[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 67 (Monday, May 4, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D493-D494]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                              MAY 5, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine ongoing 
efforts to combat piracy on the high seas, 9:30 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, to hold hearings to 
examine piracy on the high seas, focusing on protecting our ships, 
crews, and passengers, 3 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Daniel B. Poneman, to be Deputy 
Secretary, David B. Sandalow, to be Assistant Secretary for 
International Affairs and Domestic Policy, both of the Department of 
Energy, and Rhea S. Suh, to be Assistant Secretary, and Michael L. 
Connor, to be Commissioner of Reclamation, both of the Department of 
the Interior, 9:45 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine expanding health 
care coverage; to be followed by a business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Alan Krueger, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury for Economic Policy, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
global implications of a warming arctic, Time to be announced, SD-
419.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 345, to 
reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through 
fiscal year 2012, to rename the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 
1998 as the ``Tropical Forest and Coral Conservation Act of 2009'', 
S. 954, to authorize United States participation in the 
replenishment of resources of the International Development 
Association, S. 955, to authorize United States participation in, 
and appropriations for the United States contribution to, the 
African Development Fund and the Multilateral Debt Relief 
Initiative, to require budgetary disclosures by multilateral 
development banks, to encourage multilateral development banks to 
endorse the principles of the Extractive Industries Transparency 
Initiative, S. 838, to provide for the appointment of United States 
Science Envoys, S. Res. 49, to express the sense of the Senate 
regarding the importance of public diplomacy, S. Res. 84, urging the 
Government of Canada to end the commercial seal hunt, and the 
nominations of Harold Hongju Koh, of Connecticut, to be Legal 
Adviser, and Johnnie Carson, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary 
for African Affairs, both of the Department of State, Ivo H. 
Daalder, of Virginia, to be United States Permanent Representative 
on the Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Susan 
Flood Burk, of Virginia, to be Special Representative of the 
President for Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Luis C. de Baca, of 
Virginia, to be Director of the Office to Monitor and Combat 
Trafficking, and routine lists in the Foreign Service, 2:15 p.m., S-
116, Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland 
Security, to hold hearings to examine the passport insurance 
process, focusing on ending fraud, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 3:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and 
Poultry and the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and 
the Science and Technology of the Committee on Homeland Security, 
joint hearing to review the National Animal Identification System, 2 
p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, 
to continue appropriation hearings, 10 a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, 
hearing on the Army National Guard and Air National Guard equipment 
programs, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on Cyberspace as a Warfighting Domain: Policy, 
Management and Technical Challenges to Mission Assurance, 3:30 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Higher 
Education, Lifelong Learning and Competitiveness, to continue 
hearings on New Innovations and Best Practices under the Workforce 
Investment Act, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade 
and Consumer Protection, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2221, 
Data Accountability and Trust Act; and H.R. 1319, Informed P2P User 
Act, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``The Effect of 
the Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy on State and Local Governments,'' 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``The Role of Inspectors General: Minimizing and Mitigating Waste, 
Fraud and Abuse,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on From Strategy to 
Implementation: The Future of the U.S.-Pakistan Relationship, 12:15 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on the Federal Arbitration Act: Is the 
Credit Card Industry Using It To Quash Legal Claims? 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, 
Oceans and Wildlife, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 509, 
Marine Turtle Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2009; H.R. 556, 
Southern Sea Otter Recovery and Research Act; and H.R. 1454, 
Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 
2009, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, hearing 
on H.R. 980, Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, hearing 
entitled ``Cybersecurity: Emerging Threats, Vulnerabilities, and 
Challenges in Securing Federal Information Systems,'' 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 1728, Mortgage Reform and 
Anti-Predatory Lending Act, (General Debate Rule) 3 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on Expanding Climate Services at the NOAA: 
Developing the National Climate Service, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing on Follow 
the Money Part II: Government and Public Resources for Recovery Act 
Oversight, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, 
hearing on Tracking Hearing #2:GSA Stimulus Funds-Up, Out, and 
Creating Jobs, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Intelligence for the U.S. Marine Deployment to Afghanistan, 1 p.m., 
304 HVC.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, executive, briefing 
on Peru, 2 p.m., 304 HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the economic 
outlook, 10 a.m., SH-216.