[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 5306-5307]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



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                          EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS

                       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, April 8, 2008 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                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
       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
       Foreign Relations
       International Operations and Organizations, Democracy and 
           Human Rights Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine closing legal loopholes, 
           focusing on sexual assaults and other violent crimes 
           committed overseas by American civilians in a combat 
           environment.
                                                            SD-419
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine making the 
           Department of 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
       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
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold closed hearings to examine cyber warfare 
           programs.
                                                    S-407, Capitol
     2 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Airland Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009 on Air Force and Navy 
           aviation programs, and the future years defense 
           program.
                                                            SR-222
     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. 2262, to authorize the Preserve 
           America Program and Save America's Treasures Program, 
           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
     3:15 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Patricia 
           M. Haslach, of Oregon, for the rank of Ambassador 
           during her tenure of service as United States Senior 
           Coordinator for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 
           (APEC) Forum, Scot A. Marciel, of California, for the 
           rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as 
           Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and 
           Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Affairs, 
           D. Kathleen Stephens, of Montana, to be Ambassador to 
           the Republic of Korea, and William E. Todd, to be 
           Ambassador to the State of Brunei Darussalam, all of 
           the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419

                                APRIL 10
     9 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of David R. 
           Hill, of Missouri, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
           the Environmental Protection Agency.
                                                            SD-406
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Department of the Army, Army 
           Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation, and the 
           Department of the Interior.
                                                            SD-124
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine negotiating a long-term 
           relationship with Iraq.
                                                            SD-419
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine aviation safety oversight.
                                                            SR-253
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. credit markets, focusing 
           on proposals to mitigate foreclosures and restore 
           liquidity to the mortgage markets.
                                                            SD-538
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-192

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       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine identity theft.
                                                            SD-215
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine climate change, focusing on a 
           challenge for public health.
                                                            SD-430
       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
       Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Federal Housing 
           Administration's role in addressing the housing crisis.
                                                            SD-138
     2 p.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the situation in Iraq, 
           focusing on the progress made by the Government in Iraq 
           meeting benchmarks and achieving reconciliation, the 
           future U.S. military presence in Iraq, and the 
           situation in Afghanistan.
                                                            SH-216
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Andrew 
           Saul, of New York, Alejandro Modesto Sanchez, of 
           Florida, and Gordon James Whiting, of New York, all to 
           be Members of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment 
           Board.
                                                            SD-342
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Crandall Canyon mine 
           accident.
                                                            SD-138
       Appropriations
       Military Construction and Veterans' Affairs, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Veterans 
           Affairs.
                                                            SD-124
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine challenges facing Hawaii's 
           Air Service Market.
                                                            SR-253
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the status of efforts to 
           improve mine safety and health.
                                                            SD-138
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine the Organization for Security 
           and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), focusing on the 
           displacement of Iraqi citizens on Jordan, Syria, Egypt, 
           Turkey, and other surrounding countries in the region.
                                          1100, Longworth Building

                                APRIL 15
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 570 and H.R. 1011, bills 
           to designate additional National Forest System lands in 
           the State of Virginia as wilderness or a wilderness 
           study area, to designate the Kimberling Creek Potential 
           Wilderness Area for eventual incorporation in the 
           Kimberling Creek Wilderness, to establish the Seng 
           Mountain and Bear Creek Scenic Areas, to provide for 
           the development of trail plans for the wilderness areas 
           and scenic areas, S. 758 and H.R. 1311, bills to direct 
           the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Alta-
           Hualapai Site to the city of Las Vegas, Nevada, for the 
           development of a cancer treatment facility, S. 1680, to 
           provide for the inclusion of certain non-Federal land 
           in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge and the Alaska 
           Peninsula National Wildlife Refuge in the State of 
           Alaska, S. 2109, to designate certain Federal lands in 
           Riverside County, California, as wilderness, to 
           designate certain river segments in Riverside County as 
           a wild, scenic, or recreational river, to adjust the 
           boundary of the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains 
           National Monument, S. 2124, to direct the Secretary of 
           Agriculture to convey certain land in the Beaverhead-
           Deerlodge National Forest, Montana, to Jefferson 
           County, Montana, for use as a cemetery, and S. 2581, to 
           designate as wilderness additional National Forest 
           System lands in the Monongahela National Forest in the 
           State of West Virginia.
                                                            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
       Environment and Public Works
       Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine surface transportation and 
           the global economy.
                                                            SD-406
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Personnel Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the defense authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2009 on military beneficiary 
           organizations regarding the quality of life of Active, 
           Reserve, and retried military personnel and their 
           members, and the future years defense program.
                                                           SR-232A

                                APRIL 17
     2 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the United States Bureau of 
           Reclamation, focusing on issues associated with aging 
           water resource infrastructure.
                                                            SD-366

                                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

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                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