[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 148 (Wednesday, October 14, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2538]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, October 15, 2009 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                               OCTOBER 20
     9:30 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the state of the nation's 
           housing market.
                                                            SD-538
     10 a.m.
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1631, to reauthorize 
           customs facilitation and trade enforcement functions 
           and programs.
                                                            SD-215
       Judiciary
       Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine medical debt, focusing on 
           bankruptcy reform.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine health care solutions for 
           America's small businesses.
                                              Room to be announced
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Susan Tsui 
           Grundmann, of Virginia, to be Chairman, and Anne Marie 
           Wagner, of Virginia, to be a Member, both of the Merit 
           Systems Protection Board.
                                                            SD-342
       Intelligence
         To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence 
           matters from officials of the intelligence community.
                                                    S-407, Capitol

                               OCTOBER 21
     9:30 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine H1N1 flu, focusing on 
           monitoring the nation's response.
                                                            SD-342
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 977, to amend title 38, 
           United States Code, to provide improved benefits for 
           veterans who are former prisoners of war, S. 1109, to 
           provide veterans with individualized notice about 
           available benefits, to streamline application processes 
           or the benefits, S. 1118, to amend title 38, United 
           States Code, to provide for an increase in the amount 
           of monthly dependency and indemnity compensation 
           payable to surviving spouses by the Secretary of 
           Veterans Affairs, S. 1155, to amend title 38, United 
           States Code, to establish the position of Director of 
           Physician Assistant Services within the office of the 
           Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for health, S. 
           1204, to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs 
           Health Care Programs Enhancement Act of 2001 to require 
           the provision of chiropractic care and services to 
           veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical 
           centers, S. 1237, to amend title 38, United States 
           Code, to expand the grant program for homeless veterans 
           with special needs to include male homeless veterans 
           with minor dependents and to establish a grant program 
           for reintegration of homeless women veterans and 
           homeless veterans with children, S. 1302, to provide 
           for the introduction of pay-for-performance 
           compensation mechanisms into contracts of the 
           Department of Veterans Affairs with community-based 
           outpatient clinics for the provisions of health care 
           services, S. 1394, to direct the Secretary of Veterans 
           Affairs to acknowledge the receipt of medical, 
           disability, and pension claims and other communications 
           submitted by claimants, S. 1427, to amend title 38, 
           United States Code, to establish a Hospital Quality 
           Report Card Initiative to report on health care quality 
           in Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, S. 
           1429, to establish a commission on veterans and members 
           of the Armed Forces with post traumatic stress 
           disorder, traumatic brain injury, or other mental 
           health disorders, to enhance the capacity of mental 
           health care providers to assist such veterans and 
           members, to ensure such veterans are not discriminated 
           against, S. 1444, to amend title 38, United States 
           Code, to clarify the meaning of ``combat with the 
           enemy'' for purposes of service-connection of 
           disabilities, S. 1467, to amend title 38, United States 
           Code, to provide coverage under Traumatic 
           Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance for adverse 
           reactions to vaccinations administered by the 
           Department of Defense, S. 1483, to designate the 
           Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in 
           Alexandria, Minnesota, as the ``Max J. Beilke 
           Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic'', S. 
           1518, to amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish 
           hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care 
           to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, North 
           Carolina, while the water was contaminated at Camp 
           Lejeune, S. 1531, to amend title 38, United States 
           Code, to establish within the Department of Veterans 
           Affairs the position of Assistant Secretary for 
           Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction, S. 1547, to 
           amend title 38, United States Code, and the United 
           States Housing Act of 1937 to enhance and expand the 
           assistance provided by the Department of Veterans 
           Affairs and the Department of Housing and Urban 
           Development to homeless veterans and veterans at risk 
           of homelessness, S. 1556, to require the Secretary of 
           Veterans Affairs to permit facilities of the Department 
           of Veterans Affairs to be designated as voter 
           registration agencies, S. 1607, to amend title 38, 
           United States Code, to provide for certain rights and 
           benefits for persons who are absent from positions of 
           employment to receive medical treatment for service-
           connected disabilities, and S. 1668, to amend title 38, 
           United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of 
           certain active duty service in the reserve components 
           as qualifying service for purposes of Post-9/11 
           Educational Assistance Program, and any pending 
           calendar business.
                                                            SR-418
     9:45 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the costs and benefits for 
           energy consumers and energy prices associated with the 
           allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances.
                                                            SD-366
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine effective strategies for 
           preventing health care fraud.
                                                            SD-226
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Jane 
           Branstetter Stranch, of Tennessee, to be United States 
           Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, and Benjamin B. 
           Tucker, of New York, to be Deputy Director for State, 
           Local, and Tribal Affairs, Office of National Drug 
           Control Policy.
                                                            SD-226

                               OCTOBER 22
     10 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the North Atlantic Treaty 
           Organization (NATO), focusing on a strategic concept 
           for transatlantic security.
                                                            SD-419
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the past, present, and future 
           of policy czars.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to consider certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                    S-407, Capitol

                               OCTOBER 28
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine combating distracted driving, 
           focusing on managing behavioral and technological 
           risks.
                                                            SR-253

                               NOVEMBER 5
     10 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine Veterans' Affairs and Indian 
           Health Service cooperation.
                                                            SR-418