[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 140 (Thursday, October 1, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1124-D1126]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

               Week of October 5 through October 10, 2009

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at approximately 4 p.m., Senate will begin consideration 
of H.R. 2847, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 3326, Department 
of Defense Appropriations Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 6, to 
hold hearings to examine minimizing potential threats from Iran, 
focusing on administration perspectives on economic sanctions and 
other United States policy options, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment, 
to hold hearings to examine securitization of assets, focusing on 
problems and solutions, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  October 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the future 
of the mortgage market and the housing enterprises, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  October 9, Subcommittee on Economic Policy, to hold hearings to 
examine restoring credit to manufacturers, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 6, 
Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion, 
to hold hearings to examine promoting export success for small and 
medium-sized businesses, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, to hold 
hearings to examine reauthorization of the Satellite Home Viewer 
Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: October 8, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Marcia K. McNutt, of 
California, to be Director of the United States Geological Survey, 
Department of the Interior, and Arun Majumdar, of California, to be 
Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy, 
Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 522, to resolve the claims of the Bering 
Straits Native Corporation and the State of Alaska to land adjacent 
to Salmon Lake in the State of Alaska and to provide for the 
conveyance to the Bering Straits Native Corporation of certain other 
public land in partial satisfaction of the land entitlement of the 
Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, S. 865 
and H.R. 1442, bills to provide for the sale of the Federal 
Government's reversionary interest in approximately 60 acres of land 
in Salt Lake City, Utah, originally conveyed to the Mount Olivet 
Cemetery Association under the Act of January 23, 1909, S. 881, to 
provide for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act, S. 940, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey to the Nevada System of Higher Education certain 
Federal land located in Clark and Nye counties, Nevada, S. 1272, to 
provide for the designation of the Devil's Staircase Wilderness Area 
in the State of Oregon, to designate segments of Wasson and Franklin 
Creeks in the State of Oregon as wild or recreation rivers, and S. 
1689, to designate certain land as components of the National 
Wilderness Preservation System and the National Landscape 
Conservation System in the State of New Mexico, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: October 8, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Jim R. Esquea, of New York, to be Assistant 
Secretary, and Bryan Hayes Samuels, of Illinois, to be Commissioner 
on Children, Youth, and Families, both of the Department of Health 
and Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: October 6, to hold hearings to 
examine Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child 
Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, adopted at The Hague 
on November 23, 2007, and signed by the United States on that same 
date (Treaty Doc. 110-21), 10 a.m., SD-419.
  October 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Al-Qaeda, 
focusing on Afghanistan, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central 
Asian Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the proposed agreement 
between the United States and the United Arab Emirates on civilian 
nuclear cooperation, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  October 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of William E. Kennard, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Representative to the European Union, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador, and Cynthia Stroum, of Washington, to be Ambassador to 
Luxembourg, both of the Department of State, and James Legarde 
Hudson, of the District of Columbia, to be

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United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: October 7, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of M. Patricia Smith, 
of New York, to be Solicitor, Lorelei Boylan, of New York, to be 
Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, Joseph A. Main, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, and 
William E. Spriggs, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Policy, all of the Department of Labor, and Regina M. Benjamin, of 
Alabama, to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, 
Department of Health and Human Services, and any pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: October 
7, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine the 2010 census, focusing on a status update of 
key decennial operations, 3 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: October 6, Subcommittee on Human 
Rights and the Law, to hold hearings to examine accountability for 
human rights violators, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  October 6, Subcommittee on the Constitution, to hold hearings to 
examine the history and legality of executive branch ``czars'', 2 
p.m., SD-226.
  October 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine workplace 
fairness, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  October 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Barbara Milano Keenan, of Virginia, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Laurie O. Robinson, of 
the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 
Department of Justice, and Ketanji Brown Jackson, of Maryland, to be 
a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission, 4 p.m., SD-226.
  October 8, Full Committee, 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. 1692, to extend the sunset of certain provisions of the 
USA PATRIOT Act and the authority to issue national security 
letters, and S. 369, to prohibit brand name drug companies from 
compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic 
drug into the market, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border 
Security, to hold hearings to examine comprehensive immigration 
reform, focusing on faith-based perspectives, 3 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: October 6, to 
hold hearings to examine the Recovery Act for small businesses, 
focusing on what is working and what comes next, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  October 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine health care 
solutions for America's small businesses, 10 a.m., Room to be 
announced.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: October 8, to hold hearings to 
examine the Department of Defense and Veterans' Affairs response to 
certain military exposures, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: October 6, to hold closed 
hearings to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, 
Capitol.
  October 8, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to consider 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, October 7, Subcommittee on Conservation, 
Credit, Energy and Research, hearing to review implementation of the 
conservation title of the 2008 Farm Bill, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, October 8, Defense Acquisition Reform 
Panel, hearing on the Department of Defense's Rapid Acquisition 
Process: Is It a Model for Improving Acquisition? 8 a.m., 2261 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, October 8, Subcommittee on 
Healthy Families and Communities, hearing on Examining Innovative 
Practices to Improve Child Nutrition, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, October 7, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Growing 
U.S. Trade in Green Technology,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 1740, Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning 
Young Act of 2009; H.R. 1691, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act 
of 2009; H.R. 2279, Eliminating Disparities in Breast Cancer 
Treatment Act of 2009; H.R. 995, Mammogram and MRI Availability Act 
of 2009; and H.R. 2042, Better Screening Test for Women Act, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, October 6, hearing entitled 
``Capital Markets Regulatory Reform: Strengthening Investor 
Protection, Enhancing Oversight of Private Pools of Capital and 
Creating a National Insurance Office,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  October 7, hearing entitled ``Reform of the Over-the-Counter 
Derivative Market: Limited Risk and Ensuring Fairness,'' 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  October 8, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2382, Credit Card 
Interchange Fees Act of 2009; and H.R. 3639, Expedited CARD Reform 
for Consumers Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing entitled ``The Future of the Federal Housing 
Administration's Capital Reserves: Assumptions, Predictions and 
Implications for Homebuyers,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, October 8, Subcommittee on 
Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, hearing on Civil 
Rights Under Fire: Recent Supreme Court Decisions, 9:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, October 7, full Committee, 
oversight hearing entitled ``Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA),'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, October 7, 
Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing entitled

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``Medicaid's Efforts to Reform Since the Preventable Death of 
Deamonte Driver: A Progress Report,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, October 7, to consider 
pending measures, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, hearing 
on Investing in High-Risk, High-Reward Research, 1 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, October 7, hearing entitled ``The 
State of the Nation's Housing Sector: An Examination of the First 
Time Buyer's Credit and Future Policies to Sustain a Recovery.'' 1 
p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October 6, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on 
Protecting and Restoring America's Great Waters: The Long Island 
Sound, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  October 7, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation, hearing on Qualifications and Credentialing of 
Mariners: A Continuing Examination, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, October 8, Subcommittee on 
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 761, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide 
for the eligibility of parents of certain deceased veterans for 
interment in national cemeteries; H.R. 3485, Veterans Pensions 
Protection Act; H.R. 2243, Surviving Spouses' Benefit Improvement 
Act of 2009; H.R. 3544, National Cemeteries Expansion Act of 2009; 
and draft legislation, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to mark up 
pending measures, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, October 7, Subcommittee on Select 
Revenue Measurers, hearing on tax incentives for distressed 
communities, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  October 8, Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, 
hearing to evaluate the response of ``safety net'' programs during 
the recession, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.