Daybook

PRESIDENT BUSH

No public events.

ECONOMIC REPORTS

4:15 p.m. — Federal Reserve releases its weekly foreign reports on the assets and liabilities of U.S.- and foreign-chartered banks on foreign exchange rates. Location: 20th Street and Constitution Avenue Northwest. Contact: 202/452-3206.

FEDERAL AGENCIES

8:30 a.m. — Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration holds a meeting of the Center for Mental Health Services National Advisory Council subcommittee on consumer/survivor issues to review activities. Location: 1 Choke Cherry Road, Sugarloaf Conference Room, Rockville. Contact: 240/276-1330.

SUPREME COURT

No oral arguments are scheduled. Contact: 202/479-3211.

SENATE

Meets at 10 a.m. to consider the Higher Education Reauthorization Act. Roll call votes on amendments are expected to begin at 5:15 p.m. Contact: Republican Cloakroom, 202/224-8601, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202/224-8541.

SENATE COMMITTEES

5 p.m. — Finance Committee holds a markup of a bill to renew import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003. Location: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 215. Contact: 202/224-4515.

HOUSE

Meets at 10:30 a.m. for morning hour and noon for legislative business, including consideration of the fiscal 2008 appropriations bill for the Transportation Department and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Contact: Republican Cloakroom, 202/225-2020, or Democratic Cloakroom, 202/225-1600.

HOUSE COMMITTEES

10 a.m. — Small Business Committee holds a field hearing, “Challenges Facing Women Small Business Owners.” Location: Bryn Mawr College, Thomas Great Hall, 101 N. Merion Ave., Bryn Mawr, Pa. Contact: 202/225-5821.

5 p.m. — Rules Committee holds a meeting to formulate a rule on the fiscal 2008 appropriations bill for the Commerce and Justice Departments, and related agencies. Location: U.S. Capitol, Room H-313. Contact: 202/225-9091.

GENERAL AGENDA

Electric car event — 7 a.m. — General Motors holds an event to showcase the Electric Plug-in Chevrolet Volt. Participants include Troy Clarke, president of GM North America, and Beth Lowery, vice president of Environment, Energy and Safety Policies. Location: Outside Union Station, 50 Massachusetts Ave. NE. Contact: 301/537-5556 or 410/271-7450.

Conservation districts conference — 9 a.m. — The National Association of Conservation Districts holds its summer board meeting and legislative conference.

Highlights — 9:30 a.m. — Remarks by Deputy Agriculture Undersecretary Gary Mast, Deputy Agriculture Secretary Chuck Conner, and U.S. Forest Service Chief Gail Kimbell

3:30 p.m. — Remarks by Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat; House Agriculture Committee Chairman Collin C. Peterson, Minnesota Democrat; and Deputy Interior Secretary Lynn Scarlett

Location: Washington Court Hotel, 525 New Jersey Ave. NW. Contact: 202/547-6223, Ext. 226.

Sheehan march — 10 a.m. — Activist Cindy Sheehan, founder of Gold Star Families for Peace, leads a march from Arlington National Cemetery to the office of House Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers Jr., Michigan Democrat, to ask him to begin impeachment proceedings against Vice President Dick Cheney and President Bush.

Highlights — 10 a.m. — Mrs. Sheehan delivers remarks at the Arlington National Cemetery Metro Stop.

10:30 a.m. — March begins to Mr. Conyers’ office.

Noon — Approximate arrival at Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2425

Participants include Ray McGovern, formerly of the CIA; the Rev. Lennox Yearwood, president of the Hip Hop Caucus; and retired Army Col. Ann Wright, a diplomat who resigned in protest the day the U.S. invaded Iraq. Location: Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2425, or as noted. Contact: 562/912-5859.

Turkish elections — 10:30 a.m. — The Center for Strategic and International Studies holds a discussion, “The Turkish Elections: Results and Implications,” with Mark Parris, former U.S. ambassador to Turkey. Location: CSIS, 1800 K St. NW, B-1 Conference Level. Contact: 202/775-3242.

Math, science education — noon — ExxonMobil, the National Science Teachers Association and Math Solutions hold a National Town Hall meeting with teachers from across the country to discuss “the importance of math and science education in the 21st century work force.” Participants include Education Secretary Margaret Spellings, professional golfer Phil Mickelson and his wife, Amy Mickelson. Location: Mickelson ExxonMobil Teachers Academy, ExxonMobil Downstream Headquarters, 3225 Gallows Road, Fairfax. Contact: 202/401-7693.

Taiwan’s future — 3 p.m. — The National Press Club Afternoon Newsmaker Program holds a press conference, “Reconciliation and Co-Existence for Taiwan,” with the presidential candidate of the Ruling Progressive Party of the Republic of China, Frank Chang-Ting Hsieh. Location: National Press Club, 14th and F streets Northwest. Contact: 202/662-7540.

Border Patrol — 4 p.m. — Judge Richard Leon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia holds a hearing in response to Judicial Watch’s “Application for Injunctive Relief in Judicial Watch v. Department of Homeland Security, et al. (No. 07-0506.).” Judicial Watch states that U.S. government departments have failed to produce responsive records of communications by U.S. government personnel with Mexican officials concerning the prosecutions of U.S. Border Patrol Agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean. Location: U.S. District Court, 333 Constitution Ave. NW. Contact: 202/646-5188.

Energy discussion — 5:45 p.m. — The Defense Department, the Education Department, the Agriculture Department and other agencies hold a discussion, “Energy: A Conversation About Our National Addiction.” Participants include Bob Thresher, director of the National Wind Technology Center, and Rob Gramlich, policy director of the American Wind Energy Association. Location: Doubletree Hotel, 300 Army Navy Drive, Arlington. Contact: 703/824-2271.

c Compiled by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times