[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 165 (Friday, November 6, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1306-D1307]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of November 9 through November 14, 2009

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at approximately 3 p.m., Senate will resume consideration 
of H.R. 3082, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations 
Act. Also, at 4:30 p.m., Senate will begin consideration of the 
nomination of Andre M. Davis, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Fourth Circuit, and after a period of debate, vote on 
confirmation of the nomination at 5:30 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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 10, 
Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development, 
to hold hearings to examine ending veterans' homelessness, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  November 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
protecting consumers from overdraft fees, focusing on the Fairness 
and Accountability in Receiving Overdraft Coverage Act, 3 p.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on the Budget: November 10, to hold hearings to examine 
bipartisan process proposals for long-term fiscal stability, 9:30 
a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: November 10, to hold 
hearings to examine policy options for reducing greenhouse gas 
emissions, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 9, 
Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife, to hold hearings to examine S. 
1816, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to improve 
and reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Program, and S. 1311, to amend 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to expand and strengthen 
cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the resource 
productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of 
Mexico, 3 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: November 10, to hold hearings to examine 
climate change legislation, focusing on considerations for future 
jobs, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: November 10, to hold hearings to 
examine protocol Amending the Convention between the Government of 
the United States of America and the Government of the French 
Republic for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of 
Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital, signed 
at Paris on August 21, 1994, as Amended by the Protocol signed on 
December 8, 2004, signed January 13, 2009, at Paris, together with a 
related Memorandum of Understanding, signed January 13, 2009 (Treaty 
Doc. 111-04), protocol Amending the Convention between the

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United States of America and New Zealand for the Avoidance of Double 
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes 
on Income, signed on December 1, 2008, at Washington (Treaty Doc. 
111-03), convention Between the Government of the United States of 
America and the Government of Malta for the Avoidance of Double 
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes 
on Income, signed on August 8, 2008, at Valletta (Treaty Doc. 111-
01), treaty between the Government of the United States of America 
and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda Concerning the 
Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, signed at 
Kigali on February 19, 2008 (Treaty Doc. 110-23), and international 
Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, adopted 
by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on 
November 3, 2001, and signed by the United States on November 1, 
2002 (the ``Treaty'') (Treaty Doc. 110-19), 9 a.m., SD-419.
  November 10, Full Committee, to receive a briefing on Sudan, 10:30 
a.m., SVC-217.
  November 10, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1524, 
to strengthen the capacity, transparency, and accountability of 
United States foreign assistance programs to effectively adapt and 
respond to new challenges of the 21st century, S. 1739, to promote 
freedom of the press around the world, S. 1067, to support 
stabilization and lasting peace in northern Uganda and areas 
affected by the Lord's Resistance Army through development of a 
regional strategy to support multilateral efforts to successfully 
protect civilians and eliminate the threat posed by the Lord's 
Resistance Army and to authorize funds for humanitarian relief and 
reconstruction, reconciliation, and transitional justice, proposed 
legislation deploring the rape and assault of women in Guinea and 
the killing of political protesters, H. Con. Res. 36, calling on the 
President and the allies of the United States to raise in all 
appropriate bilateral and multilateral fora the case of Robert 
Levinson at every opportunity, urging Iran to fulfill their promises 
of assistance to the family of Robert Levinson, and calling on Iran 
to share the results of its investigation into the disappearance of 
Robert Levinson with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Hague 
Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other 
Forms of Family Maintenance, adopted at The Hague on November 23, 
2007, and signed by the United States on that same date (Treaty Doc. 
110-21), the nominations of Jose W. Fernandez, of New York, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, 
William E. Kennard, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the European 
Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador, John F. Tefft, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to Ukraine, Michael C. Polt, of 
Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, and Cynthia 
Stroum, of Washington, to be Ambassador to Luxembourg, all of the 
Department of State, and James LaGarde Hudson, of the District of 
Columbia, to be United States Director of the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, and routine lists in the Foreign 
Service, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: November 10, 
Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold hearings to examine 
H1N1 and paid sick days, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: November 
10, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Erroll G. 
Southers, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
Security, and Daniel I. Gordon, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: November 10, to hold hearings to 
examine strengthening our criminal justice system, focusing on 
extending the Innocence Protection Act, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 10, to hold closed 
hearings to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, 
Capitol.


                            House Committees

  No committee meetings are scheduled.