[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 171 (Wednesday, November 18, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1353-D1355]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 19, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Clifford L. Stanley, of Pennsylvania, to be Under 
Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, and Erin C. Conaton, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force, both 
of the Department of Defense, and Lawrence G. Romo, of Texas, to be 
Director of the Selective Service, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider an original bill entitled ``Restoring American Financial 
Stability Act of 2009'', 10 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider S. 592, to implement the recommendations of the 
Federal Communications Commission report to the Congress regarding 
low-power FM service, S. 850, to amend the High Seas Driftnet 
Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 
Conservation and Management Act to improve the conservation of 
sharks, S. 1224, to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Office of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, S. 2764, to 
reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reuathorization 
Act of 2004, and S. 2768, to amend title 49, United States Code, to 
authorize appropriations for the National Transportation Safety 
Board for fiscal years 2010 through 2014, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine environmental stewardship policies related to offshore 
energy production, 10:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Leslie V. Rowe, of Washington, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Mozambique, Alberto M. Fernandez, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Mary Jo Wills, of 
the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles, and Philip 
S. Goldberg, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Intelligence and Research, all of the Department of State, 3:30 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine nominations for Commissioner

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and for General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, 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.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Fort Hood Attack, 
focusing on a preliminary assessment, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Alan 
C. Kessler, of Pennsylvania, to be a Governor of the United States 
Postal Service, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine drug smuggling and gang activity in Indian country, 2:15 
p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 448, 
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. 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. 
1147, to prevent tobacco smuggling, to ensure the collection of all 
tobacco taxes, S. 1765, to amend the Hate Crime Statistics Act to 
include crimes against the homeless, S. 1353, to amend title 1 of 
the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1986 to include 
nonprofit and volunteer ground and air ambulance crew members and 
first responders for certain benefits, S. 678, to reauthorize and 
improve the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 
and the nominations of Jane Branstetter Stranch, of Tennessee, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, 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, Victoria Angelica Espinel, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, and 
Benjamin B. Tucker, of New York, to be Deputy Director for State, 
Local, and Tribal Affairs, Office of National Drug Control Policy, 
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.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Rural Development, 
Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture, to review 
rural broadband programs funded by the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act, 11 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, 
hearing on Confronting the Cartels: Addressing U.S.-Mexican Border 
Security, 1 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, 
Elementary and Secondary Education, hearing on Improving the 
Literacy Skills of Children and Young Adults, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 515, as amended, Radioactive Import Deterrence Act; and 
H.R.1084, as amended, Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation 
Act, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection and the 
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, joint 
hearing on Exploring the Offline and Online Collection and Use of 
Consumer Information, 12 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to continue consideration of the 
Committee Print of the Financial Stability Improvement Act of 2009, 
9 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on Is it Time to Lift the 
Ban on Travel to Cuba? 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing on the 
State of Political and Religious Freedom in the Middle East, 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence, 
Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment hearing entitled 
``Reassessing the Evolving al-Qa'ida Threat to the Homeland,'' 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on Transparency and Integrity in 
Corporate Monitoring, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing entitled 
``Tracking the Money: How Recovery Act Recipients Account for the 
Use of Stimulus Dollars,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, hearing 
entitled ``Afghan Elections: What Happened and Where Do We Go From 
Here?'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics, hearing on the Growth of Global Space Capabilities: 
What's Happening and Why It Matters, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing on the Research 
and Development Portfolio to Support the Priorities of the 
Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the 
Small Business Administration and its Programs,'' 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up H.R. 
4016, Hazardous Material Transportation Safety Act of 2009, 11 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing on Adaptive Housing Grants, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, and the 
Subcommittee on Income Security and

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Family Support, joint hearing to review the effect of the economic 
downturn and increased unemployment on the demand for hunger-relief 
assistance at food banks and other charities, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on Clearing the 
Disability Claims Backlogs: The Social Security Administration's 
Progress and New Challenges Arising From the Recession, 1:30 p.m., 
B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence, 
executive, briefing on Afghanistan/Pakistan, 10:30 a.m., 304 HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

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