[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 126 (Wednesday, September 9, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1014-D1015]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark up proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for Defense, 2:30 p.m., SD-
106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(SEC), and how to improve Securities and Exchange Commission 
performance, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, 
and Infrastructure, to hold hearings to examine oil and gas tax 
provisions, focusing on the President's fiscal year 2010 budget 
proposal, 2:15 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine Iraq, 
focusing on a report from the field, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine an update on stimulus spending, transparency, 
and fraud prevention, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business; to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
examine S. 1635, to establish an Indian youth telemental health 
demonstration project, to enhance the provision of mental health 
care services to Indian youth, to encourage Indian tribes, tribal 
organizations, and other mental health care providers serving 
residents of Indian country to obtain the services of predoctoral 
psychology and psychiatry interns, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 448 
and H.R. 985, bills to maintain the free flow of information to the 
public by providing conditions for the federally compelled 
disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news 
media, S. 369, to prohibit brand name drug companies from 
compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic 
drug into the market, S. 1599, to amend title 36, United States 
Code, to include in the Federal charter of the Reserve Officers 
Association leadership positions newly added in its constitution and 
bylaws, and the nominations of Jeffrey L. Viken, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of South Dakota, and Beverly Baldwin 
Martin, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, 
and Peter F. Neronha, to be United States Attorney for the District 
of Rhode Island, Daniel G. Bogden, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of Nevada, Dennis K. Burke, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of Arizona, and Neil H. MacBride, to be 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, all of 
the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold joint hearings to examine 
the legislative presentation of the American Legion, 9:30 a.m., 345 
Cannon Building.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Charting the Course for Effective 
Professional Military Education, 10 a.m., 210 HVC.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Consumer Product Safety 
Commission Oversight: Current Issues and a Vision for the Future,'' 
10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``Oversight of the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act: Broadband, Part 2,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``The World 
Bank's Disclosure Policy Review and the Role of Democratic 
Participatory Process in Achieving Successful Development 
Outcomes,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on Outlook for Iraq and U.S. 
Policy, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global Environment, 
hearing on U.S.-China Relations: Maximizing the Effectiveness of the 
Strategic and Economic Dialogue, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on Competition and Commerce in 
Digital Books, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 685, United States Civil Rights Trail System Act of 2009; H.R. 
1593, 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; H.R. 2802, To provide for an 
extension of the legislative authority of the Adams Memorial 
Foundation to establish a commemorative work in honor of former 
President John Adams and his legacy, and for other purposes; H.R. 
2806, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to adjust the 
boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and the North Cascades 
National Park in order to allow the rebuilding of a road outside of 
the floodplain while ensuring that there is no net loss of acreage 
to the Park or the Wilderness, and for other purposes; H.R. 3113, 
Upper Elk River Wild and Scenic Study Act; H.R. 2008, Bonneville 
Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act; H.R. 2265, Magna Water 
District Water Reuse and Groundwater Recharge

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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, and for other purposes; H.R. 2741, To amend the 
Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to participate in the City 
of Hermiston, Oregon, water recycling and reuse project, and for 
other purposes, and 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, 9 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to mark up the 
following measures: H.R. 1881, Transportation Security Workforce 
Enhancement Act of 2009; H.R. 2495, Federal Real Property Disposal 
Enhancement Act of 2009; H.R. 2092, Kingman and Heritage Islands Act 
of 2009; H.R. 2711, Families of Fallen Heroes Act; H. Con. Res. 163, 
Expressing support for designation of September 23, as ``National 
Job Corps Day''; H. Res. 441, Honoring the historical contributions 
of Catholic sisters in the United States; H. Res. 679, Supporting 
the goals and ideals of American Legion Day; H.R. 2215, To designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 
Merriman Road in Garden City, Michigan, as the ``John J. Shivnen 
Post Office Building''; H.R. 3319, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 440 South Gulling Street in 
Portola, California, as the ``Army Specialist Jeremiah Paul McCleery 
Post Office Building''; and H.R. 3386, To designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 1165 2nd Avenue in Des 
Moines, Iowa, as the ``Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Memorial Post 
Office,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on Biological Research for Energy and Medical 
Applications at the Department of Energy Office of Science, 2 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing on the Risks 
of Financial Modeling: VaR and the Economic Meltdown, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing on 
Concerns with Hazardous Materials Safety in the U.S.: Is PHMSA 
Performing its Mission? 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing on Vocational Rehabilitation and Review of 
SPAWAR and VA's Interagency Agreement, 1:30 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing entitled ``Roadmap to Copenhagen: Driving Toward Success,'' 
9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine income, 
poverty, and health insurance coverage, focusing on assessing key 
census indicators of family well-being in 2008, 1 p.m., 210, Cannon 
Building.
  Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold 
joint hearings to examine the legislative presentation of the 
American Legion, 9:30 a.m., 345, Cannon Building.