[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 13, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D552-D553]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 14, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings to examine the proposed budget request for fiscal year 2010 
for national intelligence program and military intelligence program, 
10:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  Full Committee, business meeting to mark up proposed budget 
request for fiscal year 2009 supplemental for Iraq, Afghanistan, 
Pakistan, and the pandemic flu, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine proposed 
defense authorization request for fiscal year 2010 for the Future 
Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1013, the Department of Energy Carbon Capture and 
Sequestration Program Amendments Act of 2009; to be followed by a 
business meeting, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider S. 1005, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act 
and the Safe Drinking Water Act to improve water and wastewater 
infrastructure in the United States, S. 849, to require the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a 
study on black carbon emissions, H.R. 80, to amend the Lacey Act 
Amendments of 1981 to treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife 
species under that Act, to make corrections in the provisions 
relating to captive wildlife offenses under that Act, H.R. 388, to 
assist in the conservation of cranes by supporting and providing, 
through projects of persons and organizations with expertise in 
crane conservation, financial resources for the conservation 
programs of countries the activities of which directly or indirectly 
affect cranes and the ecosystems of cranes, S. 529, to assist in the 
conservation of rare fields and rare canids by supporting and 
providing financial resources for the conservation programs of 
countries within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations 
and projects of persons with demonstrated expertise in the 
conservation of rare felid and rare canid populations, H.R. 813, to 
designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located 
at 306 East Main Street in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, as the 
``J. Herbert W. Small Federal Building and United States 
Courthouse'', H.R. 837, to designate the Federal building located at 
799 United Nations Plaza in New York, New York, as the ``Ronald H. 
Brown United States Mission to the United Nations Building''; and 
Army Corps of Engineers Study Resolution: Miles City and Vicinity, 
Montana, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold a closed meeting to examine 
expanding health care coverage, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Jeffrey D. Feltman, of Ohio, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, and Robert Orris Blake, Jr., of 
Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, both of 
the Department of State, 9:45 a.m., SD-419.

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  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Middle East, 
focusing on the road to peace, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine delivery reform, focusing on the roles of 
primary and specialty care in innovative new delivery models, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Larry J. Echo Hawk, of Utah, to be Assistant Secretary 
of the Interior for Indian Affairs, 10:30 a.m., SD-628.
  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 Horticulture and Organic 
Agriculture, hearing to review food safety standards for 
horticulture and organic agriculture, 10 a.m., 1399 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services, 
General Government and Related Agencies, on District of Columbia, 
9:15 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior and Environment, and Related Agencies, on 
National Park Service, 9 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2010 
National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of 
the Navy, 10 a.m., and a hearing on the Fiscal Year 2010 National 
Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of the 
Army, 2:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Health, Families 
and Communities, hearing on Improving Child Nutrition Programs to 
Reduce Childhood Obesity, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled 
``How Should the Federal Government Oversee Insurance?'' 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on 
The United States and Turkey: A Model Partnership, 10:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, to mark up H.R. 2200, 
Transportation Security Administration Authorization Act, 10 a.m., 
311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, oversight hearing on the Department of 
Justice, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests and Public Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 129, 
To authorize the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands 
in the Los Padres National Forest in California; H.R. 762, To 
validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 865, To convey the New River State Park campground located in 
Mount Rodgers National Recreation Area in the Jefferson National 
Forest in Carroll County, Virginia, to the Commonwealth of Virginia, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 1442, To provide for the sale of the 
Federal Government's reversionary interest in approximately 60 acres 
of land in Salt Lake City, Utah, originally conveyed to the Mount 
Olivet Cemetery Association under the Act of January 23, 1909; H.R. 
1471, To expand the boundary of the Jimmy Carter National Historic 
Site in the State of Georgia, to redesignate the unit as a National 
Historical Park, and for other purposes; and H.R. 1641, Cascadia 
Marine Trail Study Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on H.R. 2008, Bonneville 
Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,, hearing entitled 
``Protecting the Public from Waste, Fraud, and Abuse: H.R. 1507, 
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2009,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District 
of Columbia, hearing entitled ``Protecting the Protectors: An 
Assessment of Front-line Federal Workers in Response to the H1N1 
Flu,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, hearing on An Overview of the 
Federal R&D Budget for Fiscal Year 2010, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``The Consumer 
Product Safety Improvement Act and Small Business,'' 10 a.m., 2360 
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.
  Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing on Reauthorization of the Department of Transportation's 
Hazardous Materials Safety Program, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on Examining Appellate 
Processes and Their Impacts on Veterans, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing on Federal Contract 
Compliance, 1:30 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade. hearing on 
Investment Protections in U.S. Trade and Investment Agreements, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Intelligence Support in Afghanistan, 4 p.m., 304 HVC.