[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 170 (Tuesday, November 17, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1344-D1345]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 18, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine reforming the United States financial market 
regulation; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Jill Long Thompson, of Indiana, to be a Member of the 
Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration, 9:30 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Mark R. Rosekind, of 
California, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety 
Board, Scott Boyer Quehl, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant 
Secretary, and to be Chief Financial Officer, and Suresh Kumar, of 
New Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary and Director General of the 
United States and Foreign Commercial Service, both of the Department 
of Commerce, Philip E. Coyle, III, of California, to be an Associate 
Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Anthony 
R. Coscia, of New Jersey, and Albert DiClemente, of Delaware, both 
to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors, 2:30 p.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public 
Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to examine managing Federal 
forests in response to climate change, focusing on natural resource 
adaptation and carbon sequestration, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider S. 2778, to amend the Public Works and Economic Development 
Act of 1965 to reauthorize that Act, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Mary Burce Warlick, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Serbia, James B. Warlick, Jr., of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, and Eleni Tsakopoulos 
Kounalakis, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Hungary, all of the Department of State, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 510, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety of the food supply, and the 
nominations of David Morris Michaels, of Maryland, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Labor, and Pamela S. Hyde, of New Mexico, to be 
Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, any pending 
nominations, and subcommittee assignments, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider the nomination of Daniel I. Gordon, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Administrator for Federal Procurement 
Policy, Time to be announced, S-216, Capitol.
  Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, to hold hearings to 
examine accountability for foreign contractors, focusing on the 
Lieutenant Colonel Dominic ``Rocky'' Baragona Justice for American 
Heroes Harmed by Contractors Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., SDG-50.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Denny Chin, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Second Circuit, Rosanna Malouf Peterson, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, William M. 
Conley, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Wisconsin, and Susan B. Carbon, of New Hampshire, to be Director 
of the Violence Against Women Office, and John H. Laub, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Director of the National Institute of 
Justice, both of the Department of Justice, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine easing 
the burdens through employment, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Resourcing the National 
Defense Strategy: Implications of Long Term Budget Trends, 10 a.m., 
210 HVC.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and the 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint hearing on H1N1 
Preparedness: An Overview of Vaccine Production and Distribution, 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to continue consideration of the 
Committee Print of the Financial Stability Improvement Act of 2009, 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation and Trade, hearing on Flag on the Bag?: Foreign 
Assistance and the Struggle Against Terrorism, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Federal 
Protective Service: Will Continuing Challenges Weaken Transition and 
Impede Progress?'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure 
Protection, hearing entitled ``Is the Flying Public Protected? An 
Assessment of Security at Foreign Repair Stations,'' 2 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Task Force on Judicial Impeachment, to 
continue consideration of possible impeachment of U.S. District 
Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 1672, Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative 
Reauthorization Act of 2009; H.R. 2062, Migratory Bird Treaty Act 
Penalty and Enforcement Act of 2009; H.R. 3644, Bay-Watershed 
Education and Training (B-WET) Regional Program and National 
Environmental Literacy Grant Program Act; H.R. 3940,

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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; H.R. 2288, Endangered Fish Recovery 
Programs Improvement Act of 2009; H.R. 3603, To rename the Ocmulgee 
National Monument; H.R. 3759, BLM Contract Extension Act; H.R. 3804, 
National Park Service Authorities and Corrections Act of 2009; and 
H.R. 3388, Petersburg National Battlefield Boundary Modification 
Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to mark up the 
following measures: H.R. 2517, Domestic Partnership Benefits and 
Obligations Act of 2009; H.R. 3892, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 101 West Highway 64 Bypass 
in Roper, North Carolina, as the ``E.C. Wilkins Post Office;'' H.R. 
3951, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 2000 Louisiana Avenue in New Orleans, Louisiana, as the 
``Roy Rondeno, Sr., Post Office Building;'' and H.R. 4017, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 43 Maple Avenue in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, as the ``Ann Marie 
Blute Post Office;'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District 
of Columbia, hearing entitled ``Greater Autonomy for the National's 
Capital,'' with discussion of the following bills: H.R. 960, 
District of Columbia Legislative Autonomy Act of 2009; and H.R. 
1045, District of Columbia Budget Autonomy Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, to mark up H.R. 4061, 
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Proposals for a Water 
Resources Development Act of 2010, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to mark up a draft bill, and to 
consider pending business, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Guantanamo Update, 4 p.m., 304 HVC.