[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 62 (Monday, April 27, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D454-D455]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             APRIL 28, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Raymond Edwin Mabus, Jr., of Mississippi, to be 
Secretary, and Robert O. Work, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary, 
both of the Department of the Navy, Elizabeth Lee King, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
Affairs, Michael Nacht, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Global Strategic Affairs, and Wallace C. Gregson, of Colorado, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, all of 
the Department of Defense, Donald Michael Remy, of Virginia, to be 
General Counsel, and Jo-Ellen Darcy, of Maryland, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Civil Works, both of the Department of the Army, and 
Ines R. Triay, of New Mexico, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy 
for Environmental Management, 9 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider 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 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance, to hold 
hearings to examine formaldehyde in textiles and consumer products, 
10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, to 
hold hearings to examine the future of national surface 
transportation policy, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine financing for deployment of clean energy and energy 
efficiency technologies and to enhance United States' 
competitiveness in this market through the creation of a Clean 
Energy Deployment Administration within the Department of Energy, 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Michelle DePass, of New York, and Cynthia 
J. Giles, of Rhode Island, both to be Assistant Administrators, and 
Mathy Stanislaus, of New Jersey, to be Assistant Administrator for 
Office of Solid Waste, all of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine war 
powers in the 21st Century, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of 
Harold Hongju Koh, of Connecticut, to be Legal Adviser of the 
Department of State, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Employment and Workplace Safety, to hold hearings to examine 
introducing meaningful incentives for safe workplaces and meaningful 
roles for victims and their families, 10:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine individual state 
experiences with health care reform coverage initiatives in the 
context of national reform, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine cyber security, focusing on developing a 
national strategy, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine advancing America into the 21st Century and a 
digital future, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
Victims of Crime Act, focusing on 25 years of protecting and 
supporting victims, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science and Related Agencies, on the Department of Commerce, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services, General Government and Related 
Agencies, on Member Requests, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, on 
Public Witnesses, 9:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on GAO, Office of Compliance, 
and GPO, 1 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on the Acquisition Workforce: Merely a 
Business Expense or a Force Multiplier for the Warfighter? 10 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on OSHA's Penalties 
Adequate to Deter Health and Safety Violations, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider the following 
measures: H.R. 1327, Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009; and H.R. 
1728, Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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, 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy, hearing on Bye Bye 
Bargains? Retail Price Fixing, the Leegin Decision, and Its Impact 
on Consumer Prices, 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water and Power, 
oversight hearing entitled ``American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 
Funds for the Bureau of Reclamation and the Water Resources Division 
of the United States Geological Survey (USGS), 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Organization and Procurement, oversight 
hearing on U.S. Agency for International Development: Management 
Challenges and Strategic Objectives, 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 1913, Local 
Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009; and a General 
Debate Rule on H.R. 627, Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 
2009, General Debate Rule, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on Pushing the Efficiency Envelope: R&D for 
High-Performance Buildings, Industries and Consumers, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on Keeping the 
Space Environment Safe for Civil and Commercial Users, 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing on High Priority Project Program, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Leaving No One Behind: Is the Federal 
Recovery Coordination Program Working? 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, 
oversight hearing on the Social Security Administration's provisions 
in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, 2 p.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Funding Intelligence Priorities, 1:30 p.m., 304-HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine new evidence 
on the persistence of the gender pay gap, 10 a.m., 2172-RHOB.