[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 149 (Thursday, October 15, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1186-D1189]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of October 19 through October 24, 2009

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at approximately 4:30 p.m., Senate will resume 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1776, 
Medicare Physicians Fairness Act, and after a period of debate, vote on 
the motion to invoke cloture thereon at 5:30 p.m.
  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 Armed Services: October 22, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Christine H. Fox, of Virginia, to be 
Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Frank Kendall 
III, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary for Acquisition and 
Technology, Gladys Commons, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary 
of the Navy, and Terry A. Yonkers, of Maryland, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Air Force, all of the Department of Defense, 9:30 
a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 20, to 
hold hearings to examine the state of the nation's housing market, 
9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 21, 
Subcommittee on Science and Space, to hold hearings to examine 
space, focusing on the value, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: October 21, to hold 
hearings to examine the costs and benefits for energy consumers and 
energy prices associated with the allocation of greenhouse gas 
emission allowances, 9:45 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: October 20, to hold hearings to examine S. 
1631, to reauthorize customs facilitation and trade enforcement 
functions and programs, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: October 22, to hold hearings to 
examine the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), focusing on a 
strategic concept for transatlantic security, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  October 22, Full Committee, to receive a briefing to examine Iran, 
3 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: October 21, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Craig Becker, of 
Illinois, Mark Gaston Pearce, of New York, and Brian Hayes, of 
Massachusetts, all to be a Member of the National Labor Relations 
Board, Rolena Klahn Adorno, of Connecticut, and Marvin Krislov, of 
Ohio, both to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities, 
Gloria Valencia-Weber, of New Mexico, Julie A. Reiskin, of Colorado, 
Martha L. Minow, of Illinois, John Gerson Levi, of Illinois, and 
Robert James Grey, Jr., of Virginia, all to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation, and David Morris 
Michaels, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of

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Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  October 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine keeping 
America's families safe, focusing on reforming the food safety 
system, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: October 
20, 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, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  October 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine H1N1 flu, 
focusing on monitoring the nation's response, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  October 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the past, 
present, and future of policy czars, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: October 22, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business; to be immediately followed by an 
oversight hearing to examine Indian energy and energy efficiency, 
2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: October 20, Subcommittee on 
Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings to examine 
medical debt, focusing on bankruptcy reform, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  October 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine effective 
strategies for preventing health care fraud, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  October 21, Full Committee, 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, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  October 22, 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. 1340, to establish a minimum funding level for programs 
under the Victims of Crime Act of 1984 for fiscal years 2010 to 2014 
that ensures a reasonable growth in victim programs without 
jeopardizing the long-term sustainability of the Crime Victims Fund, 
and S. 714, to establish the National Criminal Justice Commission, 
10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: October 20, to 
hold hearings to examine health care solutions for America's small 
businesses, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: October 21, 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 of 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, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.

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  Select Committee on Intelligence: October 20, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the 
intelligence community, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  October 22, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to consider 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, October 21, to consider derivatives 
legislation; and to approve the Dunloup Creek Watershed of West 
Virginia and the Cape Cod Watershed of Massachusetts projects, 2 
p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  October 21, Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, 
Specialty Crops and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to examine U.S. 
Department of Agriculture rural business programs, conditions for 
rural entrepreneurship and business development, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  October 22, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, hearing 
to review the economic conditions facing the pork industry, 10 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, October 21, hearing on U.S. Military 
Redeploymenet from Iraq: Issues and Challenges, 10 a.m., 210 HVC.
  October 22, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on Afghanistan and Iraq: Perspectives on U.S. Strategy, 2 p.m., 210 
HVC.
  October 22, Subcommittee on Terrorism Threats and Capabilities, 
hearing on counterterrorism within the Afghanistan 
counterinsurgency, 10 a.m., 210 HVC.
  Committee on the Budget, October 21, hearing on the Defense Costs 
and Long-Term Fiscal Challenges, 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, October 20, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing on H.R. 2708, Indian Health Care Improvement Act 
Amendments of 2009, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  October 20, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``The High Cost of Small Business Health Insurance: Limited 
Options, Limited Coverage,'' 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  October 22, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the 
Internet, hearing entitled ``Video Competition in a Digital Age,'' 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, October 21, hearing on U.S. Policy 
Toward Burma, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 21, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human 
Rights and Oversight, hearing on International Violence Against 
Women: Stories and Solutions, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 22, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human 
Rights and Oversight, hearing on Concerns Regarding Possible 
Collusion in Northern Ireland: Police and Paramilitary Groups, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, October 21, Subcommittee on 
Elections, hearing on Modernizing the Election Registration Process, 
1 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, October 20, Subcommittee on Courts and 
Competition Policy, hearing on Examining the State of Judicial 
Recusals after Caperton v. A.T. Massey, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  October 20, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland 
Security, hearing on Girls in the Juvenile Justice System: 
Strategies to Help Girls Achieve Their Full Potential, 2:30 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  October 22, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on Too Big to Fail: The Role for Bankruptcy and Antitrust 
Law in Financial Regulation Reform, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, October 20, Subcommittee on 
Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, hearing on the following bill: 
H.R. 1672, Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative 
Authorization Act of 2009; and H.R. 2548, Keep America's Waterfronts 
Working Act of 2009, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  October 21, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 2523, Helping Expedite 
and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership Act or the HEARTH Act, 
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  October 22, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, 
hearing on H.R. 3770, To make technical corrections to subtitle A of 
title VII of the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, October 20, 
Subcommittee on Policy, Census, and National Archives, hearing 
entitled: ``National Archives: Advisory Committees and their 
Effectiveness,'' 2 p.m. Rayburn.
  October 21, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and 
National Archives, hearing entitled: ``The 2010 Census Master 
Address File: Issues and Concerns,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  October 22, full Committee, and the Subcommittee on Domestic 
Policy, joint hearing entitled ``Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: 
How Did a Private Deal Turn Into a Federal Bailout? Part IV,'' 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, October 21, to consider 
pending legislation, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  October 21, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on 
Biomass for Thermal Energy and Electricity Through a Research and 
Development Portfolio for the Future, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  October 22, Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, 
hearing on Engineering in K-12 Education, 10 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  October 22, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on 
Strengthening NASA's Technology Development Programs, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  October 22, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing on 
Cybersecurity Activity at NIST's Information Technology Laboratory, 
2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October 20, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency 
Management, hearing on Looking Out for the Very Young, the Elderly 
and Others with Special Needs: Lessons from Katrina and Other Major 
Disasters, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  October 21, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on 
Addressing the Problem of Distracted Driving, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, October 22, Subcommittee on 
Oversight, hearing on administration of the

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first-time homebuyer tax credit, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, October 22, 
Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management, hearing regarding 
the statutory requirements for congressional notifications of 
intelligence activities, 10 a.m., to be announced.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
October 22, hearing entitled ``Building U.S. Resilience to Global 
Warming Impacts,'' 9:30 a.m., to be announced.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: October 22, to hold hearings to examine 
the economic outlook, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon Building.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: October 22, to 
receive a briefing on new media in authoritarian regimes, 2 p.m., 
1539 Longworth Building.