[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 11 (Wednesday, January 27, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D55]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            JANUARY 28, 2010

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of Commerce's Broadband Technology 
Opportunities Program funded by the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the budget 
and economic outlook, focusing on fiscal years 2011-2020, 9 a.m., 
SD-608.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: with the Subcommittee 
on Green Jobs and the New Economy, to hold joint hearings to examine 
solar energy technology and clean energy jobs, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine Haiti, 
focusing on rescue, recovery and reconstruction, 9 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Ian 
Hoddy Solomon, of Maryland, to be United States Executive Director 
of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Walter 
Crawford Jones, of Maryland, to be United States Director of the 
African Development Bank, Douglas A. Rediker, of Massachusetts, to 
be United States Alternate Executive Director of the International 
Monetary Fund, and Leocadia Irine Zak, of the District of Columbia, 
to be Director of the Trade and Development Agency, 3:30 p.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Lillian A. Sparks, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of 
the Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and 
Human Services; to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing 
to examine unemployment on Indian reservations at 50%, focusing on 
the need to create jobs in Indian Country, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  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. 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, S. 1749, to amend title 18, United 
States Code, to prohibit the possession or use of cell phones and 
similar wireless devices by Federal prisoners, and 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, Edward Milton Chen, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of California, and Louis B. Butler, Jr., to be 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, 
and Willie Lee Richardson, Jr., to be United States Marshal for the 
Middle District of Georgia, Andre Birotte, Jr., to be United States 
Attorney for the Central District of California, Richard S. 
Hartunian, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of 
New York, Ronald C. Machen, Jr., to be United States Attorney for 
the District of Columbia, and Christopher H. Schroeder, of North 
Carolina, Mary L. Smith, of Illinois, and Dawn Elizabeth Johnsen, of 
Indiana, all to be an Assistant Attorney General, all of the 
Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 
1237, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the grant 
program for homeless veterans with special needs to include male 
homeless veterans with minor dependents and to establish a grant 
program for reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless 
veterans with children, an original bill entitled Examination of 
Exposures to Environmental Hazards During Military Service and 
Health Care for Camp Lejeune and Atsugi Naval Air Facility Veterans 
and Their Families Act, and the nomination of Raul Perea-Henze, of 
New York, to be Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Policy 
and Planning, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  No Committee meetings are scheduled.