[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 10, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D676-D677]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 11, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  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, 1:30 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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, 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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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: business meeting to 
consider pending energy legislation, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
certain North Korea issues, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine health care, 3 p.m., SH-216.
  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 
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: to hold hearings to examine reforming 
the Indian health care system, 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, 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.

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  Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, to hold hearings to examine the 
National Criminal Justice Act of 2009, 3 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SVC-217.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to review pending climate legislation, 2 
p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research, 
hearing to review conditions in rural America, 10 a.m., 1302 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agriculture, 
to mark up the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies appropriations for fiscal year 
2010, 1 p.m., 2362 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, 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.
  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.
  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.
  Committee on Education and Labor, 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, 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, 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, hearing entitled ``Compensation 
Structure and Systemic Risk,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing on H.R. 
2336,GREEN Act of 2009, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security,, 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, Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil 
Rights and Civil Liberties, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1843, John Hope Franklin Tulsa-Greenwood Race Riot Claims 
Accountability Act of 2009; and H.R. 984, State Secret Protection 
Act of 2009, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  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, hearing on H.R. 2314, Native 
Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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, Subcommittee on 
Investigations and Oversight, hearing on Fixing EPA's Broken 
Integrated Risk Information System, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  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, Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Technology, to mark up the following: Commercializing Small Business 
Research and Development Act; Investing in Tomorrow's Technology 
Act; SBIIR and STTR Enhancement Act; and the Technology Development 
and Outreach Act, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on Regional Air Carriers and Pilot Workforce 
Issues, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Cyber Initaitive Budget, 2 p.m., 304-HVC Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: Meeting of conferees on H.R. 2346, making supplemental 
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, 3 
p.m., HC-5, Capitol.