[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 133 (Monday, September 21, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1065]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





           COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider an original 
bill providing for health care reform, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the Weapons of Mass Destruction Prevention and 
Preparedness Act of 2009, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland 
Security, to hold hearings to examine strengthening security and 
oversight at biological research laboratories, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to continue hearings to review proposed 
legislation by the U.S. Department of Treasury regarding the 
regulation of over-the-counter derivatives markets, part two, 11 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigation, hearing entitled ``Federal Oversight of High 
Containment Bio-Laboratories,'' 11 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, hearing on the USA PATRIOT Act, 
11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing 
on Reauthorization of the Innocence Protection Act, 2:30 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, 
Oceans and Wildlife, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1054, To 
amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation 
of polar bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the 
date the polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973; H.R. 2213, To reauthorize the 
Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation Act; H.R. 3433, To amend the 
North American Wetlands Conservation Act to establish requirements 
regarding payment of the non-Federal share of the costs of wetlands 
conservation projects in Canada that are funded under that Act, and 
for other purposes; and H.R. 3537, Junior Duck Stamp Conservation 
and Design Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 3563, Crow Tribe Water Rights Settlement Act of 2009; H.R. 
2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act of 2009; and 
H.R. 2316, Inland Empire Perchlorate Ground Water Plume Assessment 
Act of 2009, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, 
hearing entitled ``The Local Role of the United States Parole 
Commission (USPC): Increasing Public Safety, Reducing Recidivism, 
and Using Alternatives to Re-incarceration in the District of 
Columbia,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives, 
hearing entitled ``The Census 2010 Integrated Communications 
Campaign; Criteria for Implementation: Measurements for Success,'' 2 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules: to consider the following: H.R. 324, Santa 
Cruz Valley National Heritage Area Act; and a joint resolution 
Making Continuity Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2010, 5 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing on the reauthorization of 
the Chesapeake Bay Program, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
the VA Meeting the Pharmaceutical Needs of Veterans? An Examination 
of the VA National Formulary, Issues of Patient Safety, and 
Management of the Pharmacy Benefits Program, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.