[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 24, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D760-D761]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 25, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark up proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies and Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, 3 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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: business meeting 
to consider the nominations of Raphael William Bostic, of 
California, and David H. Stevens, of Virginia, both to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, time to be 
announced, room to be announced.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine impacts of highway trust fund insolvency, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  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: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Maria Otero, to be Under Secretary for Democracy and 
Global Affairs, and Philip L. Verveer, for the rank of Ambassador 
during his tenure of service as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State 
for International Communications and Information Policy in the 
Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs and U.S. 
Coordinator for International Communications and Information Policy, 
both of the Department of State, 11 a.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 Indian Affairs: 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: to hold hearings to examine ``The 
Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act'', 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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, S. 417, to enact a safe, 
fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act, S. 396, for the 
relief of Marcos Antonio Sanchez-Diaz, and the nominations of B. 
Todd Jones, to be United States Attorney for the District of 
Minnesota, and John P. Kacavas,

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to be United States Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, 12 
noon, SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: organizational meeting of 
the Impeachment Trial Committee on the Articles against Judge Samuel 
B. Kent, 4:30 p.m., SR-301.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, to continue hearings to review implementation 
of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, and Related Agencies, to mark up appropriations for 
fiscal year 2010 for Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, 9 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  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, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Raising Thinking from the Tactical to the 
Operational Level: JPME I and II at the Services' and Joint Command 
and Staff Colleges, 9 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Statutory PAYGO, 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  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 Communications, Technology, and the Internet, to 
mark up H.R. 2994, To reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer 
Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  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, 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.
  Subcommittee on Asia, The Pacific and the Global Environment, 
hearing on Japan's Changing Role, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia, hearing on A Regional 
Overview of South Asia, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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, hearing on H.R. 2708, Indian 
Health Care Improvement Act Amendments of 2009, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and the Subcommittee 
on Domestic Policy, to continue joint hearings entitled ``Bank of 
America and Merrill Lynch: How Did a Private Deal Turn Into a 
Federal Bailout?, Part II,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, hearing 
entitled ``Sexual Assault in the Military, Part 3: Context and 
Causes,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, 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.
  Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing on Assessing 
Cybersecurity Activities at NIST and DHS, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, to mark up H.R. 2965, Enhancing Small 
Business Research and Innovation Act of 2009, 9:30 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing on 
Recovery Act: 120-Day Progress Report for Transportation Programs, 
11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing on Post-9/11 G.I. Bill: Is the VA ready for 
August 1st? 1:30 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations and the Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, 
joint hearing on Highway and Transit Investment Needs, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Iran, 3 p.m., 304 HVC.
  Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical, executive, briefing on 
Overhead, 2 p.m., 304HVC.