09/18/08 2:30 PMLocation : SH-219
Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence
matters.
Location : SR-253
An oversight hearing to examine bus safety.
Location : SD-419
Hearings to examine the Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation with
India.
Location : SD-538
Hearings to examine transparency in accounting, proposed changes to accounting for off-balance sheet
entities.
09/18/08 2:00 PMLocation : SD-342
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.
09/18/08 12:00 PMLocation : TBA
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.
09/18/08 10:30 AMLocation : SD-538
Hearings to examine recent bank failures and the response of
regulators.
09/18/08 10:00 AMLocation : SH-216
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.
Location : SD-406
Oversight hearings to examine clean-up efforts at federal
facilities.
09/18/08 9:30 AMLocation : SD-628
Oversight hearings to examine federal declinations to prosecute crimes in Indian
country.