           safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege 
           Act, S. 702, to authorize the Attorney General to award 
           grants to State courts to develop and implement State 
           courts interpreter programs, S. Res. 468, designating 
           April 2008 as ``National 9-1-1 Education Month'', and 
           the nominations of Catharina Haynes, of Texas, to be 
           United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, and 
           Rebecca A. Gregory, to be United States Attorney for 
           the Eastern District of Texas.
                                                            SD-226
       Appropriations
       Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Housing and 
           Urban Development.
                                                            SD-138
     2 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold a hearing to examine the nomination of John J. 
           Sullivan, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of 
           Commerce.
                                                            SR-253
       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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       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget request for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the National Oceanic and 
           Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
                                                            SR-253
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine Poland's Museum of the 
           History of Polish Jews.
                                            B318, Rayburn Building
                                MARCH 14
     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 ways to reform the District 
           of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) system.
                                                            SD-342
                                APRIL 3
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine international fisheries, 
           focusing on management and enforcement.
                                                            SR-253

                                APRIL 8
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the Federal Trade Commission 
           reauthorization.
                                                            SR-253
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the digital 
           television transition, focusing on consumers, 
           broadcasters, and converter boxes.
                                                            SR-253

                                APRIL 10
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine phantom traffic.
                                                            SR-253

                             CANCELLATIONS

                                MARCH 12
     10:15 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider an original bill, to 
           authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 
           2013 to provide assistance to foreign countries to 
           combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.
                                                            SD-419

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                MARCH 13
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Legislative Branch Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Office of the Architect of the 
           Capitol, the Government Printing Office, and the Office 
           of Compliance.
                                                            SD-124