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House of Representatives 

Chamber Action 

The House was not in session today. The House 

is scheduled to meet at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, November 19, 2008, pursuant to section 2 of H. Con. 

Res. 440. 

Committee Meetings 

IS TREASURY USING BAILOUT FUNDS TO 

INCREASE FORECLOSURE PREVENTION AS 

CONGRESS INTENDED? 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: On November 14, the Subcommittee on Domestic Policy 

held a hearing entitled ‘‘Is Treasury Using Bailout 

Funds to Increase Foreclosure Prevention as Congress 

Intended?’’ Testimony was heard from Neel 

Kashkari, Interim Assistant Secretary, Financial Stability, and Assistant Secretary, International Economics and Development, Department of the Treasury; Michael Barr, former Deputy Assistant Secretary, Community Development, Department of the 

Treasury; and public witnesses. 

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NEW PUBLIC LAWS 

(For last listing of Public Laws, see DAILY DIGEST, p. D1232) 

H.R. 3986, to amend the John F. Kennedy Center 

Act to authorize appropriations for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and for other 

purposes. Signed on October 3, 2008. (Public Law 

110–338) 

S. 1760, to amend the Public Health Service Act 

with respect to the Healthy Start Initiative. Signed 

on October 3, 2008. (Public Law 110–339) 

S. 2135, to prohibit the recruitment or use of 

child soldiers, to designate persons who recruit or 

use child soldiers as inadmissible aliens, to allow the 

deportation of persons who recruit or use child soldiers, and for other purposes. Signed on October 3, 

2008. (Public Law 110–340) 

S.J. Res. 35, to amend Public Law 108–331 to 

provide for the construction and related activities in 

support of the Very Energetic Radiation Imaging 

Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project in Arizona. Signed on October 3, 2008. (Public Law 

110–341) 

S.J. Res. 45, expressing the consent and approval 

of Congress to an interstate compact regarding water 

resources in the Great Lakes—St. Lawrence River 

Basin. Signed on October 3, 2008. (Public Law 

110–342) 

H.R. 1424, of 1974, section 2705 of the Public 

Health Service Act, section 9812 of the Internal 

Revenue Code of 1986 to require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans, to prohibit 

discrimination on the basis of genetic information 

with respect to health insurance and employment, 

and for other purposes. Signed on October 3, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–343) 

H.R. 923, to provide for the investigation of certain unsolved civil rights crimes, and for other purposes. Signed on October 7, 2008. (Public Law 

110–344) 

H.R. 1199, to extend the grant program for drugendangered children. Signed on October 7, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–345) 

H.R. 5834, to amend the North Korean Human 

Rights Act of 2004 to promote respect for the fundamental human rights of the people of North 

Korea, and for other purposes. Signed on October 7, 

2008. (Public Law 110–346) 

H.R. 5975, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 101 West Main 

Street in Waterville, New York, as the ‘‘Cpl. John 

P. Sigsbee Post Office’’. Signed on October 7, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–347) 

H.R. 6092, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 101 Tallapoosa Street 

in Bremen, Georgia, as the ‘‘Sergeant Paul Saylor 

Post Office Building’’. Signed on October 7, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–348) 

H.R. 6437, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 200 North Texas Avenue in Odessa, Texas, as the ‘‘Corporal Alfred Mac 

Wilson Post Office’’. Signed on October 7, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–349) 

H.R. 6889, to extend the authority of the Secretary of Education to purchase guaranteed student 

loans for an additional year, and for other purposes. 

Signed on October 7, 2008. (Public Law 110–350) 

H.R. 6893, to amend parts B and E of title IV 

of the Social Security Act to connect and support 

relative caregivers, improve outcomes for children in 

foster care, provide for tribal foster care and adoption 

access, improve incentives for adoption, and for other 

purposes. Signed on October 7, 2008. (Public Law 

110–351) 

S. 3015, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 18 S. G Street, 

Lakeview, Oregon, as the ‘‘Dr. Bernard Daly Post 

Office Building’’. Signed on October 7, 2008. (Public Law 110–352) 


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S. 3082, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 1700 Cleveland Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, as the ‘‘Reverend Earl 

Abel Post Office Building’’. Signed on October 7, 

2008. (Public Law 110–353) 

H.R. 1157, to amend the Public Health Service 

Act to authorize the Director of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to make 

grants for the development and operation of research 

centers regarding environmental factors that may be 

related to the etiology of breast cancer. Signed on 

October 8, 2008. (Public Law 110–354) 

H.R. 1343, to provide additional authorizations of 

appropriations for the health centers program under 

section 330 of such Act, and for other purposes. 

Signed on October 8, 2008. (Public Law 110–355) 

H.R. 3068, to prohibit the award of contracts to 

provide guard services under the contract security 

guard program of the Federal Protective Service to 

a business concern that is owned, controlled, or operated by an individual who has been convicted of a 

felony. Signed on October 8, 2008. (Public Law 

110–356) 

H.R. 3229, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the legacy 

of the United States Army Infantry and the establishment of the National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center. Signed on October 8, 2008. (Public Law 

110–357) 

H.R. 4120, to amend title 18, United States 

Code, to provide for more effective prosecution of 

cases involving child pornography, and for other purposes. Signed on October 8, 2008. (Public Law 

110–358) 

H.R. 5001, to authorize the Administrator of 

General Services to provide for the redevelopment of 

the Old Post Office Building located in the District 

of Columbia. Signed on October 8, 2008. (Public 

Law 110–359) 

H.R. 5057, to reauthorize the Debbie Smith 

DNA Backlog Grant Program, and for other purposes. Signed on October 8, 2008. (Public Law 

110–360) 

H.R. 5265, to amend the Public Health Service 

Act to provide for research with respect to various 

forms of muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, distal, Duchenne, Emery-Dreifuss 

facioscapulohumeral, limb-girdle, myotonic, and 

oculopharyngeal, muscular dystrophies. Signed on 

October 8, 2008. (Public Law 110–361) 

H.R. 5571, to extend for 5 years the program relating to waiver of the foreign country residence requirement with respect to international medical 

graduates, and for other purposes. Signed on October 

8, 2008. (Public Law 110–362) 

H.R. 5872, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the centennial of the Boy Scouts of America, and for other purposes. Signed on October 8, 2008. (Public Law 

110–363) 

H.R. 6370, to transfer excess Federal property administered by the Coast Guard to the Confederated 

Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians. Signed on October 8, 2008. (Public Law 

110–364) 

H.R. 6460, to amend the Federal Water Pollution 

Control Act to provide for the remediation of sediment contamination in areas of concern, and for 

other purposes. Signed on October 8, 2008. (Public 

Law 110–365) 

H.R. 6890, to extend the waiver authority for the 

Secretary of Education under section 105 of subtitle 

A of title IV of division B of Public Law 109–148, 

relating to elementary and secondary education hurricane recovery relief, and for other purposes. Signed 

on October 8, 2008. (Public Law 110–366) 

H.R. 6894, to extend and reauthorize the Defense 

Production Act of 1950, and for other purposes. 

Signed on October 8, 2008. (Public Law 110–367) 

H.R. 6946, to make a technical correction in the 

NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008. Signed on October 8, 2008. (Public Law 110–368) 

H.R. 7081, to approve the United States-India 

Agreement for Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy, and for other purposes. Signed on October 8, 2008. (Public Law 110–369) 

H.J. Res. 62, to honor the achievements and contributions of Native Americans to the United States, 

and for other purposes. Signed on October 8, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–370) 

S. 496, to reauthorize and improve the program 

authorized by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965. Signed on October 8, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–371) 

S. 1046, to modify pay provisions relating to certain senior-level positions in the Federal Government, and for other purposes. Signed on October 8, 

2008. (Public Law 110–372) 

S. 1382, to amend the Public Health Service Act 

to provide for the establishment of an Amyotrophic 

Lateral Sclerosis Registry. Signed on October 8, 

2008. (Public Law 110–373) 

S. 1810, to amend the Public Health Service Act 

to increase the provision of scientifically sound information and support services to patients receiving a 

positive test diagnosis for Down syndrome or other 

prenatally and postnatally diagnosed conditions. 

Signed on October 8, 2008. (Public Law 110–374) 

S. 2482, to repeal the provision of title 46, 

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Florida. Signed on October 8, 2008. (Public Law 

110–375) 

S. 2606, to reauthorize the United States Fire Administration, and for other purposes. Signed on October 8, 2008. (Public Law 110–376) 

S. 2932, to amend the Public Health Service Act 

to reauthorize the poison center national toll-free 

number, national media campaign, and grant program to provide assistance for poison prevention, 

sustain the funding of poison centers, and enhance 

the public health of people of the United States. 

Signed on October 8, 2008. (Public Law 110–377) 

S. 2982, to amend the Runaway and Homeless 

Youth Act to authorize appropriations, and for other 

purposes. Signed on October 8, 2008. (Public Law 

110–378) 

S. 3560, to amend title XIX of the Social Security 

Act to provide additional funds for the qualifying 

individual (QI) program, and for other purposes. 

Signed on October 8, 2008. (Public Law 110–379) 

S. 3597, to provide that funds allocated for community food projects for fiscal year 2008 shall remain available until September 30, 2009. Signed on 

October 8, 2008. (Public Law 110–380) 

H.R. 2851, to amend the Employee Retirement 

Income Security Act of 1974, the Public Health 

Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

to ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage, and for other purposes. Signed on 

October 9, 2008. (Public Law 110–381) 

S. 2840, to establish a liaison with the Federal 

Bureau of Investigation in United States Citizenship 

and Immigration Services to expedite naturalization 

applications filed by members of the Armed Forces 

and to establish a deadline for processing such applications. Signed on October 9, 2008. (Public Law 

110–382) 

H.R. 2963, to transfer certain land in Riverside 

County, California, and San Diego County, California, from the Bureau of Land Management to the 

United States to be held in trust for the Pechanga 

Band of Luiseno Mission Indians, and for other purposes. Signed on October 10, 2008. (Public Law 

110–383) 

H.R. 3480, to direct the United States Sentencing 

Commission to assure appropriate punishment enhancements for those involved in receiving stolen 

property where that property consists of grave markers of veterans, and for other purposes. Signed on 

October 10, 2008. (Public Law 110–384) 

S. 1492, to improve the quality of federal and 

state data regarding the availability and quality of 

broadband services and to promote the deployment 

of affordable broadband services to all parts of the 

Nation. Signed on October 10, 2008. (Public Law 

110–385) 

S. 1582, to reauthorize and amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act, and for other 

purposes. Signed on October 10, 2008. (Public Law 

110–386) 

S. 2162, to improve the treatment and services 

provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs to 

veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder and substance use disorders, and for other purposes. Signed 

on October 10, 2008. (Public Law 110–387) 

S. 2816, to provide for the appointment of the 

Chief Human Capital Officer of the Department of 

Homeland Security by the Secretary of Homeland 

Security. Signed on October 10, 2008. (Public Law 

110–388) 

S. 3023, to amend title 38, United States Code, 

to improve and enhance compensation and pension, 

housing, labor and education, and insurance benefits 

for veterans, and for other purposes. Signed on October 10, 2008. (Public Law 110–389) 

S. 3128, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 

provide a loan to the White Mountain Apache Tribe 

for use in planning, engineering, and designing a 

certain water system project. Signed on October 10, 

2008. (Public Law 110–390) 

S. 3606, to extend the special immigrant nonminister religious worker program and for other purposes. Signed on October 10, 2008. (Public Law 

110–391) 

H.R. 1532, to amend the Public Health Service 

Act with respect to making progress toward the goal 

of eliminating tuberculosis, and for other purposes. 

Signed on October 13, 2008. (Public Law 110–392) 

H.R. 5350, to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell or exchange certain National Oceanic 

and Atmospheric Administration property located in 

Norfolk, Virginia, and for other purposes. Signed on 

October 13, 2008. (Public Law 110–393) 

H.R. 5618, to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, and for other 

purposes. Signed on October 13, 2008. (Public Law 

110–394) 

H.R. 6199, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 245 North Main 

Street in New City, New York, as the ‘‘Kenneth 

Peter Zebrowski Post Office Building’’. Signed on 

October 13, 2008. (Public Law 110–395) 

H.R. 6229, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 2523 7th Avenue 

East in North Saint Paul, Minnesota, as the ‘‘Mayor 

William ‘Bill’ Sandberg Post Office Building’’. 

Signed on October 13, 2008. (Public Law 110–396) 

H.R. 6338, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 4233 West Hillsboro 

Boulevard in Coconut Creek, Florida, as the ‘‘Army 


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SPC Daniel Agami Post Office Building’’. Signed on 

October 13, 2008. (Public Law 110–397) 

H.R. 6849, to amend the commodity provisions 

of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 

to permit producers to aggregate base acres and reconstitute farms to avoid the prohibition on receiving direct payments, counter-cyclical payments, or 

average crop revenue election payments when the 

sum of the base acres of a farm is 10 acres or less, 

and for other purposes. Signed on October 13, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–398) 

H.R. 6874, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 156 Taunton Avenue 

in Seekonk, Massachusetts, as the ‘‘Lance Corporal 

Eric Paul Valdepenas Post Office Building’’. Signed 

on October 13, 2008. (Public Law 110–399) 

S. 431, to require convicted sex offenders to register online identifiers, and for other purposes. 

Signed on October 13, 2008. (Public Law 110–400) 

S. 1738, to require the Department of Justice to 

develop and implement a National Strategy Child 

Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction, to improve 

the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, to 

increase resources for regional computer forensic labs, 

and to make other improvements to increase the 

ability of law enforcement agencies to investigate 

and prosecute child predators. Signed on October 13, 

2008. (Public Law 110–401) 

S. 3296, to extend the authority of the United 

States Supreme Court Police to protect court officials 

off the Supreme Court Grounds and change the title 

of the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice. 

Signed on October 13, 2008. (Public Law 110–402) 

S. 3325, to enhance remedies for violations of intellectual property laws, and for other purposes. 

Signed on October 13, 2008. (Public Law 110–403) 

S. 3477, to amend title 44, United States Code, 

to authorize grants for Presidential Centers of Historical Excellence. Signed on October 13, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–404) 

S. 3536, to amend section 5402 of title 39, 

United States Code, to modify the authority relating 

to United States Postal Service air transportation 

contracts, and for other purposes. Signed on October 

13, 2008. (Public Law 110–405) 

S. 3569, to make improvements in the operation 

and administration of the Federal courts, and for 

other purposes. Signed on October 13, 2008. (Public 

Law 110–406) 

S. 3598, to amend titles 46 and 18, United States 

Code, with respect to the operation of submersible 

vessels and semi-submersible vessels without nationality. Signed on October 13, 2008. (Public Law 

110–407) 

S. 3605, to extend the pilot program for volunteer 

groups to obtain criminal history background 

checks. Signed on October 13, 2008. (Public Law 

110–408) 

H.R. 928, to amend the Inspector General Act of 

1978 to enhance the independence of the Inspectors 

General, to create a Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, and for other purposes. Signed on October 14, 2008. (Public Law 

110–409) 

H.R. 1594, to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, as the Michael A. Marzano Department of 

Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic. Signed on October 14, 2008. (Public Law 110–410) 

H.R. 2786, to reauthorize the programs for housing assistance for Native Americans. Signed on October 14, 2008. (Public Law 110–411) 

H.R. 6098, to amend the Homeland Security Act 

of 2002 to improve the financial assistance provided 

to State, local, and tribal governments for information sharing activities, and for other purposes. 

Signed on October 14, 2008. (Public Law 110–412) 

H.R. 7198, to establish the Stephanie Tubbs 

Jones Gift of Life Medal for organ donors and the 

family of organ donors. Signed on October 14, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–413) 

S. 906, to prohibit the sale, distribution, transfer, 

and export of elemental mercury, and for other purposes. Signed on October 14, 2008. (Public Law 

110–414) 

S. 1276, to facilitate the creation of methamphetamine precursor electronic logbook systems, and for 

other purposes. Signed on October 14, 2008. (Public 

Law 110–415) 

S. 2304, to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime 

Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide 

grants for the improved mental health treatment and 

services provided to offenders with mental illnesses, 

and for other purposes. Signed on October 14, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–416) 

S. 3001, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 

2009 for military activities of the Department of 

Defense, for military construction, and for defense 

activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 

military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and 

for other purposes. Signed on October 14, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–417) 

S. 3550, to designate a portion of the Rappahannock River in the Commonwealth of Virginia as the 

‘‘John W. Warner Rapids’’. Signed on October 14, 

2008. (Public Law 110–418) 

H.R. 1714, to clarify the boundaries of Coastal 

Barrier Resources System Clam Pass Unit FL–64P. 

Signed on October 15, 2008. (Public Law 110–419) 


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H.R. 4544, to require the issuance of medals to 

recognize the dedication and valor of Native American code talkers. Signed on October 15, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–420) 

H.R. 6045, to amend title I of the Omnibus 

Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend the authorization of the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program through fiscal year 2012. 

Signed on October 15, 2008. (Public Law 110–421) 

H.R. 6063, to authorize the programs of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and for 

other purposes. Signed on October 15, 2008. (Public 

Law 110–422) 

H.R. 6073, to provide that Federal employees receiving their pay by electronic funds transfer shall be 

given the option of receiving their pay stubs electronically. Signed on October 15, 2008. (Public Law 

110–423) 

H.R. 6083, to authorize funding to conduct a national training program for State and local prosecutors. Signed on October 15, 2008. (Public Law 

110–424) 

H.R. 6353, to amend the Controlled Substances 

Act to address online pharmacies. Signed on October 

15, 2008. (Public Law 110–425) 

H.R. 6469, to amend the Public Health Service 

Act to authorize increased Federal funding for the 

Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network. 

Signed on October 15, 2008. (Public Law 110–426) 

H.R. 6524, to authorize the Administrator of 

General Services to take certain actions with respect 

to parcels of real property located in Eastlake, Ohio, 

and Koochiching County, Minnesota, and for other 

purposes. Signed on October 15, 2008. (Public Law 

110–427) 

H.R. 7082, to amend the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to 

disclose certain prisoner return information to the 

Federal Bureau of Prisons, and for other purposes. 

Signed on October 15, 2008. (Public Law 110–428) 

H.R. 7177, to authorize the transfer of naval vessels to certain foreign recipients, and for other purposes. Signed on October 15, 2008. (Public Law 

110–429) 

H.J. Res. 100, appointing the day for the convening of the first session of the One Hundred Eleventh Congress and establishing the date for the 

counting of the electoral votes for President and Vice 

President cast by the electors in December 2008. 

Signed on October 15, 2008. (Public Law 110–430) 

S. 3641, to authorize funding for the National 

Crime Victim Law Institute to provide support for 

victims of crime under Crime Victims Legal Assistance Programs as a part of the Victims of Crime Act 

of 1984. Signed on October 15, 2008. (Public Law 

110–431) 

H.R. 2095, to amend title 49, United States 

Code, to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases, to authorize the Federal 

Railroad Safety Administration, and for other purposes. Signed on October 16, 2008. (Public Law 

110–432) 

H.R. 6296, to extend through 2013 the authority 

of the Federal Election Commission to impose civil 

money penalties on the basis of a schedule of penalties established and published by the Commission. 

Signed on October 16, 2008. (Public Law 110–433) 

H.R. 6531, to amend chapter 13 of title 17, 

United States Code (relating to the vessel hull design protection), to clarify the definitions of a hull 

and a deck. Signed on October 16, 2008. (Public 

Law 110–434) 

H.R. 7084, to amend section 114 of title 17, 

United States Code, to provide for agreements for 

the reproduction and performance of sound recordings by webcasters. Signed on October 16, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–435) 

H.R. 7222, to extend the Andean Trade Preference Act, and for other purposes. Signed on October 16, 2008. (Public Law 110–436) 

H.R. 5159, to establish the Office of the Capitol 

Visitor Center within the Office of the Architect of 

the Capitol, headed by the Chief Executive Officer 

for Visitor Services, to provide for the effective management and administration of the Capitol Visitor 

Center, and for other purposes. Signed on October 

20, 2008. (Public Law 110–437) 

S. 3197, to amend title 11, United States Code, 

to exempt for a limited period, from the application 

of the means-test presumption of abuse under chapter 7, qualifying members of reserve components of 

the Armed Forces and members of the National 

Guard who, after September 11, 2001, are called to 

active duty or to perform a homeland defense activity for not less than 90 days. Signed on October 20, 

2008. (Public Law 110–438) 

H.R. 3511, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 2150 East Hardtner 

Drive in Urania, Louisiana, as the ‘‘Murphy A. 

Tannehill Post Office Building’’. Signed on October 

21, 2008. (Public Law 110–439) 

H.R. 4010, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 100 West Percy 

Street in Indianola, Mississippi, as the ‘‘Minnie Cox 

Post Office Building’’. Signed on October 21, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–440) 

H.R. 4131, to designate a portion of California 

State Route 91 located in Los Angeles County, California, as the ‘‘Juanita Millender-McDonald Highway’’. Signed on October 21, 2008. (Public Law 

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H.R. 6558, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 1750 Lundy Avenue 

in San Jose, California, as the ‘‘Gordon N. Chan Post 

Office Building’’. Signed on October 21, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–442) 

H.R. 6681, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 300 Vine Street in 

New Lenox, Illinois, as the ‘‘Jacob M. Lowell Post 

Office Building’’. Signed on October 21, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–443) 

H.R. 6834, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 4 South Main Street 

in Wallingford, Connecticut, as the ‘‘CWO Richard 

R. Lee Post Office Building’’. Signed on October 21, 

2008. (Public Law 110–444) 

H.R. 6847, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 801 Industrial Boulevard in Ellijay, Georgia, as the ‘‘First Lieutenant 

Noah Harris Ellijay Post Office Building’’. Signed 

on October 21, 2008. (Public Law 110–445) 

H.R. 6902, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 513 6th Avenue in 

Dayton, Kentucky, as the ‘‘Staff Sergeant Nicholas 

Ray Carnes Post Office’’. Signed on October 21, 

2008. (Public Law 110–446) 

H.R. 6982, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 210 South Ellsworth 

Avenue in San Mateo, California, as the ‘‘Leo J. Ryan 

Post Office Building’’. Signed on October 21, 2008. 

(Public Law 110–447) 

H.R. 6197, to designate the facility of the United 

States Postal Service located at 7095 Highway 57 in 

Counce, Tennessee, as the ‘‘Pickwick Post Office 

Building’’. Signed on October 22, 2008. (Public Law 

110–448) 

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY, 

NOVEMBER 18, 2008 

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) 

Senate 

Committee on Armed Services: closed business meeting to 

consider pending nominations and to consider and approve the report of the Committee’s inquiry into the 

treatment of detainees in U.S. custody, 4 p.m., SR–222. 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to 

hold hearings to examine the state of the domestic automobile industry, 3 p.m., SD–538. 

House 

Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ‘‘Oversight of Implementation of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 and of Government Lending and 

Insurance Facilities: Impact on Economy and Credit 

Availability,’’ 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn. 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing on VA’s Short and LongTerm Strategies for Implementing New G.I. Bill Requirements, 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon. 

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CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD 

Week of November 18 through November 22, 

2008 

Senate Chamber 

On Wednesday, Senate will resume consideration of 

the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3297, 

to advance America’s priorities. 

During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared legislative and executive business. 

Senate Committees 

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) 

Committee on Armed Services: November 18, closed business meeting to consider pending nominations and to 

consider and approve the report of the Committee’s inquiry into the treatment of detainees in U.S. custody, 4 

p.m., SR–222. 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 18, to hold hearings to examine the state of the 

domestic automobile industry, 3 p.m., SD–538. 

November 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Neil M. Barofsky, of New York, 

to be Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset 

Relief Program of the Treasury, 9:30 a.m., SD–538. 

Committee on the Budget: November 19, to hold hearings 

to examine the economic outlook and options for stimulus, 10 a.m., SD–608. 

Committee on Finance: November 19, to hold hearings to 

examine health care reform, focusing on the economic 

perspective, 10 a.m., SD–215. 

Committee on the Judiciary: November 19, to hold hearings to examine helping families stay in their homes, focusing on the role of bankruptcy laws, 10 a.m., SH–216. 

House Committees 

To be announced. 


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