[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 162 (Tuesday, November 3, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1277-D1279]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            NOVEMBER 4, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to hold hearings 
to examine the future of ocean governance, focusing on building 
national ocean policy, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 1369, to amend the 
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the Molalla 
River in the State of Oregon, as components of the National Wild and 
Scenic Rivers System, S. 1405, to redesignate the Longfellow 
National Historic Site, Massachusetts, as the ``Longfellow House-
Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site'', S. 1413, to 
amend the Adams National Historical Park Act of 1998 to include the 
Quincy Homestead within the boundary of the Adams National 
Historical Park, S. 1767 and H.R. 1121, bills to authorize a land 
exchange to acquire land for the Blue Ridge Parkway from the Town of 
Blowing Rock, North Carolina, S. Res. 275, honoring the Minute Man 
National Historical Park on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, 
H.R. 2802, to provide for an extension of the legislative authority 
of the Adams Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work 
in honor of former President John Adams and his legacy, H.R. 3113, 
to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of 
the Elk River in the State of West Virginia for study for potential 
addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and H.R. 
1287, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a 
partnership with the Porter County Convention, Recreation and 
Visitor Commission regarding the use of the Dorothy Buell Memorial 
Visitor Center as a visitor center for the Indiana Dunes National 
Lakeshore, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
continue consideration of S. 1733, to create clean energy jobs, 
promote energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and 
transition to a clean energy economy, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the nominations 
of Michael W. Punke, of Montana, to be a Deputy United States Trade 
Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, Department of State, 
Islam A. Siddiqui, of Virginia, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, 
Office of the United States Trade Representative, with the rank of 
Ambassador, and Michael F. Mundaca, of New York, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Jide J. Zeitlin, of New York, to be Alternate 
Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United 
Nations during his tenure of service as Representative to the United 
Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, and to be Representative to 
the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the rank of 
Ambassador, Frederick D. Barton, of Maine, to be Representative of 
the United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of 
the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and Carmen 
Lomellin, of Virginia, to be Permanent Representative to the 
Organization of American States, with the rank of Ambassador, all of 
the Department of State, Gustavo Arnavat, of New York, to be United 
States Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank, 
and Daniel W. Yohannes,

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of Colorado, to be Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge 
Corportation, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 1649, to prevent the proliferation of weapons 
of mass destruction, to prepare for attacks using weapons of mass 
destruction, S. 1862, to provide that certain Secret Service 
employees may elect to transition to coverage under the District of 
Columbia Police and Fire Fighter Retirement and Disability System, 
H.R. 553, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a 
strategy to prevent the over-classification of homeland security and 
other information and to promote the sharing of unclassified 
homeland security and other information, S. 1755, to direct the 
Department of Homeland Security to undertake a study on emergency 
communications, H.R. 730, to strengthen efforts in the Department of 
Homeland Security to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to 
permit attribution of the source of nuclear material, S. 1825, to 
extend the authority for relocation expenses test programs for 
Federal employees, S. 1860, to permit each current member of the 
Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance to serve for 3 terms, 
H.R. 955, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 10355 Northeast Valley Road in Rollingbay, 
Washington, as the ``John `Bud' Hawk Post Office'', H.R. 1516, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 37926 Church Street in Dade City, Florida, as the ``Sergeant 
Marcus Mathes Post Office'', H.R. 1713, to name the South Central 
Agricultural Research Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture in 
Lane, Oklahoma, and the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 310 North Perry Street in Bennington, Oklahoma, in honor 
of former Congressman Wesley ``Wes'' Watkins, H.R. 2004, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 4282 Beach Street in Akron, Michigan, as the ``Akron Veterans 
Memorial Post Office'', H.R. 2760, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 1615 North Wilcox Avenue in 
Los Angeles, California, as the ``Johnny Grant Hollywood Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 2972, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 115 West Edward Street in Erath, 
Louisiana, as the ``Conrad DeRouen, Jr. Post Office'', H.R. 3119, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 867 Stockton Street in San Francisco, California, as the ``Lim 
Poon Lee Post Office'', H.R. 3386, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 1165 2nd Avenue in Des 
Moines, Iowa, as the ``Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans Memorial Post 
Office'', H.R. 3547, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 936 South 250 East in Provo, Utah, as the 
``Rex E. Lee Post Office Building'', and H.R. 2215, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 140 Merriman 
Road in Garden City, Michigan, as the ``John J. Shivnen Post Office 
Building'', 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Federal acknowledgment process, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Thomas I. Vanaskie, of Pennsylvania, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Christina Reiss, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Vermont, Louis B. 
Butler, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Wisconsin, Abdul K. Kallon, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, and Victoria Angelica 
Espinel, of the District of Columbia, to be Intellectual Property 
Enforcement Coordinator, Executive Office of the President, 2 p.m., 
SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade 
and Consumer Protection and the Subcommittee on Communications, 
Technology and the Internet, joint hearing on Driven To Distraction: 
Technological Devices and Vehicles Safety, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to mark up H.R. 3817, To provide 
the Securities and Exchange Commission with additional authorities 
to protect investors from violations of the securities laws, and for 
other purposes; and to begin consideration of a Committee Print 
(October 29, 2009) of the Financial Stability Improvement Act of 
2009, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on Copenhagen and Beyond: Is 
There a Successor to the Kyoto Protocol? 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, to consider the following: H.R. 
3224, To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian 
Institution 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. 28843, Architect of the Capitol Appointment Act of 2009; H.R. 
3489, To amend the Help America Vote Act of 1972 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. 1719, Voter Registration 
Modernization Act of 2009; H.R. 3542, State Admission Day 
Recognition Act of 2009; Committee Resolution (111-6), to adopt 
voucher documentation standards; and Committee Resolution (111-7), 
to prohibit text messaging while driving on official business, 11 
a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to mark up the following measures: 
H.R. 3845, USA PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009; H.R. 984, State 
Secret Protection Act of 2009; and H. Res. 871, Directing the 
Attorney General to transmit to the House of Representatives certain 
documents, records, memos, correspondence, and other communications 
regarding medical malpractice reform, 12:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 3742, To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the 
authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust 
for Indian tribes; and H.R. 3697,

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To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the 
Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes, 
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, hearing on 
H.R. 3583, American Samoa Protection of Industry, Resources, and 
Employment Act, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Technology 
and Innovation, to mark up the Cybersecurity Coordination and 
Awareness Act, 10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Small Businesses 
and the Estate Tax: Identifying Reforms to Meet the Needs of Small 
Firms and Family Farmers,'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Recovery Act: Progress 
Report on Water Resources Infrastructure Investment, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Department of Defense Quarterly Update, 3 p.m., 304 HVC.