[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 5627-5629]
[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 10, 2008 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                APRIL 15
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. credit markets, focusing 
           on the impact on the cost and availability of student 
           loans.
                                                            SD-538
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine tax reform, focusing on 
           fundamentals for advancement.
                                                            SD-215
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine ending abuses and improving 
           working conditions for tomato workers.
                                                            SD-430
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine nuclear terrorism, focusing 
           on confronting the challenges of the day after.
                                                            SD-342
       Appropriations
       Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Department of the Interior.
                                                            SD-124
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine challenges to providing and 
           paying for long-term care.
                                                            SD-138
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine protocol Additional to the 
           Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, and relating to 
           the Adoption of an Additional Distinctive Emblem (the 
           ``Geneva Protocol III''), adopted at Geneva on December 
           8, 2005, and signed by the United States on that date; 
           the Amendment to Article 1 of the Convention on 
           Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain 
           Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be 
           Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects 
           (the ``CCW Amendment''); and the CCW Protocol on 
           Explosive Remnants of War (the ``CCW Protocol V'') 
           (Treaty Doc. 109-10), the Hague Convention for the 
           Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed 
           Conflict (the Convention) and, for accession, The Hague 
           Protocol, concluded on May 14, 1954, and entered into 
           force on August 7, 1956 with accompanying report from 
           the Department of State (Treaty Doc. 106-01), and 
           protocols to the 1980 Convention on Prohibitions or 
           Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons

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           Which May Be Deemed to Be Excessively Injurious or to 
           Have Indiscriminate Effects: the amended Protocol on 
           Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Mines, 
           Booby-Traps and Other Devices (Protocol II orthe 
           Amended Mines Protocol); the Protocol on Prohibitions 
           or Restrictions on the Use of Incendiary Weapons 
           (Protocol III or the Incendiary Weapons Protocol); and 
           the Protocol on Blinding Laser Weapons (Protocol IV) 
           (Treaty Doc. 105-01).
                                                            SD-419
       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
     3 p.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine pharmaceuticals in the 
           nation's water, focusing on assessing potential risks 
           and actions to address this issue.
                                                            SD-406
     3:15 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To contiune hearings to examine the 2010 Decennial 
           Census, focusing on automation and information 
           technology in order to improve census coverage, 
           accuracy, and efficiency.
                                                            SD-342

                                APRIL 16
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Department of Defense 
           medical programs.
                                                            SD-192
     9:45 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Education, 
           focusing on teacher quality.
                                                            SD-138
     10 a.m.
       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
       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 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget request for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Federal Bureau of 
           Investigation.
                                                            SD-124
       Judiciary
       Crime and Drugs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine violence and exploitation in 
           the 21st century, focusing on solutions for protecting 
           our children.
                                                            SD-226
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Energy.
                                                            SD-138
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Housing, Transportation and Community Development 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine affordable housing 
           opportunities, focusing on reforming the housing 
           voucher program.
                                                            SD-538
     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 retired military personnel and their 
           members, and the future years defense program.
                                                           SR-232A
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine the impact of the credit 
           market on small businesses.
                                                           SR-428A
     3 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Internal Revenue Service.
                                                            SD-192
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine caring for the elderly, 
           focusing on how to support those on the frontline.
                                                            SD-562

                                APRIL 17
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Military Construction and Veterans' Affairs, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for Military Construction.
                                                            SD-124
     10:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the National Indian Gaming 
           Commission.
                                                            SD-562
     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
     10:30 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


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                                APRIL 30
     10 a.m.
       Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings to examine electronic voting systems, 
           focusing on top-to-bottom inquiries by Secretaries of 
           State.
                                                            SR-301

                                 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