[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 108 (Friday, July 17, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D863-D867]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 20 through July 25, 2009

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, 1 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of S. 1390, 
National Defense Authorization Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: July 22, to 
hold hearings to examine the role of agriculture and forestry in 
global warming legislation, 1 p.m., SR-325.

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  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 22, to hold 
hearings to examine the semiannual monetary policy report to the 
Congress, 10 a.m., S-106.
  July 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Deborah Matz, of Virginia, to be a Member of the 
National Credit Union Administration Board, 3 p.m., SD-538.
  July 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine establishing 
a framework for systemic risk regulation, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 21, 
business meeting to consider S. 1274, to amend title 46, United 
States Code, to ensure that the prohibition on disclosure of 
maritime transportation security information is not used 
inappropriately to shield certain other information from public 
disclosure, S. 1451, to modernize the air traffic control system, 
improve the safety, reliability, and availability of transportation 
by air in the United States, provide for modernization of the air 
traffic control system, reauthorize the Federal Aviation 
Administration, and the nominations of Polly Trottenberg, of 
Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary, and Deborah A.P. Hersman, of 
Virginia, to be Chairman of the Safety Board, both of the Department 
of Transportation, Richard A. Lidinsky, Jr., of Maryland, to be a 
Federal Maritime Commissioner, Mignon L. Clyburn, of South Carolina, 
and Meredith Attwell Baker, of Virginia, both to be a Member of the 
Federal Communications Commission, and an original bill entitled 
``SAFETEA-LU'', 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and 
Insurance, to hold hearings to examine advertising trends and 
consumer protection, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  July 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Children's Television Act for a digital media age, 2:30 p.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 21, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 561 and H.R. 1404, bills to authorize a 
supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire 
suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National 
Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and 
the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire 
management strategy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  July 22, Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 635, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 
a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a 
component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 715, to 
establish a pilot program to provide for the preservation and 
rehabilitation of historic lighthouses, S. 742, to expand the 
boundary of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in the State of 
Georgia, to redesignate the unit as a National Historical Park, S. 
1270, to modify the boundary of the Oregon Caves National Monument, 
S. 1418 and H.R. 2330, bills to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to carry out a study to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
establishing Camp Hale as a unit of the National Park System, and 
H.R. 2430, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to continue 
stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, 
Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Cheland National 
Recreation Area, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 637, to authorize the construction of the Dry-Redwater 
Regional Water Authority System in the State of Montana and a 
portion of McKenzie County, North Dakota, S. 789, to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility and 
suitability of constructing a storage reservoir, outlet works, and a 
delivery system for the Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River 
Reservation in the State of California to provide a water supply for 
domestic, municipal, industrial, and agricultural purposes, S. 1080, 
to clarify the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior with 
respect to the C.C. Cragin Dam and Reservoir, and S. 1453, to amend 
Public Law 106-392 to maintain annual base funding for the Bureau of 
Reclamation for the Upper Colorado River and San Juan fish recovery 
programs through fiscal year 2023, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environmental and Public Works: July 21, Subcommittee 
on Green Jobs and the New Economy, to hold hearings to examine state 
and local views on clean energy jobs, climate-related policies, and 
economic growth, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  July 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Samuel D. Hamilton, of Mississippi, to be Director of 
the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the 
Interior, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 21, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  July 22, Full Committee to hold hearings to examine foreign aid 
and development in a new era, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  July 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., of Utah, to be Ambassador to 
the People's Republic of China, John Victor Roos, of California, to 
be Ambassador to Japan, Jonathan S. Addleton, of Georgia, to be 
Ambassador to Monogolia, Teddy Bernard Taylor, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Solomon Islands 
and Ambassador to the Republic of Vanuatu, and Martha Larzelere 
Campbell, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the 
Marshall Islands, all of the Department of State, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 21, 
to hold hearings to examine stimulus spending, transparency, and 
fraud prevention, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  July 21, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine the wheat market, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the 
Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine D.C. public schools, focusing on education reform, 2:30 
p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 21, business meeting to consider 
the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, of New

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York, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United 
States, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border 
Security, to hold hearings to examine the current employment 
verification system, 2 p.m. SD-226.
  July 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine job creation 
and foreign investment in the United States, focusing on assessing 
the EB-5 Regional Center Program, 10 a.m. SD-226.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, to hold hearings to 
examine metal theft, focusing on law enforcement challenges, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, 
to hold hearings to examine the reconsideration of bankruptcy 
reform, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 845, to amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, 
to allow citizens who have concealed carry permits from the State in 
which they reside to carry concealed firearms in another State that 
grants concealed carry permits, if the individual complies with the 
laws of the State, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: July 22, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Raymond M. Jefferson, of Hawaii, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, 
and Joan M. Evans, of Oregon, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs for Congressional and Legislative Affairs, 10 a.m., 
SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 21, to hold closed hearings 
to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  July 23, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to consider 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, July 21, Subcommittee on Livestock, 
Dairy and Poultry, to continue hearings to review economic 
conditions facing the dairy industry, part two, 11 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, July 22, to mark up Defense 
appropriations for fiscal year 2010, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, oversight hearing on 
the Capitol Visitor Center, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 21, to mark up H. Res. 602, 
Requesting that the President and directing that the Secretary of 
Defense transmit to the House of Representatives all information in 
their possession relating to specific communications regarding 
detainees and foreign persons suspected of terrorism, 1 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  July 21, Defense Acquisition Reform Panel, hearing on shaping a 
workforce for today's acquisition environment that can meet DOD's 
needs, 8 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on oversight 
of family support programs, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on proposed 
reconfiguration of the National Defense Stockpile, 9:30 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  July 24, full Committee, hearing on reforming the Military 
Commissions Act of 2006 and detainee policy, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, July 24, hearing on the Recovery Act: 
Strengthening Our Economy, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, July 21, to mark up H.R. 3221, 
Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009, 11 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 20, 21 and 22, to continue 
markup of H.R. 3200, American's Affordable Health Choices Act, 4 
p.m., on July 20 and 10 a.m., on July 21 and 22, 2123 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the 
Internet, hearing on Oversight of the FCC, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment, hearing on 
the following measures: H.R. 2868, Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism 
Act of 2009; and Drinking Water System Security Act of 2009, 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 21, hearing on the Chairman 
on monetary policy and the state of the economy, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  July 21, hearing entitled `` Systemic Risk: Are Some Institutions 
Too Big To Fail and If So, What Should We Do About It?'' 2 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  July 22, hearing entitled ``Regulatory Perspectives on the Obama 
Administration's Financial Regulatory Reform Proposals,'' 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``TARP Oversight Warrant Repurchases and Protecting 
Taxpayers,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 24, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Regulatory 
Perspectives on the Obama Administration's Financial Regulatory 
Reform Proposals--Part Two,'' 10:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 22, hearing on IRAN: Recent 
Developments and Implications for U.S. Policy, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global 
Environment, hearing on From L'Aquila to Copenhagen: Change and 
Vulnerable Societies, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on Radio Free Europe/
Radio Liberty and Voice of America: Soft Power and the Free Flow of 
Information, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, July 21, Subcommittee on Emerging 
Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, hearing 
``Securing the Modern Electric Grid from Physical and Cyber 
Attacks,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and 
Terrorism Risk Assessment, executive, briefing on the National 
Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) satellite imagery, 10 a.m., 
1539 Longworth.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and 
Oversight, executive, briefing on the DHS Civil

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Rights and Civil Liberties Disability and Special Needs Policy Team, 
11:30 a.m., 1539 Longworth.
  July 22, full Committee, executive, briefing on the Federal 
Protective Service's ability to protect Federal facilities, 2 p.m., 
302 HVC.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Management, Investigations and Oversight, 
executive, hearing entitled ``Protecting the Protectors: Examining 
the Personnel Challenges Facing the Federal Air Marshal Service,'' 
10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, July 23, hearing on Engaging 
the Electorate--Strategies for Expanding Access to Democracy, 11 
a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 21 and 22, Subcommittee on 
Commercial and Administrative Law, to continue hearings on 
Ramifications of the Auto Industry Bankruptcies, Part II and III, 11 
a.m., p.m. July 21 and 10 a.m., on July 23, 2141 Rayburn.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, 
oversight hearing on Federal Bureau of Prisons, 10 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy, hearing on 
Competition Concerns with International Airline Alliances: Should 
DOJ Co-Pilot the Airline Antitrust Immunity Process? 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, 
hearing on Over-Criminalization of Conduct/Over-Federalization of 
Criminal Law, 3 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil 
Liberties, hearing on Continuity of Congress in the Wake of a 
Catastrophic Attack, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, July 21, Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Forests and Public Lands, hearing on H.R. 644, Grand Canyon 
Watersheds Protection Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 1738, Downey Regional Water Reclamation and Groundwater 
Augmentation Project of 2009; H.R. 2265, Magna Water District Water 
Reuse and Groundwater Recharge Act of 2009; H.R. 2442, Bay Area 
Regional Water Recycling Program Expansion Act of 2009; H.R. 2522, 
To raise the ceiling on the Federal share of the cost of the 
Calleguas Municipal Water District Recycling Project; H.R. 2741, To 
amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Goundwater Study and Facilities 
Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the 
City of Hermiston, Oregon, water recycling and reuse project; H.R. 
2950, To direct the Secretary of the Interior to allow for 
prepayment of repayment contracts between the United States and the 
Uintah Water Conservancy District; and H.R. 1065, White Mountain 
Apache Tribe Water Rights Quantification Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  July 22, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 2499, Puerto Rico 
Democracy Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resource, oversight 
hearing on Federal Geospatial Data Management, followed by a markup 
of H.R. 2489, America View Geospatial Imagery Mapping Program Act, 
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, July 21, hearing 
entitled ``Following the Money: Report of the Special Inspector 
General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP),'' 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing entitled 
``Arbitration or `Arbitrary': The Misuse of Mandatory Arbitration to 
Collect Consumer Debts,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and 
Procurement, hearing entitled ``E-Verify: Challenges and 
Opportunities,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, July 21, to consider H.R. 2920, Statutory Pay-
As-You-Go Act of 2009, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, July 21, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Environment to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3246, 
Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2009; H.R. 3165, Wind Energy 
Research and Development Act of 2009; H.R. 3029, to establish a 
research, development, and technology demonstration program to 
improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle power 
general systems; and H.R. 3247, To establish a social and behavioral 
science research program at the Department of Energy, 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  July 21, Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, hearing 
on Encouraging the Participation of Female Students in STEM fields, 
10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on 
Effective Transforming Our Electric Delivery System to a Smart Grid, 
10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 22, hearing entitled ``Meeting 
the Needs of Small Businesses and Family Farmers in Regulating our 
Nation's Waters,'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Finance and Tax, hearing entitled 
``Legislative Proposals to Reform the SBA's Capital Access 
Programs,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 22, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency 
Management, hearing on The Congressional Vision for a 21st Century 
Union Station: New Intermodal Uses and a New Union Station Livable 
Community, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 22, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing on Enforcement of VA's Brachytherapy 
Program Safety Standards, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 
Affairs, hearing on Examining Quality of Life and Ancillary Benefits 
Issues, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 21, Subcommittee on Trade, 
hearing on Trade Advisory Committee System, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing on 
possible Long-Term Financial Options for the Highway Trust Fund, 
including Member Proposals, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.

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  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 21, executive. 
briefing on Pakistan Nuclear Security, 3 p.m., 304-HVC.
  July 22, executive, briefing on National Intelligence Strategy, 
1:30 p.m., 304-HVC.
  July 22, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis 
and Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on Department of 
Defense Human Intelligence, 4 p.m., 304-HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: July 21, to hold 
hearings to examine Cyprus' religious cultural heritage, 2 p.m., 
B318, Rayburn Building.
  Joint Economic Committee: July 23, to hold hearings to examine 
balancing work and family in the recession, 10 a.m., 210, Cannon 
Building.
  Joint Economic Committee: July 21, to hold hearings to examine the 
Federal Statistical System in the 21st century, focusing on the role 
of the Census Bureau, 1 p.m., 2203, Rayburn Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: July 23, to hold 
hearings to examine the future of the OSCE Mediterranean Partners 
for Cooperation, 2 p.m., 210, Cannon Building.