[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 95 (Tuesday, June 23, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D750-D751]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JUNE 24, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies, business meeting to mark up proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the Commerce, Justice, 
Science and Related Agencies, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  Full Committee, closed business meeting to mark up the proposed 
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-222.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine consumer choices and transparency in the health 
insurance industry, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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, 10:45 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine issues 
dealing with Iran, 11 a.m., SH-216.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Capricia Penavic Marshall, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief 
of Protocol, and to have the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of 
service, and Daniel M. Rooney, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to 
Ireland, both of the Department of State, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to continue consideration of Affordable Health Choices Act, 
subcommittee assignments, and any pending nominations, 10 a.m., SR-
325.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine type 1 diabetes research progress, 9 a.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of Veterans Affairs quality management 
activities, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine emergency 
preparedness, aging and special needs, 10:30 a.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, hearing to review implementation of the Food, 
Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Education and Labor, to mark up H.R. 2989, 401(k) 
Fair Disclosure and Pension Security Act of 2009, 10:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, and the Subcommittee on Health, 
to continue hearings on draft health reform legislation, 9:30 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  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, hearing entitled ``Regulatory 
Restructuring: Enhancing Consumer Financial Products Regulation,'' 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on the July Summit and 
Beyond: Prospects for U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arms Reduction, 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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, 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.
  Committee on Natural Resources, hearing on H.R. 2499, Puerto Rico 
Democracy Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Subcommittee 
on National Security and Foreign Affairs, joint hearing entitled 
``Afghanistan and Pakistan: Oversight of a New Interagency 
Strategy,'' 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District 
of Columbia, to mark up H.R. 22, To amend chapter 89, title 5, 
United States Code, to allow the United States Postal Service to pay 
its share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of 
the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund, 9 a.m., and to hold 
hearing entitled ``FEHBP's Prescription Drug Benefits: Deal or No 
Deal?'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, 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.
  Committee on Small Business, 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, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, to mark up the Surface Transportation 
Authorization Act of 2009, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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; H.R. 
2774, Families of Veterans Financial Security Act; and H.R. 2968, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to eliminate the required 
reduction in the amount of the acccelerated death benefit payable to 
certain terminally-ill persons insured under Servicemembers' Group 
Life Insurance or Veterans' Group Life Insurance, 2 p.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to continue hearings on Health Reform 
in the 21st Century: Proposals to Reform the Health System, 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.