[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 127 (Thursday, September 10, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1019-D1020]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported H.R. 
3326, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Securities and Exchange Commission 
(SEC), and how to improve the Securities and Exchange Commission's 
performance, after receiving testimony from H. David Kotz, Inspector 
General, Robert Khuzami, Director, Division of Enforcement, and John 
Walsh, Acting Director, Office of Compliance Inspections and 
Examinations, all of the United States Securities and Exchange 
Commission; and Harry Markopolos, Boston, Massachusetts.
OIL AND GAS PROVISIONS
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and 
Infrastructure concluded a hearing to examine oil and gas tax 
provisions, focusing on the President's fiscal year 2010 budget 
proposal, after receiving testimony from Alan B. Krueger, Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and Chief Economist; 
Stephen P.A. Brown, Resources for the Future, Arlington, Texas; Calvin 
Johnson, The University of Texas School of Law, Austin; J. Larry 
Nichols, Devon Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on behalf 
of the American Petroleum Institute; Kevin Book, ClearView Energy 
Partners, LLC, Washington, D.C.; and Buddy Kleemeier, Independent 
Petroleum Association of America, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
IRAQ: REPORT FROM THE FIELD
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Iraq, focusing on a report from the field, after receiving 
testimony from Christopher R. Hill, United States Ambassador to Iraq, 
Department of State.
STIMULUS SPENDING, TRANSPARENCY, AND FRAUD PREVENTION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine an update on stimulus spending, 
transparency, and fraud prevention, focusing on selected states' and 
localities' uses of Recovery Act funds, the approaches

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taken by states and localities to ensure accountability, and states' 
plans to evaluate the impact of funds, after receiving testimony from 
Robert L. Nabors II, Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget; 
Jon Leibowitz, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission; Earl E. Devaney, 
Chairman, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board; and J. 
Christopher Mihm, Managing Director, Strategic Issues, Government 
Accountability Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 797, to amend the Indian Law Enforcement Reform Act, the Indian 
Tribal Justice Act, the Indian Tribal Justice Technical and Legal 
Assistance Act of 2000, and the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets 
Act of 1968 to improve the prosecution of, and response to, crimes in 
Indian country, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 313, to resolve water rights claims of the White Mountain Apache 
Tribe in the State of Arizona, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 375, to authorize the Crow Tribe of Indians water rights 
settlement, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 965, to approve the Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement 
Agreement, with an amendment;
  S. 1105, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, acting through 
the Commissioner of Reclamation, to develop water infrastructure in the 
Rio Grande Basin, and to approve the settlement of the water rights 
claims of the Pueblos of Nambe, Pojoaque, San Ildefonso, and Tesuque, 
with an amendment; and
  S. 1388, to provide for equitable compensation to the Spokane Tribe 
of Indians of the Spokane Reservation for the use of tribal land for 
the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam.
INDIAN YOUTH SUICIDE PREVENTION ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded 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, after receiving testimony from Yvette Roubideaux, Director, 
Indian Health Service, and Eric B. Broderick, Acting Administrator, 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, both of the 
Department of Health and Human Services; and Dolores Subia BigFoot, 
Indian Country Child Trauma Center, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the 
American Psychological Association.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported 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.
  Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts: Senators 
Whitehouse (Chair), Feinstein, Feingold, Schumer, Cardin, Kaufman, 
Franken, Sessions, Grassley, Kyl, and Graham.
  Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights: 
Senators Kohl (Chair), Schumer, Whitehouse, Klobuchar, Kaufman, 
Specter, Franken, Hatch, Grassley, and Cornyn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution: Senators Feingold (Chair), 
Feinstein, Durbin, Cardin, Whitehouse, Specter, Coburn, Kyl, Cornyn, 
and Graham.
  Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs: Senators Specter (Chair), Kohl, 
Feinstein, Feingold, Schumer, Durbin, Cardin, Klobuchar, Kaufman, 
Graham, Hatch, Grassley, Sessions, and Coburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and Border Security: Senators 
Schumer (Chair), Leahy, Feinistein, Durbin, Whitehouse, Cornyn, 
Grassley, Kyl, and Sessions.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security: Senators Cardin 
(Chair), Kohl, Feinstein, Schumer, Durbin, Kaufman, Kyl, Hatch, 
Sessions, Cornyn, and Coburn.
  Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law: Senators Durbin (Chair), 
Feingold, Cardin, Kaufman, Specter, Franken, Coburn, Cornyn, and 
Graham.
AMERICAN LEGION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a joint hearing 
with the House Committee on Veterans Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation of the American Legion, after receiving testimony from 
Clarence Hill, Steve Robertson, James Koutz, K. Robert Lewis, and Barry 
Searle, all of the American Legion, Washington, D.C.