[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 177 (Wednesday, December 2, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1391-D1393]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            DECEMBER 3, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the nomination of Ben S. Bernanke, of New Jersey, to be 
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 10 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine H.R. 3276, to promote the production

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of molybdenum-99 in the United States for medical isotope 
production, and to condition and phase out the export of highly 
enriched uranium for the production of medical isotopes, 10 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 
760, to designate the Liberty Memorial at the National World War I 
Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as the ``National World War I 
Memorial'', S. 1838, to establish a commission to commemorate the 
sesquicentennial of the American Civil War, S. 2097, to authorize 
the rededication of the District of Columbia War Memorial as a 
National and District of Columbia World War I Memorial to honor the 
sacrifices made by American veterans of World War I, S. 2722, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special 
resource study to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
adding the Heart Mountain Relocation Center, in the State of 
Wyoming, as a unit of the National Park System, S. 2726, to modify 
the boundary of the Minuteman Missile National Historic Site in the 
State of South Dakota, S. 2738, to authorize National Mall Liberty 
Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of 
Columbia to honor free persons and slaves who fought for 
independence, liberty, and justice for all during the American 
Revolution, H.R. 1849, to designate the Liberty Memorial at the 
National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Missouri, as the 
National World War I Memorial, to establish the World War I 
centennial commission to ensure a suitable observance of the 
centennial of World War I, and H.R. 3689, to provide for an 
extension of the legislative authority of the Vietnam Veterans 
Memorial Fund, Inc. to establish a Vietnam Veterans Memorial visitor 
center, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Water 
and Wildlife, to hold hearings to examine S. 373, to amend title 18, 
United States Code, to include constrictor snakes of the species 
Python genera as an injurious animal, S. 1519, to provide for the 
eradication and control of nutria in Maryland, Louisiana, and other 
coastal States, S. 1421, to amend section 42 of title 18, United 
States Code, to prohibit the importation and shipment of certain 
species of carp, S. 1965, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior 
to provide financial assistance to the State of Louisiana for a 
pilot program to develop measures to eradicate or control feral 
swine and to assess and restore wetlands damaged by feral swine, 
H.R. 2188, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, through the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, to conduct a Joint Venture 
Program to protect, restore, enhance, and manage migratory bird 
populations, their habitats, and the ecosystems they rely on, 
through voluntary actions on public and private lands, S. 1214, to 
conserve fish and aquatic communities in the United States through 
partnerships that foster fish habitat conservation, to improve the 
quality of life for the people of the United States, H.R. 3537, to 
amend and reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and Design 
Program Act of 1994, H.R. 3433, to amend the North American Wetlands 
Conservation Act to establish requirements regarding payment of the 
non-Federal share of the costs of wetlands conservation projects in 
Canada that are funded under that Act, and H.R. 509, to reauthorize 
the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004, 2 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
Afghanistan, focusing on assessing the road ahead, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Caryn A. Wagner, of Virginia, 
to be Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and 
Analysis, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business; to be immediately followed by an oversight 
hearing to examine expanding dental health care in Indian Country; 
to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine 
Contract Health Services, 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. 
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 Thomas I. Vanaskie, of Pennsylvania, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Louis B. Butler, Jr., to 
be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Wisconsin, 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, and 
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, John 
H. Laub, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the National 
Institute of Justice, Sharon Jeanette Lubinski, to be United States 
Marshal for the District of Minnesota, Mary Elizabeth Phillips, to 
be United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 
Sanford C. Coats, to be United States Attorney for the Western 
District of Oklahoma, and Stephen James Smith, to be United States 
Marshal for the Southern District of Georgia, all of the Department 
of Justice, 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 Conservation, Credit, 
Energy, and Research, hearing to review the

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costs and benefits of agriculture offsets, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Afghanistan: The Results 
of the Strategic Review, Part I, 1 p.m., 210 HVC.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, hearing on H.R. 3993, Calling Card Consumer 
Protection Act, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 2266, Reasonable Prudence in Regulation Act; and H.R. 2267, 
Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, and Enforcement 
Act, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa and Global 
Health, hearing on Sudan: A review of the Administrations's New 
Policy and A Situation Update, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``The United 
StatesSecret Service and Presidential Protection: An Examination of 
a System Failure,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, hearing on the Civil Rights 
Division of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing entitled 
``Post-Katrina Recovery: Restoring Health Care in the New Orleans 
Region,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology: 
Finding the Path to Commercialization, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight and the Subcommittee 
on Space and Aeronautics, joint hearing on Independent Audit of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Technical and Tactical Intelligence, executive, briefing on NRO 
Facility Update, 10 a.m., 304 HVC.