[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 88 (Friday, June 12, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D689-D693]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 15 through June 20, 2009

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed 
to consideration of S. 1023, Travel Promotion Act, and vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of 
the bill.
  On Thursday, Senate will begin consideration of S. Con. Res. 26, 
Slavery Apology Resolution, and after a period of debate, vote on 
adoption of the resolution.
  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 16, Subcommittee on Financial 
Services and General Government, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the Small 
Business Administration and the General Services Administration, 
2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold

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hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 
for the Department of Transportation, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 
for the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of 
Reclamation, 10:15 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 16, to hold hearings to examine 
the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2010 and the 
Future Years Defense Program for ballistic missile defense programs; 
to be possibly followed by a closed session in SVC-217, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-106.
  June 16, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings to examine the 
Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2010 and the Future 
Years Defense Program for Navy shipbuilding programs, 2:30 p.m., SR-
232A.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine the 
Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2010 and the Future 
Years Defense Program for Army modernization and management of the 
Future Combat Systems Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold 
hearings to examine the Defense Authorization request for fiscal 
year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program for military 
construction, environmental, and base closure programs, 3 p.m., SR-
222.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to 
hold hearings to examine the Defense Authorization request for 
fiscal year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program for United 
States Special Operations Command, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 16, to hold 
hearings to examine new ideas for sustainable development and 
economic growth, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  June 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine over-the-
counter derivatives, focusing on modernizing oversight to increase 
transparency and reduce risks, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  June 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposal to modernize the financial regulatory system, 
9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 16, to 
hold hearings to examine the nomination of Inez M. Tenenbaum, Chair, 
Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  June 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Julius Genachowski, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Chairman, and Robert Malcolm McDowell, of Virginia, to be a 
Member, both of the Federal Communications Commission, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-253.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and 
Security, to hold hearings to examine aviation safety, focusing on 
the role and responsibility of commercial air carriers and 
employees, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  June 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the consumer 
wireless experience, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant 
Marine, to hold hearings to examine freight transportation in 
America, focusing on options for improving the nation's network, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 16, business 
meeting to consider pending energy legislation, 10:15 a.m., SD-366.
  June 16, Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2010 
for the National Park Service and proposed expenditures under the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  June 17, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
energy legislation, 9 a.m., SD-366.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 409, to secure Federal ownership and 
management of significant natural, scenic, and recreational 
resources, to provide for the protection of cultural resources, to 
facilitate the efficient extraction of mineral resources by 
authorizing and directing an exchange of Federal and non-Federal 
land, S. 782, to provide for the establishment of the National 
Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System, S. 874, to establish El 
Rio Grande Del Norte National Conservation Area in the State of New 
Mexico, S. 1139, to require the Secretary of Agriculture to enter 
into a property conveyance with the city of Wallowa, Oregon, and S. 
1140, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
Federal land to Deschutes County, Oregon, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 16, to hold 
hearings to examine the status and progress of New Orleans hurricane 
and flood prevention and coastal Louisiana restoration, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 16, to hold hearings to examine climate 
change legislation, focusing on tax considerations, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 16, business meeting to 
consider S. 962, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 
through 2013 to promote an enhanced strategic partnership with 
Pakistan and its people; to be immediately followed by a business 
meeting in SD-419, to consider the nominations of Nancy J. Powell, 
of Iowa, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, Christopher 
William Dell, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Kosovo, and Patricia A. Butenis, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
the Republic of Maldives, all of the Department of State, 2:15 p.m., 
S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 16, 
business meeting to consider Affordable Health Choices Act, 
subcommittee assignments, and any pending nominations, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-325.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 16, 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
pandemic influenza preparedness and the federal workforce, 2 p.m., 
SD-342.
  June 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine state 
business incorporation practices, focusing on the Incorporation 
Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.

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  Committee on the Judiciary: June 16, Subcommittee on Antitrust, 
Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine 
cell phone text messaging rate increases and the state of 
competition in the wireless market, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  June 17, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 18, 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, 
and 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, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: June 18, 
business meeting to mark up S. 1233, to reauthorize and improve the 
SBIR and STTR programs and for other purposes, and S. 1229, to 
reauthorize and improve the entrepreneurial development programs of 
the Small Business Administration, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 16, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  June 18, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Special Committee on Aging: June 17, to hold hearings to examine 
Social Security in the 21st Century, 2 p.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, June 15, Select Intelligence 
Oversight Panel, on National Security Agency, 5 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, to mark up appropriations for fiscal year 2010 
for Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies, 9 
a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development and Related Agencies, on FAA: FY2010 Budget and Next 
Generation Air Transportation System, 9:30 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, to mark up appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 9 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, to mark up appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for 
Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, 11 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development and Related Agencies, on Department of Housing and Urban 
Development: FY2010 Budget, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 16, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 2647, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2010; H.R. 477, Federal Efficiency and Performance Act of 2009; and 
H.R. 478, Federal Agency Performance Review and Efficiency Act, 10 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, June 18, hearing on Statutory PAYGO, 
10:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  June 19, full Committee, hearing on The Economic Case for Health 
Reform, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, June 16, hearing on The Future 
of Learning: How Technology is Transforming Public Schools, 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, 
to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1984, 401(k) Fair Disclosure 
for Retirement Security Act of 2009; and H.R. 1988, Conflicted 
Investment Advice Prohibition Act of 2009, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 16, Subcommittee on 
Communications, Technology and the Internet, hearing on draft 
legislation to reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer Act, 10 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Terminations of Individual Health Policies by Insurance 
Companies,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, 
and the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, 
joint hearing on Behavioral Advertising: Industry Practices and 
Consumers' Expectations, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Medical 
Devices: Are Current Regulations Doing Enough for Patients?'' 9:30 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 16, Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing 
entitled ``Systemic Risk and Insurance,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing entitled ``H.R. 2336, GREEN Act of 2009,'' 2 p.m., 228 
Rayburn.
  June 18, full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Administration's 
Plan for the Restructuring of the American Financial Regulatory 
System,'' 1:30 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled `` Strengthening Oversight and Preventing Fraud in FHA and 
other HUD Programs,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 19, full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Economic Disaster 
Area Act of 2009,'' 1 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 16, Subcommittee on Europe, 
hearing on Strengthening the Transatlantic Alliance: An Overview of 
the Obama Administration's Policies in Europe, 1:30 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  June 16, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights 
and Oversight, hearing on Exploring the

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Nature of Uighur Nationalism: Freedom Fighters or Terrorists? 9 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global 
Environment, and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and 
Trade, joint hearing on North Korea's Nuclear and Missile Tests and 
the Six-Party Talks: Where Do We Go from Here? 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human 
Rights, and Oversight, hearing on TV Marti: A Station in Search of 
an Audience? 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on the Prague Conference 
on Holocaust Era Assets: An Overview, 1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, 
hearing on the Export Administration Act: A Review of Outstanding 
Policy Considerations, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on U.S. 
Efforts to Combat Arms Trafficking to Mexico: Report from the 
Government Accountability Office (GAO), 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, June 16, hearing on the Chemical 
Facility Antiterrorism Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 16, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, hearing on Bankruptcy Judgeship Needs, 11 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, 
hearing on Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 16, Subcommittee on Insular 
Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 
2055, Pacific Salmon Stronghold Conservation Act of 2009; and H.R. 
2565, National Fish Habitat Conservation Act, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  June 16, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forest and Public Lands, 
and the Subcommittee on Water and Power, joint oversight hearing 
entitled ``Mountain Pine Beetle: Strategies for Protecting the 
West,'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, 
hearing on H.R. 21, Ocean Conservation Education, and National 
Strategy for the 21st Century Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 16, 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement, 
hearing entitled ``The State of Federal Contracting: Opportunities 
and Challenges for Strengthening Government Procurement and 
Acquisition Policies,'' 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 16, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, 
hearing entitled ``U.S. Contributions to the Response to Pakistan's 
Humanitarian Crisis: The Situation and the Stakes,'' 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National 
Archives, hearing entitled ``Identity Theft: Victims Bills of 
Rights,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 18, full Committee and the Subcommittee on National Security, 
and Foreign Affairs, joint hearing entitled `` Afghanistan and 
Pakistan: Oversight of a New Interagency Strategy,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing entitled `` 
After Injury, the Battle Begins: Evaluating Workers' Compensation 
for Civilian Contractors in War Zones,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and 
Procurement, hearing on Financial Statements, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, June 15, to consider the following bills: H.R. 
2487, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriation 
Act of 2010; and conference report to accompany, H.R. 2346, 
Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2009, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, June 16, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Environment, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2693, 
Federal Oil Spill Research Program Act; H.R. 2729, to authorize the 
designation of National Environmental Research Parks by the 
Secretary of Energy; and H.R. 1622, To provide for a program of 
research, development, and demonstration on natural gas vehicles, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, and the 
Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, joint hearing on 
Agency Response to Cyberspace Policy Review, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 17, full Committee, hearing on Advancing Technology for 
Nuclear Fuel Recycling: What Should Our Research, Development and 
Demonstration Strategy Be? 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, to continue 
hearings on Independent Assessment of the National Polar-Orbiting 
Operational Environmental Satellite System, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing External 
Perspectives on the FY 2010 NASA Budget Request and Related Issues, 
10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 17, hearing on Legislative 
Initiatives to Strengthen and Modernize the SBIR and STTR Programs, 
10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Rural Development, Entrepreneurship and 
Trade, hearing on Textile Import Enforcement: Is the Playing Field 
Level for American Small Businesses? 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 16, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to continue 
hearings on Agency Budgets and Priorities for FY2010, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
hearing on A Continuing Examination of Civil Rights Services and 
Diversity in the Coast Guard, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 16, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing on Endoscopy Procedures at the VA: What 
Happened, What Has Changed? 10:30 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 
Affairs, hearing on Addressing the Backlog: Can VA Manage One 
Million Claims? 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.

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  June 18, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the following 
measures: H.R. 2722, Veterans Nonprofit Research and Education 
Corporations Enhancement Act of 2009; H.R. 1293, Disabled Veterans 
Home Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 
2009; H.R. 1197, Medal of Honor Health Care Equity Act of 2009; H.R. 
1302, To amend title 38, United States Code, to establish the 
position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the 
office of the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health; H.R. 
1335, To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs from collecting certain copayments 
from veterans who are catastrophically disabled; H.R. 1546, Caring 
for Veterans with Traumatic Brain Injury Act of 2009; H.R. 2734, 
Health Care for Family Caregivers Act of 2009; H.R. 2738, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide travel expenses for family 
caregivers accompanying veterans to medical treatment facilities; 
and Draft Legislation on Extending Healthcare to Vietnam-era 
Veterans Exposed to Herbicides and Gulf War Veterans, Providing 
Supportive Services for Family Caregivers of Veterans, and Requiring 
VA to Collect Survey Data on Family Caregivers, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 18, and the Subcommittee on 
Select Revenue Measures and the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary 
Policy and Technology of the Committee on Financial Services, joint 
hearing on New Market Tax Credit Program, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, June 
18, hearing entitled ``Global Warming's Growing Concerns: Impacts on 
Agriculture and Forestry,'' 9:30 a.m., room to be announced.