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SENATE

FLOOR SCHEDULE 10 a.m. FLOOR SCHEDULE Meets for morning business, followed by resumption of consideration of the FAA reauthorization bill.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS 10 a.m. COMMERCE, SCIENCE AND TRANSPORTATION Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee. Oversight hearing on issues facing NOAA in 2008, and the FY09 budget request. Location: Room 253, Russell.

10 a.m. ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS Full Committee. Hearing on perchlorate and TCE contaminates in water. EPA Assistant Administrator Benjamin Grumbles; George V. Alexeeff, California Environmental Protection Agency; Mike Baker, representing Association of State Drinking Water Administrators; Carol Rowan West, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection; Donna A. Lupardo, assemblywoman, 126th Assembly District, State of New York; Gail Charnley, HealthRisk Strategies; David G. Hotel, Medical University of South Carolina; Richard Wiles, Environmental Working Group. Location: Room 406, Dirksen.

10 a.m. FINANCE Full Committee. Hearing on new opportunities in health care reform. Former HHS secretaries Tommy Thompson and Donna Shalala.

2 p.m. JUDICIARY Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee. Hearing on “Policing Lenders and Protecting Homeowners: Is Misconduct in Bankruptcy Fueling the Foreclosure Crisis?” Steve Bailey, Countrywide Financial Corp.; Debra Miller, Standing Chapter 13 Trustee, Northern District of Indiana; Katherine M. Porter, the University of Iowa College of Law; Robin Atchley Ballground, Ga.; Clifford J. White, III, Director, Executive Office for United States Trustees. Location: Room 226, Dirksen.

2:30 p.m. FOREIGN RELATIONS Full Committee. Hearing on the International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims. Roman Kent, Holocaust survivor and chairman, American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors and their Descendants; Jack Rubin, Holocaust survivor and member of advisory committee, Holocaust Survivors of West Palm Beach; Lawrence Eagleburger, former secretary of State and former chairman, International Commission on Holocaust Era Insurance Claims; Stuart E. Eizenstat, attorney and former special representative of the president and secretary of State on Holocaust issues; Thane Rosenbaum, Fordham University School of Law School; Sam Dubbin, attorney; Anna Rubin, director, New York Holocaust Claims Processing Office, New York State Banking Department. Location: Room 419, Dirksen.

2:30 p.m. SELECT INTELLIGENCE Full Committee. Hearing on pending nominations. Location: Room 216, Hart.

HOUSE

FLOOR SCHEDULE 10:30 a.m. FLOOR SCHEDULE The House will meets for morning hour, and at noon turns to legislative business. Highlights: Motion to go to Conference on H.R. 4040 - The Consumer Product Safety Modernization Act of 2007. Motion to Instruct Conferees. Suspensions (9 Bills): 1) H.Res. 1086 - Recognizing National Nurses Week on May 6 through May 12, 2008. 2) H.R. 4279 - Prioritizing Resources and Organization for Intellectual Property Act of 2007. 3) H.R. 1512 - To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for compensation to States incarcerating undocumented aliens charged with a felony or two or more misdemeanors. 4) H.R. 5690 - To exempt the African National Congress from treatment as a terrorist organization. 5) H.R. 5512 - Coin Modernization and Taxpayer Savings Act of 2008. 6) H.R. 5614 - Original Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle Ultra-High Relief Bullion Coin Act. 7) H.R. 2894 - Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act. 8) H.R. 5872 - Boy Scouts of America Centennial Commemorative Coin Act. 9) H.R. 5937 - To facilitate the preservation of certain affordable housing dwelling units. Postponed Vote on Ryan (WI) Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 2419 Food and Energy Security Act of 2007. Postponed Vote on Kind Motion to Instruct Conferees on H.R. 2419 Food and Energy Security Act of 2007.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS 9:30 a.m. ENERGY AND COMMERCE Telecommunications and the Internet Subcommittee. Hearing on H.R. 5353 - Internet Freedom Preservation Act. Mitch Bainwol, CEO, RIAA; Christopher Yoo, University of Pennsylvania; Ben Scott, Free Press; Scott Savitz, CEO, Shoebuy.com; Steve Peterman, on behalf of WGA, West; Kyle McSlarrow, CEO, NCTA; Michele Combs, Christian Coalition; Walter McCormick, CEO, U.S. Telecom Association. Location: Room 2322, Rayburn.

10 a.m. HOMELAND SECURITY Full Committee. Hearing on broadening the homeland security strategy. DHS Assistant Secretary Stewart A. Baker; Susan R. Bailey, AT&T Operations Inc.; Yossi Sheffi, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Erroll G. Southers, Los Angeles Airport Police. Location: Room 311, Cannon.

10 a.m. JUDICIARY Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties Subcommittee. Hearing on Guantanamo Bay interrogation rules. Former Attorney General John Ashcroft; former CIA Director George Tenet; former Defense Undersecretary Douglas Feith; David Addington, chief of staff to the Vice President; Daniel Levin, former assistant attorney general; John Yoo, author of a 2003 memo concluding that U.S. law does not apply to the president when he orders interrogation of detainee. Location: Room 2141, Rayburn.

10 a.m. VETERANS AFFAIRS Full Committee. Hearing on veterans’ suicides. Location: Room 334, Cannon.

10 a.m. WAYS AND MEANS Social Security Subcommittee. Hearing on current and proposed employment eligibility verification systems and their impact on the ability of Social Security to fulfill its mission. Richard Stana, GAO; Barbara Kennelly, president and CEO, National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare; Greg Heineman, president, National Council of Social Security Management Associations Inc.; Mitchell C. Laird, president, MCL Enterprises, representing U.S. Chamber of Commerce; John Trasvina, president and general counsel, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund; Eugene Spafford, Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security, Purdue University; Susan R. Meisinger, president and CEO, Society for Human Resource Management. Location: Room B-318, Rayburn.

11 a.m. EDUCATION AND LABOR Full Committee. Hearing on employer recruitment of U.s. workers before foreign guest workers. Location: Room 2175, Rayburn.

1 p.m. JUDICIARY Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee. hearing on Federal Prison Industries. Location: Room 2237, Rayburn.

3 p.m. RULES Full Committee. Meeting to set rules for floor debate. Location: Room H-313, Capitol.

GENERAL CALENDAR

8 a.m. MILLENNIUM PIPELINE News conference on the Millennium pipeline. Location: National Press Club.

8:30 a.m. NORTHROP GRUMMAN Northrop Grumman holds a news conference. Location: National Press Club.

9:30 a.m. TERRORISM-RELIGION CAIR holds a news conference on separating religion from terrorism and the implications for U.S. foreign policy. Location: National Press Club. Contact: Jumana Kamal, 202/488-8787

11 a.m. NASA ARCHIVES Sen. Bill Nelson hosts Discovery Communications founder and Chairman John Hendricks’ presentation of over 100 hours of newly HD transferred NASA archives to NASA Administrator Michael Griffin. Former Sen. John Glenn also will participate. Location: Room S-115, Capitol. Contact: Joshua Weinberg, 240/662-5274

11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. POSTER EXHIBITION The National Portrait Gallery hosts a press preview for the exhibition “Ballyhoo! Posters as Portraiture.” Martin E. Sullivan, director, National Portrait Gallery; and Wendy Wick Reaves, curator of prints and drawings, National Portrait Gallery, will host the preview. Location: National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and G Streets NW. Contact: Bethany Bentley, 202/633-8293 Notes: Exhibition tour begins at 11:15 a.m Please RSVP with Julia Hahn, 202/633-8296 or e-mail hahnj@si.edu

12 p.m. LEBANON-DEMOCRACY The American Islamic Congress hosts a Capitol Hill forum, “Democracy in Lebanon: A Dream Deferred.” Participants include: Firas Maksad, executive director, executive director, Lebanon Renaissance Foundation; Sheikh Marouf Rahal, Lebanese Shiite Shari’a judge; Tony Badran, Research Feloow, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies; and David Schenker, senior fellow, Washington Institute for Bear East Policy. Location: Room 121, Cannon House Office Building. Contact: Jana El-Horr, 202/595-3160

12 p.m. SHEERAN-GLOBAL HUNGER The Peterson Institute will host a special luncheon meeting on Tuesday, May 6 to discuss the world food crisis. Speaker is Josette Sheeran, the Executive Director of the UN World Food Program, a leading actor in coordinating the global response to the high food prices and their effect on global hunger. Location: Peterson Institute, 1750 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Contacts: 202/328-9000 Notes: Luncheon at noon. Presentation at 12:30 p.m.

1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. ERISA-BENEFIT PLANS The Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans, also known as the ERISA Advisory Council, will hold its first 2008 meeting. The council advises the secretary of labor on policies and regulations affecting employee benefit plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Location: Secretary’s Conference Room, Room S-2508, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave. NW. Contact: Gloria Della, 202/683-8666

2:30 p.m. - 5 p.m. MEDICAL SIMULATION Advanced Initiatives in Medical Simulation (AIMS), a coalition group promoting medical simulation as a way to improve both health care quality and patient safety, will hold “hands on” exposition of medical simulation technologies on Capitol Hill. Members of Congress, staff, and others will “operate” on digitally-enhanced mannequin patients with lifelike anatomical detail and clinical functionality, “deliver babies” using a birthing simulator, and save a trauma victim by assessing its vital signs and injuries using actual medical equipment. Participants will be able to experience the technologies used to train and assess clinical knowledge and decision-making skills for health care providers from paramedics to nurses and physicians. Location: Members Room, Library of Congress. —— Contacts: Liza Tanner, 202-207-3645

4 p.m. SCHWAB-TRADE AGENDA The Peterson Institute hosts meeting to hear a report on “The U.S. Trade Agenda” from United States Trade Representative Susan Schwab a year after the historic agreement of May 10, 2007 between the Administration and the Congress. That compact paved the way for passage of the free trade agreement between the United States and Peru but failed to avoid the recent disagreement on Colombia. Schwab will discuss the progress made over the past year, and discuss the political landscape and prospects for the administration’s trade agenda for the year. Location: Peterson Institute, 1750 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Contact: 202/328-9000 Note: Please RVSP to Yvonne Priestley at meetingspetersoninstitute.org.

6 p.m. - 8 p.m. AFRICA INVESTMENT The U.S. Chamber of Commerce hosts the premiere of “Africa Investment Horizons,” a new documentary that shows the gains being made in Africa’s emerging markets and concludes that the highest rate of return on direct investment can be found on the African continent. Location: U.S. Chamber of Commerce headquarters, 1615 H St. NW. Contact: Shanta Bryant Gyan, 646/290-821

• Compiled by the Associated Press and The Washington Times