[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 169 (Monday, November 16, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1330-D1331]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 17, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine reauthorization of the United States child 
nutrition programs, focusing on opportunities to fight hunger and 
improve child health, 10:30 a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine aggressive sales tactics on the Internet and 
their impact on American consumers, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the international aspects of global climate change, 10 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs, 
to hold hearings to examine United States counterterrorism 
priorities and strategy across Africa's Sahel region, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-419.
  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. 2727, to provide for 
continued application of arrangements under the Protocol on 
Inspections and Continuous Monitoring Activities Relating to the 
Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic 
Offensive Arms in the period following the Protocol's termination on 
December 5, 2009, 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, S. Res. 341, supporting peace, security, and 
innocent civilians affected by conflict in Yemen, S. Res. 345, 
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), 
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), 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, Cynthia 
Stroum, of Washington, to be Ambassador to Luxembourg, 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, Peter Alan 
Prahar, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Federated States of 
Micronesia, 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 to be an 
Alternate Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations, during his tenure of service as Representative 
on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, and Carmen 
Lomellin, of Virginia, to be Permanent Representative of the United 
States of America to the Organization of American States, with the 
rank of Ambassador, all of the Department of State, James LaGarde 
Hudson, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Director of 
the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and any 
pending calendar business, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the United States and 
the G-20, focusing on remaking the international economic 
architecture, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine H1N1 flu, focusing on getting the vaccine to 
where it is needed most, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland 
Security, to hold hearings to examine cybersecurity, focusing on 
preventing terrorist attacks and protecting privacy in cyberspace, 
10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.

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                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: November 19, to hold hearings to examine 
financial regulatory reform, focusing on protecting taxpayers and 
the economy, 10 a.m., 210, Cannon Building.