[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 68 (Tuesday, May 5, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D504-D505]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                         WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, to hold hearings to examine the range of innovative, 
non-geologic applications for the beneficial reuse of carbon dioxide 
from coal and other fossil fuel facilities, 9 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to 
receive a closed briefing to examine space issues, 2:15 p.m., SVC-
217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine regulating and resolving institutions considered to be 
too big to fail, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Communications and Technology, to hold hearings to examine the 
future of journalism, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider pending legislation on siting of interstate electric 
transmission facilities, energy finance, and nuclear energy, 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
engaging Iran, focusing on obstacles and opportunities, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to examine NATO 
post-60, focusing on institutional challenges moving forward, 2:30 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Roger W. Baker, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Information and Technology, William A. Gunn, of 
Virginia, to be General Counsel, Jose D. Riojas, of Texas, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Operations, Security, and Preparedness, and 
John U. Sepulveda, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Human 
Resources, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., SR-
418.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine solutions 
to stop Medicare and Medicaid fraud from hurting seniors and 
taxpayers, 2 p.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, 
Energy and Research, hearing to review the impact of the indirect 
land use and renewable biomass provisions in the renewable fuel 
standard, 11 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, 
on House of Representatives Budget, 10 a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and 
Related Agencies, on Army Budget, 10 a.m., and on Navy/Marine Corps 
Budget, 2 p.m., H-143 Capitol.

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  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the Department of Defense 
at High Risk: The Chief Management Officer's Recommendations for 
Acquisition Reform and Related High Risk Areas, 10 a.m., and a 
hearing on the report of the Congressional Commission on the 
Strategic Posture of the United States, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, to mark up H.R. 2187, 21st 
Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act, 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Community Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Legislative Solutions for 
Preventing Loan Modification and Foreclosure Rescue Fraud,'' 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa and Global 
Health, hearing on Global Health Emergencies Hit Home: The Swine Flu 
Outbreak, 9 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation 
Security and Infrastructure, to mark up H.R. 2200, Transportation 
Security Administration Authorization Act, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, hearing on Necessary 
Renovations to House Office Buildings, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, hearing on Escalating Violence in Mexico and the 
Southwest Border as a Result of the Illicit Drug Trade, 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to consider the 
following measures: H.R. 2812, Enhanced Oversight of State and Local 
Economic Recovery Act; H.R. 885, Improved Financial and Commodity 
Markets Oversight and Accountability Act; H.R. 626, Federal 
Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2009; H. Con. Res. 84, 
Supporting the goals and objectives of a National Military 
Appreciation Month; H. Res. 356, Supporting support for the 
designation of February 8, 2010, as the ``Boys Scouts of America 
Day,'' in celebration of the Nation's largest youth scouting 
organization's 100th anniversary; H. Res. 370, Expressing support 
for designation of April 27, 2009, as ``National Healthy Schools 
Day;'' H. Res., 388, Celebrating the role of mothers in the United 
States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother's Day; H.R. 
1817, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 116 North West Street in Somerville, Tennessee, as the 
``John S. Wilder Post Office Building; H.R. 2090, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 431 State 
Street in Ogdensburg, New York, as the ``Frederic Remington Post 
Office Building;'' H.R. 2162, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 123 11th Avenue South in 
Nampa, Idaho, as the ``Herbert A. Littleton Postal Station;'' H.R. 
2173, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1009 Crystal Road in Island Falls, Maine, as the ``Carl 
B. Smith Post Office;'' and H.R. 2174, To designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service, located at 18 Main Street in 
Howland, Maine, as the ``Clyde Hichborn Post Office,'' 1 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 1728, Mortgage Reform and 
Anti-Predatory Lending Act, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Legislation to 
Reauthorize and Modernize SBA's Entrepreneurial Development 
Programs,'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 23, Belated Thank You to the Merchant Mariners of World War II 
Act of 2009; H.R. 466, Wounded Veteran Job Security Act; H.R. 1088, 
Mandatory Veteran Specialist Training Act of 2009; H.R. 1089, 
Veterans Employment Rights Realignment Act of 2009; and H.R. 1170, 
To amend chapter 21 of title 38, United States Code, to establish a 
grant program to encourage the development of new assistive 
technologies for specially adopted housing, 10:15 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing to welcome the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, and to continue hearings on Health Reform 
in the 21st Century, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism Human Intelligence, Analysis, and Counterintelligence, 
executive, hearing on Russia, 4 p.m., 304 HVC.