[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 109 (Monday, July 20, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D872-D873]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JULY 21, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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, an original bill 
entitled ``SAFETEA-LU'', 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, and 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: 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.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: with the Subcommittee 
on Green Jobs and the New Economy, to hold a hearing to examine 
state and local views on clean energy jobs, climate-related 
policies, and economic growth, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Charles Aaron Ray, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Zimbabwe, Gayleatha Beatrice Brown, of New Jersey, 
to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Donald Henry Gips, of Colorado, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa, James Knight, of 
Alabama, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, Earl Michael 
Irving, of California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Swaziland, 
Jerry P. Lanier, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Uganda, Michael Anthony Battle, Sr., of Georgia, to be 
Representative to the African Union, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador, Alfonso E. Lenhardt, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
the United Republic of Tanzania, Pamela Jo Howell Slutz, of Texas, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Burundi, and Patricia Newton 
Moller, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea, all 
of the Department of State, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending calendar 
business, to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine climate 
change and global security in SD-419, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine the 
wheat market, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be an Associate 
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security, to hold 
hearings to examine the current employment verification system, 2:15 
p.m., SD-226.

[[Page D873]]


  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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 Armed Services, to mark up H. Res. 602, Requesting 
that the President and directing that the Security 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.
  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.
  Committee on Education and Labor, to mark up H.R. 3221, Student 
Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009, 11 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to continue markup of H.R. 3200, 
American's Affordable Health Choices Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing on the Chairman on 
monetary policy and the state of the economy, 10 a.m.; and a 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.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, 
Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, hearing ``Security the 
Modern Electric Grid from Physical and Cyber Attacks,'' 2 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight, 
executive, briefing on the DHS Civil Rights and Civil Liberties 
Disability and Special Needs Policy Team, 11:30 a.m. 1539 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to continue hearings on Ramifications of the 
Auto Industry Bankruptcies, Part II, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, oversight 
hearing on Federal Bureau of Prisons, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
  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.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing entitled 
``Following the Money: Report of the Special Inspector General for 
the Troubled Asset Relief Program (SIGTARP),'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 2920, Statutory Pay-As-You-Go 
Act of 2009, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, 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.
  Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, hearing on 
Encouraging the Participation of Female Students in STEM fields, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on 
Trade Advisory Committee System, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Pakistan Nuclear Security, 3 p.m., 304-HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine Cyprus' religious cultural heritage, 2 p.m., B318, 
Rayburn Building.
  Joint Economic Committee: 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.