[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 4877-4879]
[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, April 3, 2008 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                APRIL 4
     9:30 a.m.
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the current employment 
           situation.
                                                            SD-106

                                APRIL 8
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the situation in Iraq and 
           progress made by the Government of Iraq in meeting 
           benchmarks and achieving reconciliation.
                                                            SD-106
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Barbara 
           McConnell Barrett, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Finland, Yousif Boutrous Ghafari, of 
           Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, 
           Frank Charles Urbancic, Jr., of Indiana, to be 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus, Nancy E. 
           McEldowney, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Bulgaria, and Kurt Douglas Volker, of 
           Pennsylvania, to be United States Permanent 
           Representative on the Council

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           of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the 
           rank and status of Ambassador.
                                                            SD-419
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the Federal Trade Commission 
           reauthorization.
                                                            SR-253
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine S. 970, to impose sanctions 
           on Iran and on other countries for assisting Iran in 
           developing a nuclear program.
                                                            SD-215
     10:15 a.m.
       Judiciary
       Constitution Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the adequacy of 
           representation in capital cases.
                                                            SD-226
     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
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 2259 and H.R. 813, bills 
           to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
           Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 
           the Interior to participate in the Prado Basin Natural 
           Treatment System Project, to authorize the Secretary to 
           participate in the Lower Chino Dairy Area desalination 
           demonstration and reclamation project, H.R. 31, to 
           amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
           and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the 
           Interior to participate in the Elsinore Valley 
           Municipal Water District Wildomar Service Area Recycled 
           Water Distribution Facilities and Alberhill Wastewater 
           Treatment and Reclamation Facility Projects, H.R. 716, 
           to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater 
           Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 
           the Interior to participate in the Santa Rosa Urban 
           Water Reuse Plan, H.R. 786, to amend the Reclamation 
           Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
           authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate 
           in the Los Angeles County Water Supply Augmentation 
           Demonstration Project, H.R. 1140, to authorize the 
           Secretary, in cooperation with the City of San Juan 
           Capistrano, California, to participate in the design, 
           planning, and construction of an advanced water 
           treatment plant facility and recycled water system, 
           H.R. 1503, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
           Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
           Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Avra 
           Black Wash Reclamation and Riparian Restoration 
           Project, H.R. 1725, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater 
           and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize 
           the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
           Rancho California Water District Southern Riverside 
           County Recycled Non-Potable Distribution Facilities and 
           Demineralization Desalination Recycled Water Treatment 
           and Reclamation Facility Project, H.R. 1737, to amend 
           the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
           Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the 
           Interior to participate in the design, planning, and 
           construction of permanent facilities for the GREAT 
           project to reclaim, reuse, and treat impaired waters in 
           the area of Oxnard, California, and H.R. 2614, to amend 
           the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
           Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the 
           Interior to participate in certain water projects in 
           California.
                                                            SD-366
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine Iraq after the surge.
                                                            SH-216
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009 on Navy force structure 
           requirements and programs to meet those requirements, 
           and the future years defense program.
                                                            SR-222
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                APRIL 9
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the situation in Iraq, 
           focusing on progress made by the Government of Iraq in 
           meeting benchmarks and achieving reconciliation.
                                                            SH-216
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine making Veterans 
           Affairs the workplace of choice for health care 
           providers.
                                                            SR-418
     10 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1870, to amend the Federal 
           Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction 
           of the United States over waters of the United States.
                                                            SD-406
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending legislation, and the 
           nomination of Harvey E. Johnson, Jr., of Virginia, to 
           be Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management 
           Agency, Department of Homeland Security.
                                                            SD-342
       Appropriations
       State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Department of State and 
           foreign operations.
                                                            SD-138
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1633, to authorize the 
           Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource 
           study to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
           including the battlefield and related sites of the 
           Battle of Shepherdstown in Shepherdstown, West 
           Virginia, as part of Harpers Ferry National Historical 
           Park or Antietam National Battlefield, S. 1993 and H.R. 
           2197, bills to modify the boundary of the Hopewell 
           Culture National Historical Park in the State of Ohio, 
           S. 2207, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
           study the suitability and feasibility of designating 
           Green McAdoo School in Clinton, Tennessee, as a unit of 
           the National Park System, S. 2254, to establish the 
           Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area in the State 
           of Mississippi, S. 2329 and H.R. 2627, bills to 
           establish the Thomas Edison National Historical Park in 
           the State of New Jersey as the successor to the Edison 
           National Historic Site, S. 2502 and H.R. 3332, bills to 
           provide for the establishment of a memorial within 
           Kalaupapa National Historical Park located on the 
           island of Molokai, in the State of Hawaii, to honor and 
           perpetuate the memory of those individuals who were 
           forcibly relocated to the Kalaupapa Peninsula from 1866 
           to 1969, S. 2512, to establish the Mississippi Delta 
           National Heritage Area in the State of Mississippi, and 
           H.R. 3998, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
           to conduct special resources studies of certain lands 
           and structures to determine the appropriate means for 
           preservation, use, and management of the resources 
           associated with such lands and structures.
                                                            SD-366
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine covering uninsured children, 
           focusing on the provisions and regulations in the 
           current Children's Healthcare Insurance Program (CHIP) 
           directive.
                                                            SD-215
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Science, Technology, and Innovation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine coal gasification 
           technologies, focusing on the need for large scale 
           projects.
                                                            SR-253

                                APRIL 10
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine aviation safety oversight.
                                                            SR-253
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine climate change, focusing on a 
           challenge for public health.
                                                            SD-430
     2:30 p.m.
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                APRIL 15
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 2438, to repeal certain 
           provisions of the Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement 
           Act.
                                                            SD-366

                                APRIL 16
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine National Security Letters, 
           focusing on the need for greater accountability and 
           oversight.
                                                            SD-226


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                                APRIL 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine an update on the 
           Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense 
           cooperation and collaboration.
                                                            SR-418
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine phantom traffic.
                                                            SR-253

                                APRIL 24
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider S. 2688, to improve the 
           protections afforded under Federal law to consumers 
           from contaminated seafood by directing the Secretary of 
           Commerce to establish a program, in coordination with 
           other appropriate Federal agencies, to strengthen 
           activities for ensuring that seafood sold or offered 
           for sale to the public in or affecting interstate 
           commerce is fit for human consumption, 
           S. J. Res. 28, disapproving the rule submitted by the 
           Federal Communications Commission with respect to 
           broadcast media ownership, S. 2607, to make a technical 
           correction to section 3009 of the Deficit Reduction Act 
           of 2005, H.R. 3985, to amend title 49, United States 
           Code, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to 
           register a person providing transportation by an over-
           the-road bus as a motor carrier of passengers only if 
           the person is willing and able to comply with certain 
           accessibility requirements in addition to other 
           existing requirements, H.R. 802, to amend the Act to 
           Prevent Pollution from Ships to implement MARPOL Annex 
           VI, and the nomination of Robert A. Sturgell, of 
           Maryland, to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
           Administration.
                                                            SR-253

                                 MAY 7
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine pending benefits legislation.
                                                            SR-418

                                 MAY 21
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine pending health care 
           legislation.
                                                            SR-418