[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 20, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D26-D27]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            JANUARY 21, 2010

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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: to hold hearings to examine findings 
and recommendations of the Department of Defense Independent Review 
Relating to Fort Hood; with the possibility of a closed session in 
SR-222 following the open session, 9:30 a.m., SDG-50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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 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,

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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 Energy and Natural Resources: 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: Subcommittee on East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, to hold hearings to examine principles of United 
States engagement in Asia, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  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 the Judiciary: 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: to hold closed hearings to consider 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, 
hearing on the status of the Air Force nuclear security roadmap, 10 
a.m., 210 HVC.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Perspectives on Long-Term 
Deficits, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Crib Safety: Assessing the Need for Better Oversight,'' 10 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, hearing on H.R. 3695, Billy's Law, 11 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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, 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, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing on Long-Term Solution for Post-9/11 G.I. Bill, 
1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Transitioning Heroes: New Era Same Problems? 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Cybersecurity Threats, 9 a.m., 304 HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

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