[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 7]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 9180-9181]
[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, May 15, 2008 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                 MAY 20
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Steven C. 
           Preston, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Housing and 
           Urban Development.
                                                            SD-538
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine energy and related economic 
           effects of global climate change legislation.
                                                            SD-366
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine plant closings, focusing on 
           workers rights and the Worker Adjustment and Retraining 
           Notification (WARN) (Public Law 100-379) Act's 20th 
           anniversary.
                                                            SD-430
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine global internet freedom, 
           focusing on corporate responsibility and the rule of 
           law.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine agreement on Extradition 
           between the United States of America and the European 
           Union (EU), signed on June 25, 2003 at Washington, 
           together with twenty-two bilateral instruments which 
           subsequently were signed between the United States and 
           each European Union Member State in order to implement 
           the Agreement with the EU. The Agreement includes an 
           explanatory note which is an integral part of the 
           Agreement (Treaty Doc. 109-14), extradition Treaty 
           between the United States of America and the Government 
           of the Republic of Latvia, signed on December 7, 2005, 
           at Riga (Treaty Doc. 109-15), extradition Treaty 
           between the United States of America and the Government 
           of the Republic of Estonia, signed on February 8, 2006, 
           at Tallinn (Treaty Doc. 109-16), extradition Treaty 
           between the United States of America and the Government 
           of Malta, signed on May 18, 2006, at Valletta, that 
           includes an exchange of letters that is an integral 
           part of the treaty (Treaty Doc. 109-17), extradition 
           Treaty between the United States of America and Romania 
           (the ``Extradition Treaty'' or the ``Treaty'') and the 
           Protocol to the Treaty between the United States of 
           America and Romania on Mutual Legal Assistance in 
           Criminal Matters (the ``Protocol''), both signed at 
           Bucharest on September 10, 2007 (Treaty Doc. 110-11), 
           extradition Treaty between the Government of the United 
           States of America and the Government of the Republic of 
           Bulgaria (the ``Extradition Treaty'' or the ``Treaty'') 
           and the Agreement on Certain Aspects of Mutual Legal 
           Assistance in Criminal Matters between the Government 
           of the United States of America and the Government of 
           the Republic of Bulgaria (the ``MLA Agreement''), both 
           signed at Sofia on September 19, 2007 (Treaty Doc. 110-
           12), treaty Between the Government of the United States 
           of America and the Government of the Kingdom of Sweden 
           on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed 
           at Stockholm on December 17, 2001 (Treaty Doc. 107-12), 
           mutual Legal Assistance between the United States of 
           America and the European Union (EU), signed on June 25, 
           2003, at Washington, together with 25 bilateral 
           instruments that subsequently were signed between the 
           United States and each European Union Member State in 
           order to implement the Agreement with the EU, and an 
           explanatory note that is an integral part of the 
           Agreement (Treaty Doc. 109-13), and treaty between the 
           United States of America and Malaysia on Mutual Legal 
           Assistance in Criminal Matters, signed on July 28, 
           2006, at Kuala Lumpur (Treaty Doc. 109-22).
                                                            SD-419
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine financial speculation in 
           commodity markets, focusing on institutional investors 
           and hedge funds contributing to food and energy price 
           inflation.
                                                            SD-342
     11 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Defense.
                                                            SD-192
     2:15 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                    S-116, Capitol
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine protecting the constitutional 
           right to vote for all Americans.
                                                            SD-226
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
     2:45 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
       Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine Pakistan's Federally 
           Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) challenge, focusing on 
           securing one of the worlds most dangerous areas.
                                                            SD-419

                                 MAY 21
     Time to be announced
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider the nomination of Paul A. 
           Schneider, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of 
           Homeland Security.
                                                    S-216, Capitol
     9:15 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine treaty Between the Government 
           of the United States of America and the Government of 
           the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
           Ireland Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at 
           Washington and London on June 21 and 26, 2007 (Treaty 
           Doc. 110-07), and treaty Between the Government of the 
           United States of America and the Government of 
           Australia Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at 
           Sydney, September 5, 2007 (Treaty Doc. 110-10).
                                                            SD-419
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine pending health care 
           legislation.
                                                            SR-418
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the skyrocketing price of 
           oil.
                                                            SD-226

                                 MAY 22
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of General 
           David H. Petraeus, USA, for reappointment to the grade 
           of general and to be Commander, United States Central 
           Command, and Lieutanant General Raymond T. Odierno, 
           USA, for appointment to the grade of general and to be 
           Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq.
                                                            SD-106
     10:30 a.m.
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine improving Medicare for the 
           most vulnerable, focusing on senior citizens at risk.
                                                            SH-216
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine closing the justice gap, 
           focusing on providing civil legal assistance to low-
           income Americans.
                                                            SD-226



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                                 JUNE 3
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the acquisition of major 
           weapons systems by the Department of Defense.
                                                            SD-106

                                 JUNE 4
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine veterans 
           disability compensation, focusing on undue delay in 
           claims processing.
                                                            SR-418

                                 JUNE 5
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine off-highway vehicle 
           management on public lands.
                                                            SD-366

                                JUNE 26
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         Business meeting to markup pending calendar business.
                                                            SR-418

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                 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