[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 59 (Wednesday, April 22, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D431-D433]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 23, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the funding of the Department of Commerce, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the Office of the 
Secretary of the Senate, the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, and the 
Office of the U.S. Capitol Police, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the nominations of Ronald C. Sims, of Washington, to be 
Deputy Secretary, Peter A. Kovar, of Maryland, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, Helen R. 
Kanovsky, of Maryland, to be General Counsel, David H. Stevens, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing 
Commission, and John D. Trasvina, of California, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, all of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, David S. Cohen, of 
Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist 
Financing, and Fred P. Hochberg, of New York, to be President of the 
Export-Import Bank of the United States, 10:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Kristina M. Johnson, of Maryland, to be 
Under Secretary, Steven Elliot Koonin, of California, to be Under 
Secretary for Science, Ines R. Triay, of New Mexico, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Environmental Management, and Scott Blake Harris, of 
Virginia, to be General Counsel, all of the Department of Energy, 
and Hilary Chandler Tompkins, of New Mexico, to be Solicitor of the 
Department of the Interior, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider the nomination of Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be 
an Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
10:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine technology 
neutrality in energy tax, focusing on issues and options, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.

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  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
soldiers' stories from the Afghan war, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
an oversight hearing to examine State and local stimulus funding, 9 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Yvette Roubideaux, of Arizona, to be Director of the 
Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, 2:15 
p.m., SD-628.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., HVC-304.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and 
Poultry, hearing to review Federal food safety systems at the USDA, 
1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science and Related Agencies, on Department of Justice, 2:30 p.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, on U.S. 
Supreme Court, 10 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Member Requests, 10 a.m., 
2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, on 
Public Witnesses, 9:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on Architect of the Capitol, 
and CBO, 2 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, on Outside Witnesses, 10 a.m., and on Related 
Agencies, 2 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 
on Fiscal Year 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Request, 9 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Effective 
Counterinsurgency: The Future of the U.S.-Pakistan Military 
Partnership, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, hearing on Army aircraft 
programs, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Defense Acquisition Reform Panel, on measuring value and risk in 
services contracts, 8 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Health, 
Employment, Labor and Pensions, hearing on Ways to Reduce the Cost 
of Health Insurance for Employers, Employees and Their Families, 
10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications, 
Technology and the Internet, hearing on Communications Networks and 
Consumer Privacy: Recent Development, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on The American 
Clean Energy Security Act of 2009, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing on H.R. 1728, Mortgage 
Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa and Global 
Health, hearing on U.S. Assistance to Africa: A Call for Foreign Aid 
Reform, 11:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to continue mark up of H.R. 1913. 
Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009; and to 
mark up the following bills: H.R. 1748, Fight Fraud Act of 2009; 
H.R. 1788, False Claims Act Correction Act of 2009; H.R. 1676, PACT 
Act; H.R. 1667, War Profiteering Prevention Act of 2009; and H.R. 
1741, Witness Security and Protection Grant Program Act of 2009, 10 
a..m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, 
Oceans and Wildlife, hearing on H.R. 669, Nonnative Wildlife 
Invasion Prevention Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 1121, Blue Ridge Parkway and Town of 
Blowing Rock Land Exchange Act of 2009; and H.R. 1376, Waco Mammoth 
National Monument Establishment Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to mark up the 
following measures: H. Res. 298, Expressing the sense of the House 
of Representatives that public servants should be commended for 
their dedication and continued service to the Nation during Public 
Service Recognition Week, May 4 through 10, 2009, and throughout the 
year; H. Res. 340. Expressing sympathy to the victims, families, and 
friends of the tragic act of violence at the American Civic 
Association in Binghamton, NY; H. Res. 341, Expressing heartfelt 
sympathy for the victims and families of the shootings in Geneva and 
Coffee Counties in Alabama, on March 10, 2009; H. Res. 342, 
Expressing support for designation of May 2, 2009, as ``Vietnamese 
Refugees Day;'' and H.R. 1271, To designate the facility of the U.S. 
Postal Service located at 2351 West Atlantic Boulevard in Pompano 
Beach, FL, as the ``Elijah Pat Larkins Post Office Building,'' 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing entitled ``The H-2B 
Guestworker Program and Improving the Department of Labor's 
Enforcement of the Rights of Guestworkers,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, to continue hearings on Oversight of NOAA's 
Geostationary Weather Satellite System, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing on the Role of 
the SBIR and STTR Programs in Stimulating Innovation at Small High-
Tech Businesses, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing on An 
Independent FEMA: Restoring the Nation's Capabilities for Effective 
Emergency Management and Disaster Response, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on H.R. 952, COMBAT PTSD 
Act, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing on VA Non-
competitive Contracts, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Income Security and 
Family Support, hearing to review the implementation and impact of 
the unemployment insurance

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provisions included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
2009, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Intelligence Community Diversity Report, 1 p.m., 304-HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Committee on the Library: organizational business meeting to 
consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures for 
committee operations, and committee's rules of procedure for the 
111th Congress, 11:30 a.m., SC-4, Capitol.
  Joint Committee on Printing: organizational business meeting to 
consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures for 
committee operations, and committee's rules of procedure for the 
111th Congress, 11:45 a.m., SC-4, Capitol.
  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine a quarterly 
report by the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset 
Relief Program (TARP), 9:30 a.m., 210, Cannon Building.