Monday, April 21, 2008 [[Page D466]] Daily Digest Senate Chamber Action Routine Proceedings, pages S3177-S3210 Measures Introduced: Three bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2895-2897, S. Res. 523, and S. Con. Res. 77. Pages S3206-07 Measures Reported: S. 2894, to establish requirements for private lenders to protect student borrowers receiving private educational loans. (S. Rept. No. 110-327) S. 1810, to amend the Public Health Service Act to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Page S3206 Measures Passed: National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 518, designating the third week of April 2008 as ``National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week'', and the resolution was then agreed to. Page S3210 Measures Considered: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act--Cloture: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 2831, to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice. Page S3188 A motion was entered to close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Wednesday, April 23, 2008. Page S3188 Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at approximately 11 a.m., on Tuesday, April 22, 2008, Senate resume consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1315, to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance life insurance benefits for disabled veterans. Page S3210 Executive Communications: Pages S3205-06 Additional Cosponsors: Pages S3207-08 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S3208-09 Additional Statements: Pages S3203-05 Notices of Hearings/Meetings: Page S3210 Privileges of the Floor: Page S3210 Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and adjourned at 5:26 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 22, 2008. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S3210- 11.) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) No committee meetings were held. [[Page D467]] House of Representatives Chamber Action The House was not in session today. The House is scheduled to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22, 2008. Committee Meetings No committee meetings were held. Joint Meetings No joint committee meetings were held. COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 22, 2008 (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings to examine U.S. credit markets, focusing on the role of the credit rating agencies, 10 a.m., SD-538. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold hearings to examine the future of the internet, 10 a.m., SR-253. Full Committee, 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, 2:30 p.m., SR-253. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, 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, 2:30 p.m., SD-366. Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International Environmental Protection, to hold hearings to examine international deforestation and climate change, 10:30 a.m., SD-419. Full Committee, business meeting to consider H.R. 3320, to provide assistance for the Museum of the History of PolishJews in Warsaw, Poland, S. Con. Res. 74, honoring the Prime Minister of Ireland, Bertie Ahern, for his service to the people of Ireland and to the world and welcoming the Prime Minister to the United States, S. Res. 494, expressing the sense of the Senate on the need for Iraq's neighbors and other international partners to fulfill their pledges to provide reconstruction assistance to Iraq, a resolution expressing the strong support of the Senate for the declaration of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization at the Bucharest Summit that Ukraine and Georgia will become members of the alliance, the Protocol of Amendments to the Convention on the International Hydrographic Organization done at Monaco on April 14, 2005 (Treaty Doc. 110-09), and any pending nominations, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol. Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing regarding United States-Turkey nuclear cooperation, 4:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol. Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219. House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense/Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, executive, on National Security Agency, 5 p.m., H-140 Capitol. Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``FDA's Foreign Drug Inspection Program: Weaknesses Place Americans at Risk,'' 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, hearing on H.R. 4109, Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007, 4:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn. Committee on Rules, to consider the following bills: H.R. 5819, SBIR/STTR Reauthorization Act; and H.R. 2830, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2007, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol. Joint Meetings Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 2419, to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, 4:30 p.m., 345 CHOB. 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POSTMASTER: Send address changes to the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Record, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, Along with the entire mailing label from the last issue received. [[Page D468]] _______________________________________________________________________ Next Meeting of the SENATE 10 a.m., Tuesday, April 22 Senate Chamber Program for Tuesday: After the transaction of any morning business (not to extend beyond 11 a.m.), Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1315, Veterans' Benefits Enhancement Act, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture thereon at approximately 12 noon. (Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. for their respective party conferences. Additionally, Senate will recess from 3:30 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. for the unveiling of the portrait of former Majority Leader Tom Daschle.) Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 12:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 22 House Chamber Program for Tuesday: To be announced.