[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 151 (Monday, October 19, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2571-E2572]
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 Tuesday, October 20, 2009 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                               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.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         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 Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health 
           Administration.
                                                            SD-430
     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
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Science and Space Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine space, focusing on the value.
                                                            SR-253

                               OCTOBER 22
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         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.
                                                            SH-216
     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
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine keeping America's families 
           safe, focusing on reforming the food safety system.
                                                            SD-430
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the past, present, and future 
           of policy czars.
                                                            SD-342
       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

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           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, and the nominations of 
           Barbara Milano Keenan, of Virginia, to be United States 
           Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, and Laurie O. 
           Robinson, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
           Assistant Attorney General, and Benjamin B. Wagner, to 
           be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of 
           California, both of the Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the economic outlook.
                                              210, Cannon Building
     2 p.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To receive a briefing on new media in authoritarian 
           regimes.
                                          1539, Longworth Building
     2:15 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business; 
           to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to 
           examine Indian energy and energy efficiency.
                                                            SD-628
     2:30 p.m.
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to consider certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                    S-407, Capitol
     3 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To receive a briefing to examine Iran.
                                                           SVC-217

                               OCTOBER 28
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Contracting Oversight Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine new Office of Management and 
           Budget (OMB) guidance to combat waste, inefficiency, 
           and misuse in federal government contracting.
                                                            SD-342
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine combating distracted driving, 
           focusing on managing behavioral and technological 
           risks.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine current and expected impacts 
           of climate change on units of the National Park System.
                                                            SD-366

                               OCTOBER 29
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 555, to provide for the 
           exchange of certain land located in the Arapaho-
           Roosevelt National Forests in the State of Colorado, S. 
           607, to amend the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act 
           of 1986 to clarify the authority of the Secretary of 
           Agriculture regarding additional recreational uses of 
           National Forest System land that are subject to ski 
           area permits, S. 721, to expand the Alpine Lakes 
           Wilderness in the State of Washington, to designate the 
           Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild 
           and scenic rivers, S. 1122, to authorize the Secretary 
           of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to 
           enter into cooperative agreements with State foresters 
           authorizing State foresters to provide certain forest, 
           rangeland, and watershed restoration and protection 
           services, S. 1328 and H.R. 689, bills to provide for 
           the exchange of administrative jurisdiction over 
           certain Federal land between the Forest Service and the 
           Bureau of Land Management, S. 1442, to amend the Public 
           Lands Corps Act of 1993 to expand the authorization of 
           the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the 
           Interior to provide service-learning opportunities on 
           public lands, establish a grant program for Indian 
           Youth Service Corps, help restore the Nation's natural, 
           cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational, and 
           scenic resources, train a new generation of public land 
           managers and enthusiasts, and promote the value of 
           public service, and H.R. 129, to authorize the 
           conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in 
           the Los Padres National Forest in California.
                                                            SD-366

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

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                               OCTOBER 21
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine effective strategies for 
           preventing health care fraud.
                                                            SD-226