[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 6447-6449]
[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 22, 2008 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                APRIL 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the crisis in Darfur.
                                                            SD-419
       Veterans' Affairs
         To continue oversight hearings to examine Department of 
           Veterans Affairs and 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
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Missile Defense Agency.
                                                            SD-192
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine phantom traffic.
                                                            SR-253
       Foreign Relations
       East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the crisis in Tibet, focusing 
           on a path to peace.
                                                            SD-419
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Nanci E. 
           Langley, of Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the 
           Postal Regulatory Commission.
                                                            SD-342
     3 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 662, to authorize the 
           Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource 
           study to evaluate resources at the Harriet Beecher 
           Stowe House in Brunswick, Maine, to determine the 
           suitability and feasibility of establishing the site as 
           a unit of the National Park System, S. 827, to 
           establish the Freedom's Way National Heritage Area in 
           the States of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, S. 923 
           and H.R. 1528, bills to amend the National Trails 
           System Act to designate the New England National Scenic 
           Trail, S. 956, to establish the Land Between the Rivers 
           National Heritage Area in the State of Illinois, S. 
           2073, to amend the National Trails System Act relating 
           to the statute of limitations that applies to certain 
           claims, S. 2513, to modify the boundary of the Minute 
           Man National Historical Park, S. 2604, to establish the 
           Baltimore National Heritage Area in the State of 
           Maryland, S. 2804, to adjust the boundary of the 
           Everglades National Park, H.R. 53, to authorize the 
           Secretary of the Interior to enter into a long-term 
           lease with the Government of the United States Virgin 
           Islands to provide land on the island of Saint John, 
           Virgin Islands, for the establishment of a school, and 
           H.R. 1483, to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands 
           Management Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for 
           certain national heritage areas.
                                                            SD-366

                                APRIL 24
     9 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business; 
           to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to 
           examine recommendations for improving the federal 
           acknowledgment process.
                                                            SD-562
     9:30 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
           Federal Services, and International Security 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine addressing Iran's nuclear 
           ambitions, focusing on policy options for the U.S. and 
           its allies.
                                                            SD-342
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine implementing smart power, 
           focusing on setting an agenda for national security 
           reform.
                                                            SD-419
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine the U.S. Food and Drug 
           Administration, focusing on its ability to keep 
           America's families safe.
                                                            SD-106
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. credit markets, focusing 
           on the U.S. regulatory framework for assessing 
           sovereign investments.
                                                            SD-538
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine tax aspects of a cap-and-
           trade system.
                                                            SD-215
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider 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. 2840, to establish a liaison 
           with the Federal Bureau of Investigation in United 
           States Citizenship and Immigration Services to expedite 
           naturalization applications filed by members of the 
           Armed Forces and to establish a deadline for processing 
           such applications, S. Res. 511, recognizing that John 
           Sidney McCain, III, is a natural born citizen, H. Con. 
           Res. 292, honoring Margaret Truman Daniel and her 
           lifetime of accomplishments, S. Res. 515, commemorating 
           the life and work of Dith Pran, and the nominations of 
           Michael G. McGinn, to be United States Marshal for the 
           District of Minnesota, 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, Mark S. Davis, to be United States District 
           Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, David 
           Gregory Kays, to be United States District Judge for 
           the Western District of Missouri, and Stephen N. 
           Limbaugh, Jr., to be United States District Judge for 
           the Eastern District of Missouri.
                                                            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
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine women, migration and 
           development in the OSCE region, focusing on the impact 
           of migration on family and society, the special 
           concerns of migrant women of color, and the economic 
           contributions of women migrants to their home country 
           through remittances.
                                                        B-318 RHOB
     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

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           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, S. 2507, to address the digital television 
           transition in border states, 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, S. 2657, to require the 
           Secretary of Commerce to prescribe regulations to 
           reduce the incidence of vessels colliding with North 
           Atlantic right whales by limiting the speed of vessels, 
           S. 2482, to repeal the provision of title 46, United 
           States Code, requiring a license for employment in the 
           business of salvaging on the coast of Florida, the 
           nomination of Robert A. Sturgell, of Maryland, to be 
           Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
           and certain promotion lists in the U.S. Coast Guard.
                                                            SR-253
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Delta-Northwest airlines 
           merger.
                                                            SD-226
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine international debt, focusing 
           on building relief initiatives.
                                                            SD-419
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine reforming export licensing 
           agencies for national security and economic interests, 
           focusing on the structure of the Federal government's 
           agencies that are responsible for licensing controlled 
           exports, the process in place for licensing, how the 
           structures help or hinder their decision making for 
           licenses, human capital challenges of the export 
           control bureaucracy, and the recommendations for 
           improving the export control processes and personal.
                                                            SD-342
     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
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                APRIL 25
     9 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To receive information relating to the treatment of 
           detainees.
                                                            SR-222

                                APRIL 29
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
       Personnel Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2009.
                                                            SR-222
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine living on the street, 
           focusing on finding solutions to protect runaway and 
           homeless youth.
                                                            SD-226
     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
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2009.
                                                            SR-222
     3 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2009.
                                                           SR-232A
     4 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2009.
                                                            SR-222

                                APRIL 30
     9 a.m.
       Judiciary
       Constitution Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine secret law and the threat to 
           democratic and accountable government.
                                                            SD-226
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
       Strategic Forces Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2009.
                                                           SR-232A
     10 a.m.
       Armed Services
       Airland Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2009.
                                                            SR-222
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
         Closed business meeting to markup the proposed National 
           Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2009.
                                                            SR-222

                                 MAY 1
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         Closed business meeting to markup the proposed National 
           Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2009.
                                                            SR-222
     2:15 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the military build-up on 
           Guam, focusing on the impact on civilian community, 
           planning, and response.
                                                            SD-366

                                 MAY 2
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         Closed business meeting to markup the proposed National 
           Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2009.
                                                            SR-222

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


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                                 MAY 20
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the Territorial Energy 
           Assessment as updated pursuant to the Energy Policy Act 
           of 2005 (Public Law 109-58).
                                                            SD-366

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

                             CANCELLATIONS

                                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