[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 83 (Thursday, June 4, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D648-D651]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of June 8 through June 13, 2009

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at approximately 5:30 p.m., Senate will resume 
consideration of H.R. 1256, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco 
Control Act, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Dodd Amendment 
No. 1247, to be followed by a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on 
the bill.
  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: June 9, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2010 for the Department of Defense, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  June 9, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, 
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2010 for the Department of the Treasury and the Internal 
Revenue Service, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  June 9, 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 
Health and Human Services, 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  June 11, 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.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 9, Subcommittee on Airland, to 
hold hearings to examine the Defense Authorization request for 
fiscal year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program for tactical 
aviation programs, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  June 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Gordon S. Heddell, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Inspector General, J. Michael Gilmore, of Virginia, to be Director 
of Operational Test and Evaluation, Zachary J. Lemnios, of 
Massachusetts, to be Director of Defense Research and Engineering, 
Dennis M. McCarthy, of Ohio, to be Assistant Secretary for Reserve 
Affairs, and Jamie Michael Morin, of Michigan, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Financial Management and Comptroller, and Daniel 
Ginsberg, of the District of Columbia,

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to be Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, both of 
the Air Force, all of the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 10, to hold 
hearings to examine the state of the domestic automobile industry, 
focusing on the impact of federal assistance, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 9, 
Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to 
hold hearings to examine the role of the oceans in our nation's 
economic future, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  June 10, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and 
Security, to hold hearings to examine aviation safety, focusing on 
the Federal Aviation Administration's role in the oversight of air 
carriers, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast 
Guard, to hold hearings to examine President's proposed budget 
request for fiscal year 2010 for the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 11 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 9, business 
meeting to consider pending energy legislation, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 9, with the 
Subcommittee on Oversight, to hold joint hearings to examine 
scientific integrity and transparency reforms at the Environmental 
Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 9, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Ellen O. Tauscher, of California, to be 
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International 
Security, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  June 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination 
of Eric P. Goosby, of California, to be Ambassador at Large and 
Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat HIV/
AIDS Globally, Department of State, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  June 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Kurt M. Campbell, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 
9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  June 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine certain North 
Korea issues, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 10, 
business meeting to consider any pending nominations, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 8, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Rand Beers, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Homeland Security for 
National Protection and Programs, and Martha N. Johnson, of 
Maryland, to be Administrator, General Services Administration, 5:30 
p.m., S-216, Capitol.
  June 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Tara Jeanne O'Toole, of Maryland, to be Under 
Secretary for Science and Technology, Department of Homeland 
Security, and Jeffrey D. Zients, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the 
Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 372, to amend chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, 
to clarify the disclosures of information protected from prohibited 
personnel practices, require a statement in nondisclosure policies, 
forms, and agreements that such policies, forms, and agreements 
conform with certain disclosure protections, provide certain 
authority for the Special Counsel, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 11, to hold hearings to examine 
reforming the Indian health care system, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 9, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, to hold hearings to examine the legal, moral, and 
national security consequences of prolonged detention, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  June 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the continued 
importance of the Violence Against Women Act, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 11, 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, S. 
369, to prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic 
drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, 
S. 1107, to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for a 
limited 6-month period for Federal judges to opt into the Judicial 
Survivors' Annuities System and begin contributing toward an annuity 
for their spouse and dependent children upon their death, and the 
nominations of Gerard E. Lynch, of New York, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, and Mary L. Smith, of 
Illinois, to be Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, Department 
of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, to hold hearings to 
examine the National Criminal Justice Act of 2009, 2:30 p.m., SD-
226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: June 10, to hold hearings 
to examine the nomination of John J. Sullivan, of Maryland, to be a 
Member of the Federal Election Commission, 2:30 p.m., SR-301.
  June 10, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nomination of John J. Sullivan, of Maryland, to be a Member of the 
Federal Election Commission, 3 p.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: June 10, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs' construction 
process, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 9, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  June 11, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.

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                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 10, Subcommittee on Rural 
Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture, 
hearing to review rural development programs operated by the U.S. 
Department of Agriculture and status of American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act funds for these programs, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and 
Research, hearing to review conditions in rural America, 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 9, Subcommittee on Defense, 
hearing on Army Posture, 9 a.m., H-240 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 11, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, to mark up H.R. 2647, To authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 
2010, 11 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to mark up H.R. 2647, 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, to mark up H.R. 2647, To authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense, to prescribe military personnel strengths for fiscal year 
2010, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  June 12, Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, to mark up H.R. 
2647, To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  June 12, Subcommittee on Readiness, to mark up H.R. 2647, To 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  June 12, Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, to 
mark up H.R. 2647, To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2010, 11 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, June 10, Subcommittee on Health, 
Employment, Labor and Pensions, hearing on Examining the Single 
Payer Health Care Option, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 2339, Family Income to Response to Significant 
Transitions Act, and H.R. 2460, Healthy Families Act, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 9, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``It's Too 
Easy Being Green: Defining Fair Green Marketing Practices,'' 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 9, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing entitled 
``Allowance Allocation Policies in Climate Legislation: Assisting 
Consumers, Investing in A Clean Energy Future, and Adapting to 
Climate Change,'' 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 10, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the 
Internet, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1084, Commercial 
Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act (CALM); H.R. 1147, Local 
Community Radio Act of 2009; and H.R. 1133, Family Telephone 
Connection Protection Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 10, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the forthcoming 
Federal Trade Commission report entitled ``Emerging Health Care 
Issues: Follow-on Biologic Drug Competition,'' 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 9, Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing 
entitled ``The Effective Regulation of the Over-the-Counter 
Derivatives Markets,'' 10:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 11, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Compensation Structure 
and Systemic Risk,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing on H.R. 2336, GREEN Act of 2009. 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 9, Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere, hearing on Guatemala at a Crossroads, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  June 10, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights 
and Oversight, hearing on the Uighurs: A History of Persecution, 9 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 10, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, 
hearing on Foreign Policy Implications of U.S. Efforts to Address 
the International Financial Crisis: TARP, TALF and the G-20 Plan. 1 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, June 9, Subcommittee Emergency 
Communications, Preparedness and Response, hearing entitled `` The 
FY 2010 Budget for the Federal Emergency Management Agency,'' 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  June 9, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity and 
Science and Technology, hearing entitled `` The FY 2010 Budget for 
the Directorate for Science and Technology, the Office of Health 
Affairs, and the Domestic Nuclear Detection Office,'' 2 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global 
Counterterrorism, hearing entitled `` The FY 2010 Budget for 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Customs and Border Protection, 
and the U.S. Coast Guard,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 9, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 1521, Cell Tax Fairness Act of 
2009, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 9, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, 
hearing on H.R. 2289, Juvenile Justice Accountability and 
Improvement Act of 2009, 2:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 9, Subcommittee on Insular 
Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, oversight hearing entitled ``Overdose: 
How Drugs and Chemicals in Water Supplies and the Environment are 
Harming our Fish and Wildlife,'' 10:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

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  June 10, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1612, Public Lands Service Corps Act of 2009; H.R. 1916, Migratory 
Bird Habitat Investment and Enhancement Act; H.R. 556, Southern Sea 
Otter Recovery and Research Act; H.R. 934, To convey certain 
submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
in order to give that territory the same benefits in its submerged 
lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have in their 
submerged lands; H.R. 1080, Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated 
Fishing Enforcement Act of 2009; H.R. 2188, Joint Ventures for Bird 
Habitat Conservation Act of 2009; H.R. 509, Marine Turtle 
Conservation Reauthorization Act of 2009; H.R. 1454, Multinational 
Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp Act of 2009; H.R. 1275, 
Utah Recreational Land Exchange Act of 2009; 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. 129, To authorize the conveyance of certain 
National Forest System lands in the Los Padres National Forest in 
California; H.R. 409, To provide for the conveyance of certain 
Bureau of Land Management land in the State of Nevada to the Las 
Vegas Motor Speedway; and H.R. 762, To validate final patent number 
27-2005-0081, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 11, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 2314, Native Hawaiian 
Government Reorganization Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 10, 
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District 
of Columbia, oversight hearing on the Environmental Restoration 
Program at Spring Valley, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Oversight and Government Reform and the 
Subcommittee on the Domestic Policy, joint hearing entitled ``Bank 
of America and Merrill Lynch: How Did a Private Deal Turn Into a 
Federal Bailout?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, June 9, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Environment, hearing on Environmental Research at the 
Department of Energy, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 10, Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, hearing 
on Cyber Security R&D, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing on 
Fixing EPA's Broken Integrated Risk Information System, 1 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing on the 
Reauthorization of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction 
Program: R&D for Disaster Resilient Communities, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business. June 10, hearing entitled ``Laying 
the Groundwork for Economic Recovery: Expanding Small Business 
Access to Capital,'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 10, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on 
Control of Anti-Fouling Systems on Ships, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  June 11, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Regional Air 
Carriers and Pilot Workforce Issues, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 9, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Assessing CARES and the Future of VA's Health 
Infrastructure, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  June 10, full Committee, to mark up pending legislation, 10 a.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 9, Subcommittee on Income 
Security and Family Support, hearing on Proposals to Provide Federal 
Funding for Early Childhood Home Visitation Programs, 10 a.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 9, executive, 
hearing on HUMINT, 1 p.m., 304-HVC Capitol.
  June 9, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis 
and Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 3 p.m., 
304-HVC, Capitol.
  June 10, Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, 
executive, briefing on Tasking, Processing, Exploitation and 
Dissemination Integration, 10:30 a.m., and, executive, briefing on 
Cyber Update, 2 p.m., 304-HVC Capitol.
  June 11, full Committee, executive, hearing on Cyber Initiative 
Budget, 2 p.m., 304-HVC Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: June 9, to hold hearings to examine the 
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) accountability and oversight, 
focusing on the strength of financial institutions, 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon Building.