[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 17, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D717-D719]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 18, 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 Transportation, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to receive testimony 
from outside witnesses, 10:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Full Committee, business meeting to mark up the Homeland Security 
and Legislative Branch Appropriations Bills and the 302(b) 
Allocations for fiscal year 2010, 3 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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: 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: 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 Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider S. 787, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
clarify the jurisdiction of the United States over waters of the 
United States, S. 878, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act to modify provisions relating to beach monitoring, S. 937, to 
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure that sewage 
treatment plants monitor for and report discharges of raw sewage, S. 
690, to amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act to 
reauthorize the Act, S. 479, to amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative 
Act of 1998 to provide for the continuing authorization of the 
Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails Network, and S. 933, to 
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and the Great Lakes 
Legacy Act of 2002 to reauthorize programs to address remediation of 
contaminated sediment, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to receive a briefing to examine 
treaty negotiations with Russia, 2 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to continue consideration of Affordable Health Choices Act, 
subcommittee assignments, and any pending nominations, 10:30 a.m., 
SR-325.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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.
  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

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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 Tristram 
J. Coffin, of Vermont, to be United States Attorney for the District 
of Vermont, Joyce White Vance, of Alabama, to be United States 
Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama, and Preet Bharara, of 
New York, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of 
New York, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: 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: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., S-407, Capitol.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, 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.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Statutory PAYGO, 10:30 a.m., 
210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Medical Devices: Are 
Current Regulations Doing Enough for Patients?'' 9:30 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``The 
Administration's Plan for the Restructuring of the American 
Financial Regulatory System,'' 1 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled `` 
Strengthening Oversight and Preventing Fraud in FHA and other HUD 
Programs,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on 
the Prague Conference on Holocaust Era Assets: An Overview, 1:30 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, hearing on 
the Export Administration Act: A Review of Outstanding Policy 
Considerations, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  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, to mark up H.R. 2868, Chemical 
Facility Antiterrorism Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and 
Homeland Security, hearing on Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal, 
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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, to mark up the 
following measures: H. Con. Res. 127, Recognizing the significance 
of National Caribbean-American Heritage Month; H. Con. Res. 142, 
Supporting National Men's Health Week; H. Res. 350. Honoring the 
life and accomplishments of Harry Kalas for his invaluable 
contributions to the national pasttime of baseball, and the Nation; 
H. Res. 469, Honoring the life of Wayman Lawrence Tisdale and 
expressing the condolences of the House of Representatives on his 
passing; H. Res. 476, Celebrating the 30th anniversary of June as 
``Black Music Month;'' H.R. 483, Supporting the goals and ideals of 
Veterans of Foreign Wars Day; H.R. 2004, To designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 4282 Beach Street in 
Akron, Michigan, as the ``Akron Veterans Memorial Post Office;'' and 
H.R. 2760, To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1615 North Wilcox Avenue in Los Angeles, 
California, as the ``Johnny Grant Hollywood Post Office Building;'' 
9:45 a.m., followed by a joint hearing with the Subcommittee on 
National Security, and Foreign Affairs, entitled `` Afghanistan and 
Pakistan: Oversight of a New Interagency Strategy,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and 
Procurement, hearing entitled `` Oversight of Federal Financial 
Management,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act of 2010, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, 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, 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 Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on Addressing the Backlog: 
Can VA Manage One Million Claims? 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the following measures: H.R. 
2770, 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; 
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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, 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.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to mark up H.R. 2701, 
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, 9 a.m., 304-
HVC.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing entitled ``Global Warming's Growing Concerns: Impacts on 
Agriculture and Forestry,'' 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine upcoming Kyrgyzstan elections, 2 p.m., 1539, Longworth 
Building.