[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 22 (Monday, February 22, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D119-D123]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of February 23 through February 27, 2010

                             Senate Chamber

  Senate will continue consideration of the amendment of the House of 
Representatives to the amendment of the Senate to H.R. 2847, Commerce, 
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
  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: February 23, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Water Development, to hold hearings to examine the opportunities 
and challenges presented in increasing the number of electric 
vehicles in the light duty automotive sector, 10:15 a.m., SD-192.
  February 24, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs, to hold hearings to examine the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of 
State and Foreign Operations, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, to hold hearings 
to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
2011 for the Department of Homeland Security, 2 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 23, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed defense authorization request for fiscal year 2011 
for the Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SDG-50.
  February 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
contracting in a counterinsurgency, focusing on an examination of 
Blackwater-Paravant contract and the need for oversight, 9:30 a.m., 
SH-216.
  February 24, Full Committee, business meeting to consider any 
pending nominations, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Department of the Navy in review of the Defense Authorization 
request for fiscal year 2011 and the Future Years Defense Program; 
with the possibility of a closed session in SVC-217 following the 
open session, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 25, to 
hold hearings to examine the semiannual Monetary Policy Report to 
the Congress, 9 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: February 23, to hold hearings to examine 
the defense budget and war costs, focusing on an independent look, 
10 a.m., SD-608.
  February 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the 
Department of Transportation, 9 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 23, 
Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, to hold hearings to 
examine improving energy efficiency through technology and 
communications innovation, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  February 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
cybersecurity, focusing on the next steps to protect our critical 
infrastructure, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Science and Space, to hold hearings 
to examine the challenges and opportunities in the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) fiscal year 2011 budget 
proposal, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and 
Security, to hold hearings to examine aviation safety, focusing on 
one year after the crash of flight 3407, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 24, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2011 for the Forest Service, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the science and policy behind the Federal 
framework and non-Federal efforts to prevent introduction of the 
aquatic invasive Asian carp into the Great Lakes, 10:30 a.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 23, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2011 for the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., 
SD-406.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife, to hold hearings 
to examine legislative approaches to protecting, preserving and 
restoring great water bodies, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: February 23, to hold hearings to examine 
trade and tax issues relating to small business job creation, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  February 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine certain 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 23, Subcommittee on 
African Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the U.S.-Nigeria 
relationship in a time of transition, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  February 23, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central 
Asian Affairs, with the Subcommittee on International Operations and 
Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global Women's Issues, to 
hold joint hearings to examine Afghan women and girls, focusing on 
building the future of Afghanistan, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  February 24, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2961, 
to provide debt relief to 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

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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; to be 
immediately followed by a hearing to examine foreign policy 
priorities in the fiscal year 2011 International Affairs budget, 
2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 24, 
to hold hearings to examine a stronger workforce investment system 
for a stronger economy, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: February 
23, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine census day, focusing on the progress report on 
the Census Bureau's preparedness for the enumeration, 2:30 p.m., SD-
342.
  February 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of 
Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  February 25, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, to hold 
hearings to examine interagency contracts (part I), focusing on an 
overview and recommendations for reform, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 25, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2011 for tribal programs and initiatives, 2:15 p.m., SD-
628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 23, to hold hearings to 
examine foreign libel lawsuits, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, to hold 
hearings to examine child prostitution and sex trafficking in the 
United States, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  February 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Brian Anthony Jackson, to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana, Elizabeth Erny Foote, to 
be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Louisiana, Marc T. Treadwell, to be United States District Judge for 
the Middle District of Georgia, and Josephine Staton Tucker, to be 
United States District Judge for the Central District of California, 
2 p.m., SD-226.
  February 25, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1789, 
to restore fairness to Federal cocaine sentencing, S. 1132, to amend 
title 18, United States Code, to improve the provisions relating to 
the carrying of concealed weapons by law enforcement officers, S. 
2772, to establish a criminal justice reinvestment grant program to 
help States and local jurisdictions reduce spending on corrections, 
control growth in the prison and jail populations, and increase 
public safety, 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. 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, and the nominations of Dawn Elizabeth Johnsen, of 
Indiana, to be an Assistant Attorney General, William Joseph Hochul, 
Jr., to be United States Attorney for the Western District of New 
York, and Sally Quillian Yates, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of Georgia, all of the Department of Justice, and 
Gloria M. Navarro, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Nevada, Audrey Goldstein Fleissig, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Missouri, Lucy Haeran 
Koh, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
California, Jon E. DeGuilio, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of Indiana, and Jane E. Magnus-Stinson and 
Tanya Walton Pratt,

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both to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
Indiana, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  February 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Office of Professional Responsibility Investigation into the Office 
of Legal Counsel Memoranda, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: February 25, 
business meeting to consider S. 2989, to improve the Small Business 
Act, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: February 26, to hold hearings to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011 
for the Department of Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 23, to hold closed 
hearings to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-
219.
  February 25, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to consider 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, February 23, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, on Fiscal Year 2011 
Budget for the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 2 
p.m., H-310 Capitol.
  February 23, Subcommittee on Transportation Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, on The Need to Invest in Housing 
and Economic Development: Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request for HUD, 1 
p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Fiscal Year 2011 
Budget for the Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and 
Related Agencies, on Fiscal Year 2011 Budget for the Legal Services 
Corporation, 10 a.m., and on Fiscal Year 2011 Budget for Science and 
Technology, 2:30 p.m., H-310 Capitol.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Defense, on Combat Aircraft 
Requirements, 10:30 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and 
Related Agencies, on U.S. Corps of Engineers, Fiscal Year 2011 
Budget, 2 p.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Financial Services, and General 
Government, on Fiscal Year 2011 Budget for the IRS, 10 a.m., 2358-A 
Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Interior and Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on Protecting Public Health and the Environment: EPA FY 
2011 Budget Request, 2 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on Members of 
Congress and Public Witnesses, 10:15 a.m., H-144 Capitol.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, on American Battle Monuments 
Commission, 10 a.m., on U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, 
10:30 a.m., on Arlington National Cemetery, 11 a.m., and on Armed 
Forces Retirement Home, 11:30 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Fort Hood, 2 
p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Fiscal Year 
2011 Budget for the Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn, and on Biosurveillance: Smart Investments for Early 
Warning, 2 p.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on Restoring America's Forests and Headwaters: Fiscal Year 
2011 Budget for U.S. Forest Service, 9:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee State, Foreign Operations and Related 
Programs, on Fiscal Year 2011 Budget for the Department of State, 1 
p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 23, hearing on Fiscal Year 
2011 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the 
Department of the Air Force, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 24, hearing on Fiscal Year 2011 National Defense 
Authorization Budget Request from the Department of the Navy, 10 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on energy 
management and initiatives on military installations, 2 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  February 25, full Committee, hearing on Fiscal Year 2011 National 
Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of the 
Army, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 25, Defense Acquisition Reform Panel, hearing on expert 
perspectives on managing the defense acquisition system and the 
defense acquisition workforce, 8 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on private sector perspectives on Department 
of Defense information technology and cybersecurity activities, 2 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 24, hearing on the Treasury 
Department Fiscal Year 2011 Budget, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  February 25, hearing on the Department of Education Fiscal Year 
2011 Budget, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, February 23, hearing on Reducing 
the Growing Backlog of Contested Mine Safety Cases, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  February 24, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 4330, ALL-STAR Act of 
2009, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 23, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Response by Toyota and 
NHTSA to Incidents of Sudden Unintended Acceleration, 11 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer 
Protection and the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and 
the Internet, joint hearing on The Collection and Use of Location 
Information for Commercial Purposes, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Premium Increases by Anthem Blue Cross in the Individual 
Health Insurance Market,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  February 25, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing 
entitled ``Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals in Drinking Water: Risks 
to Human Health and the Environment,'' 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  February 26, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Medical Radiation: 
An Overview of the Issues, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 23, hearing entitled 
``Prospects for Employment Growth: Is Additional Stimulus Needed?'' 
2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 24, hearing on the Chairman of the Board of Governors of 
the Federal Reserve System on monetary policy and the state of the 
economy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 25, hearing entitled ``Compensation in the Financial 
Industry--Government Perspectives,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 26, full Committee, and the Committee on Small Business, 
joint hearing entitled ``Condition of Small Business and Commercial 
Real Estate Lending in Local Markets,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, February 24, Subcommittee on 
International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight, Oversight 
hearing on Hard Lessons Learned in Iraq and Benchmarks for Future 
Reconstruction Efforts, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 25, full Committee, hearing on Promoting Security through 
Diplomacy and Development: The Fiscal Year 2011 International 
Affairs Budget, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, February 25, hearing entitled 
``The President's Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request for the Department 
of Homeland Security,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 23, Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing on Keeping Youth Safe 
While in Custody: Sexual Assault in Adult and Juvenile Facilities, 4 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security, oversight hearing on Recent Inspector General Reports 
Concerning the FBI, 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 25, full Committee, hearing on Competition in the Media 
and Entertainment Distribution Market, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, February 24, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 1078, Harriet Tubman National Historical Park 
and Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park 
Act; H.R. 4003, Hudson River Valley Special Resource Study Act; H.R. 
4192, Stornetta Public Lands Outstanding Natural Area Act of 2009; 
H.R. 1738, Downey Regional Water Reclamation and Goundwater 
Augmentation Project of 2009; H.R. 4252, Inland Empire Perchlorate 
Ground Water Plume Assessment Act of 2009; H.R. 765, Nellis Dunes 
National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area Act of 2009; H.R. 1769, 
Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork 
Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act; H.R. 2788, Distinguished Flying 
Cross National Memorial Act; and H.R. 4395, To revise the boundaries 
of the Gettysburg National Military Park to include the Gettysburg 
Train Station, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3511, Marianas Trench Marine 
National Monument Visitor Facility Authorization Act of 2009; and 
H.R. 4493, Bonitan Tasi, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 25, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2100, To provide for the 
conveyance of certain public lands in Mohave Valley, Mohave County, 
Arizona, administered by the Bureau of Land Management to the 
Arizona Game and Fish Department, for use as a public shooting 
range; H.R. 3425, To authorize the Fair Housing Commemorative 
Foundation to establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the 
District of Columbia to commemorate the enactment of the Fair 
Housing Act of 1968; H.R. 4438, San Antonio Missions National 
Historical Park Leasing and Boundary Expansion Act of 2010; H.R. 
4491, Buffalo Soldiers in the National Parks Study Act; and H.R. 
4524, Blue Ridge Parkway Protection Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing 
on H.R. 3709, Geothermal Production Expansion Act, 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, 
oversight hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 2011 budget 
requests for the NOAA, the U.S. Office of Insular Affairs, and the 
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, February 23, 
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District 
of Columbia, hearing on H.R. 4489, Federal Employees Health Benefits 
Program (FEHBP) Prescription Drug Integrity, Transparency, and Cost 
Savings Act, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 24, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Toyota Gas Pedals: 
Is the Public At Risk?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and 
National Archives, hearing entitled ``The 2010 Census Communications 
Contract: The Media Plan in Hard to Count Areas,'' 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign 
Affairs, to continue hearings entitled `` Sexual Assault in the 
Military: Are We Making Progress?'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  February 25, full Committee, pending business, 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing entitled 
``Foreclosures Continue: What Needs to Change in the 
Administration's Response,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, February 23, to consider Health Insurance Fair 
Competition Act, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, February 23, Subcommittee on 
Research and Science Education, hearing on the State of Research 
Infrastructure at U.S. Universities, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.

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  February 24, full Committee, hearing on the Administration's 
Fiscal Year 2011 Research and Development Budget Proposal, 9:30 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing on 
How Can NIST Better Serve the Needs of the Biomedical Research 
Community in the 21st Century? 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 25, full Committee, hearing on NASA's Fiscal Year 2011 
Budget Request and Issues, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 23, 
hearing on Recovery Act: One-Year Progress Report for Transportation 
and Infrastructure Investments, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation, hearing on Fiscal Year 2011 Budget for the Coast 
Guard, the Maritime Administration and the Federal Maritime 
Commission, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public 
Buildings and Emergency Management, hearing on EDA: Lessons Learned 
From the Recovery Act and New Plans to Strengthen Economic 
Development, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 23, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing on the Veterans Health Administration's Fiscal Year 
2011 Budget, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  February 23, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector 
General and Office of Information Technology Budget Request for 
Fiscal Year 2011, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  February 24, full Committee, hearing Exploring the Relationship 
between Medication and Veteran Suicide, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  February 24, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 
Affairs, hearing Examination of the VA Benefits Delivery at 
Discharge and Quick Start Programs, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing on the 
following bills: H.R. 3257, Military Family Leave Act of 2009; H.R. 
3484, To amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the authority 
for certain qualifying work-study activities for purposes of the 
educational assistance programs of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs; H.R. 3579, To amend title 38, United States Code, to 
provide for an increase in the amount of the reporting fees payable 
to educational institutions that enroll veterans receiving 
educational assistance from the Department of Veterans Affairs; H.R. 
3813, Veterans Training Act; H.R. 3948, Test Prep for Heros Act; 
H.R. 3976, Helping Heroes Keep Their Homes Act of 2009; H.R. 4079, 
To amend title 38, United States Code, to temporarily remove the 
requirement for employers to increase wages for veterans enrolled in 
on-the-job training programs; H.R. 4203, To amend title 38, United 
States Code, to direct the Secretary of the Veterans Affairs to 
provide veterans certain educational assistance payments through 
direct deposit; H.R. 4359, WARMER Act; and H.R. 4469, To amend the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for protection of child 
custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces 
deployed in support of a contingency operation, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  February 25, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on Gulf War Illness: The Future for Dissatisfied Veterans, 10 a.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 24, 
executive, briefing on the Google Hacking Incident, 9 a.m., 304-HVC.
  February 25, full Committee, executive, briefing on Cyber Security 
Defense, 9 a.m., 304-HVC.
  February 26, full Committee, executive, briefing on Radicalization 
Analysis, 9 a.m., and executive, briefing on Fiscal Year 2011 
Intelligence Budget for Research and Development, 11 a.m., 304-HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: February 23, to hold hearings to examine 
the road to economic recovery, focusing on policies to foster job 
creation and continued growth, 11:30 a.m., 2325 Rayburn Building.
  Joint Economic Committee: February 26, to hold hearings to examine 
the road to economic recovery, focusing on prospects for jobs and 
growth, 10:30 a.m., 2325 Rayburn Building.