[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 183 (Tuesday, December 8, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1428-D1429]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            DECEMBER 9, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy, to hold hearings to examine creating jobs in the 
recession, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine research parks and job creation, focusing on 
innovation through cooperation, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: 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: to hold hearings to examine the 
new Afghanistan strategy, focusing on the view from the ground, 10 
a.m., SD-419.

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  Full Committee, to receive a briefing on Afghanistan, focusing on 
a report from the field, 1 p.m., SVC-217.
  Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to examine 
strengthening the transatlantic economy, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine five years after the Intelligence Reform and 
Terrorism Prevention Act, focusing on stopping terrorist travel, 
9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  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.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings 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, 9:15 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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 the Budget, hearing on The Social Safety Net: Impact 
of the Recession and of the Recovery Act, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, to mark up H.R. 390, College Football 
Playoff Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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, Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade, hearing on A Strategic and Economic 
Review of Aerospace Exports, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on New Direction 
or Old Path? Caribbean Basin Security Initiative (CBSI), 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, to consider the following: H. Res. 
922, Directing the Secretary of Homeland Security to transmit to the 
House of Representatives all information in the possession of the 
Department of Homeland Security relating to the Department's 
planning, information sharing, and coordination with any state of 
locality receiving detainees held at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba on or after January 20, 2009; Committee Resolution 3. 
Authorizing the issuance of a subpoena ad testificandum, for Mr. 
Tareq Salahi; and Committee Resolution 4, authorizing the issuance 
of a subpoena ad testificandum for Mrs. Michaele Salahi, 2 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, markup the following legislation: H. 
Res. 920, Directing the Attorney General to transmit to the House of 
Representatives all information in the Attorney General's possession 
regarding certain matters pertaining to detainees held at Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba who are transferred into the United 
States; H.R. 3190, Discount Pricing Consumer Protection Act of 2009; 
and H.R. 569, Equal Justice for Our Military Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
  Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, hearing 
entitled ``U.S. Aid to Pakistan: Planning and Accountability,'' 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to continue consideration of H.R. 4173, Wall 
Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 3009. 3 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on Maritime Domain 
Awareness, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  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.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Afghanistan/Pakistan Update, 11 a.m., 304-HVC.