[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 17, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D274-D275]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 18, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings to examine Department of Defense medical programs, 10:30 
a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold 
hearings to examine the incidence of suicides of United States 
Servicemembers and initiatives within the Department of Defense to 
prevent military suicides, 2:45 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance and Investment, to hold hearings to examine 
risk management oversight at Federal financial regulators, 2:30 
p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Gary Locke, of Washington, to 
be Secretary of Commerce, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine nuclear energy development; to be immediately followed by a 
business meeting to consider the nomination of David J. Hayes, of 
Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health Care, to hold 
hearings to examine what is health care quality and who decides, 
2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 277, to amend the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 to expand and improve opportunities for service, 
10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, to hold hearings to examine 
findings from the Disaster Recovery Subcommittee Special Report and 
working with the Administration on a way forward, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
National Academy of Science's report Strengthening Forensic Science 
in the United States: A Path Forward, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold joint hearings to examine 
the legislative presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 9:30 
a.m., 334, Cannon Building.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science and Related Agencies, on Critical On-going Satellite Climate 
Change Datasets, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Defense, on Military Personnel-Army, 10 a.m., H-
140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 
Related Agencies, on Public Witnesses, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m., 2358C 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies, on Livable Communities, Transit Oriented 
Development & Incorporating Green Building Practices into Federal 
Housing and Transportation Policy 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on security developments in 
the areas of responsibility of the U.S. Southern Command, Northern 
Command, Africa Command, and Joint Forces Command, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel and the Subcommittee on 
Readiness, joint hearing on Medical Infrastructure: Are Health 
Affairs/TRICARE Management Activity Priorities Aligned with Service 
Requirements? 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on space and U.S. 
security, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Department of Defense Fiscal 
Year 2010 Budget, 10 a.m., and to continue Members' Day-Part Two, 2 
p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on Competitiveness and Climate Policy: Avoiding 
Leakage of Jobs and Emissions, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services,, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled 
``American International Group's Impact on the Global Economy: 
During and After Federal Intervention.'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on Striking the Appropriate 
Balance: The Defense Department's Expanding Role in Foreign 
Assistance, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on Guns, Drugs and 
Violence: The Merida Initiative and the Challenge in Mexico, 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence, 
Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment, hearing on 
Homeland Security Intelligence: Its Relevance and Limitations, 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure 
Protection, hearing entitled ``100% Air Cargo Screening: Can We 
Secure America's Skies?'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following: H.R. 1107, 
To enact certain laws relating to public contracts as title 41, 
United States Code, ``Public Contracts,'' H.R. 1139, COPS 
Improvements Act of 2009; and the End GREED Act, 1 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 31, Lumbee Recognition Act; and H.R. 1385, Thomasina E. Jordan 
Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to mark up the 
following: Title IV of H.R. 1256, Family Smoking Prevention and 
Tobacco Control Act; H. Res. 223; Honoring the life, achievements, 
and contributions of Paul Harvey, affectionately known for his 
signature line, ``This is Paul Harvey . . . Good Day;'' and H.R. 
774, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 41 Purdy Avenue in Rye, New York, as the ``Caroline O'Day 
Post Office Building,'' 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``The 
Administration's FY Year 2010 Budget and Medicare: How Will Small 
Providers be Impacted?'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on ATC Modernization and NextGen: Near-Term 
Achievable Goals, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing 
CIA Intelligence Activities, 3:30 p.m., 302-HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold 
joint hearings to examine the legislative presentation of the 
Veterans of Foreign Wars, 9:30 a.m., 334, Cannon Building.