[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 110 (Tuesday, July 21, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D882-D883]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JULY 22, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine the role of agriculture and forestry in global 
warming legislation, 10 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the semiannual monetary policy report to the Congress, 10 
a.m., SD-106.
  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.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance, to hold 
hearings to examine advertising trends and consumer protection, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  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: 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

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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 Chelan National Recreation Area, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Samuel Louis Kaplan, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador 
to the Kingdom of Morocco, James B. Smith, of New Hampshire, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Kenneth E. Gross, Jr., of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan, Miguel 
Humberto Diaz, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Holy See, Fay 
Hartog-Levin, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of the 
Netherlands, and Stephen J. Rapp, of Iowa, to be Ambassador at Large 
for War Crimes Issues, all of the Department of State, 9 a.m., SD-
419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine foreign aid and 
development in a new era, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.
  Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, to hold hearings to examine metal 
theft, focusing on law enforcement challenges, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, to mark up the Defense appropriations 
for fiscal year 2010, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, 
hearing on oversight of family support programs, 2 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Regulatory 
Perspectives on the Obama Administration's Financial Regulatory 
Reform Proposals,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``TARP Oversight Warrant Repurchases and Protecting Taxpayers,'' 2 
p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on IRAN: Recent Developments 
and Implications for U.S. Policy, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, executive, briefing on the Federal 
Protective Service's ability to protect Federal facilities, 2 p.m., 
302 HVC.
  Subcommittee on Border, Maritime and Global Counterterrorism, to 
mark up the following bills: H.R. 1517, To allow certain U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection employees who serve under an overseas 
limited appointment for at least 2 years, and whose service is rated 
fully successful or higher throughout that time, to be converted to 
a permanent appointment in the competitive service; H.R. 1726, 
Border Security Search Accountability Act of 2009; and H.R. 3239, To 
require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
Secretary of State, to submit a report on the effects of the Merida 
initiative on the border security of the United States, 10 a.m., 
3112 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to continue hearings on Ramifications of the 
Auto Industry Bankruptcies, Part II, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, hearing on 
Over-Criminalization of Conduct/Over-Federalization of Criminal Law, 
3 p.m., and to mark up H.R. 3245, Fairness in Cocaine Sentencing Act 
of 2009, 3:15 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, to mark up H.R. 2499, Puerto Rico 
Democracy Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Domestic Policy, hearing entitled ``Arbitration or `Arbitrary': The 
Misuse of Mandatory Arbitration to Collect Consumer Debts,'' 2 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the Transportation, Housing and 
Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010, 3 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Meeting the Needs 
of Small Businesses and Family Farmers in Regulating our Nation's 
Waters,'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Enforcement of VA's Brachytherapy Program 
Safety Standards, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
National Intelligence Strategy, 1:30 p.m., 304-HVC.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and 
Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on Department of Defense 
Human Intelligence, 4 p.m., 304-HVC.