[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 163 (Wednesday, November 4, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1288-D1289]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            NOVEMBER 5, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the nominations of Steven L. Jacques, of Kansas, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Public 
Affairs, Eric L. Hirschhorn, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Export Administration, and Marisa Lago, of New York, to 
be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets and 
Development, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water 
and Power, to hold hearings to examine S. 1757, to provide for the 
prepayment of a repayment contract between the United States and the 
Uintah Water Conservancy District, S. 1758, to provide for the 
allocation of costs to project power with respect to power 
development within the Diamond Fork System, and S. 1759, to 
authorize certain transfers of water in the Central Valley Project, 
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, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Jeffrey L. Bleich, of California, to be Ambassador to 
Australia, David Huebner, of California, to be Ambassador to New 
Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to Samoa, Robert R. King, of Virginia, to 
be Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues, with the rank 
of Ambassador, and Peter Alan Prahar, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to the Federated States of Micronesia, all of the Department of 
State, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, 10 a.m., 
SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine business formation and financial crime, focusing 
on finding a legislative solution, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the 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 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, S. 1147, to prevent tobacco 
smuggling, to ensure the collection of all tobacco taxes, and the 
nominations of Ketanji Brown Jackson, of Maryland, to be a Member of 
the United States Sentencing Commission, Jane Branstetter Stranch, 
of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth 
Circuit, Benjamin B. Tucker, of New York, to be Deputy Director for 
State, Local, and Tribal Affairs, Office of National Drug Control 
Policy, and Kenyen Ray Brown, to be United States Attorney for the 
Southern District of Alabama, Stephanie M. Rose, to be United States 
Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, and Nicholas A. 
Klinefeldt, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District 
of Iowa, all of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, to hold hearings to examine 
reducing recidivism at the local level, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
Veterans' Affairs and Indian Health Service cooperation, 10 a.m., 
SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
consider certain intelligence matters, 3 p.m., S-407, Capitol.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Iraq and Afghanistan: Perspectives on 
U.S. Strategy, Part II, 10:30 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Healthy Families 
and Communities, hearing on Preventing Child Abuse and Improving 
Responses to Families in Crisis, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up H.R. 515, Radioactive 
Import Deterrence Act, 11 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider a Committee Print of 
the Financial Stability Improvement Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to continue consideration of H.R. 
3845, U.S. PATRIOT Act 2009, and to consider the following measures: 
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, 11 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing 
on Combating Organized Retail Crime--The Role of Federal Law 
Enforcement, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources and the Subcommittee on Water and Power, joint oversight 
hearing entitled ``Getting Past Gridlock: Models for Renewable 
Energy Siting and Transmission,'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, hearing on 
H.R. 3940, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to extend 
grants and other assistance to facilitate a political status public 
education program for the people of Guam, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 765, Nellis Dunes National Off-Highway 
Vehicle Recreation Area Act of 2009; H.R. 1769, Alpine Lakes 
Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers 
Protection Act; H.R. 2476, Ski Area Recreational Opportunity 
Enhancement Act of 2009; H.R. 3388, Petersburg National Battlefield 
Boundary Modification Act; H.R. 3603, To rename the Ocmulgee 
National Monument; H.R. 3759, BLM Contract Extension Act; and H.R. 
3804, National Park Service Authorities and Corrections Act of 2009, 
10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,, Subcommittee on 
Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia, 
hearing entitled ``More than Stamps: Adapting the Postal Service to 
a Changing World,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and the National 
Archives, hearing entitled ``The National Archives' Ability to 
Safeguard the Nation's Electronic Records,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, hearing on Geoengineering: 
Assessing the Implications of Large-Scale Climate Intervention, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the 
following measures: the Hazardous Material Transportation Safety Act 
of 2009; H.R. 3377, Disaster Response, Recovery, and Mitigation 
Enhancement Act of 2009; H.R. 1174, FEMA Independence Act of 2009; 
H. Res. 841, Expressing support for designation of November 29, 
2009, as `` Drive Safer Sunday;'' and General Services 
Administration Capital Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions, 
11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Select Revenue 
Measures, hearing on Foreign Bank Account Reporting and Tax 
Compliance, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, to consider non-
committee member requests for access to classified information, 2 
p.m., 304 HVC.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, executive, briefing 
on Peru, 10:30 a.m., 304 HVC.