[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 29, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D474-D475]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 30, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine the Department of Transportation's 
implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), 
9:15 a.m., SD-138.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the War Supplemental, 10 a.m., 
SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
Secretary of Defense's 2010 budget recommendations, 9:30 a.m., SH-
216.
  Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine the current 
and future roles, missions, and capabilities of United States 
military air power, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider 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, 
Hilary Chandler Tompkins, of New Mexico, to be Solicitor of the 
Department of the Interior, and pending legislation on Renewable 
Electricity Standard and Sitting of Interstate Electric Transmission 
Facilities, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the nominations 
of William V. Corr, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, and Alan B. Krueger, of New Jersey, to be 
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
confronting piracy off the coast of Somalia, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine primary health care access reform, focusing on 
community health centers and the national health service corps, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Ivan K. Fong, of Ohio, to be 
General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security; to be immediately 
followed by a hearing to examine the nomination of Timothy W. 
Manning, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Administrator for National 
Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
national security reform, focusing on implementing a national 
security service workforce, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 151, 
to protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of 
applicable criminal proceedings, S. 443, to transfer certain land to 
the United States to be held in trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, to 
place land into trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, and the nomination 
of Yvette Roubideaux, of Arizona, to be Director of the Indian 
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees 
and Border Security, to hold hearings to examine comprehensive 
immigration reform in 2009, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 3 p.m., S-407, Capitol.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on reform of major weapons 
system acquisition and related legislative proposals, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on space system 
acquisitions and the industrial base, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections, hearing on Improving OSHA's Enhanced Enforcement 
Programs, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Swine Flu Outbreak and the U.S. Federal Response,'' 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International 
Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight, hearing on International 
Efforts to Combat Maritime Piracy, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, 
and Global Counterterrorism, Member briefing to provide an update on 
the Department of Homeland Security's efforts to combat violence in 
the U.S.-Mexico border region, 10 a.m., 1539 Longworth.

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  Subcommittee on Emergency Communications, Preparedness and 
Response, Member briefing on the Department of Homeland Security's 
progress on the issue of interoperable emergency communications, 9 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on H.R. 1260, Patent Reform 
Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Investigations and Oversight, hearing on the Role of Science in the 
Regulatory Reform, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Rural Development, 
Entrepreneurship and Trade, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1803, Veterans Business Center Act of 2009; H.R. 1807, Educating 
Entrepreneurs through Today's Technology Act; H.R. 1834, Native 
American Business Development Enhancement Act of 2009; H.R. 1838, To 
amend the Small Business Act to modify certain provisions relating 
to women's business centers; H.R. 1839, To amend the Small Business 
Act to improve SCORE, and for other purposes; H.R. 1842, Expanding 
Entrepreneurship Act of 2009; and H.R. 1845, Small Business 
Development Centers Modernization Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Coal Combustion Waste 
Storage and Water Quality, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
Charting the VA's Progress on meeting the Mental Health Needs of our 
Veterans: Discussion of Funding, Mental Health Strategic Plan, and 
the Uniform Mental Health Services Handbook, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Afghanistan, 10 a.m., 304-HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the economic 
outlook, 10 a.m., 210-CHOB.