[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 76 (Monday, May 18, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D572-D573]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                              MAY 19, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  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.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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, of Virginia, to be Chief Technology Officer, 
Office of Science and Technology Policy at the Executive Office of 
the President, 11 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider S. 967, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to 
create a petroleum product reserve, 2:15 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine business opportunities and climate policy, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Philip J. Crowley, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Public Affairs, and Jeffrey D. Feltman, of Ohio, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, both of the Department 
of State, and Daniel Benjamin, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador at Large, 10 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pathways to a green 
global economic recovery, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 982, to protect the public health by 
providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to 
regulate tobacco products, and any pending nominations, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
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.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.
  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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services, 
General Government and Related Agencies, on IRS, 10 a.m., 2358A 
Rayburn, and on National Archives, 2 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, on 
EPA, 9:15 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, on Department of Defense Overview, 10 a.m., H-143 
Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on hearing on the Fiscal Year 
2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the 
Department of the Air Force, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Defense Acquisition Panel, hearing on Measuring Performance: 
Developing Good Acquisition Metrics, 8 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Seapower, and Expeditionary Forces, hearing on 
Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for 
the Department of the Navy Aviation Programs, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on Examining the Abusive 
and Deadly Use of Seclusion and Restraint in Schools, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to continue markup of H.R. 2454. 
American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Capital Loss, 
Corruption and the Role of Western Financial Institutions,'' 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government 
Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Approaches to Improving 
Credit Rating Agency Regulation,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, to consider H. Res. 404, Directing 
the Secretary of Homeland Security to transmit to the House of 
Representatives, not later than 14 days after the date of the 
adoption of this resolution, copies of documents relating to the 
Department of Homeland Security Intelligence Assessment titled, 
``Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate 
Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment,''10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to mark up H.R. 1478, Carmelo Rodriguez Military 
Medical Accountability Act of 2009, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy, hearing on H.R. 
233, Railroad Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009, 2:30 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.

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  Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Domestic Policy, 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.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and 
Procurement, hearing entitled ``The State of Federal Information 
Security,'' 9 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, hearing on 
Afghanistan and Pakistan: Resourcing the Civilian Surge, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 2352, Job Creation Through 
Entrepreneurship Act of 2009, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, hearing on NASA's Fiscal Year 
2010 Budget Request, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing on the 
Science of Insolvency, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Recommendations of the 
National Committee on Levee Safety, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
VA Medical Care: The Crown Jewel and Best Kept Secret, 2 p.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Gulf War 
Illness Research: Is Enough Being Done? 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Overhead Architecture, 1 p.m., 314 HVC.