[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 3, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D202-D203]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 4, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine improving nutrition for America's children in 
difficult economic times, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.

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  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the President's 
proposed budget for fiscal year 2010, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold closed briefing to examine 
Iran status report, focusing on nuclear and political issues, 2:30 
p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine systemic risk and breakdown of financial 
governance, 9 a.m., SD-342.
  Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to 
examine tax haven banks and United States tax compliance, focusing 
on obtaining names of United States clients with Swiss Accounts, 
2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine getting to 
the truth through a nonpartisan commission of inquiry, 10 a.m., SD-
106.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine health 
reform in an aging America, 10 a.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies, on the Place of NOAA Science in the 
Overall Science Enterprise, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies, 
on Department of Energy: Project Management Oversight, 2 p.m., 2362B 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, on EPA 
Oversight, 2 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up the following 
measures: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; 
Dextromethorphan Distribution Act; Early Hearing Detection and 
Intervention Act; Health Insurance Restrictions and Limitations 
Clarification Act; H.R. 20, Melanie Blocker Stokes Mom's Opportunity 
to Access Health Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum 
Depression Act; H.R. 479, Wakefield Act; H.R. 577, Vision Care for 
Kids Act of 2009; H.R. 756, National Pain Care Policy Act of 2009; 
H.R. 914, Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009; H.R. 1210, 
Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act, and H.R. 307, 
Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``TARP Oversight: 
Is TARP Working for Main Street?'' 2:30 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Examining 
287(g): The Role of State and Local Law Enforcement in Immigration 
Law,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on H.R. 848, Performance 
Rights Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, hearing on H. J. Res. 18, 
Providing for congressional disapproval of the rule submitted by the 
Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce under 
chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, relating to interagency 
cooperation under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
National Security and Foreign Affairs, hearing on Afghanistan and 
Pakistan: Understanding a Complex Threat Environment, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, hearing on 21st Century Water 
Planning: the Importance of a Coordinated Federal Approach, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``The State of the 
Renewable Fuels Industry in the Current Economy,'' 1 p.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the 
following measure: ``Water Quality Investment Act of 2009'', 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs,, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 147, To amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a 
portion of their income tax payment to provide assistance to 
homeless veterans; H.R. 228, To direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to establish a scholarship program for students seeking a 
degree or certificate in the areas of visual impairment and 
orientation and mobility; H.R. 297, Veterans Vocational 
Rehabilitation and Employment Subsistence Allowance Improvement Act 
of 2009; H.R. 466, Wounded Veteran Job Security Act; H.R. 929, To 
amend title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to carry out a program of training to provide 
eligible veterans with skills relevant to the job market; H.R. 942, 
Veterans Self-Employment Act of 2009; H.R. 950, To amend chapter 33 
of title 38, United States Code, to increase educational assistance 
for certain veterans pursuing a program of education offered through 
distance learning; H.R. 1088, Mandatory Veterans Specialist Training 
Act of 2009; H.R. 1089, Veterans Employment Rights Realignment Act 
of 2009; and other draft legislation, 1 p.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, To continue hearings on the overview 
of the President's Budget proposals for fiscal year 2010, 2 p.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing entitled ``Preparing for Copenhagen: How Developing 
Countries Are Fighting Climate Change'', 9:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.