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Daily Digest Committee Meetings/Hearings Schedule
This document provides a brief description of each committee meeting and hearing scheduled to take place today, and on days thereafter. The time and location of each meeting/hearing is identified. Meetings that have been canceled or postponed are also noted.
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Today, Sep. 15, 2008
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Tuesday, Sep. 16, 2008
10:00 am |
| Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
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Hearings to examine reasons that broadband internet access
matters.
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SR-253 |
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10:00 am |
| Energy and Natural Resources |
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Hearings to examine the current state of vehicles powered by the electric grid and the prospects for wider deployment in the near
future.
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SD-366 |
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10:00 am |
| Environment and Public Works |
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Oversight hearings to examine the children's health protection efforts of the Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA).
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SD-406 |
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10:00 am |
| Finance |
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Hearings to examine aligning incentives, focusing on the case for delivery system
reform.
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SD-215 |
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10:15 am |
| Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution |
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Hearings to examine restoring the rule of law.
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SH-216 |
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2:30 pm |
| Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy |
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Hearings to examine recent analyses of the role of speculative investment in energy
markets.
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SD-366 |
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2:30 pm |
| Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe |
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Hearings to examine the state of democracy and human rights in Belarus and how the Belarusian authorities are complying with their Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) election commitments in advance of the September 28
parliamentary elections.
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RHOB-B318 |
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Wednesday, Sep. 17, 2008
9:30 am |
| Judiciary |
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Oversight hearings to examine the Federal Bureau of
Investigation.
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SH-216 |
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9:30 am |
| Veterans' Affairs |
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Hearings to examine the nomination of Patrick W. Dunne, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Benefits of the Department of Veterans
Affairs.
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SR-418 |
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10:00 am |
| Environment and Public Works |
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Hearings to examine S.1387, to amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act of 1986 to provide for greenhouse gases, S.2080, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure that sewage treatment plants monitor for and
report discharges of raw sewage, H.R.1464, to assist in the conservation of rare felids and rare canids by supporting and providing financial resources for the conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid
populations and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in the conservation of rare felid and rare canid populations, H.R.1771, to assist in the conservation of cranes by supporting and providing, through projects of persons and
organizations with expertise in crane conservation, financial resources for the conservation programs of countries the activities of which directly or indirectly affect cranes and the ecosystems of cranes, H.R.3224, to amend the National Dam Safety
Program Act to establish a program to provide grant assistance to States for the rehabilitation and repair of deficient dams, H.R.3999 and S. 3338, bills to amend title 23, United States Code, to improve the safety of Federal-aid highway bridges, to
strengthen bridge inspection standards and processes, to increase investment in the reconstruction of structurally deficient bridges on the National Highway System, H.R.5001, to authorize the Administrator of General Services to provide for the
redevelopment of the Old Post Office Building located in the District of Columbia, S.2970, to enhance the ability of drinking water utilities in the United States to develop and implement climate change adaptation programs and policies, S.1828, to
require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a study of the feasibility of increasing the consumption in the United States of certain ethanol-blended gasoline, and other pending
legislation.
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SD-406 |
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10:00 am |
| Foreign Relations |
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Hearings to examine Russia's aggression against Georgia, focusing on the consequences and
responses.
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SD-419 |
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10:00 am |
| Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
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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.
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SD-342 |
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10:00 am |
| Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions |
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Hearings to examine 401 (k) plan fee disclosure, focusing on helping workers save for
retirement.
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SD-430 |
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10:30 am |
| Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
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Hearings to examine pending Corporation for Public Broadcasting
nominations.
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SR-253 |
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10:30 am |
| Aging |
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Hearings to examine direct-to-consumer medical device advertising, focusing on marketing and
medicine.
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SD-562 |
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3:00 pm |
| Joint Economic Committee |
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Hearings to examine the role of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) institutions in advancing human rights and
democracy.
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RHOB-2325 |
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Thursday, Sep. 18, 2008
9:30 am |
| Indian Affairs |
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Oversight hearings to examine federal declinations to prosecute crimes in Indian
country.
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SD-628 |
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10:00 am |
| Environment and Public Works |
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Oversight hearings to examine clean-up efforts at federal
facilities.
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SD-406 |
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10:00 am |
| Judiciary |
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Business meeting to consider S.3259, to amend title 11, United States Code, with respect to the priority of certain high cost credit debts, H.R.3971, to encourage States to report to the Attorney General certain information regarding the deaths of
individuals in the custody of law enforcement agencies, S.Res.540, recognizing the historical significance of the sloop-of-war USS Constellation as a reminder of the participation of the United States in the transatlantic slave trade and of the
efforts of the United States to end the slave trade, the nominations of Clark Waddoups, to be United States District Judge for the District of Utah, Michael M. Anello, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, Mary
Stenson Scriven, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Christine M. Arguello, to be United States District Judge for the District of Colorado, Philip A. Brimmer, to be United States District Judge for the District of
Colorado, and Gregory G. Garre, of Maryland, to be Solicitor General of the United States, George W. Venables, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of California, and A. Brian Albritton, to be United States Attorney for the Middle
District of Florida, all of the Department of Justice, and the authorization for subpoenas relating to the Department of Justice Office of Legal
Counsel.
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SH-216 |
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10:30 am |
| Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs |
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Hearings to examine recent bank failures and the response of
regulators.
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SD-538 |
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2:00 pm |
| Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia |
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Hearings to examine the homeland security risks associated with the upcoming presidential transition, the Department of Homeland Security?s (DHS) planning for the transition, and what remains to be done to prepare for the
transition.
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SD-342 |
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2:30 pm |
| Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs |
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Hearings to examine transparency in accounting, proposed changes to accounting for off-balance sheet
entities.
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SD-538 |
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2:30 pm |
| Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and Security |
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An oversight hearing to examine bus safety.
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SR-253 |
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2:30 pm |
| Foreign Relations |
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Hearings to examine the Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation with
India.
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SD-419 |
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2:30 pm |
| Intelligence |
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Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence
matters.
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SH-219 |
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Tuesday, Sep. 23, 2008
10:00 am |
| Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies : Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government |
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Joint hearings to examine food marketing to
children.
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SD-192 |
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2:30 pm |
| Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
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Oversight hearings to examine the transition to digital television, focusing on the February 2009
deadline.
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SR-253 |
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Wednesday, Sep. 24, 2008
9:30 am |
| Veterans' Affairs |
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Oversight hearings to examine cooperation and collaboration by the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense on information technology
efforts.
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SR-418 |
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10:00 am |
| Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism |
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Hearings to examine the imbalance in United States-Korea automobile
trade.
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SR-253 |
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10:00 am |
| Joint Economic Committee |
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Hearings to examine the current economic outlook.
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SD-106 |
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2:30 pm |
| Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security |
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Hearings to examine the Visa Waiver Program, focusing on mitigating the program risks to ensure the safety of all
Americans.
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SH-216 |
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