[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 118 (Friday, July 31, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D961-D963]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of August 3 through August 8, 2009

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at approximately 3 p.m., Senate will resume consideration 
of H.R. 2997, Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration Appropriations Act, and vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on Kohl/Brownback Amendment No. 1908, at 5:30 p.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.

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                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: August 4, to 
hold hearings to examine strengthening and streamlining Prudential 
Bank supervision, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  August 4, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community 
Development, to hold hearings to examine rail modernization, 
focusing on transit funding, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  August 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine proposals to 
enhance the regulation of credit rating agencies, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: August 5, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Dennis F. Hightower, of 
the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, and 
Robert S. Adler, of North Carolina, and Anne M. Northup, both to be 
a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 10 a.m., 
SR-253.
  August 5, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  August 6, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and 
Security, to hold hearings to examine aviation safety, focusing on 
the relationship between network airlines and regional airlines, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  August 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine waste, 
fraud, and abuse in the SBIR Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: August 4, business 
meeting to consider any pending nominations and legislation, 2:45 
p.m., SD-366.
  August 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of John R. Norris, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the remainder 
of the term expiring June 30, 2012, Jose Antonio Garcia, of Florida, 
to be Director of the Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department 
of Energy, and Joseph G. Pizarchik, of Pennsylvania, to be Director 
of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, 
Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: August 3, Subcommittee 
on Water and Wildlife, to hold hearings to examine protecting the 
Chesapeake Bay, focusing on reauthorizing the Chesapeake Bay 
Program, 2 p.m., SD-406.
  August 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Gary S. Guzy, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Deputy Director of the Office of Environmental Quality, 10 a.m., SD-
406.
  August 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine climate 
change and clean energy, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: August 4, to hold hearings to examine 
climate change legislation, focusing on allowance and revenue 
distribution, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: August 4, business meeting to 
consider the nominations of Matthew Winthrop Barzun, of Kentucky, to 
be Ambassador to Sweden, Bruce J. Oreck, of Colorado, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Finland, James B. Foley, of New York, 
a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-
Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, Philip D. 
Murphy, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of 
Germany, Douglas W. Kmiec, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Malta, William Carlton Eacho III, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Austria, Judith Gail Garber, of 
Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of 
Minister-Counselor to be Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, John 
R. Bass, of New York, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, 
Class of Counselor, to be Ambassador to Georgia, Michael H. Posner, 
of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, Kerri-Ann Jones, of Maine, to be Assistant 
Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and 
Scientific Affairs, Ertharin Cousin, of Illinois, for the rank of 
Ambassador during her tenure of service as U.S. Representative to 
the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, David Killion, 
of the District of Columbia, for the rank of Ambassador during his 
tenure of service as the United States Permanent Representative to 
the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural 
Organization, Glyn T. Davies, of the District of Columbia, a Career 
Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, 
to be Representative of the United States of America to the 
International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador, and 
to be Representative of the United States of America to the Vienna 
Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, 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, a Career Member of the Senior 
Foreign Service, Class of Career Minister, to be Ambassador to 
Mongolia, Teddy Bernard Taylor, of Maryland, a Career Member of the 
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, 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, Martha Larzelere 
Campbell, of Michigan, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign 
Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of the Marshall Islands, Kenneth E. Gross, Jr., of 
Virginia, a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of 
Counselor, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan, and 
Michael Anthony Battle, Sr., of Georgia, to be Representative to the 
African Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador, 2:15 p.m., S-
116, Capitol.
  August 4, Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine Georgia one year after the August war, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  August 5, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  August 5, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing to examine 
civil nuclear cooperation agreement between the United States and 
the United Arab Emirates, 4 p.m., SVC-217.

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  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: August 4, 
business meeting to consider pending nominations, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  August 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine protecting 
patients from defective medical devices, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: August 3, 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine eliminating wasteful contractor bonuses, 3 p.m., 
SD-342.
  August 4, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, to hold 
hearings to examine children in disasters, focusing on evacuation 
planning and mental health recovery, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  August 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Kelvin J. Cochran, to be Administrator, United States 
Fire Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department 
of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  August 5, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the 
Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine strengthening the federal acquisition workforce, focusing on 
government-wide leadership and initiatives, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  August 6, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine the United States Postal Service, 10 a.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: August 6, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to examine S. 1011, to express the policy of the United 
States regarding the United States relationship with Native 
Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition by the United 
States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: August 4, to hold hearings to examine 
the Performance Rights Act and parity among music delivery 
platforms, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: August 6, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Winslow Lorenzo 
Sargeant, of Wisconsin, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, and Peggy 
E. Gustafson, of Illinois, to be Inspector General, both of the 
Small Business Administration, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: August 4, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the 
intelligence community, 11 a.m., S-407, Capitol.


                                 House

  No committee meetings are scheduled.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: August 6, to 
receive a briefing to examine Moldova's recent elections, 10 a.m., 
SVC-202/203.