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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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Tuesday, May. 13, 2008
| 9:30 am |
| | Judiciary |
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Hearings to examine the Bulletproof Vest Partnership program, focusing on protecting our nation's law enforcement
officers.
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| SD-226 |
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| 10:00 am |
| | Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
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An oversight hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2009 for the Transportation Security Administration
(TSA).
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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 impacts of climate change on the reliability, security, economics, and design of critical energy infrastructure in coastal
regions.
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| SD-366 |
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| 10:00 am |
| | Environment and Public Works |
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Hearings to examine proposed legislation on
mercury.
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| SD-406 |
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| 10:00 am |
| | Finance |
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Hearings to examine cracking the code, focusing on tax reform for
individuals.
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| SD-215 |
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| 10:15 am |
| | Foreign Relations |
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To receive a closed briefing on United States policy towards
Sudan.
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| S-407 |
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| 2:30 pm |
| | Indian Affairs |
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An oversight hearing to examine the successes and shortfalls of Title IV of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, focusing on twenty years of
self-governance.
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| SD-562 |
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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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Wednesday, May. 14, 2008
| 9:30 am |
| | Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense |
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Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the United States National Guard and
Reserve.
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| SD-192 |
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| 9:30 am |
| | Foreign Relations |
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Hearings to examine responding to the global food
crisis.
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| SD-419 |
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| 9:30 am |
| | Joint Economic Committee |
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Hearings to examine United States credit crisis, focusing on how the federal government can prevent unnecessary systemic risk in the
future.
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| SH-216 |
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| 10:00 am |
| | Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Insurance, and Automotive Safety |
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Hearings to examine plastic additives in consumer
products.
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| SR-253 |
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| 10:00 am |
| | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
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Hearings to examine the nomination of Paul A. Schneider, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland
Security.
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| SD-342 |
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| 10:30 am |
| | Aging |
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Hearings to examine the future of Alzheimer's disease, focusing on current breakthroughs and
challenges.
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| SD-106 |
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| 2:30 pm |
| | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Children and Families |
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Hearings to examine addressing the challenge of children with food
allergies.
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| SD-430 |
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| 3:00 pm |
| | Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government |
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Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the Federal Trade
Commission.
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| SD-192 |
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| 3:00 pm |
| | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security |
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An oversight hearing to examine the National Archives, focusing on protecting our nation?s history for future
generations.
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| SD-342 |
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Thursday, May. 15, 2008
| 9:30 am |
| | Indian Affairs |
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Hearings to examine S.1080, to develop a program to acquire interests in land from eligible individuals within the Crow Reservation in the State of Montana, H.R.2120, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to proclaim as reservation for the benefit
of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians a parcel of land now held in trust by the United States for that Indian tribe, S.2494, to provide for equitable compensation to the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation for the use of
tribal land for the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam, H.R.2963, to transfer certain land in Riverside County, California, andSan Diego County, California, from the Bureau of Land Management to the United States to be held in trust
for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, and S.531, to repeal section 10(f) of Public Law 93-531, commonly known as the "Bennett
Freeze".
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| SD-562 |
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| 10:00 am |
| | Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs |
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Business meeting to consider H.R.634, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces of the United States, S.1100, to address the regulation of
secondary mortgage market enterprises, and an original bill to make technical corrections to Title III of
SAFETEA-LU.
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| SD-538 |
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| 10:00 am |
| | Commerce, Science, and Transportation |
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Business meeting to consider pending calendar
business.
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| SR-253 |
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| 10:00 am |
| | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
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Hearings to examine nuclear terrorism, focusing on providing medical care and meeting basic needs in an
aftermath.
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| SD-342 |
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| 10:00 am |
| | Judiciary |
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Hearings to examine S.2913, to provide a limitation on judicial remedies in copyright infringement cases involving orphan works, S.2511, to amend the grant program for law enforcement armor vests to provide for a waiver of or reduction in the
matching funds requirement in the case of fiscal hardship, S.2565, to establish an awards mechanism to honor exceptional acts of bravery in the line of duty by Federal law enforcement officers, H.R.4056, to establish an awards mechanism to honor
Federal law enforcement officers injured in the line of duty, S.2774, to provide for the appointment of additional Federal circuit and district judges, S.1738, to establish a Special Counsel for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction within
the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, to improve the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to increase resources for regional computer forensic labs, and to make other improvements to increase the ability of law enforcement agencies to
investigate and prosecute predators, S.2756, to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system, S.1515, to establish a domestic violence volunteer attorney network to represent domestic violence
victims, S.2942, to authorize funding for the National Advocacy Center, S.2982, to amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize appropriations, and the nomination of G. Steven Agee, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Fourth Circuit.
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| SD-226 |
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| 2:00 pm |
| | Appropriations |
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Business meeting to markup the Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Bill for fiscal year
2008.
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| SD-106 |
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| 2:00 pm |
| | Foreign Relations |
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Hearings to examine United States-China relations in the era of
globalization.
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| SD-419 |
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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 organizational structures of the State Department responsible for arms control, counterproliferation, and nonproliferation, focusing on the processes they have in place for optimizing national efforts, and how responsive
those structures and processes are to the Executive Branch's nonproliferation and counterproliferation
polices.
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| SD-342 |
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| 2:30 pm |
| | Armed Services |
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Business meeting to consider pending military
nominations.
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| SR-222 |
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| 2:30 pm |
| | Energy and Natural Resources |
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Hearings to examine development of oil shale
resources.
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| SD-366 |
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Tuesday, May. 20, 2008
| 10:00 am |
| | Energy and Natural Resources |
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Hearings to examine the Territorial Energy Assessment as updated pursuant to the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law
109-58).
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| SD-366 |
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| 10:00 am |
| | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions |
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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.
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| SD-430 |
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| 10:30 am |
| | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
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Hearings to examine financial speculation in commodity markets, focusing on institutional investors and hedge funds contributing to food and energy price
inflation.
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| SD-342 |
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Wednesday, May. 21, 2008
| 9:15 am |
| | Foreign Relations |
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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).
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| SD-419 |
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| 9:30 am |
| | Veterans' Affairs |
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Hearings to examine pending health care
legislation.
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| SR-418 |
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| 10:00 am |
| | Judiciary |
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Hearings to examine the skyrocketing price of oil.
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| SD-226 |
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Tuesday, Jun. 03, 2008
| 9:30 am |
| | Armed Services |
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Hearings to examine the acquisition of major weapons systems by the Department of
Defense.
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| SD-106 |
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Wednesday, Jun. 04, 2008
| 9:30 am |
| | Veterans' Affairs |
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An oversight hearing to examine veterans disability compensation, focusing on undue delay in claims
processing.
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| SR-418 |
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Thursday, Jun. 05, 2008
| 9:30 am |
| | Energy and Natural Resources |
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Hearings to examine off-highway vehicle management on public
lands.
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| SD-366 |
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Thursday, Jun. 26, 2008
| 9:30 am |
| | Veterans' Affairs |
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Business meeting to markup pending calendar
business.
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| SR-418 |
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