[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 74 (Thursday, May 14, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D561-D565]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of May 18 through May 23, 2009

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 10 a.m., Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 627, 
Credit Cardholders' Bill of

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Rights Act, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Dodd/Shelby 
Amendment No. 1058.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: May 19, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Water Development, to hold hearings to examine funding and oversight 
of the Department of Energy, 10:15 a.m., SD-138.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the Department of Defense 
and the Department of the Navy military construction programs, 2:30 
p.m., SD-138.
  May 20, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2010 for the Department of State, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the National 
Institutes of Health, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the Missile 
Defense Agency, 10:30 a.m., SD-124.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 2 p.m., SD-124.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the 
Government Accountability Office, the Government Printing Office, 
and the Congressional Budget Office, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: May 19, to hold hearings to examine 
the Department of the Army proposed defense authorization request 
for fiscal year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2010 and 
Future Years Defense Program for military space programs; to be 
possibly followed by a closed session in SVC-217, 2 p.m., SR-232A.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine the 
Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2010 and Future Years 
Defense Program for active component, reserve component, and 
civilian personnel programs, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  May 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Defense 
Authorization request for fiscal year 2010 and the Future Years 
Defense Program for the Department of the Air Force, 9:30 a.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 20, to hold 
an oversight hearing to examine the Troubled Asset Relief Program 
(TARP), 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 19, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of J. Randolph Babbitt, of 
Virginia, to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, and John D. Porcari, of Maryland, to be Deputy 
Secretary, both of the Department of Transportation, Rebecca M. 
Blank, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, and 
Lawrence E. Strickling, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Communications and Information, both of the Department of Commerce, 
and Aneesh Chopra, to be Chief Technology Officer, Office of Science 
and Technology Policy at the Executive Office of the President, 11 
a.m., SR-253.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and 
Insurance, to hold hearings to examine health and product safety 
issues associated with imported drywall, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Science and Space, to hold hearings to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2010 
for NASA, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 19, business 
meeting to consider any pending calendar business, 2:15 p.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 19, to hold 
hearings to examine business opportunities and climate policy, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  May 21, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
the Economic Development Administration, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: May 19, Subcommittee on Energy, Natural 
Resources, and Infrastructure, to hold hearings to examine oil and 
gas tax provisions, focusing on the President's Fiscal Year 2010 
budget proposal, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  May 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine The United 
States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 19, to hold hearings to 
examine challenges and opportunities for U.S.-China cooperation on 
climate change, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  May 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pathways to a 
green global economic recovery, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  May 19, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  May 20, Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine developing a coordinated and sustainable strategy for 
Somalia, 9 a.m., SD-419.
  May 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine developments 
on the ground in Pakistan and Afghanistan, 11 a.m., SVC-217.
  May 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine foreign policy 
priorities in the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2010 for international affairs, 1:30 p.m., SH-216.
  May 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine a new strategy 
for Afghanistan and Pakistan, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 19, 
business meeting to consider S. 982, to protect the

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public health by providing the Food and Drug Administration with 
certain authority to regulate tobacco products, and any pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  May 20, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 717, to 
modernize cancer research, increase access to preventative cancer 
services, provide cancer treatment and survivorship initiatives, and 
any pending nominations, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: May 19, 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
public health challenges in our nation's capital, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  May 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine financial 
regulatory lessons from abroad, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 21, to hold hearings to examine 
executive branch authority to acquire trust lands for Indian tribes, 
2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 19, Subcommittee on Administrative 
Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings to examine protecting 
Americans, focusing on holding foreign manufacturers accountable, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer 
Rights, to hold hearings to examine the Discount Pricing Consumer 
Protection Act, focusing on a ban on vertical price fixing, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security, 
to hold hearings to examine securing the border and America's points 
of entry, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, to hold hearings to 
examine criminal prosecution as a deterrent to health care fraud, 
2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  May 21, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 417, to 
enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act, S. 
257, to amend title 11, United States Code, to disallow certain 
claims resulting from high cost credit debts, S. 448 and H.R. 985, 
bills to maintain the free flow of information to the public by 
providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of 
information by certain persons connected with the news media, the 
nominations of Thomas E. Perez, of Maryland, to be Assistant 
Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, 
David F. Hamilton, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Seventh Circuit, Andre M. Davis, of Maryland, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, and committee's 
subcommittee assignments, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: May 21, business meeting to mark 
up pending legislation, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 19, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  May 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Stephen Woolman Preston, of the District of Columbia, 
to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency, and Robert 
S. Litt, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Office of the 
Director of National Intelligence, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Special Committee on Aging: May 20, to hold hearings to examine 
pension plans, 2 p.m., SR-432.
  May 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the role of 
small business in stimulus contracting, 10 a.m., SR-428A.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, May 21, hearing to review low carbon 
fuel standard proposals, 10:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, May 18, Select Intelligence Oversight 
Panel, executive, on National Intelligence Program and Military 
Intelligence Program, 5 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Financial Services, General Government and 
Related Agencies, on IRS, 10 a.m., and on National Archives, 2 p.m., 
room to be announced.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related 
Agencies, on EPA, 9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, on Department of Defense Overview, 10 a.m., H-
143 Capitol.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Defense, on Department of Defense, 12:30 
p.m., 210 HVC.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Financial Services, General Government, 
and Related Agencies, on OMB, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, on Air Force Budget, 10 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  May 20, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related 
Programs, on U.S. Agency for International Development, 9:30 a.m.; 
on Millennium Challenge Corporation, 10:30 a.m.; and on Office of 
Global AIDS Coordinator, 11:30 a.m., room to be announced.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, on Member Requests, 10 a.m., 
2358-A Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Defense, on Defense Health Program, 10 
a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA): 
Nuclear Nonproliferation and Weapons, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Financial Services, General Government and 
Related Agencies, on Treasury Department, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on U.S. Geological Survey, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, May 19, hearing on the Fiscal Year 
2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the 
Department of the Air Force, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  May 19, Defense Acquisition Panel, hearing on Measuring 
Performance: Developing Good Acquisition Metrics, 8 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Seapower, and Expeditionary Forces, 
hearing on Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget 
Request for the Department of the Navy Aviation Programs, 3 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, hearing on Fiscal 
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Budget Request for Air Force Modernization Programs, 2:30 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Another Crossroads? Professional Military Education Twenty Years 
after the Goldwater-Nichols Act and the Skelton Panel, 1 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on Fiscal Year 2010 
National Defense Authorization Budget Request for the Military 
Services' Operations and Maintenance Funding, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense 
Authorization Budget Request for Department of Defense Science and 
Technology Programs, 10:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, hearing on Fiscal 
Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for Army 
Acquisition, Reset, and Modernization Programs, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on Fiscal Year 
2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request on Military 
Personnel Overview, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on Fiscal Year 
2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for National 
Security Space and Missile Defense Programs, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, May 21, hearing on the State of the 
Economy, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, May 19, hearing on Examining the 
Abusive and Deadly Use of Seclusion and Restraint in Schools, 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 20, hearing on The Obama Administration's Education Agenda, 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  May 21, hearing on Increasing Student Aid Through Loan Reform, 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 18, to mark up the American 
Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 18, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, 
hearing entitled ``Auto Safety: Existing Mandates and Emerging 
Issues,'' 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, May 19, hearing entitled 
``Capital Loss, Corruption and the Role of Western Financial 
Institutions,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government 
Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Approaches to Improving 
Credit Rating Agency Regulation,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``H.R. 2351, Credit Union Share Insurance 
Stabilization Act,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing 
entitled ``The Section 8 Voucher Reform Act,'' 2:30 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 20, to mark up the Foreign 
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011, 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, May 21, hearing on Military and 
Overseas Voting: Obstacles and Potential Solutions, 10 a.m., 1539 
Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 20, oversight hearing on the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 
hearing on Unfairness in Federal Cocaine Sentencing: Is It Time To 
Crack the 100 to 1 Disparity? and to consider the following bills: 
H.R. 1459, Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act of 2009; H.R. 1466, 
Major Drug Trafficking Prosecution Act of 2009; H.R. 265, Drug 
Sentencing Reform and Cocaine Kingpin Trafficking Act of 2009; H.R. 
2178, Crack-Cocaine Equitable Sentencing Act of 2009; and H.R. 18, 
Powder-Crack Cocaine Penalty Equalization Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, May 19, Subcommittee on Insular 
Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, oversight hearing on Implementation of 
Public Law 110-229 to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands and Guam, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, 
oversight hearing on advance of the 61st meeting of the 
International Whaling Commission (IWC) to be held in Madeira, 
Portugal June 22-26, 1 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 21, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, 
oversight hearing on the Future of the Forest Economy, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, May 19, Subcommittee 
on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, hearing 
entitled ``The State of Federal Information Security,'' 9 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing entitled ``ONDCP's 
Fiscal Year 2010 National Drug Control Budget and the Priorities, 
Objectives, and Policies of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy under the New Administration,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the 
District of Columbia, to consider the following bills: H.R. 22, To 
amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to allow the United 
States Postal Service to pay its share of contributions for 
annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health 
Benefits Fund; and H.R. 1345, District of Columbia Hatch Act Reform 
Act of 2009, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 21, full Committee, oversight hearing entitled ``The Future of 
the V-22 Osprey: Costs, Capabilities, and Challenges,'' 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National 
Archives, hearing entitled ``Stakeholders' Views on the National 
Archives and Records Administration (NARA),'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, May 18, Subcommittee on Rules and Organization 
of the House, hearing on H.R. 2297, The White House Conference on 
Food and Nutrition, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.

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  Committee on Science and Technology, May 19, hearing on NASA's 
Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Request, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing on 
the Science of Insolvency, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 20, full Committee, to consider pending business, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 20, hearing entitled ``Heroes of 
Small Business,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Regulations and Healthcare, hearing 
entitled ``Impacts of Outstanding Regulatory Policy on Small 
Biofuels Producers and Family Farmers,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 19, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on 
Recommendations of the National Committee on Levee Safety, 2 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Aviation Consumer 
Issues: Emergency Contingency Planning and Outlook for Summer 
Travel, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
hearing on Piracy Against U.S.-Flagged Vessels: Lessons Learned, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 19, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on VA Medical Care: The Crown Jewel and Best Kept Secret, 2 
p.m., 334 Cannon.
  May 19, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Gulf War Illness Research: Is Enough Being Done? 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  May 20, full Committee, hearing on the Growing Needs of Women 
Veterans: Is the VA Ready? 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 1037, Pilot College Work Study Programs for 
Veterans Act of 2009; H.R. 1098, Veterans Worker Retraining Act of 
2009; H.R. 1168, Veterans Retraining Act of 2009; H.R. 1172, To 
direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the Internet 
website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a list of 
organizations that provide scholarships to veterans and their 
survivors; H.R. 1821, Equity for Injured Veterans Act of 2009; H.R. 
1879, National Guard Employment Protection Act of 2009; and H.R. 
2180, To amend title 38, United States Code, to waive housing loan 
fees for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities called 
to active service, 1 p.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 19, Subcommittee on Social 
Security, hearing on Social Security Administration's (SSA's) 
employment support programs for disability beneficiaries including 
the Ticket to Work Program, 2 p.m. 1100 Longworth.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing on issues 
involving tax-exempt and taxable governmental bonds, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 19, Subcommittee 
on Intelligence Community Management, hearing on GAO's upcoming 
report on security clearance reform, ``Personnel Security 
Clearances,'' 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: May 20, to hold hearings to examine oil 
and the economy, focusing on the impact of rising global demand on 
the United States recovery, 10 a.m., 210, Cannon Building.