Constitutional Law

Congressional Activities: Week of April 21, 2008

Here is this week's congressional hearings schedule, with links to the daily calendars for the House and Senate, the weekly House whip information (majority/minority), and the Senate floor schedule.

Please note hearings on Wednesday on national security letters, FBI oversight, and preserving presidential records, plus a hearing on Thursday on war powers.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

• House Committee on the Judiciary (Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security) hearing on H.R. 4109, the Prison Abuse Remedies Act of 2007

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

• House Committee on Education and Labor (Subcommittee on Workforce Protections) hearing on Improving Workplace Safety: Strengthening OSHA Enforcement of Multi-Site Employers
  
• House Committee on the Judiciary oversight hearing on the Federal Bureau of Investigation
  
• House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform (Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives) hearing on the Electronic Communication Preservation Act
  
• Senate Committee on the Judiciary hearing on National Security Letters: The Need for Greater Accountability and Oversight

Thursday, April 24, 2008

• House Armed Services Committee (Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities) hearing on the role of social and behavioral science in national security
  
• House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight) hearing on War Powers for the 21^st Century: The Executive Branch Perspective
  
• Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on Implementing Smart Power: Setting an Agenda for National Security Reform
  
• Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing on Restoring FDA's Ability to Keep America's Families Safe

Friday, April 25, 2008

• Senate Armed Services Committee (meeting in executive session) to receive information relating to the treatment of detainees

Full post as published by ACS Blog on April 21, 2008 (boomark / email).