[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 5931-5933]
[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, April 15, 2008 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                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
       Environment and Public Works
       Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine surface transportation and 
           the global economy.
                                                            SD-406

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     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.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Robert J. 
           Callahan, of Virgina, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
           of Nicaragua, Heather M. Hodges, of Ohio, to be 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, Barbara J. 
           Stephenson, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Panama, Peter E. Cianchette, of Maine, to 
           be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, Hugo 
           Llorens, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
           of Honduras, Stephen George McFarland, of Texas, to be 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala, all of the 
           Department of State; and Samuel W. Speck, of Ohio, to 
           be a Commissioner on the part of the United States on 
           the International Joint Commission, United States and 
           Canada.
                                                            SD-419
       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 front line.
                                                            SD-562

                                APRIL 17
     10 a.m.
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of David 
           Gustafson, of Virginia, Richard T. Morrison, of 
           Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court, 
           and Elizabeth Crewson Paris, of the District of 
           Columbia, all to be a Judge of the United States Tax 
           Court, and Eric M. Thorson, of Virginia, to be 
           Inspector General, and Edwin Eck, of Montana, to be a 
           Member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board, 
           both of the Department of the Treasury.
                                                            SD-215
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine 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, and the nominations of Michael G. 
           McGinn, to be United States Marshal for the District of 
           Minnesota, and Ralph E. Martinez, of Florida, to be a 
           Member of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of 
           the United States, both of the Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226
       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
       Appropriations
       Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Federal Aviation 
           Administration's (FAA) safety and modernization 
           performance.
                                                            SD-138
     10:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the National Indian Gaming 
           Commission.
                                                            SD-562
     2 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and 
           Integration Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine fusion centers, focusing on a 
           recent progress report.
                                                            SD-342
       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
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine Armenia and the United 
           States, focusing on Organization for Security and 
           Cooperation in Europe (OSEC) negotiations on Nagorno-
           Karabakh and Armenia's qualifications for assistance 
           from the Millennium Challenge Account.
                                           B-318, Rayburn Building
     2:30 p.m.
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                APRIL 22
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the future of the Internet.
                                                            SR-253
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the National Surface 
           Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, 
           focusing on a recent report on moving passengers and 
           freight into the future.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 934 and H.R. 1374, bills 
           to amend the Florida National Forest Land Management 
           Act of 2003 to authorize the conveyance of an 
           additional tract of National Forest System land under 
           that Act, S. 2833, to provide for the management of 
           certain public land in Owyhee County, Idaho, and S. 
           2834, to establish wilderness areas, promote 
           conservation, and improve public land in Washington 
           County, Utah.
                                                            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
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine National Security Letters, 
           focusing on the need for greater accountability and 
           oversight.
                                                            SD-226
     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

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           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
     2:15 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 2680, to amend the 
           Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act 
           of 1992 to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
           take certain actions to address environmental problems 
           associated with the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel in 
           the State of Colorado, S. 2805, to direct the Secretary 
           of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of 
           Reclamation, to assess the irrigation infrastructure of 
           the Rio Grande Pueblos in the State of New Mexico and 
           provide grants to, and enter into cooperative 
           agreements with, the Rio Grande Pueblos to repair, 
           rehabilitate, or reconstruct existing infrastructure, 
           S. 2814, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
           provide financial assistance to the Eastern New Mexico 
           Rural Water Authority for the planning, design, and 
           construction of the Eastern New Mexico Rural Water 
           System, H.R. 29, to authorize the Secretary of the 
           Interior to construct facilities to provide water for 
           irrigation, municipal, domestic, military, and other 
           uses from the Santa Margarita River, California, H.R. 
           1803, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
           conduct a feasibility study to design and construct a 
           four reservoir intertie system for the purposes of 
           improving the water storage opportunities, water supply 
           reliability, and water yield of San Vicente, El 
           Capitan, Murray, and Loveland Reservoirs in San Diego 
           County, California in consultation and cooperation with 
           the City of San Diego and the Sweetwater Authority, and 
           H.R. 123, to authorize appropriations for the San 
           Gabriel Basin Restoration Fund.
                                                            SD-366
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Science, Technology, and Innovation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine national nanotechnology, 
           focusing on charting the course for reauthorization.
                                                            SR-253

                                APRIL 29
     10:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine improving consumer protection 
           in subprime home lending.
                                                            SR-253

                                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 1
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine military build-up on Guam, 
           focusing on the impact on civilian community, planning, 
           and response.
                                                            SD-366

                                 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