[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 186 (Friday, December 11, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1452-D1455]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of December 14 through December 19, 2009

                             Senate Chamber

  Senate will resume 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.

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                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Armed Services: December 16, to hold hearings to 
examine the assessment by the Joint Estimating Team of the F-35 
Joint Strike Fighter Program, 1:30 p.m., SDG-50.
  December 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Douglas B. Wilson, of Arizona, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Public Affairs, Malcolm Ross O'Neill, of Virginia, to 
be Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and 
Technology, Mary Sally Matiella, of Arizona, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller, Paul 
Luis Oostburg Sanz, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of the Navy, and Jackalyne Pfannenstiel, of California, 
to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and 
Environment, all of the Department of Defense, and Donald L. Cook, 
of Washington, to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, 
National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy, 9:30 
a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: December 15, 
to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Julie Simone Brill, 
of Vermont, and Edith Ramirez, of California, both to be a Federal 
Trade Commissioner, David L. Strickland, of Georgia, to be 
Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
Department of Transportation, Michael A. Khouri, of Kentucky, to be 
a Federal Maritime Commissioner, and Nicole Yvette Lamb-Hale, of 
Michigan, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  December 17, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  December 17, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, 
and Insurance, to hold hearings to examine carbon monoxide 
poisoning, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: December 15, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 2052, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a research and 
development and demonstration program to reduce manufacturing and 
construction costs relating to nuclear reactors, and S. 2812, to 
amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of 
Energy to carry out programs to develop and demonstrate 2 small 
modular nuclear reactor designs, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  December 16, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 11:30 a.m., SD-366.
  December 17, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 1470, to sustain the economic development and 
recreational use of National Forest System land and other public 
land in the State of Montana, to add certain land to the National 
Wilderness Preservation System, to release certain wilderness study 
areas, to designate new areas for recreation, S. 1719, to provide 
for the conveyance of certain parcels of land to the town of Alta, 
Utah, S. 1787, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction 
Facilitation Act, H.R. 762, to validate final patent number 27-2005-
0081, and H.R. 934, to convey certain submerged lands to the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in order to give that 
territory the same benefits in its submerged lands as Guam, the 
Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have in their submerged lands, 
2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: December 15, Subcommittee on East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to examine reevaluating 
United States policy in Central Asia, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: December 
15, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
efforts to improve management integration at the Department of 
Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  December 16, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1102, 
to provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees, S. 
1830, to establish the Chief Conservation Officers Council to 
improve the energy efficiencies of Federal agencies, S. 2868, to 
provide increased access to the General Services Administration's 
Schedules Program by the American Red Cross and State and local 
governments, H.R. 2711, to amend title 5, United States Code, to 
provide for the transportation of the dependents, remains, and 
effects of certain Federal employees who die while performing 
official duties or as a result of the performance of official 
duties, S. 2865, to reauthorize the Congressional Award Act (2 
U.S.C. 801 et seq.), S. 2872, to reauthorize appropriations for the 
National Historical Publications and Records Commission through 
fiscal year 2014, H.R. 1345, to amend title 5, United States Code, 
to eliminate the discriminatory treatment of the District of 
Columbia under the provisions of law commonly referred to as the 
``Hatch Act,'' H.R. 2877, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 76 Brookside Avenue in Chester, New 
York, as the ``1st Lieutenant Louis Allen Post Office,'' H.R. 3667, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 16555 Springs Street in White Springs, Florida, as the 
``Clyde L. Hillhouse Post Office Building,'' H.R. 3788, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3900 
Darrow Road in Stow, Ohio, as the ``Corporal Joseph A. Tomci Post 
Office Building,'' H.R. 1817, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 116 North West Street in 
Somerville, Tennessee, as the ``John S. Wilder Post Office 
Building,'' H.R. 3072, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 9810 Halls Ferry Road in St. Louis, 
Missouri, as the ``Coach Jodie Bailey Post Office Building,'' H.R. 
3319, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 440 South Gulling Street in Portola, California, as the 
``Army Specialist Jeremiah Paul McCleery Post Office Building,'' 
H.R. 3539, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 427 Harrison Avenue in Harrison, New Jersey, as 
the ``Patricia D. McGinty-Juhl Post Office Building,'' H.R. 3767, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 170 North Main Street in Smithfield, Utah, as the ``W. Hazen 
Hillyard Post Office Building,'' and the nominations of Grayling 
Grant Williams, of Maryland, to be Director of the Office of 
Counternarcotics Enforcement, and Elizabeth

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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 16, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, 
Government Information, Federal Services, and International 
Security, to hold hearings to examine tools to combat deficits and 
waste, focusing on enhanced rescission authority, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  December 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine prospects 
for our economic future and proposals to secure it, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  December 17, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, to hold 
hearings to examine an overview of Afghanistan contracts, 2 p.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: December 17, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business; to be immediately followed by an 
oversight hearing to examine the Cobell v. Salazar settlement 
agreement, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: December 15, to hold hearings to 
examine ensuring the effective use of DNA evidence to solve rape 
cases nationwide, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  December 16, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, to hold 
hearings to examine United States implementation of human rights 
treaties, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  December 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of James A. Wynn, Jr., of North Carolina, and Albert 
Diaz, of North Carolina, both to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Fourth Circuit, 3 p.m., SD-226.
  December 17, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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, S. 1376, to restore immunization and sibling age 
exemptions for children adopted by United States citizens under the 
Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption to allow their admission 
to the United States, and the nominations of Barbara L. McQuade, to 
be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, and 
Christopher A. Crofts, to be United States Attorney for the District 
of Wyoming, both of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: December 17, 
business meeting to consider S. 2826, to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to extend the renewable production credit for wind and 
open-loop biomass facilities, and S. 2869, Small Business Job 
Creation and Access to Capital Act of 2009, Time to be announced, 
SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: December 15, to hold closed 
hearings to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-
219.
  December 17, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to consider 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, December 15, Subcommittee on Defense 
and the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, joint hearing on Afghanistan Security Policy, 9:30 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, December 15, to mark up H. Res. 924, 
Directing the Secretary of Defense to transmit to the House of 
Representatives copies of any document, record, memo, 
correspondence, or other communication of the Department of Defense, 
or any portion of such communication, that refers or relates to the 
trail or detention of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih 
Murarek Bin `Attash, Ramzi Binalshibh, Ali Abdul Aziz Ali, or 
Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi, 2 p.m., 210 HVC.
  December 16, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on understanding cyberspace as a medium for 
radicalization and counter-radicalization, 1:30 p.m., 210 HVC.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, December 15, Subcommittee on 
Communications, Technology, and the Internet, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 3125, Radio Spectrum Inventory Act; and H.R. 
3019, Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2009, 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  December 16, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled 
``Innovations in Addressing Childhood Obesity,'' 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  December 17, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Crib Safety: Assessing the Need for Better Oversight,'' 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, December 15, hearing entitled 
``Covered Bonds: Prospects for a U.S. Market Going Forward,'' 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  December 17, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing on H.R. 476, ``Housing Fairness Act of 2009,'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, December 15, Subcommittee on Europe, 
hearing on the Lisbon Treaty: Implications for Future Relations 
Between the European Union and the United States, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  December 17, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, hearing on 
Elections in Africa: Progress Made, Challenges Remaining, 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Homeland Security, December 15, Subcommittee on 
Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment, 
hearing entitled ``Violent Extremism: How Are People Moved from 
Constitutionally-Protected Thought to Acts of Terrorism?'' 10 a.m., 
311 Cannon.
  December 16, Subcommittee on Transportation Security and 
Infrastructure Protection, hearing entitled ``Has the TSA Breach 
Jeopardized National Security? An Examination of What Happened and 
Why,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  December 17, Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and 
Oversight, hearing entitled ``Furthering the Mission or Having Fun: 
Lax Travel Policies Cost DHS Millions,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, December 15, Task Force on Judicial 
Impeachment, to continue consideration of Possible Impeachment of 
United States District Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., Part IV, 10:30 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  December 16, full Committee, hearing on Piracy of Live Sports 
Broadcasting over the Internet, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  December 16, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on Protecting Employees in Airline Bankruptcies, 2:30 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  December 16, Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy, 
hearing on H.R. 4115, Open Access to the Courts Act of 2009, 2 p.m., 
2237 Rayburn.
  December 17, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security, oversight hearing on Recent Inspector General Reports 
Concerning the FBI, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, December 16, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 725, Indian Arts and Crafts Amendments Act of 
2009; H.R. 2288, Endangered Fish Recovery Programs Improvement Act 
of 2009; H.R. 2476, Ski Area Recreational Opportunity Enhancement 
Act of 2009; H.R. 3726, Castle Nugent Historic Site Establishment 
Act of 2009; H.R. 3538, Idaho Wilderness Water Resources Protection 
Act; and H.R. 2314, Native Hawaiian Government Reorganization Act of 
2009, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, December 15, 
Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, hearing 
entitled ``Iran Sanctions: Options, Opportunities, and 
Consequences,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  December 16 and 17, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearings 
entitled ``The U.S. Government as Dominant Shareholder: How Should 
the Taxpayers' Ownership Rights Be Exercised?'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  December 16, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and 
National Archives, hearing entitled ``History Museum or Records 
Access Agency? Defining and Fulfilling the Mission of the National 
Archives and Records Administration,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, December 16, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Acquisition Deficiencies at 
the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, December 15, Subcommittee on Social 
Security and the Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public 
Buildings and Emergency Management of the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, joint hearing on Recovery Act 
Project to Replace the Social Security Administration's National 
Computer Center, 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, December 15, to mark 
up H. Res. 923, Requesting the President to transmit to the House of 
Representatives all documents in the possession of the President 
related to the effects on foreign intelligence collection of the 
transfer of detainees held at Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 
into the United States, 10 a.m., 304 HVC.
  December 16, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, 
Analysis and Counterterrorism, executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 4 
p.m., HVC.
  December 17, Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management, 
executive, briefing on Business Transformation in the Intelligence 
Community, 4 p.m., 304 HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: December 17, to 
receive a briefing on Russia's Muslims, 2 p.m., 1539, Longworth 
Building.