20-JUL-2008 12:00 AM Today SSAS00Armed Services 22-JUL-2008 09:30 AM Tuesday SR-325 PN1849 PN1848 PN1818 Hearings to examine the nominations of Michael Bruce Donley, of Virginia, to be Secretary, General Norton A. Schwartz, for reappointment to the grade of general and to be Chief of Staff, and General Duncan J. McNabb, for reappointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, United States Transportation Command, all of the United States Air Force. SSGA00Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 22-JUL-2008 09:30 AM Tuesday SD-106 Hearings to examine ways for America to gain energy security. SSEV00Environment and Public Works 22-JUL-2008 10:00 AM Tuesday SD-406 Hearings to examine global warming, focusing on an update on the science and its implications. SSFI00Finance 22-JUL-2008 10:00 AM Tuesday SD-215 Hearings to examine Indian governments and the tax code, focusing on maximizing tax incentives for economic development. SSGA03Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia 22-JUL-2008 02:00 PM Tuesday SD-342 Hearings to examine improving performance relating to a review of pay-for-performance systems in the Federal Government. SLIN00Intelligence 22-JUL-2008 02:30 PM Tuesday SH-219 Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters. JCSE00Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe 22-JUL-2008 03:00 PM Tuesday RHOB-B318 Hearings to examine Kazakhstan's preparation for its future Chairmanship of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSEC) region in 2010, focusing on plans, priorities, and challenges that face the region. SSEV00Environment and Public Works 23-JUL-2008 09:30 AM Wednesday SD-406 Hearings to examine the midwest floods, focusing on ways to determine what happened and how to improve managing risk and responses in the future. SSVA00Veterans' Affairs 23-JUL-2008 09:30 AM Wednesday SR-418 An oversight hearing to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs, focusing on responding to the needs of returning United States Guard and Reserve members. SSEG00Energy and Natural Resources 23-JUL-2008 09:45 AM Wednesday SD-366 Hearings to examine the status of existing federal programs targeted at reducing gasoline demand, focusing on additional proposals for near-term gasoline demand reductions. SSFR00Foreign Relations 23-JUL-2008 10:00 AM Wednesday SD-419 PN1766 PN1701 PN1700 Hearings to examine the nominations of James Christopher Swan, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti, Alan W. Eastham, Jr., of Arkansas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo, and W. Stuart Symington, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda, all of the Department of State. SSGA00Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 23-JUL-2008 10:00 AM Wednesday SD-342 Hearings to examine information sharing, focusing on connecting the dots at the Federal, State, and Local levels. SSJU00Judiciary 23-JUL-2008 10:00 AM Wednesday SD-226 Hearings to examine courting big business, focusing on the Supreme Court?s recent decisions on corporate misconduct and laws regulating corporations. SSAP00Appropriations 23-JUL-2008 10:30 AM Wednesday SD-106 Oversight hearing to examine the adequacy of defense contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan. SPAG00Aging 23-JUL-2008 10:30 AM Wednesday SD-562 Hearings to examine person-centered care, focusing on reforming services and bringing elderly citizens back to the heart of society. SSJU00Judiciary 23-JUL-2008 02:00 PM Wednesday SD-226 PN1722 PN1595 PN1791 Hearings to examine the nominations of J. Patrick Rowan, of Maryland, and Jeffrey Leigh Sedgwick, of Massachusetts, both to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, and William B. Carr, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission. SSGA00Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 23-JUL-2008 02:30 PM Wednesday SD-342 PN1 PN9 PN7 Hearings to examine the nominations of Carol A. Dalton, Anthony C. Epstein, and Heidi M. Pasichow, all of the District of Columbia, all to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. SSHR09Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Children and Families Subcommittee 23-JUL-2008 02:30 PM Wednesday SD-430 Hearings to examine childhood obesity, focusing on declining health of America's next generation (Part II). SSFI00Finance 24-JUL-2008 10:00 AM Thursday SD-215 Hearings to examine the Cayman Islands, focusing on offshore tax issues. SSGA00Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 24-JUL-2008 10:00 AM Thursday SD-342 PN1820 Hearings to examine the nomination of James A. Williams, of Virginia, to be Administrator of General Services Administration. SSGA11Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Disaster Recovery Subcommittee 24-JUL-2008 10:00 AM Thursday CHOB-311 Joint hearings with the House Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness to examine ways to ensure the delivery of donated goods to survivors of catastrophes. SSJU00Judiciary 24-JUL-2008 10:00 AM Thursday SD-226 Hearings to examine crimes associated with polygamy, focusing on the need for a coordinated state and federal response. SSGA09Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security 24-JUL-2008 02:30 PM Thursday SD-342 Hearings to examine ways to improve federal program management using performance information. SLIN00Intelligence 24-JUL-2008 02:30 PM Thursday SH-219 Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters. SSGA01Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Investigations Subcommittee 25-JUL-2008 09:30 AM Friday SD-342 Hearings to examine financial institutions located in offshore tax havens, focusing on ways to strengthen United States domestic and international tax enforcement efforts. SSJU00Judiciary 30-JUL-2008 10:00 AM Wednesday SD-226 Hearings to examine the White House and the Environmental protection Agency (EPA), focusing on impeding congressional oversight. SSEG04Energy and Natural Resources National Parks Subcommittee 30-JUL-2008 02:30 PM Wednesday SD-366 S.3113 S.1816 S.2535 S.3011 S.3158 H.R.5137 S.2093 S.2561 S.3148 S.3226 S.3247 Hearings to examine S.1816, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a commemorative trail in connection with the Women's Rights National Historical Park to link properties that are historically and thematically associated with the struggle for women's suffrage, S.2093, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Missisquoi and Trout Rivers in the State of Vermont for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S.2535, to revise the boundary of the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site, S.2561, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a theme study to identify sites and resources to commemorate and interpret the Cold War, S.3011, to amend the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site Act of 1991 to expand the boundaries of the historic site, S.3113, to reinstate the Interim Management Strategy governing off-road vehicle use in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, North Carolina, pending the issuance of a final rule for off-road vehicle use by the National Park Service, S.3148, to modify the boundary of the Oregon Caves National Monument, S.3158, to extend the authority for the Cape Cod National Seashore Advisory Commission, S.3226, to rename the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site in the State of Kentucky as the "Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park", S.3247, to provide for the designation of the River Raisin National Battlefield Park in the State of Michigan, and H.R.5137, to ensure that hunting remains a purpose of the New River Gorge National River.