[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 93 (Friday, June 19, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D736-D739]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 22 through June 27, 2009

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at approximately 3:00 p.m., Senate will resume 
consideration of S. 1023, Travel Promotion Act, and after a period of 
debate, vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Reid (for Dorgan/
Rockefeller) Amendment No. 1347 at 5:30 p.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.

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                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: June 23, Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, business meeting to mark up 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the Interior, 
Environment and Related Agencies, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 23, Subcommittee on Personnel, 
closed business meeting to mark up those provisions which fall under 
the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010, 9:30 a.m., SR-232A.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Airland, closed business meeting to mark 
up those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction 
of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
2010, 11 a.m., SR-222.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, closed business meeting 
to mark up those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's 
jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for 
fiscal year 2010, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, closed 
business meeting to mark up those provisions which fall under the 
subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010, 3:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  June 23, Subcommittee on SeaPower, closed business meeting to mark 
up those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction 
of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
2010, 5:30 p.m., SR-222.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, closed 
business meeting to mark up those provisions which fall under the 
subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010, 9:30 a.m., SR-232A.
  June 24, Full Committee, closed business meeting to mark up the 
proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010, 
2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  June 25, Full Committee, closed business meeting to mark up the 
proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010, 
9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  June 26, Full Committee, closed business meeting to mark up the 
proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010, 
9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 22, 
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment, to hold 
hearings to examine over-the-counter derivatives, focusing on 
modernizing oversight to increase transparency and reduce risks, 3 
p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 23, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, to hold 
hearings to examine high-speed passenger rail, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 24, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Colin Scott Cole Fulton, of 
Maryland, and Paul T. Anastas, of Connecticut, both to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  June 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine impacts of 
highway trust fund insolvency, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife, to hold hearings to 
examine the impacts of mountaintop removal coal mining on water 
quality in Appalachia, 3:30 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 23, Subcommittee on African 
Affairs, to hold hearings to examine drug trafficking in West 
Africa, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  June 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Capricia Penavic Marshall, to be Chief of Protocol, 
and to have the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service, 
Department of State, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  June 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Maria Otero, of the District of Columbia, to be Under 
Secretary of State for Democracy and Global Affairs, 11 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 22, 
business meeting to continue consideration of Affordable Health 
Choices Act, subcommittee assignments, and any pending nominations, 
3 p.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 24, 
to hold hearings to examine type 1 diabetes research progress, 9 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 25, to hold hearings to examine 
S. 797, to amend the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act, the Indian 
Tribal Justice Act, the Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal 
Assistance Act of 2000, and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe 
Streets Act of 1968 to improve the prosecution of, and response to, 
crimes in Indian country, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 24, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of A. Thomas McLellan, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy 
Director of National Drug Control Policy, Alejandro N. Mayorkas, of 
California, to be Director of the United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, and 
Christopher H. Schroeder, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine ``The Matthew 
Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act.'', 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 25, 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, H.R. 985 and S. 448, 
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, and S. 
396, for the relief of Marcos Antonio Sanchez-Diaz, 12 noon, SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: June 24, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs quality 
management activities, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 23, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.

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  Special Committee on Aging: June 24, to hold hearings to examine 
emergency preparedness, aging and special needs, 10:30 a.m., SD-562.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: June 25, to hold hearings to examine 
predatory lending and reverse redlining, 10 a.m., Room to be 
announced.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: June 23, to hold 
hearings to examine religious liberty, media freedom, and the rule 
of law in Russia, 10 a.m., SVC-203/202.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 24 and 25, Subcommittee on General 
Farm Commodities and Risk Management, hearings to review 
implementation of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, 10 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 23, to mark up the following 
appropriations for fiscal year 2010: State, Foreign Operations and 
Related Programs; and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and 
Related Agencies, 4 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, to mark up appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for Energy 
and Water Development, 9 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, to mark up appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for 
Financial Services and General Government, 2 p.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 25, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing on Raising Thinking from the Tactical to 
the Operational Level: and II at the Services' and Joint Command and 
Staff Colleges, 9 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, June 23, hearing on Statutory PAYGO, 10 
a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, June 23, hearing on The Tri-
Committee Draft Proposal for Health Care Reform, 12 p.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  June 24, full Committee, to mark up the 401(k) Fair Disclosure and 
Pension Security Act of 2009, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 23, 24 and 25, Subcommittee 
on Health, hearings on draft health reform legislation, 9:30 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, 
and the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health of the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs, joint hearing on U.S.-Africa Trade Relations: 
Creating a Platform for Economic Growth, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 24, hearing entitled 
``Regulatory Restructuring: Enhancing Consumer Financial Products 
Regulation,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology, 
hearing entitled `` Maintaining the Federal Reserve's Role and 
Independence in Monetary Policy,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 25, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Legislative Options 
for Preserving Federally-and State-Assisted Affordable Housing and 
Preventing Displacement of Low-Income, Elderly and Disabled 
Tenants,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``Improving Consumer Financial Literacy 
under the New Regulatory System,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 24, hearing on the July Summit 
and Beyond: Prospects for U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Reduction, 10 
a..m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, hearing on 
Somalia: Prospects for Lasting Peace and a Unified Response to 
Extremism and Terrorism, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Asia, The Pacific and the Global 
Environment, hearing on Japan's Changing Role, 10 a.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia, hearing on A 
Regional Overview of South Asia, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, June 23, to continue markup of 
H.R. 2868, Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009, 5:30 p.m., 
Cannon.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and 
Terrorism Risk Assessment, hearing entitled ``FY2010 Budget for the 
Office of Intelligence and Analysis of the Department of Homeland 
Security,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 24, to mark up the following 
measures: H. Res. 537, Requesting that the President and directing 
that the Attorney General transmit to the House of Representative 
all information in their possession relating to specific 
communications regarding detainees and foreign persons suspected of 
terrorism; H.R. 1478, Carmelo Rodriguez Military Medical 
Accountability Act of 2009; 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, 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on Accountability, Transparency, and Uniformity in Corporate 
Deferred and Non-Prosecution Agreements, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 24, hearing on H.R. 2499, 
Puerto Rico Democracy Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 25, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 2708, Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act Amendments of 2009, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 23, oversight 
hearing entitled ``The Future of the V-22 Osprey: Costs, 
Capabilities, and Challenges,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the 
District of Columbia, hearing entitled ``FEHBP's Prescription Drug 
Benefits: Deal or No Deal?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 25, full Committee and the Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, 
to continue joint hearings entitled ``Bank of America and Merrill 
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Deal Turn Into a Federal Bailout?, Part II ,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Information, Policy, Census and National 
Archives, hearing entitled ``Census Data and Its Use in Federal 
Formula Funding,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, June 23, to consider the following bills: H.R. 
2892, Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2010; and 
H.R. 2647, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, 
5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, June 24, to mark up the 
following bills: H..R. 2965, Enhancing Small Business Research and 
Innovation Act of 2009; H.R. 2729, To authorize the designation of 
National Environmental Research Parks by the Secretary of Energy, 
and for other purposes; and H.R. 1622, To provide for a program of 
research, development, and demonstration on natural gas vehicles, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing on 
The Science of Security: Lessons Learned in Developing, Testing and 
Operating Advanced Radiation Monitors, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing on 
Assessing Cybersecurity Activities at NIST and DHS, 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 24, hearing entitled ``Health IT 
Adoption and the New Challenges Faced by Solo and Small Group 
Healthcare Practices,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 24, 
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, to mark up the Surface 
Transportation Authorization Act of 2009, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  June 25, full Committee, hearing on Recovery Act: 120-Day Progress 
Report for Transportation Programs, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 24, Subcommittee on 
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 2379, Veterans/Group Life Insurance Improvement Act of 
2009; H.R. 2713, Disabled Veterans Life Insurance Enhancement Act; 
and H.R. 2774, Families of Veterans Financial Security Act, 2 p.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 24, to continue hearing on 
Health Reform in the 21st Century: Proposals to Reform the Health 
System, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the 
Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, joint hearing on Highway 
and Transit Investment Needs, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on Trade Advisory 
Committee System, 1:30 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 25, executive, 
briefing on Iran, 3 p.m., 304 HVC.