[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 131 (Wednesday, September 16, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1050-D1051]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 17, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine energy and related economic effects of global climate change 
legislation, 2:15 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Michael H. Posner, of New York, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Robert D. Hormats, 
of New York, to be Under Secretary for Economic, Energy, and 
Agricultural Affairs, and to be United States Alternate Governor of 
the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development for a term 
of five years, United States Alternate Governor of the Inter-
American Development Bank for a term of five years, United States 
Alternate Governor of the African Development Bank for a term of 
five years, United States Alternate Governor of the African 
Development Fund, United States Alternate Governor of the Asian 
Development Bank, and United States Alternate Governor of the 
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, David C. Jacobson, 
of Illinois, to be Ambassador to Canada, Alan D. Solomont, of 
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Spain, and to serve concurrently 
and without additional compensation as Ambassador to Andorra, Lee 
Andrew Feinstein, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Poland, and Barry B. White, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to 
Norway, all of the Department of State, Time to be announced, SD-
419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine countering the threat 
of failure in Afghanistan, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine federal tax treatment of health care benefits provided by 
tribal governments to their citizens, 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, and the nominations of Paul Joseph Fishman, to 
be United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, and Jenny 
A. Durkan, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of 
Washington, both of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, to hold hearings to examine S. 
1551, to amend section 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to 
allow for a private civil action against a person that provides 
substantial assistance in violation of such Act, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
veterans' disability compensations, focusing on benefits in the 21st 
century, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review proposed legislation 
by the U.S. Department of the Treasury regarding regulation of over-
the-counter derivatives markets, Part One, 10:30 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, Defense Acquisition Reform Panel, 
hearing on the Department of Defense and Industry: Does DOD 
Effectively Manage Its Industrial Base and Match its Acquisition 
Strategies to the Marketplace? 8 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications, 
Technology, and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the 
Federal Communications Commission,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled `` Utilizing Technology to Improve 
TARP and Financial Oversight,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International 
Relations, Human Rights and Oversight, hearing on the United 
National Chapter VII Mandates and the U.S.-Iraq Bilateral Agreement, 
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime 
and Global Counterterorrism, hearing entitled ``The Secure Border 
Initiative: SBInet Three Years Later,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Natural Resources, to continue hearings on H.R. 3534, 
Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Domestic Policy, to continue hearings entitled ``Between You and 
Your Doctor: The Bureaucracy of Private Health Insurance,'' 2 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia: 
Formulating an Action Plan, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, 
hearing on Doing Business with the Government: The Record and Goals 
for Small, Minority and Disadvantaged Businesses, 1:30 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Notification Update, 10:30 a.m., 304 HVC.