09/17/08 3:00 PMLocation : RHOB-2325
Hearings to examine the role of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) institutions in advancing human rights and
democracy.
Location : RHOB-2325
Hearings to examine the role of Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) institutions in advancing human rights and
democracy.
09/17/08 10:30 AMLocation : SD-562
Hearings to examine direct-to-consumer medical device advertising, focusing on marketing and
medicine.
Location : SR-253
Hearings to examine the nominations of Cheryl Feldman Halpern, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, David H. Pryor, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Bruce M. Ramer, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Elizabeth Sembler, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for
Public Broadcasting, and Loretta Cheryl Sutliff, of Nevada, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public
Broadcasting.
09/17/08 10:00 AMLocation : SD-342
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.
Location : SD-419
Hearings to examine Russia's aggression against Georgia, focusing on the consequences and
responses.
Location : SD-406
Business meeting to consider 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, 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, and 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.
Location : SD-430
Hearings to examine 401 (k) plan fee disclosure, focusing on helping workers save for
retirement.
Location : SR-253
Hearings to examine protected marine areas, focusing on federal and state efforts to conserve, manage, and restore marine
resources.
09/17/08 9:30 AMLocation : SR-418
Hearings to examine the nomination of Patrick W. Dunne, of New York, to be Under Secretary for Benefits of the Department of Veterans
Affairs.