[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 179 (Friday, December 4, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1404-D1407]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of December 7 through December 12, 2009

                             Senate Chamber

  Senate will continue consideration of H.R. 3590, Service Members Home 
Ownership Tax Act.
  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 Armed Services: December 8, to hold hearings to 
examine Afghanistan, 1:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: December 9, 
Subcommittee on Economic Policy, to hold hearings to examine 
creating jobs in the recession, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  December 10, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community 
Development, to hold hearings to examine the Federal role in 
overseeing the safety of public transportation systems, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: December 10, to hold hearings to examine 
data-driven performance, focusing on using technology to deliver 
results, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: December 9, to 
hold hearings to examine research parks and job creation, focusing 
on innovation through cooperation, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  December 10, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and 
Security, to hold an oversight hearing to examine aviation safety, 
focusing on Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety 
initiatives, 10 a.m., SR-253.

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  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: December 8, 
Subcommittee on Energy, to hold hearings to examine H.R. 957, to 
authorize higher education curriculum development and graduate 
training in advanced energy and green building technologies, H.R. 
2729, to authorize the designation of National Environmental 
Research Parks by the Secretary of Energy, H.R. 3165, to provide for 
a program of wind energy research, development, and demonstration, 
H.R. 3246, to provide for a program of research, development, 
demonstration and commercial application in vehicle technologies at 
the Department of Energy, H.R. 3585, to guide and provide for United 
States research, development, and demonstration of solar energy 
technologies, S. 737, to amend the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 to authorize the Secretary of Energy to conduct 
research, development, and demonstration to make biofuels more 
compatible with small nonroad engines, S. 1617, to require the 
Secretary of Commerce to establish a program for the award of grants 
to States to establish revolving loan funds for small and medium-
sized manufacturers to improve energy efficiency and produce clean 
energy technology, S. 2744, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
to expand the authority for awarding technology prizes by the 
Secretary of Energy to include a financial award for separation of 
carbon dioxide from dilute sources, and S. 2773, to require the 
Secretary of Energy to carry out a program to support the research, 
demonstration, and development of commercial applications for 
offshore wind energy, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  December 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the role 
of grid-scale energy storage in meeting our energy and climate 
goals, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: December 8, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine Federal drinking water programs, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: December 9, Subcommittee on International 
Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, to hold hearings to 
examine exports' place on the path of economic recovery, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: December 8, business meeting to 
consider S. 1559, to consolidate democracy and security in the 
Western Balkans by supporting the Governments and people of Bosnia 
and Herzegovina and Montenegro in reaching their goal of eventual 
NATO membership, and to welcome further NATO partnership with the 
Republic of Serbia, and the nominations of Rajiv J. Shah, of 
Washington, to be Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, and 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, Eleni 
Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Hungary, 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, Jide J. 
Zeitlin, of New York, to be Alternate Representative of the United 
States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the 
United Nations during his tenure of service as Representative of the 
United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management 
and Reform, and to be Representative of the United States of America 
to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the rank 
of Ambassador, Anne Slaughter Andrew, of Indiana, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Costa Rica, David Daniel Nelson, of Minnesota, to 
be Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Betty E. King, of 
New York, to be Representative of the United States of America to 
the Office of the United Nations and Other International 
Organizations in Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador, Laura E. 
Kennedy, of New York, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure 
of service as U.S. Representative to the Conference on Disarmament, 
and Bill Delahunt, of Massachusetts, Elaine Schuster, of Florida, 
and Christopher H. Smith, of New Jersey, all to be a Representative, 
and Laura Gore Ross, of New York, and Wellington E. Webb, of 
Colorado, both to be an Alternate Representative, all of the United 
States of America to the Sixty-fourth Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations, all of the Department of State, and 
any pending calendar business, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  December 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the new 
Afghanistan strategy, focusing on the view from the ground, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  December 9, Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine strengthening the transatlantic economy, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  December 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Treaty 
Between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
Ireland Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at Washington and 
London on June 21 and 26, 2007 (Treaty Doc. 110-07), and Treaty 
Between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of Australia Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done 
at Sydney, September 5, 2007 (Treaty Doc.110-10), 10 a.m., SD-419.
  December 10, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to 
hold hearings to examine principles for United States engagement in 
Asia, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: December 9, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Jacqueline A. 
Berrien, of New York, Victoria A. Lipnic, of Virginia, Chai Rachel 
Feldblum, of Maryland, all to be a Member of the Equal Employment 
Opportunity Commission, P. David Lopez, of Arizona, to be General 
Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Patrick 
Alfred Corvington, of Maryland, to be Chief Executive Officer of the 
Corporation for National and Community Service, Adele Logan 
Alexander, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
National Council on the Humanities, and Lynnae M. Ruttledge, of 
Washington, to be Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services 
Administration, Department of Education, 10 a.m., SD-430.

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  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: December 
9, to hold hearings to examine five years after the Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, focusing on stopping terrorist 
travel, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  December 9, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold 
hearings to examine the diplomat's shield, focusing on diplomatic 
security today, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  December 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Grayling Grant Williams, of Maryland, to be Director 
of the Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement, and Elizabeth M. 
Harman, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, both of the Department of Homeland 
Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  December 10, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, to hold 
hearings to examine children and disasters, focusing on a progress 
report on addressing needs, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: December 9, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to examine S. 1690, to amend the Act of March 1, 1933, to 
transfer certain authority and resources to the Utah Dineh 
Corporation; to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to 
examine Department of the Interior backlogs, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: December 9, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SH-
216.
  December 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine mortgage 
fraud, securities fraud, and the financial meltdown, focusing on 
prosecuting those responsible, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  December 10, Full Committee, 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. 678, to reauthorize and improve the 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, S. 1554, to 
amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to 
prevent later delinquency and improve the health and well-being of 
maltreated infants and toddlers through the development of local 
Court Teams for Maltreated Infants and Toddlers and the creation of 
a National Court Teams Resource Center to assist such Court Teams, 
S. 1789, to restore fairness to Federal cocaine sentencing, and the 
nominations of 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 Denny Chin, of New York, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Second Circuit, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: December 9, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Robert A. Petzel, of Minnesota, to be 
Under Secretary for Health, and Raul Perea-Henze, of New York, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning, both of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: December 8, to hold closed 
hearings to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, 
Capitol.
  December 10, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to consider 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, December 9, Subcommittee on 
Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research, hearing to review the 
regulatory and legislative strategies in the Chesapeake Bay 
watershed, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, December 10, Subcommittee on 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, oversight hearing on 
the Smithsonian Institution, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, December 8, to continue hearings on 
Afghanistan: The Results of the Strategic Review, Part II, 9:30 
a.m., 210 HVC.
  December 10, Subcommittee on Readiness, Air and Land Forces, and 
the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, joint hearing 
on Status of Army and Marine Corps Reset Requirements, Part II, 10 
a.m., 210 HVC.
  Committee on the Budget, December 9, hearing on The Social Safety 
Net: Impact of the Recession and of the Recovery Act, 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, December 8, hearing on Improving 
Our Competitiveness: Common Core Education Standards, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, December 8, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``Prescription Drug Price Inflation: Are 
Prices Rising Too Fast?'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  December 10, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing 
entitled ``Drinking Water and Public Health Impacts of Coal 
Combustion Waste Disposal,'' 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, December 8, hearing entitled 
``The Private Sector and Government Response to the Mortgage 
Foreclosure Crisis,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  December 9, Subcommittee Capital Markets, Insurance, and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Additional 
Reforms to the Securities Investor Protection Act,'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, December 9, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, hearing on A Strategic and 
Economic Review of Aerospace Exports, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.

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  December 9, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on New 
Direction or Old Path? Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  December 10, full Committee, to continue hearings on U.S. Strategy 
in Afghanistan, Part II, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, December 10, Subcommittee on 
Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism, hearing entitled 
``Moving More Effective Immigration Detention Management,'' 10 a.m., 
311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, December 8 and 10, Task Force on 
Judicial Impeachment, to consider possible Impeachment of United 
States District Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., Part II, 10 a.m., on 
December 8, and Part III, 10:30 a.m., on December 10, 2141 Rayburn.
  December 8, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and 
Civil Liberties, hearing on the Impact of Federal Habeas Corpus 
Limitations on Death Penalty Appeals, 1 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  December 10, Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy, 
hearing on Examining the State of Judicial Recusals after Caperton 
v. A.T. Massey, 1 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  December 10, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security, hearing on H.R. 1924, Tribal Law and Order Act of 2009, 10 
a.m., 2237 Rayburn,
  December 11, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on Home Foreclosures: Will Voluntary Mortgage Modification 
Help Families Save Their Homes? Part II, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, December 9, 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement, 
hearing entitled ``Protecting Intellectual Property Rights in a 
Global Economy: Current Trends and Future Challenges,'' 10 a.m., 
2247 Rayburn.
  December 9, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, 
hearing entitled ``U.S. aid to Pakistan: Planning and 
Accountability,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  December 10, full Committee, to consider pending business, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  December 11, full Committee, and the Subcommittee on Domestic 
Policy, joint hearing entitled ``Bank of America and Merrill Lynch: 
How Did a Private Deal Turn Into a Federal Bailout? Part V,'' 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, December 8, to consider the following: H.R. 
4173, Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009; and 
the Tax Extenders Act of 2009, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, December 10, hearing on 
Decisions on the Future Direction and Funding for NASA: What Will 
They Mean for the U.S. Aerospace Workforce and Industrial Base? 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, December 8, 
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on Public Transit 
Safety: Examining the Federal Role, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  December 9, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation, hearing on Maritime Domain Awareness, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  December 9, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
hearing on the One-Year Anniversary of the Tennessee Valley 
Authority's Kingston Ash Slide: Evaluating Current Cleanup Progress 
and Assessing Future Environmental Goals, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  December 10, full Committee, hearing on Recovery Act: Progress 
Report for Transportation Infrastructure Investment, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, December 9, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Acquisition Deficiencies at 
the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, December 8, executive, 
briefing on NSA Update, 4:30 p.m., 304 HVC.
  December 9, executive, briefing on Afghanistan/Pakistan Update, 11 
a.m., 304-HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: December 10, to hold hearings to examine 
the challenge of creating jobs in the aftermath of the recession, 10 
a.m., 210 Cannon Building.