[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 8, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D806-D807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              JULY 9, 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 Energy and Water Development, 
Financial Services and General Government, State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Agencies, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of General James E. Cartwright, for reappointment as the Vice 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and reappointment to the grade of 
general, of the Marine Corps, and Admiral Robert F. Willard, for 
reappointment to the grade of admiral and to be Commander, Pacific 
Command, of the Navy, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of Wilma A. Lewis, of the Virgin Islands, to be an 
Assistant Secretary, and Robert V. Abbey, of Nevada, to be Director of 
the Bureau of Land Management, both of the Department of the Interior; 
and Richard G. Newell, of North Carolina, to be Administrator of the 
Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air 
and Nuclear Safety, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the 
Environmental Protection Agency's clean air regulations, one year after 
the CAIR and CAMR federal court decisions, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business meeting 
to continue consideration of Affordable Health Choices Act, subcommittee 
assignments, and any nominations cleared for action, 10 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings to 
examine health care reform, focusing on the concerns and priorities from 
the perspective of small businesses, 10 a.m., SR-428A.


                                  House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Rural Development, 
Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to 
review rural broadband programs, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, Defense Acquisition Reform Panel, hearing 
on challenges to effective acquisition and management of information 
technology systems, 8 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittees on Readiness, Air and Land Forces and Seapower and 
Expeditionary Forces, joint hearing on the status of Army and Marine Corps 
reset requirements, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to continue markup of H.R. 3045, 
Section 8 Voucher Reform Act of 2009, 9:30 a.m., followed by a hearing on 
H.R. 3068, TARP for Main Street Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Regulatory Restructuring: Balancing the Independence of the 
Federal Reserve Monetary Policy with Systemic Risk Regulation,'' 1:30 
p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade, hearing on The Export Administration Act: A 
Review of Outstanding Policy Considerations, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, to mark up H.R. 1881, Transportation 
Security Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009. 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on Trends Affecting Minority 
Broadcast Ownership, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on Home 
Foreclosures: Will Voluntary Mortgage Modification Help Families Save 
Their Homes? 1 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
2314, Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 2009; H.R. 1061, 
Hoh Indian Tribe Safe Homelands Act; H.R. 715, Saguaro National Park 
Boundary Expansion and Study Act of 2009; H.R. 1376, Waco Mammoth 
National Monument Establishment Act of 2009; and H.R. 1121, Blue Ridge 
Parkway and Town of Blowing Rock Land Exchange Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on The Rise of 
the Mexican Drug Cartels and U.S. National Security, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, 
hearing on Census Data and Its Use in Federal Formula Funding, 2 p.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 3082, Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2010, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on the Technology Research and Development Efforts 
to the Energy and Water Linkage, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Technology, hearing entitled ``Helping Small Business Innovators Through 
the Research and Experimentation Tax Credit,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on The National Maritime 
Center and Mariner Credentials, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance 
and Memorial Affairs, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2379, 
Veterans' Group Life Insurance Improvement Act of 2009; 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 accelerated death benefit payable to certain terminally-ill 
persons insured under Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance or Veterans' 
Group Life Insurance, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Health, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 1197, 
Medal of Honor Care Equity Act of 2009; H.R. 1293, Disabled Veterans Home 
Improvement and Structural Alteration Grant Increase Act of 2009; H.R. 
1302, To amend titled 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. 2770, Veterans Nonprofit Research and Education 
Corporations Enhancement Act of 2009; H.R. 2926, To amend title 38, 
United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
provide, without expiration, hospital care, medical services, and nursing 
home care for certain Vietnam-era veterans exposed to herbicide and 
veterans of the Persian Gulf War; and a draft discussion on Family 
Caregivers, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine commercial real 
estate, 10 a.m., 2226, Rayburn Building.