[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 158 (Wednesday, October 28, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1247-D1249]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            OCTOBER 29, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider an original bill 
entitled ``Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and 
Divestment Act of 2009'', and revised subcommittee organization for 
the 111th Congress, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: 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: 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: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine S. 555, to provide 
for the exchange of certain land located

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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, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: 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: 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: 
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: business meeting to consider S. 448, 
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, H.R. 985, 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, S. 1624, to amend title 11 of the United 
States Code, to provide protection for medical debt homeowners, to 
restore bankruptcy protections for individuals experiencing economic 
distress as caregivers to ill, injured, or disabled family members, 
and to exempt from means testing debtors whose financial problems 
were caused by serious medical problems, S. 1472, to establish a 
section within the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice to 
enforce human rights laws, to make technical and conforming 
amendments to criminal and immigration laws pertaining to human 
rights violations, 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: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence 
community, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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, Defense Acquisition Reform Panel, 
hearing on Can DOD Improve Innovation and Competition in Acquisition 
by Better Utilizing Small Business? 8 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  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 
Organization (JIEDDO), 10 a.m., 210 HVC.
  Committee on Education and Labor, 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, to mark up H.R. 3126, Consumer 
Financial Protection Agency Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Systemic 
Regulation, Prudential Matters, Resolution Authority and 
Securitization,'' 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa and Global 
Health, hearing on A Call to Action on Food Security: the 
Administration's Global Strategy, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, hearing on Racial Disparities in the Criminal 
Justice System, 9:30 a.m., and to mark up H.R. 1064, Youth Prison 
Reduction through Opportunities, Mentoring, Intervention, Support, 
and Education Act, 10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to mark up the 
following measurers: H.R. 1506, to provide that

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claims of the United States to certain documents relating to 
Franklin Delano Roosevelt shall be treated as waived and 
relinquished in certain circumstances; H. Res. 159, Honoring the New 
Hampshire State Senate for becoming the 1st statewide legislative 
body with a majority of women in the United States; H. Res. 727, 
Supporting the goals and ideals of National Ovarian Cancer Awareness 
Month; H. Res. 736, Honoring President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address 
on `` Dedication Day'', November 19, 2009; H. Res. 742, 
Congratulating the Warner Robins Little League softball team from 
Warner Robins, Georgia, on winning the 2009 Little League Softball 
World Series; H. Res. 743, Honoring the life of Frank McCourt for 
his many contributions to American literature, education and 
culture; H. Res. 780, Recognizing the celebration of Filipino 
American History Month in October; H. Res. 798, Conveying the best 
wishes of the House of Representatives to those celebrating Diwali; 
H.R. 1849, World War I Memorial and Centennial Act of 2009; H.R. 
3250, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 1210 West Main Street in Riverhead, New York, as the 
``Private First Class Garfield M. Langhorn Post Office Building;'' 
H.R. 3539, To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 427 Harrison Avenue in Harrison, New Jersey, as 
the ``Patricia D. McGinty-Juhl Post Office Building;'' H.R. 3634, To 
designate the United States Postal Service located at 109 Main 
Street in Switon, Arkansas, as the ``George Kell Post Office;'' H.R. 
3667, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 16555 Springs Street in White Springs, Florida, as the 
``Clyde L. Hillhouse Post Office Building;'' H.R. 3767, To designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 170 
North Main Street in Smithfield, Utah, as the ``W. Hazen Hillyard 
Post Office Building;'' H.R. 3788, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 3900 Darrow Road in Stow, 
Ohio, as the ``Corporal Joseph A. Tomci Post Office Building;'' S. 
748, To redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 2777 Logan Avenue in San Diego, California, as the 
``Cesar E. Chavez Post Office;'' and S. 1211, A bill to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 60 
School Street, Orchard Park, New York, as the ``Jack F. Kemp Post 
Office Building;'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on the Next Generation of Fusion Energy 
Research, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing on Addressing the Problem of 
Distracted Driving, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence, 
executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 11 a.m., 304 HVC.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing entitled ``Fraudulent Letters Opposing Clean Energy 
Legislation,'' 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the impact 
of the Recovery Act on economic growth, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn 
Building.