Senate

Floor Schedule

Monday, July 21, 3 p.m.
Note The Senate will reconvene at 3 p.m. on Monday, July 21, and resume consideration of the motion to proceed to an energy futures speculation bill (S 3268). The next roll call vote is expected on Tuesday, July 22, on cloture on the motion to proceed to the speculation measure.

-S 3268 — Stop Excessive Energy Speculation Act of 2008

Hearings & Markups

Appropriations Committee
Markup, Fiscal 2008 Appropriations: Second Supplemental
Date Tuesday, July 22, Time TBA
Place location TBA
Draft Bill — Fiscal 2008 Second Supplemental Appropriations (Senate)

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Hearing, Energy Security
Date Tuesday, July 22, 9:30 a.m.
Place 106 Dirksen Bldg.

-Panel T. Boone Pickens - founder and principal, BP Capital LP
-Panel Gal Luft - executive director, Institute for the Analysis of Global Security 
- Geoffrey Anderson - president and CEO, Smart Growth America
-Habib Dagher - director, Advanced Structures and Composites Laboratory, University of Maine

Environment and Public Works Committee
Hearing, Global Warming and its Implications
Date Tuesday, July 22, 10 a.m.
Place 406 Dirksen Bldg.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security
Hearing, Improving Federal Employee Performance
Date Tuesday, July 22, 2 p.m.
Place 342 Dirksen Bldg.

Environment and Public Works Committee
Hearing, "The Midwest Floods: What Happened and What Might Be Improved for Managing Risk and Responses in the Future."
Date Wednesday, July 23, 9:30 a.m.
Place 406 Dirksen Bldg.

Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Hearing Efforts to Reduce Gasoline Demand
Date Wednesday, July 23, 9:45 a.m.
Place 366 Dirksen Bldg.

Senate Judiciary Committee
Hearing, Court Decisions on Corporate Conduct and Regulation
Date Wednesday, July 23, 10 a.m.
Place 226 Dirksen Bldg.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Permanent Investigations
Hearing, Tax Haven Banks and U.S. Tax Compliance
Date Friday, July 25, 9:30 a.m.
Place 342 Dirksen Bldg.

- Peter S. Lowy

House of Representatives

Floor Schedule

Monday, July 21, 12:30 p.m.
The House will meet in a pro forma session.

Tuesday, July 22, 2 p.m.
The House will reconvene at 2 p.m. for legislative business and take up several measures under suspension of the rules. Votes are expected at 6:30 p.m.

-HR 6493 — Aviation Safety Enhancement Act of 2008
- S 294 — Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2007 
- HR 4049 — A bill to amend section 5318 of Title 31, United States Code, to eliminate regulatory burdens imposed on insured depository institutions and money services businesses and enhance the availability of transaction accounts at depository institutions for such business, and for other purposes.
-H J Res 93 — A joint resolution approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003.

Wednesday, July 23, 10 a.m.
The House will reconvene at 10 a.m. for legislative business and may consider a housing package (HR 3221).

-HR 3221 — American Housing Rescue and Foreclosure Prevention Act of 2008

Thursday, July 24, 10 a.m.
The House will reconvene at 10 a.m. for legislative business and may consider a bridge repair bill (HR 3999) as well as a global AIDS measure (HR 5501).

-HR 3999 — National Highway Bridge Reconstruction and Inspection Act of 2007
-HR 5501 — Tom Lantos and Henry J. Hyde United States Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act of 2008

Hearings & Markups

Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet
Hearing, Telecommunications Competition Issues
Date Tuesday, July 22, 2 p.m.
Place 2123 Rayburn Bldg.

-HR 3914 — Protecting Consumers through Proper Forbearance Procedures Act

Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health
Hearing, Increased Federal Aid for Medicaid
Date Tuesday, July 22, 2 p.m.
Place 2322 Rayburn Bldg.

-HR 5268 — A bill to provide for a temporary increase of the federal medical assistance percentage under the Medicaid program, and for other purposes.

Education and Labor Committee
Hearing, Business-School Partnerships in Science Education
Date Tuesday, July 22, 2 p.m. Place 2175 Rayburn Bldg.

- Ramona Chang - teacher, Torrance, Calif. 
- Melendy Lovett - senior vice president and president of education technology - Texas Instrument 
- Tom Luce - president, CEO and director, National Math and Science Initiative Inc. 
- Phil Mickelsen - professional golfer and co-founder, Mickelson Exxon Mobil Teachers Academy 
- Carlo Parravano - Merck Institute for Science Education 
- Patty Sullivan - IBM Education Solutions executive, IBM Corp.
-Brian Wells - chief systems engineer, Raytheon

Small Business Committee
Hearing, Economic Stimulus for Small Business
Date Thursday, July 24, 10 a.m.
Place 1539 Longworth Bldg.

Financial Services Committee
Hearing, Transformation of Financial Markets
Topic The rise of potential systemic risk associated with the growth in the share of assets held outside the commercial banking system: The complex arrangements that link firms that are regulated differently (or not at all) and the increasing amount of leverage.
Date Thursday, July 24, 10 a.m.
Place 2128 Rayburn Bldg.

-Timothy Geither - presidnet, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
-Christopher Cox - chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission

Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials
Hearing, Carbon Sequestration
Date Thursday, July 24, 10 a.m.
Place 2322 Rayburn Bldg.

Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research
Hearing, Renewable Fuels Standard and Agriculture Producer Eligibility
Date Thursday, July 24, 10 a.m.
Place 1300 Longworth Bldg.

Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Aviation
Hearing Aviation Security
Date Thursday, July 24, 10 a.m.
Place 2167 Rayburn Bldg.

Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Hearing, Medicare Drug Benefit
Date Thursday, July 24, 10 a.m.
Place 2154 Rayburn Bldg.