[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 144 (Wednesday, October 7, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1148-D1149]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the future of the mortgage market and the housing 
enterprises, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider any pending nominations; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing 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.
  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 Foreign Relations: 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, Cynthia Stroum, of Washington, to be Ambassador to 
Luxembourg, John F. Tefft, of Virginia, a Career Member of the 
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be 
Ambassador to Ukraine, and Michael C. Polt, of Tennessee, a Career 
Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, all of the Department 
of State, and James Legarde Hudson, of the District of Columbia, to 
be United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction 
and Development, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  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. 1692, to extend the sunset of certain provisions of the 
USA PATRIOT Act and the authority to issue national security 
letters, 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. 379, to provide fair compensation to 
artists for use of their sound recordings, and the nominations of 
Jacqueline H. Nguyen and Dolly M. Gee, both to be a United States 
District Judge for the Central District of California, and Edward 
Milton Chen and Richard Seeborg, both to be a United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of California, and Brendan V. 
Johnson, to be United States Attorney for the District of South 
Dakota, Karen Louise Loeffler, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Alaska, and Steven Gerard O'Donnell, to be United States 
Marshal for the District of Rhode Island, all of the Department of 
Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  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 Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
Department of Defense and Veterans' Affairs response to certain 
military exposures, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.

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  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, 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, Subcommittee on Healthy Families 
and Communities, hearing to Examining Innovative Practices to 
Improve Child Nutrition, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications, 
Technology, and the Internet, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1147, Local Community Radio Act of 2009; H.R. 1084, Commercial 
Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act; H.R. 1258, Truth in Caller ID 
Act of 2009; and H.R. 3633, To allow the funding for the 
interoperable emergency communications grant program established 
under the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of 
2005 to remain available until expended through fiscal year 2012, 
and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  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, Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil 
Rights and Civil Liberties, hearing on Civil Rights Under Fire: 
Recent Supreme Court Decisions, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy, hearing on H.R. 
3596, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009, 
11:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Research and 
Science Education, hearing on Investing in High-Risk, High-Reward 
Research, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Finance and Tax, to 
mark up the following measures: the Small Business Credit Expansion 
and Loan Markets Stabilization Act; the Job Creation and Economic 
Development Through CDC Modernization Act of 2009; Small Business 
Microlending Expansion Act of 2009; the Small Business Investment 
Company Modernization and Improvement Act of 2009; the Enhanced New 
Markets and Expanded Investment in Renewable Energy for Small 
Manufacturers Act of 2009; H.R. 3014, Small Business Health 
Information Technology Financing Act; the Small Business Early Stage 
Investment Act of 2009; and the Small Business Disaster Readiness 
and Reform Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
  Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 2696, Servicemembers' Rights Protection Act; H.R. 1182, 
Military Spouses Residence Relief Act; H.R. 2416, To require the 
Department of Veterans Affairs to use purchases of goods or services 
through the Federal supply schedules for the purpose of meeting 
certain contracting goals for participation by small business 
concerns owned and controlled by veterans, including veterans with 
service-connected disabilities; H.R. 2461, Veterans Small Business 
Verification Act; H.R. 2614, Veterans' Advisory Committee on 
Education Reauthorization Act of 2009; and H.R. 2874, Helping Active 
Duty Deployed Act of 2009, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Afghanistan Center of Excellence, 1 p.m., 304 HVC.