Senate

Floor Schedule

Monday, May 12, 2 p.m.
The Senate will reconvene at 2 p.m. on Monday, May 12, and be in a period of morning business until 5:30 p.m. The next roll call votes are expected as early as 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 13.

Hearings & Markups

Energy and Natural Resources Committee
Hearing, Climate Change and Energy Infrastructure in Coastal Areas
Tuesday, May 13, 10 a.m.
Place 366 Dirksen Bldg.

- Virginia Burkett - chief scientist, Global Change programs, U.S. Geological Survey 
- Thomas Wilbanks - corporate research fellow and leader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 
- Ted Falgout - executive director, Port Fourchon
-Lisa Polak Edgar - commissioner, Florida Public Service Commission 
- Charles Drevna - president, National Petrochemical and Refiners Association
-Terry Wallace - principal associate director for science, technology and engineering, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Environment and Public Works Committee
Hearing, Mercury Legislation
Tuesday, May 13, 10 a.m. Place 406 Dirksen Bldg.

- Robert J. Meyers - principal deputy assistant administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, EPA 
- Panel Lisa P. Jackson - commissioner, Department of Environmental Protection, State of New Jersey
-Michael Durham - officer and board member, Institute of Clean Air Companies 
- Steven A. Benson - senior research manager/adviser, Energy and Environmental Research Center 
- Leonard Levin - technical executive for air quality, The Electric Power Research Institute 
- Vickie Patton - deputy general counsel, Climate and Air Program, Environmental Defense Fund 
- Linda Greer - director, Public Health Program, Natural Resources Defense Council Arthur Dungan - president, The Chlorine Institute

Finance Committee
Hearing, Fundamentals of Tax Change
Tuesday, May 13, 10 a.m. Place 215 Dirksen Bldg.

- Leonard Burman - director, Tax Policy Center and senior fellow, The Urban Institute 
- William Gale - vice president and director, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institution 
- Stephen Entin - president and executive director, Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation J.D. Foster - senior fellow, Economic of Fiscal Policy, The Heritage Foundation

Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
Hearing, Condition of National Infrastructure
Thursday, May 15, 10 a.m.
Place 538 Dirksen Bldg.

- Michael Bloomberg - mayor, New York, N.Y.
-R.T. Rybak - mayor, Minneapolis, Minn.

Foreign Relations Committee
Hearing, U.S.-China Relations
Thursday, May 15, 2 p.m.
Place 419 Dirksen Bldg.

- John D. Negroponte - deputy secretary of State 
- Richard Haass - president, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, N.Y.
-Kurt Campbell - CEO, The Center for a New American Security
-Harry Harding - international affairs professor, The Elliott School of International Affairs, The George Washington University

Judiciary Committee
Markup, Judiciary Bills and Nominations
Date Thursday, May 15, 3:30 p.m.
Place 226 Dirksen Bldg.
Agenda S 2913 — Shawn Bentley Orphan Works Act of 2008

- S 2511 — A bill to amend the grant program for law enforcement armor vests to provide for a waiver of or reduction in the matching funds requirement in the case of fiscal hardship. 
- HR 4056 — Federal Law Enforcement Officers Congressional Badge of Bravery Act of 2007 
- S 2774 — Federal Judgeship Act of 2008
-S 1738 — Combating Child Exploitation Act of 2007 
- S 2756 — Child Protection Improvements Act of 2008 
- S 1515 — National Domestic Violence Volunteer Attorney Network Act 
- S 2565 — Federal Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery Act of 2007
-S 2942 — A bill to authorize funding for the National Advocacy Center. 
- S 2982 — Runaway and Homeless Youth Protection Act of 2008 
- G. Steven Agee to be U.S. Circuit judge for the 4th Circuit

House of Representatives

Floor Schedule

Monday, May 12, 2 p.m.
The House will reconvene at 2 p.m. for a pro forma session.

Tuesday, May 13, 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.

- H Res 1176 — A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Train Day. 
- H Res 1173 — A resolution recognizing AmeriCorps Week.

Wednesday, May 14, 10 a.m.
The House will reconvene at 10 a.m. for legislative business and is expected to consider a conference report on the farm bill (HR 2419). The chamber could also consider a war supplemental.
-HR 2419 — Food and Energy Security Act of 2007

Thursday, May 15, 10 a.m.

The House will reconvene at 10 a.m. for legislative business and is expected to consider legislative business from the previous day.

Hearings & Markups

Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Hearing, Amtrak Reauthorization
Wednesday, May 14, 10 a.m.
Place 2167 Rayburn Bldg.

Science and Technology Committee
Hearing, Water Supply Challenges
Wednesday, May 14, 10 a.m.
Place 2318 Rayburn Bldg.

- Robert Wilkinson - director, Water Policy Program, Bren School of Environmental Science and Management, University of California-Santa Barbara
-Stephen Parker - director, Water Science and Technology Board, National Research Council 
- Jonathan Overpeck - director, Institute for the Study of Planet Earth and professor of geosciences and atmospheric sciences, University of Arizona 
- David Sunding - co-director, Berkeley Water Center and professor of agriculture and resource economics, University of California-Berkeley 
- Marc Levinson - executive director, Economic Research, JPMorgan Chase and Co. 
- Roger Pulwarty - director, U.S. National Integrated Drought Information System and physical scientist, Climate Program Office, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Education and Labor Committee
Markup, Airline Flight Crew Work Hours; Teen Residential Program Abuses
Wednesday, May 14, 10:15 a.m.
Place 2175 Rayburn Bldg.

- HR 2744 — Airline Flight Crew Technical Corrections Act
-HR 5876 — Stop Child Abuse in Residential Programs for Teens Act of 2008

Homeland Security Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection Hearing, Resilience of Transportation System and National Infrastructure
Date Thursday, May 15, Time TBA
Place 311 Cannon Bldg.