[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 120 (Tuesday, August 4, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D977]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             AUGUST 5, 2009

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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: 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.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1078, to authorize a 
comprehensive national cooperative geospatial imagery mapping program 
through the United States Geological Survey, to promote use of the 
program for education, workforce training and development, and applied 
research, and to support Federal, State, tribal, and local government 
programs, S. 30, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit 
manipulation of caller identification information, S. 251, to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to permit targeted interference with mobile 
radio services within prison facilities, S. 952, to develop and promote a 
comprehensive plan for a national strategy to address harmful algal 
blooms and hypoxia through baseline research, forecasting and monitoring, 
and mitigation and control while helping communities detect, control, and 
mitigate coastal and Great Lakes harmful algal blooms and hypoxia events, 
S. 1538, to establish a black carbon and other aerosols research program 
in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration that supports 
observations, monitoring, modeling, S. 1539, to authorize the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish a comprehensive 
greenhouse gas observation and analysis system, and the nominations of 
Christopher P. Bertram, of the District of Columbia, and Susan L. 
Kurland, of Illinois, both to be Assistant Secretary, and Daniel R. 
Elliott III, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board, 
all of the Department of Transportation, Patricia D. Cahill, of Missouri, 
to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting, Christopher A. Hart, of Colorado, to be a Member of the 
National Transportation Safety Board, Dennis F. Hightower, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, and Robert S. 
Adler, of North Carolina, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of David C. Jacobson, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to Canada, 
Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 
2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Alexander G. Garza, of Missouri, 
to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security and Chief Medical Officer, 
Ernest W. Dubester, of Virginia, to be a Member, and Julia Akins Clark, 
of Maryland, to be General Counsel, both of the Federal Labor Relations 
Authority, Time to be announced, S-216, Capitol.
  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.
  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.


                                  House

  No committee meetings are scheduled.