U.S. Senate Committee Meetings/Hearings

Monday, Sep 22, 2008

3:00 p.m.: Convene and begin a period of morning business.

Today, Sep. 19, 2008 
      
          No committee hearings scheduled       
    

Tuesday, Sep. 23, 2008

12:00 am
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
          Business meeting to consider S.3474, to amend title 44, United States Code, to enhance information security of the Federal Government, S.3384, to amend section 11317 of title 40, United States Code, to require greater accountability for cost overruns on Federal IT investment projects, H.R.2631, to strengthen efforts in the Department of Homeland Security to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to permit attribution of the source of nuclear material, H.R.6098, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to improve the financial assistance provided to State, local, and tribal governments for information sharing activities, H.R.3815, to amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to make full and efficient use of open source information to develop and disseminate open source homeland security information products, S.3176, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to authorize the President to provide mental health and substance abuse services, an original bill to establish a controlled unclassified information framework, H.R.6073, to provide that Federal employees receiving their pay by electronic funds transfer shall be given the option of receiving their pay stubs electronically, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for 8 weeks of paid leave for Federal employees giving birth, S.3350, to provide that claims of the United States to certain documents relating to Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and relinquished in certain circumstances, S.3477, to amend title 44, United States Code, to authorize grants for Presidential Centers of Historical Excellence, H.R.5975 and S. 3317, bills to designate the facility of the United States Postal Servicelocated at 101 West Main Street in Waterville, New York, as the "Cpl. John P. Sigsbee Post Office", H.R.6092, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 101 Tallapoosa Street in Bremen, Georgia, as the "Sergeant Paul Saylor Post Office Building", S.3309, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2523 7th Avenue East in North Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the Mayor William "Bill" Sandberg Post Office Building, H.R.6437, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 200 North Texas Avenue in Odessa, Texas, as the "Corporal Alfred Mac Wilson Post Office", and the nominations of Ruth Y. Goldway, of California, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission, and Carol Waller Pope, of the District of Columbia, and Thomas M. Beck, of Virginia, both to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority. 
S-216        
    
9:30 am
     Armed Services
          Hearings to examine the situation in Iraq and Afghanistan; with the possibility of a closed session in SVC-217 following the open session. 
SD-106        
    
9:30 am
     Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
          Hearings to examine investing in a skilled workforce, focusing on making the best use of tax-payer dollars to maximize results. 
SD-430        
    
10:00 am
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
          Hearings to examine turmoil in United States credit markets, focusing on recent actions regarding investment banks and other financial institutions. 
SD-538        
    
10:00 am
     Energy and Natural Resources
          Hearings to examine reasons that diesel fuel prices have been so high and what can be done to address this situation. 
SD-366        
    
10:00 am
     Environment and Public Works
          Hearings to examine regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (Public Law 101-549). 
SD-406        
    
10:00 am
     Finance
          Hearings to examine covering the uninsured, focusing on making health insurance markets work. 
SD-215        
    
10:00 am
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery
          Hearings to examine after action reviews of federal, state, and local activities to respond and recover from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. 
SD-G50        
    
10:00 am
     Judiciary
          Hearings to examine equal pay for equal work. 
SH-216        
    
10:00 am
     Veterans' Affairs
          Business meeting to consider the nomination of Patrick W. Dunne, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Benefits of the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
S-213        
    
10:30 am
     Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies : Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
          Joint hearings to examine food marketing to children. 
SD-192        
    
10:30 am
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security 
          Hearings to examine reducing the undercount in the 2010 census. 
SD-342        
    
2:15 pm
     Foreign Relations
          Business meeting to consider Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of the Republic of Albania and the Republic of Croatia adopted at Brussels on July 9, 2008, and signed that day on behalf of the United States and the other Parties to the North Atlantic Treaty (Treaty Doc.110-20), Amendments to the Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) (Geneva 1992), as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto 1994), together with declarations and reservations by the United States as contained in the Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis 1998) (Treaty Doc.108-05), Amendments to the Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992), as amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994) and the Plenipotentiary Conference (Minneapolis, 1998), together with the declarations and reservations by the United States, all as contained in the Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh, 2002) (Treaty Doc.109-11), Amendments to the Constitution and Convention of the International Telecommunication Union (Geneva, 1992), as Amended by the Plenipotentiary Conference (Kyoto, 1994) and the Plenipotentiary Conference (Marrakesh, 2002), Together with the Declarations and Reservations by the United States, all as Contained in the Final Acts of the Plenipotentiary Conference (Antalya, 2006) (Treaty Doc.110-16), S.2609, to establish a Global Service Fellowship Program, S.3103, to amend the Iran, North Korea, and Syria nonproliferation Act to allow certain extraordinary payments in connection with the International Space Station, S.1007, to direct the Secretary of State to work with the Government of Brazil and other foreign governments to develop partnerships that will strengthen diplomatic relations and energy security by accelerating the development of biofuels production, research, and infrastructure to alleviate poverty, create jobs, and increase income, while improving energy security and protecting the environment, S.3426, to amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to extend comparability pay adjustments to members of the Foreign Service assigned to posts abroad, and to amend the provision relating to the death gratuity payable to surviving dependents on Foreign Service employees who die as a result of injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad, S.Res.598, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the need for the United States to lead renewed international efforts to assist developing nations in conserving natural resources and preventing the impending extinction of a large portion of the world's plant and animal species, an original bill entitled, "Security Assistance Act", and the nominations of Brian H. Hook, of Iowa, to be an Assistant Secretary of State (International Organization Affairs), Sung Y. Kim, of California, a Foreign Service Officer of Class One, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Envoy for the Six Party Talks, Gregori Lebedev, of Virginia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the rank of Ambassador and to be Alternate Representative of the United States to the United Nations, during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, Clifford D. May, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, C. Steven McGann, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Fiji Islands, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Republic of Kiribati, and other pending nominations. 
S-116        
    
2:30 pm
     Commerce, Science, and Transportation
          Oversight hearings to examine the transition to digital television, focusing on the February 2009 deadline. 
SR-253        
    
2:30 pm
     Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia 
          Hearings to examine the elements of the federal government responsible for coordinating our public diplomacy, including their respective missions, organizational structures, workforce, and management. 
SD-342        
    
2:30 pm
     Intelligence
          Hearings to examine the new Attorney General guidelines for domestic intelligence collection. 
SH-216