[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 155 (Friday, October 23, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1222-D1225]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of October 26 through October 31, 2009

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, following a period of morning business, Senate will begin 
consideration of the nomination of Irene Cornelia Berger, and after a 
period of debate, vote on confirmation of the nomination at 2:15 p.m.; 
following which, Senate will resume consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of H.R. 3548, Unemployment Compensation 
Extension Act, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion 
to proceed to consideration of the bill at 2:30 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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: October 27, 
Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and 
Plant and Animal Health, with the Subcommittee on Production, Income 
Protection and Price Support, to hold joint hearings to examine low 
dairy prices, focusing on exploring avenues for federal action, 2:30 
p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 28, 
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment, to hold 
hearings to examine dark pools, flash orders, high frequency 
trading, and other market structure issues, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  October 29, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community 
Development, to hold hearings to examine modernizing affordable 
housing for seniors and people with disabilities, 10:30 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on the Budget: October 29, to hold hearings to examine 
performance-informed budgeting, focusing on opportunities to reduce 
cost and improve service, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 27, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine the broadband stimulus programs 
in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  October 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine combating 
distracted driving, focusing on managing behavioral and 
technological risks, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  October 29, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and 
Security, to hold hearings to examine reauthorization of the 
National Transportation Safety Board, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: October 28, to hold 
hearings to examine the role of natural gas in mitigating climate 
change, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  October 28, Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to 
examine current and expected impacts of climate change on units of 
the National Park System, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  October 29, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, 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

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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, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: October 27, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 1733, to create clean energy jobs, promote 
energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition 
to a clean energy economy, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  October 28, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine S. 
1733, to create clean energy jobs, promote energy independence, 
reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy 
economy, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  October 29, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine S. 
1733, to create clean energy jobs, promote energy independence, 
reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy 
economy, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: October 29, 
to hold hearings to examine helping workers preserve retirement 
security through a recession, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: October 
28, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, to hold hearings 
to examine new Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance to 
combat waste, inefficiency, and misuse in federal government 
contracting, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  October 29, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, 
Government Information, Federal Services, and International 
Security, to hold hearings to examine Federal cyber defense, 2:30 
p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: October 28, to hold hearings to 
examine effective strategies for preventing health care fraud, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  October 29, 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. 714, to establish the National Criminal Justice 
Commission, S. 1490, to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to 
ensure privacy, to provide notice of security breaches, and to 
enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other 
protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse 
of personally identifiable information, S. 139, to require Federal 
agencies, and persons engaged in interstate commerce, in possession 
of data containing sensitive personally identifiable information, to 
disclose any breach of such information, and the nominations of 
Barbara Milano Keenan, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Carmen Milagros Ortiz, to be United 
States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, and Edward J. 
Tarver, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of 
Georgia, both of the Department of Justice, and Ketanji Brown 
Jackson, of Maryland, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing 
Commission, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: October 27, to hold closed 
hearings to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, 
Capitol.
  October 29, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence 
community, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
  Special Committee on Aging: October 28, to hold hearings to 
examine 401(k) target date funds, 2 p.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, October 28, Subcommittee on Horticulture 
and Organic Agriculture, hearing to review the implementation of the 
Horticulture and Organic Agriculture Title of the Food, Conservation 
and Energy Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  October 29, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and 
Research, hearing to review the future of next generation biofuels, 
10 a.m., 1300 Longworth,
  Committee on Armed Services, October 29, Defense Acquisition 
Reform Panel, hearing on Can DOD Improve Innovation and Competition 
in Acquisition by Better Utilizing Small Business? 8 a.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  October 29, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on Defeating the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and Other 
Asymmetric Threats: Reviewing the Performance and Oversight of the 
Joint IED Defeat Organzation (JIEDDO), 10 a.m., 210 HVC.
  Committee on Education and Labor, October 29, hearing on Nevada's 
Workplace Health and Safety Enforcement Program: OSHA's Finding and 
Recommendations, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, October 27, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Environment, hearing entitled ``Protecting the Electric 
Grid: H.R. 2165, Bulk Power System Protection Act of 2009, and H.R. 
2195, To amend the Federal Power Act to provide additional 
authorities to adequately protect the critical electric 
infrastructure against cyber attack,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, October 27, to consider the 
following measures: October 1, 2009 Discussion Draft of the Private 
Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009 (to be reported as 
H.R. 3818, To amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to require 
advisers of certain unregistered investment companies to register 
with and provide information to the Securities and Exchange 
Commission); October 1, 2009 Discussion Draft of the Investor 
Protection Act of 2009 (to be reported as H.R. 3817, To provide the 
Securities and Exchange Commission with additional authorities to 
protect investors from violations of the securities laws); Amendment 
in the nature of a substitute October 16 to H.R. 2609 , Insurance 
Information Act of 2009; and Discussion Draft (revised) of October 
16, 2009 of the Accountability and Transparency in Rating Agencies 
Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  October 29, hearing entitled ``Systemic Regulation, Prudential 
Matters, Resolution Authority and Securitization,'' 9:30 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.

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  October 30, hearing entitled ``The Overdraft Protection Act of 
2009,'' 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, October 27, Subcommittees on the 
Western Hemisphere, the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South 
Asia and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, 
joint hearing on Iran in the Western Hemisphere, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  October 28, full Committee, to mark up H.R. 2194, Iran Refined 
Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 28, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, 
hearing on A Regional Overview of the Middle East, 1 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  October 29, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, hearing on A 
Call to Action on Food Security: A Progress Report on the 
Administration's Global Strategy, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 29, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, 
hearing on Flag on the Bag?: Foreign Assistance and the Struggle 
Against Terrorism, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, October 27, Subcommittee on 
Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response, hearing 
entitled ``Preparedness: What has $29 billion in homeland security 
grants bought and how do we know?'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  October 27, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity and 
Science, and Technology, hearing entitled ``Real-Time Assessment of 
the Federal Response to Pandemic Influenza,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  October 29, Subcommittee on Management, Investigations and 
Oversight, hearing entitled ``Creating `One DHS' Part I: 
Standardizing Department of Homeland Security Financial 
Management,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, October 27, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, hearing on the Legal Services Corporation, 
11 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  October 27, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and 
Civil Liberties, hearing on Access to Justice Denied: Ashcrof v. 
Igbal, 2:30 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  October 28, full Committee, hearing on Legal Issues Relating to 
Football Head Injuries, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  October 29, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security, hearing on Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice 
System, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, October 27, Subcommittee on 
Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, oversight hearing on 
Implementation of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Reauthorization Act of 2006, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  October 27, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing 
entitled ``Water Management and Climate Variability: Information 
Support at the USGS and Bureau of Reclamation,'' 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  October 28, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
2213, To reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird Conservation 
Act; H.R. 2888, Devils's Staircase Wilderness Act of 2009; H.R. 
2781, To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments 
of the Molalla River in Oregon, as components of the National Wild 
and Scenic Rivers System; H.R. 86, To eliminate an unused lighthouse 
reservation, provide management consistency by bringing the rocks 
and small islands along the coast of Orange County, California, and 
meet the original Congressional intent of preserving Orange County's 
rocks and small islands; and H.R. 118, To authorize the addition of 
100 acres to Morristown National Historical Park, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, October 27, 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement, 
hearing entitled ``IT Procurement and Disposal: Application of the 
Federal Government's Green Policies in the Life Cycle Management of 
its IT Assets,'' 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  October 28, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Executive 
Compensation: How Much is Too Much?'' 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, October 27, Subcommittee on 
Technology and Innovation, hearing on Developing Research Priorities 
at DHS's Science and Technology Directorate, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  October 29, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on the 
Next Generation of Fusion Energy Research, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, October 28, hearing entitled ``The 
Recovery Act and Broad Evaluation of Broadband Investments on Small 
Businesses and Job Creation,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October 27, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency 
Management, hearing on Recovery Tracking Following the Dollars to 
the Jobs, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  October 28, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on NEXTGEN: A Review 
of the RTCA Mid-Term Implementation Task Force Report, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  October 29, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on 
Addressing the Problem of Distracted Driving, 9:30 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, October 28, to mark up pending 
business, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, October 27, executive, 
briefing on National Security Council Review, 3:30 p.m., 304 HVC.
  October 27, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, and the 
Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management, joint hearing 
regarding the Congressional Notifications: Intelligence Community 
Policies, Practices, and Procedures, 10 a.m., 304 HVC.
  October 28, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
executive, hearing on Peru Update, 2 p.m., 304 HVC.
  October 28, Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, 
executive, briefing on Overhead Architecture, 4 p.m., 304 HVC.
  October 29, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, 
Analysis and Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 
11 a.m., 304 HVC.

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  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
October 29, hearing entitled ``Fraudulent Letters Opposing Clean 
Energy Legislation,'' 9:30 a.m., room to be announced.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: October 28, to 
hold hearings to examine advancing United States interests in the 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) region, 2 
p.m., SVC-212/210.
  Joint Economic Committee: October 29, to hold hearings to examine 
the impact of the Recovery Act on economic growth, 10 a.m., 2237, 
Rayburn Building.