[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 9, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D665-D667]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              JUNE 10, 2009

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: business meeting to consider certain 
pending civilian nominations, 11 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider the nominations of Mercedes Marquez, of California, to 
be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for 
Community Planning and Development, and Herbert M. Allison, Jr., of 
Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial 
Stability; to be followed by a hearing to examine the state of the 
domestic automobile industry, focusing on the impact of federal 
assistance, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider the nominations of Peter Silva Silva, of California, to be 
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, 
and Victor M. Mendez, of Arizona, to be Administrator of the Federal 
Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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, 
9:45 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Howard K. Koh, of 
Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, Martha J. Kanter, of California, to be Under Secretary of 
Education, Jane Oates, of New Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Labor for Employment and Training Administration, and Laurie I. 
Mikva, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Legal Services Corporation, Time to be announced, Room to be 
announced.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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.
  Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, to hold hearings to 
examine allegations of waste, fraud, and

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abuse in security contracts at the United States Embassy in Kabul, 
Afghanistan, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
continued importance of the Violence Against Women Act, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: 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.
  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: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of Veterans Affairs' construction process, 
9:30 a.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Rural Development, 
Biotechnology, Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to 
review rural development programs operated by the U.S. Department of 
Agriculture, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, to mark up the Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations for fiscal year 
2010, 9 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Health, 
Employment, Labor and Pensions, hearing on Examining the Single 
Payer Health Care Option, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to consider the following 
resolutions of inquiry: H. Res. 446, Of inquiry requesting the 
President and directing the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency and the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget to provide certain documents to the House of Representatives 
relating to the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed find that 
greenhouse gas emissions are a danger to public health and welfare; 
H. Res. 449, Of inquiry requesting the President to provide certain 
documents in his possession to the House of Representatives relating 
to the Environmental Protection Agency's April proposed finding that 
greenhouse gas emissions are a danger to public health and welfare; 
and H. Res. 462, Requesting that the President transmit to the House 
of Representatives all information in his possession relating to 
specific communications with Chrysler LLC (``Chrysler''), following 
conclusion of the meeting of the Subcommittee on Health, 2123 
Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Health, to mark up H.R. 2749, Food Safety 
Enhancement Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International 
Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight, hearing on the Uighurs: A 
History of Persecution, 9 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  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.
  Commitee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation 
Security and Infrastructure Protection hearing entitled ``The FY 
2010 Budget for the National Protection and Programs Directorate and 
the Transportation Security Administration,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, to mark up the following 
measures: H.R. 1196, To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer 
of the House of Representatives to carry out a series of 
demonstration projects to promote the use of innovative technologies 
in reducing energy consumption and promoting energy efficiency and 
cost savings in the House of Representatives; H.R. 2510, Absentee 
Ballot Tract, Receive and Confirm Act; H.R. 1604, Universal Right to 
Vote by Mail Act of 2009; H.R. 512, Federal Election Integrity Act 
of 2009; H.R. 2728, William Orton Law Library Improvement and 
Modernization Act; H.R. 1752, To provide that the usual day for 
paying salaries in or under the House of Representatives may be 
established by regulations of the Committee on House Administration; 
H.R. 2185, Architect of the Capitol Appointment Act of 2009; H. Con. 
Res. 135, Directing the Architect of the Capitol to place a marker 
in Emancipation Hall in the Capitol Visitor Center which 
acknowledges the role that slave labor played in the construction of 
the United States Capitol; H. Con. Res. 131, Directing the Architect 
of the Capitol to engrave the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag and 
the National Motto of ``In God We Trust'' in the Capitol Visitor 
Center; and a resolution pertaining to IG recommendations for 
financial documentation, 11 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following: a measure to 
amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and 
enforcement of foreign defamation judgments; and a proposed 
resolution of Articles of impeachment against U.S. District Judge 
Samuel B. Kent, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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

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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.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia, 
oversight hearing on the Environmental Restoration Program at Spring 
Valley, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, oversight 
hearing entitled ``Commission on Wartime Contracting: Interim 
Findings and Path Forward,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Research and 
Science Education, hearing on Cyber Security R&D, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Laying the 
Groundwork for Economic Recovery: Expanding Small Business Access to 
Capital,'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on Control of Anti-
Fouling Systems on Ships, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 1016, Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act 
of 2009; H.R. 1211, Women Veterans Health Care Improvement Act; H.R. 
952, COMBAT PTSD; H.R. 1037, Pilot College Work Study Programs for 
Veterans Act of 2009; H.R. 1098, Veterans' Worker 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 Insured Veterans 
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, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 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.