[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 152 (Tuesday, October 20, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1202-D1203]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            OCTOBER 21, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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: 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 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, and 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, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine H1N1 flu, focusing on monitoring the nation's 
response, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the 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, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on 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

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Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program, and any pending calendar 
business, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: to 
hold hearings to examine United States counternarcotics strategy in 
Afghanistan, 11 a.m., SD-138.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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.
  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.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on U.S. Military Redeployment 
from Iraq: Issues and Challenges, 10 a.m., 210 HVC.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to consider the following bills: 
H.R. 3276, American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2009; H.R. 
3258. Drinking Water System Security Act of 2009; H.R. 2868, 
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009; and H.R. 2190, Mercury 
Pollution Reduction Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Assistance, to continue mark up of the 
Discussion Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009 (to be reported 
as H.R. 3126, Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2009), 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on U.S. Policy Toward Burma, 
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and 
Oversight, hearing on International Violence Against Women: Stories 
and Solutions, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, to mark up the following: H.R. 
3224, To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian to plan, 
design, and construct a vehicle maintenance building at the vehicle 
maintenance branch of the Smithsonian Institution located in 
Suitland, Maryland, and for other purposes; H.R. 1729, Student VOTER 
Act of 2009; H.R. 2843, Architect of the Capitol Appointment Act of 
2009; H.R. 3489, To amend the Help America Vote Act of 2002 to 
prohibit State election officials from accepting a challenge to an 
individual's eligibility to register to vote in an election for 
Federal office or to vote in an election for Federal office in a 
jurisdiction on the grounds that the individual resides in a 
household in the jurisdiction which is subject to foreclosure 
proceedings or that the jurisdiction was adversely affected by a 
hurricane or other major disaster, and for other purposes; H.R. 
3542, State Admission Day Recognition Act of 2009; a Committee 
Resolution, to adopt voucher documentation standards; and a 
Committee Resolution to prohibit text messaging while driving on 
official business, 11 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Elections, hearing on Modernizing the Election 
Registration Process, 1 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
3596, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009; 
H.R. 412, Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin 
Americans of Japanese Descent Act; H.R. 1425, Wartime Treatment 
Study Act; and H.R. 3237, To enact certain laws relating to national 
and commercial space programs as title 51, United States Code, 
``National and Commercial Space Programs,'' 10:15 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, hearing on H.R. 2523, Helping 
Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership Act or the 
HEARTH Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, hearing entitled: 
``The 2010 Census Master Address File: Issues and Concerns,'' 2 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 3619, Coast Guard 
Authorization Act of 2010, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, to consider the following 
bills: H.R. 3791, Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2009; and H.R. 
3820, Natural Hazards Risk Reduction Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Small Business, to mark up the Small Business 
Financial and Investment Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee Disability Assistance 
and Memorial Affairs, to mark up the following: 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, and other 
pending business, 10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Update on Counternarcotics Efforts in Mexico, 10 a.m., and 
executive, hearing on Patriot Act Reauthorization, 2 p.m., 304 HVC.