[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 80 (Monday, June 1, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D615-D618]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of June 2 through June 6, 2009

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 11:00 a.m., Senate will resume 
consideration of the nomination of Regina McCarthy, to be Assistant 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and vote on 
confirmation thereon; following which, Senate will resume consideration 
of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 1256, Family Smoking 
Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, and vote on cloture thereon.
  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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: June 3, to hold 
hearings to examine regulatory reform and derivatives markets, 2 
p.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: June 2, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Water Development, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the National Nuclear Security 
Administration, 10:15 a.m., SD-124.
  June 2, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, 
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2010 for the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  June 2, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimate for fiscal year 2010 for the Department of 
the Navy, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  June 3, 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 Department of 
Education, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  June 3, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2010 for the Department of the Interior, 9:45 a.m., SD-
138.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2010 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to be 
followed by a closed session at 11:15am in SVC-217, 9:30 a.m., SD-
192.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the Department of 
the Air Force, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  June 4, 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 
Department of Agriculture, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the 
Library of Congress and the Open World Leadership Center, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 2, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of Admiral James G. Starvidis, USN for reappointment 
to the grade of admiral and to be Commander, United States European 
Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe, Lieutenant General 
Douglas M. Fraser, USAF to be general and Commander, United States 
Southern Command, and Lieutenant General Stanley A. McChrystal, USA 
to be general and Commander, International Security Assistance Force 
and Commander, United States Forces Afghanistan, all of the 
Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  June 3, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to 
receive a closed briefing to examine electricity grid 
vulnerabilities to critical defense assets and missions, 10 a.m., 
SVC-217.
  June 3, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2010 and 
the Future Years Defense Program for strategic forces programs, 2:30 
p.m., SR-232A.
  June 3, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine the 
Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2010 and the Future 
Years Defense Program for military family programs, policies, and 
initiatives, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  June 4, 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 Navy; to be possibly 
followed by a closed session in SVC-217, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 3, to hold 
hearings to examine a fresh start for new starts, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  June 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination 
of Herbert M. Allison, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Stability, 9:30 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 3, to 
hold hearings to examine General Motors and Chrysler dealership 
closures, focusing on dealers and consumers, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 2, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Catherine Radford Zoi, of 
California, to be Assistant Secretary for Energy, Efficiency, and 
Renewable Energy, and William F. Brinkman, of New Jersey, to be 
Director of the Office of Science, both of the Department of Energy, 
and Anne Castle, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior, 2:15 p.m., SD-366.

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  June 4, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
energy legislation, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 2, to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Victor M. Mendez, of Arizona, 
to be Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, 10 a.m., 
SD-406.
  June 4, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Peter Silva Silva, of California, to be an Assistant 
Administrator for Water, and Stephen Alan Owens, of Arizona, to be 
Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic 
Substances, both of the Environmental Protection Agency, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Finance: June 5, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Miriam E. Sapiro, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the rank of 
Ambassador, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 3, to meet in closed session 
to receive a briefing from national security briefers, 11 a.m., SVC-
217.
  June 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Eric P. Schwartz, of New York, to be Assistant for 
Population, Refugees, and Migration, and Andrew J. Shapiro, of New 
York, to be Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs, both 
of the Department of State, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  June 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine challenges and 
opportunities for U.S.-China cooperation on climate change, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 2, 
Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, to hold hearings to 
examine a status report on emergency preparedness for the 2009 
hurricane season, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  June 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination 
of Rand Beers, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of 
Homeland Security for National Protection and Programs, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-342.
  June 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination 
of Martha N. Johnson, of Maryland, to be Administrator, General 
Services Administration, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  June 3, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector 
Preparedness and Integration, to hold hearings to examine pandemic 
flu, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 3, to hold hearings to examine 
The Uniting American Families Act, focusing on addressing 
inequalities in federal immigration law, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 4, 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, and 
the nominations of 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 Thomas E. Perez, of Maryland, to be Assistant Attorney General, 
Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: June 4, to hold 
hearings to examine SBIR and STTR reauthorization, focusing on 
ensuring a strong future for small business in federal research and 
development, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 2, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  June 4, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Special Committee on Aging: June 3, to hold hearings to examine 
the value of long-term care insurance, 2 p.m., SH-216.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 3. Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry, hearing to review the 
future of forestry in the United States, 1:30 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  June 4, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk 
Management, hearing to review implications of the CFTC v. Zelener 
case, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 2, Subcommittee on Labor, Health 
and Human Services, , Education, and Related Agencies, on the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  June 2, Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, executive, on the 
CIA, 5 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  June 3. Subcommittee on Defense, on Air Force Posture, 9 a..m., on 
Navy and Marine Corps Posture, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  June 3, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on the Secretary of Energy, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  June 3, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, on the Secretary of Education, 2 
p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, on the Secretary of 
Transportation, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 3, Defense Acquisition Reform 
Panel, hearing on Coordinating Requirements, Budgets, and 
Acquisition: How Does It Affect Costs and Acquisition Outcomes, 8 
a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  June 3, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2010 
National Defense Authorization Budget Request for Military 
Construction, Family Housing, Base Closure, Facilities Operations 
and Maintenance, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Thinkers and Practitioners: Do Senior Professional Military 
Education Schools Produce Strategists? 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Terrorism Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2010 National Authorization 
Budget Request for the U.S. Special Operations Command, 1 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.

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  Committee on the Budget, June 3, hearing on Challenges Facing the 
Economy: The View of the Federal Reserve, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, June 4, hearing on Building on 
What Works at Charter Schools, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 4, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Commercial Sales of 
Military Technologies,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the 
Internet, hearing on oversight of the Internet Corporation for 
Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 3, Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing 
entitled ``The Present Condition and Future Status of Fannie Mae and 
Freddie Mac,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 3, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``Remittances: Regulation and Disclosure in 
a New Economic Environment,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing 
entitled ``The Section 8 Voucher Reform Act,''10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 4, Subcommittee on Africa and 
Global Health, hearing on Local and Regional Purchases: 
Opportunities to Enhance U.S. Food Aid, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Global Environment, 
hearing on Agent Orange: What Efforts Are Being Made To Address The 
Continuing Impact of Dioxin in Vietnam? 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, June 4, Subcommittee on 
Management, Investigations, and Oversight, hearing entitled ``The FY 
2010 Budget for Departmental Management and Operations at DHS,'' 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 3, Subcommittee on Courts and 
Competition Policy, hearing on Pay to Delay: Are Patent Settlements 
That Delay Generic Drug Market Entry Anticompetitive? 10 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  June 3, Task Force on Judicial Impeachment, hearing to consider 
Possible Impeachment of United States District Judge Samuel B. Kent, 
12 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing 
on H.R. 1508, Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2009, 11 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil 
Liberties, hearing on H.R. 984, State Secret Protection Act of 2009, 
2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 
hearing on Indigent Representation: A Growing National Crisis, 9:30 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy, hearing on 
H.R. 569, Equal Justice For Our Military Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 3, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 1061, Hoh Indian Tribe Safe Homelands Act; H.R. 2040, To 
authorize a process by which the Secretary of the Interior shall 
process acquisitions of certain real property by the Samish Indian 
Nation into trust; and H.R. 1035, Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 
Excellence in National Environmental Policy Amendments Act of 2009, 
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing entitled ``Unconventional Fuels, Part I: Shale Gas 
Potential,'' 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 4, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands 
and the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, joint 
oversight hearing on White-nose Syndrome: What's Killing Bats in the 
Northeast, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 4, to mark up 
the following measures: Government Accountability Office Improvement 
Act of 2009; H.R. 1345, District of Columbia Hatch Act Reform Act of 
2009; H.R. 2392, Government Information Transparency Act; H. Res. 
420, Celebrating the symbol of the United States Flag and supporting 
the goals and ideals of Flag Day; H. Res. 435, Celebrating Asian 
Pacific American Heritage Month; H.R. 2325, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1300 
Matamoros Street in Laredo, Texas, as the ``Laredo Veterans Post 
Office;'' H.R. 2422, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 702 East University Avenue in Georgetown, 
Texas, as the ``Lyle G. West Post Office Building;'' and H.R. 2470, 
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 19190 Cochran Boulevard FRNT in Port Charlotte, Florida, 
as the ``Lieutenant Commander Roy H. Boehm Post Office Building,'' 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, June 2, to consider the following bills: H.R. 
31, Lumbee Recognition Act; and H.R. 1385, Thomasina E. Jordan 
Indian Tribe of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2009, 5 p.m., H-
313 Capitol.
  June 3, to consider H.R. 626, Federal Employees Paid Parental 
Leave Act of 2009, 3 p.m., H-3113 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, June 3, to mark up H.R. 2407, 
National Climate Service Act of 2009, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on a New 
Direction for Federal Oil Spill Research and Development, 2 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, to mark up H.R. 
2569, To reauthorize surface transportation research, development, 
and technology transfer activities, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 3, hearing entitled ``Common 
Ground: Fining Consensus on Health Reform, the Small Business 
Perspective,'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Legislative Initiatives to Strengthen and Modernize the 
SBIR amd STTR programs.'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 3, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Agency 
Budgets and Priorities for FY 2010, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  June 4, full Committee, to consider the following measures: H.R. 
2093, Clean Coastal Environment and Public Health Act of 2009; the 
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Planning Act; the Maritime Workforce Development Act; the Coast 
Guard Modernization Act; H.R. 2121, To provide for the transfer of 
certain Federal Property to the Galveston Historical Foundation; 
H.R. 1687, To designate the Federal building and United States 
Courthouse located at McKinley Avenue and Third Street, S.W., 
Canton, Ohio, as the ``Ralph Regula Federal Office Building and 
United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 2053, To designate the United 
States Courthouse located at 525 Magoffin Avenue in El Paso, Texas, 
as the ``Albert Armendariz, Sr., United States Courthouse;'' H. Res. 
410, Recognizing the numerous contributions of the recreational 
boating community and the boating industry to the continuing 
prosperity and affluence of the United States; General Services 
Administration Section 11(b) resolution, and other pending business, 
11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 3, hearing on a National 
Commitment to End Veterans Homelessness, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  June 3, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 
Affairs, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 952, COMBAT PTSD Act; 
and H.R. 2270, Benefits for Qualified World War II Veterans Act of 
2009, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 1037, Pilot College Work Study Programs for 
Veterans Act of 2009; H.R. 1098, Veterans' Worker Retaining 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.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Health, to mark up H.R. 1211, Women 
Veterans Health Care Improvement Act; followed by a hearing on 
Meeting the Needs of Family Caregivers of Veterans, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 4, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing on IRS operations, the fiscal year 2010 budget proposals, 
and the 2009 tax return filing season, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 3, executive, 
hearing on Human Capital, 4 p.m., 304 HVC. Capitol.
  June 4, executive, briefing on Intelligence Matters, 2 p.m., 304 
HVC Capitol.
  June 4, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, executive, 
hearing on Intelligence Matters, 10 a.m., 304 HVC, Capitol.
  June 5, Subcommittee on Terrorism, HUMINT, Analysis, and 
Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 9 a.m., 304 
HVC Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: June 5, to hold hearings to examine the 
employment situation for May 2009, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.