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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E1864-E1865 on Sept. 22, 2008.
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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 Tuesday, September 23, 2008 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
SEPTEMBER 249:30 a.m.
Foreign Relations
African Affairs Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine Africa's management of its extractive industries.
SD-419
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Mark
Everett Keenum, of Mississippi, to be a Member of the
Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit
Administration for a term ending May 21, 2014.
SR-328A
Veterans' Affairs
To hold oversight hearings to examine cooperation and collaboration by the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense on information technology efforts.
SR-41810 a.m.
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Disaster Recovery Subcommittee
To hold joint hearings to examine the effectiveness of agricultural disaster assistance programs in the wake of the 2008 Midwest floods, Hurricane Gustav, and
Hurricane Ike.
SR-328A
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine domestic partner benefits for federal employees.
SD-342
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine the imbalance in United
States-Korea automobile trade.
SR-253
Joint Economic Committee
To hold hearings to examine the current economic outlook.
SD-10610:30 a.m.
Aging
To hold hearings to examine ways to respect Americans' choices at the end of life.
SD-56210:45 a.m.
Judiciary
Human Rights and the Law Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine extracting natural resources, focusing on corporate responsibility and the rule of law.
SH-2162:30 p.m.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and
Integration Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine the Federal Emergency
Management Agency's (FEMA) future preparedness planning.
SD-342
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine the safety and security of spent nuclear fuel transportation.
SR-253
Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to examine the Bush Administration's environmental record at the Department of the Interior and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
SD-406
Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of James
Franklin Jeffrey, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Turkey.
SD-419
Judiciary
Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine the Visa Waiver Program, focusing on mitigating risks to ensure the safety of all Americans.
SH-216
SEPTEMBER 259:30 a.m.
Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the authorization of Survival
Evasion Resistance and Escape techniques for interrogations in Iraq, focusing on the Committee's inquiry into the treatment of detainees in United
States custody.
SD-106
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine ways to prevent nuclear terrorism, focusing on hard lessons learned from troubled investments.
SD-34210 a.m.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine broadband providers and consumer privacy.
SR-253
Environment and Public Works
To hold oversight hearings to examine the Environmental
Protection Agency's (EPA) cleanup of the Superfund site in Libby, Montana.
SD-406
Judiciary
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. 3501, to ensure that Congress is notified when the Department of
Justice determines that the Executive Branch is not bound by a statute, H.R. 1943, to provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal prisons, S. Res.
659, A resolution designating September 27, 2008, as
Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Day, 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, A. Brian Albritton to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of
Florida, and Dennis Michael Klein to be United States
Marshal for the Eastern District of Kentucky, all of the Department of Justice, and the authorization for subpoenas relating to the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel.
SH-216
Joint Economic Committee
To hold hearings to examine ways to reduce the number of
American families living in poverty.
SD-5622:15 p.m.
Indian Affairs
Business meeting to consider H.R. 1294, to extend Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the
Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper
Mattaponi Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the
Monacan Indian Nation, andthe Nansemond Indian Tribe,
S. 514, to extend Federal recognition to the Muscogee
Nation of Florida, S. 724, to extend the Federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of Montana, and S. 1058, to expedite review of the Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians of Michigan to secure a timely and just determination of whether the
Bands are entitled to recognition as a Federal Indian tribe so that the Bands may receive eligible funds before the funds are no longer available.
SD-6282:30 p.m.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Federal Financial Management, Government Information,
Federal Services, and International Security
Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine addressing cost growth of major Department of Defense (DOD) weapons systems.
SD-342
Rules and Administration
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Gracia M.
Hillman, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Election Assistance Commission, Donetta Davidson, of Colorado, to be a Member of the Election Assistance
Commission, Rosemary E. Rodriguez, of Colorado, to be a
Member of the Election Assistance Commission, and
Gineen Bresso Beach, of New York, to be a Member of the
Election Assistance Commission for the remainder of the term expiring December 12, 2009.
SR-301
Intelligence
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of J. Patrick
Rowan, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney
General.
SD-G50 3 p.m.
Foreign Relations
Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs
Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine the Middle East peace process, focusing on progress and prospects.
SD-41910 p.m.
Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine S. 3501, to ensure that
Congress is notified when the Department of Justice determines that the Executive Branch is not bound by a statute.
SD-215
CANCELLATIONS
SEPTEMBER 2410 a.m.
Finance
To hold hearings to examine infrastructure needs and the consequences of inaction.
SD-215
