[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 105 (Tuesday, July 14, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D838-D839]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JULY 15, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance and Investment, to hold hearings to examine 
the regulation of hedge funds and other private investment pools, 
2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the public safety impact of contraband cell 
phones in correctional facilities, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Mignon L. Clyburn, of South Carolina, and Meredith Attwell Baker, of 
Virginia, both to be a Member of the Federal Communications 
Commission, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 227, to establish the 
Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, New York, and the 
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park in 
Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, Maryland, S. 625, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Waco 
Mammoth National Monument in the State of Texas, S. 853, to 
designate additional segments and tributaries of White Clay Creek, 
in the States of Delaware and Pennsylvania, as a component of the 
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 1053, to amend the 
National Law Enforcement Museum Act to extend the termination date, 
S. 1117, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide 
assistance in implementing cultural heritage, conservation, and 
recreational activities in the Connecticut River watershed of the 
States of New Hampshire and Vermont, S. 1168 and H.R. 1694, bills to 
authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally significant 
battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the 
War of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection Program, and 
H.R. 714, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease 
certain lands in Virgin Islands National Park, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider an original bill to extend the programs of SAFETEA-LU, and 
the nominations of Robert Perciasepe, of New York, to be Deputy 
Administrator, and Craig E. Hooks, of Kansas, to be an Assistant 
Administrator, both of the Environmental Protection Agency, 10:30 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Vilma S. Martinez, of California, to be Ambassador to 
Argentina, Nicole A. Avant, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Vinai K. Thummalapally, of Colorado, to 
be Ambassador to Belize, and John R. Nay, of Michigan, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname, all of the Department of 
State, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings 
to examine maritime disputes and sovereignty issues in East Asia, 
2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the REAL ID Act, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: business meeting to mark up 
S. 1415, to amend the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee 
Voting Act to ensure that absent uniformed services voters and 
overseas voters are aware of their voting rights and have a genuine 
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register to vote and have their absentee ballots cast and counted, 
9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to mark 
up an original bill authorizing funds for fiscal year 2010 for the 
intelligence community, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Addressing a New 
Generation of Threats from Weapons of Mass Destruction: Department 
of Energy Nonproliferation Programs and the Department of Defense 
Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Beyond 
Service Core Competency: Are Our Junior Officers Prepared for 
Today's Security Environment? 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, to mark up H.R. 3200, America's 
Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, 3 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Banking 
Industry Perspectives on the Obama Administration's Financial 
Regulatory Reform Proposals,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee Housing and Community Opportunity, to continue 
hearings entitled ``Legislative Options for Preserving Federally- 
and State-Assisted Affordable Housing and Preventing Displacement of 
Low-Income, Elderly and Disabled Tenants,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation 
Security and Infrastructure Protection, hearing entitled ``General 
Aviation Security: Assessing Risks and the Road Ahead,'' 2 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Elections, 
hearing on Examining Uniformity in Election Standards, 2 p.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and 
Homeland Security, hearing on H.R. 1064, Youth Prison Reduction 
Through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support and 
Education Act, 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 2678, Duwamish Tribal Recognition Act; H.R. 1358, Burt Lake of 
Ottawa and Chippewa Indians Reaffirmation Act; H.R. 3084 (2576), 
Chinook Nation Restoration Act; and H.R. 3120, Little Shell Tribe of 
Chippewa Indians Restoration Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Technology 
and Innovation, to consider H.R. 2569, To authorize surface 
transportation research, development, and technology transfer 
activities, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Economic Recovery: 
Tax Stimulus Items that Benefitted Small Business with a Look 
Ahead,'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management, 
hearing on Evaluating GSA's First Experience with National Broker 
Contracts, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on 
``Opportunities and Challenges in the Creation of a Clean Water 
Trust Fund,'' 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up the following: 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; 
H.R. 3155, Caregiver Assistance and Resources Enhancement Act; and a 
measure to amend title 38, United States Code, to make certain 
improvement in the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs relating to insurance and health care, 10:15 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence, 
executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 4 p.m., 304-HVC.