[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 19 (Monday, February 8, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D104-D105]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2010

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011 for Defense 
Authorization and the Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SDG-
50.
  Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on policies, 
procedures, and practices relating to the transfer of detainees held 
at the Guantanamo Detention Facility, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the economic 
outlook and risks for the Federal budget and debt, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2011 for the Department of Transportation, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine financial transmission rights and other electricity market 
mechanisms, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Bureau of Reclamation's implementation of the SECURE 
Water Act, (Title 9501 of Public Law 111-11) and the Bureau of 
Reclamation's Water Conservation Initiative which includes the 
Challenge Grant Program, the Basin Study Program and the Title XVI 
Program, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of William D. Magwood, IV, of Maryland, 
William Charles Ostendorff, of Virginia, and George Apostolakis, of 
Massachusetts, all to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Arthur Allen Elkins, Jr., of Maryland, to be Inspector General, 
Environmental Protection Agency,

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Earl F. Gohl, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Federal 
Cochairman of the Appalachian Regional Commission, and Sandford 
Blitz, of Maine, to be Federal Cochairperson of the Northern Border 
Regional Commission, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider S. 
2961, to provide debt relief to Haiti, S. 1382, to improve and 
expand the Peace Corps for the 21st century, a simple resolution 
expressing the sense of the Senate on the recovery, rehabilitation, 
and rebuilding of Haiti following the humanitarian crisis caused by 
the January 12, 2010 earthquake in Haiti, S. Res. 400, urging the 
implementation of a comprehensive strategy to address instability in 
Yemen, S. Res. 404, supporting full implementation of the 
Comprehensive Peace Agreement and other efforts to promote peace and 
stability in Sudan, and the nominations of Leocadia Irine Zak, of 
the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Trade and 
Development Agency, Walter Crawford Jones, of Maryland, to be United 
States Director of the African Development Bank, and Douglas A. 
Rediker, of Massachusetts, to be United States Alternate Executive 
Director of the International Monetary Fund, and Ian Hoddy Solomon, 
of Maryland, to be United States Executive Director of the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Donald E. 
Booth, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Federal Democratic 
Republic of Ethiopia, Bisa Williams, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Niger, Beatrice Wilkinson Welters, of Virginia, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Scott H. 
DeLisi, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Federal Democratic 
Republic of Nepal, Harry K. Thomas, Jr., of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines, David Adelman, of 
Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore, Rosemary 
Anne DiCarlo, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of 
the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly 
of the United Nations, during her tenure of service as Deputy 
Representative of the United States of America to the United 
Nations, and to be the Deputy Representative of the United States of 
America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador and the Deputy Representative of the United States of 
America in the Security Council of the United Nations, Brooke D. 
Anderson, of California, to be an Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of 
the United Nations during her tenure of service as Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America for Special Political 
Affairs in the United Nations, and to be Alternate Representative of 
the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the 
United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, Allan J. Katz, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Portuguese Republic, Ian C. Kelly, 
of Maryland, to be U.S. Representative to the Organization for 
Security and Cooperation in Europe, with the rank of Ambassador, and 
Judith Ann Stewart Stock, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of 
State for Educational and Cultural Affairs, all of the Department of 
State, and a promotion list in the Foreign Service, 2:15 p.m., S-
116, Capitol.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
foster care and family services in the District of Columbia, 
focusing on challenges and solutions, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 2701, Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Asian Carp and the Great 
Lakes, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the road to 
economic recovery, focusing on policies to create jobs and continue 
growth, 10 a.m., 210, Cannon Building.