[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 19, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D17-D19]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of January 19 through January 23, 2010

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, Senate will begin consideration of the nomination of 
Beverly Baldwin Martin, of Georgia, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Eleventh Circuit, and after a period of debate, Senate vote on 
confirmation thereon.
  Senate will begin consideration of H.J. Res. 45, increasing the 
statutory limit on the public debt, and upon disposition of all 
amendments, Senate vote on passage of the joint resolution.
  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 Appropriations: January 21, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine how to save and create jobs, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: January 21, to hold hearings to 
examine findings and recommendations of the Department of Defense 
Independent Review Relating to Fort Hood, 9:30 a.m., SDG-50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: January 21, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Kevin Wolf, of Virginia, 
to be Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, Suresh Kumar, 
of New Jersey, to be

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Assistant Secretary and Director General of the United States and 
Foreign Commercial Service, and David W. Mills, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, all of the Department of 
Commerce, Douglas A. Criscitello, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial 
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Theodore W. 
Tozer, of Ohio, to be President, Government National Mortgage 
Association, and Orlan Johnson, of Maryland, and Sharon Y. Bowen, of 
New York, both to be a Director of the Securities Investor 
Protection Corporation, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: January 20, to 
hold hearings to examine the state of aviation security, focusing on 
current system capabilities of meeting threats, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: January 21, to hold 
hearings to examine the research and development priorities and 
imperatives needed to meet the medium and long term challenges 
associated with climate change, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: January 20, to hold hearings to 
examine Yemen, focusing on confronting Al-Qaeda, preventing state 
failure, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  January 21, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to 
hold hearings to examine principles of United States engagement in 
Asia, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  January 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine civilian 
strategy for Afghanistan, focusing on a status report in advance of 
the London conference, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: January 20, 
to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Joshua Gotbaum, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
Corporation, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: January 
20, to hold hearings to examine intelligence reform focusing on the 
lessons and implications of the attack on flight 253 on December 25, 
2009, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: January 20, to hold hearings to 
examine securing America's safety, focusing on improving the 
effectiveness of anti-terrorism tools and inter-agency 
communication, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  January 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Nancy D. Freudenthal, of Wyoming, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Wyoming, Denzil Price Marshall 
Jr., of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Arkansas, Benita Y. Pearson, of Ohio, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, Timothy S. 
Black, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Ohio, and James P. Lynch, of the District of Columbia, 
to be Director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2:30 p.m., SD-
226.
  January 21, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2924, 
to reauthorize the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, in the wake of its 
Centennial, and its programs and activities, 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. 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, H.R.1741, to require the Attorney 
General to make competitive grants to eligible State, tribal, and 
local governments to establish and maintain certain protection and 
witness assistance programs, and the nominations of O. Rogeriee 
Thompson, of Rhode Island, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
First Circuit, James A. Wynn, Jr., of North Carolina, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Albert Diaz, of North 
Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, 
and Robert William Heun, of Alaska, to be United States Marshal for 
the District of Alaska, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: January 21, to hold closed 
hearings to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-
219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, January 20, Subcommittee on Defense, 
executive, hearing on Acquisition Contracting, 1:30 p.m., H-140 
Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, January 20, hearing on the findings 
of the Department of Defense Independent Review Relating to Fort 
Hood, 10 a.m., 210 HVC.
  January 20, Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, 
hearing on issues affecting Naval force structure, 3 p.m., 210 HVC.
  January 20, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on the threat posed by al Qa'ida in the 
Arabian Peninsula and other regions, 2 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  January 21, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the 
status of the Air Force nuclear security roadmap, 10 a.m., 210 HVC.
  Committee on the Budget, January 21, hearing on Perspectives on 
Long-Term Deficits, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, January 20, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Environment, hearing on The Exxon Mobil-XTO Merger: 
Impacts on U.S. Energy Markets, 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  January 21, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the 
Internet, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 3125, Radio Spectrum 
Inventory Act; and H.R. 3019, Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 
2009, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  January 21, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Crib Safety: Assessing the Need for Better Oversight,'' 
10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Financial Services, January 20, Subcommittee on 
Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing on H.R. 476, Housing 
Fairness Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  January 21, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``The Condition of Financial Institutions: 
Examining the Failure and Seizure of an American Bank,'' 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  January 22, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Compensation in the 
Financial Industry,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, January 20, to continue hearings 
entitled ``The United States Secret Service and Presidential 
Protection: An Examination of a System Failure,'' 10 a.m., followed 
by a mark up of H. Res. 980, Of inquiry directing the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to transmit to the House of Representatives a copy 
of the Transportation Security Administration's Aviation Security 
Screening Management Standard Operating Procedures manual in effect 
on December 5, 2009, and any subsequent revisions of such manual in 
effect prior to the adoption of this resolution, 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, January 20, Subcommittee on Courts and 
Competition Policy, hearing on the Antitrust Implications of 
American Needle v. NFL, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  January 21, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security, hearing on H.R. 3695, Billy's Law, 10:15 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, January 20, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Mineral Resources, hearing on H.R. 3820, Natural Hazards Risk 
Reduction Act of 2009, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  January 21, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2788, Distinguished 
Flying Cross National Memorial Act; H.R. 2944, Southern Arizona 
Public Lands Protection Act of 2009; H.R. 3914, San Juan Mountains 
Wilderness Act of 2009; H.R. 4003, Hudson River Valley Special 
Resource Study Act; H.R. 4192, Stornetta Public Lands Outstanding 
Natural Area Act of 2009; and H.R. 4395, To revise the boundaries of 
the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg 
Train Station, and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science and Technology, January 20, hearing on 
America COMPETES: Big Picture Perspectives on the Need for 
Innovation, Investments in R&D and a Commitment to STEM Education, 
10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  January 21, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing on 
Commerce Department Programs to Support Job Creation and Innovation 
at Small- and Medium-Sized Manufacturers, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, January 21, Subcommittee on 
Economic Opportunity, hearing on Long-Term Solution for Post-9/11 
G.I. Bill, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  January 21, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on Transitioning Heroes: New Era Same Problems? 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, January 20, to mark up 
H. Res. 978, Requesting the President to transmit to the House of 
Representatives all documents in the possession of the President 
relating to the inventory and review of intelligence related to the 
shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, described by the President in a 
memorandum dated November 10, 2009, 10 a.m., 304 HVC.
  January 20, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
executive, briefing on Congressional Notifications, 4 p.m., 304 HVC.
  January 21, full Committee, executive, briefing on Cybersecurity 
Threats, 9 a.m., and executive, briefing on Afghanistan, 2 p.m., 304 
HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: January 21, to 
hold hearings to examine democratic change and challenges in 
Moldova, 4:30 p.m., SR-485.