[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 78 (Wednesday, May 20, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D596-D597]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 21, 2009

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, to 
hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 
for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 11 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the Food and Drug 
Administration, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  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: 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: business meeting to 
consider the nominations of Peter M. Rogoff, of Virginia, to be Federal 
Transit Administrator, Department of Transportation, Francisco J. 
Sanchez, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International 
Trade, Sandra Brooks Henriquez, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Public and Indian Housing, 
and Michael S. Barr, of Michigan, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury for Financial Institutions, Time to be announced, S-216, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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.
  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: business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 10:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine the Economic Development Administration, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine The United States-
Panama Trade Promotion Agreement, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine a new 
strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine financial regulatory lessons from abroad, 2 p.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: 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: 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 Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings to 
examine the role of small business in stimulus contracting, 10 a.m., SR-
428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to markup pending 
legislation, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: 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.

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                                  House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review low carbon fuel standard 
proposals, 10:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on FDA, 
10 a.m., 2362a Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, on Defense Health Program, 10 a.m., H-140 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies, on 
Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA): Nuclear Nonproliferation and 
Weapons. 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services, General Government and Related 
Agencies, on Treasury Department, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, on U.S. 
Geological Survey, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, 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.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on Fiscal Year 2010 
National Defense Authorization Budget Request on Military Personnel 
Overview, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  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, hearing on the State of the Economy, 10 a.m., 
210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on Increasing Student Aid 
Through Loan Reform, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to continue mark up of H.R. 2454, 
American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
Opportunity, hearing entitled ``The Section 8 Voucher Reform Act,'' 2:30 
p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and 
Global Counterterrorism, executive, briefing on piracy, 10 a.m., 311-B 
Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, hearing on Military and Overseas 
Voting: Obstacles and Potential Solutions, 10 a.m., 1539 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on Ramifications of Auto Industry 
Bankruptcies, 12 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  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, 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, oversight hearing 
entitled ``The Future of the V-22 Osprey: Costs, Capabilities, and 
Challenges,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  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, to consider H.R. 2200, Transportation Security 
Administration Authorization Act, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, 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 Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance 
and Memorial Affairs, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1522, United 
States Cadet Nurse Corps Equity Act; H.R. 1982, Veterans Entitlement to 
Service (VETS) Act of 2009, and H.R. 2270, Benefits for Qualified World 
War II Veterans Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  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, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, 
hearing on issues involving tax-exempt and taxable government bonds, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Committee, executive, 
briefing on Executive Overview, 2 p.m., 304-HVC.