[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 182 (Monday, December 7, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1420-D1421]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                            DECEMBER 8, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine 
Afghanistan, 1:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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.

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  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine Federal drinking water programs, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider 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, Eileen Chamberlain Donahoe, for the 
rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as the United States 
Representative to the UN Human Rights Council, 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 routine lists in the 
foreign service, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, to continue hearings on Afghanistan: 
The Results of the Strategic Review, Part II, 9:30 a.m., 210 HVC.
  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on Improving Our 
Competitiveness: Common Core Education Standards, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Prescription Drug Price Inflation: Are Prices Rising Too 
Fast?'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``The Private 
Sector and Government Response to the Mortgage Foreclosure Crisis,'' 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Task Force on Judicial Impeachment, to 
consider possible Impeachment of United States District Judge G. 
Thomas Porteous, Jr., Part II, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 4173, Wall 
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2009; and H.R. 4213, 
Tax Extenders Act of 2009, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing on Public Transit Safety: Examining 
the Federal Role, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
NSA Update, 4:30 p.m., 304 HVC.