[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 22 (Monday, February 22, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E197-E199]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, February 23, 2010 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              FEBRUARY 24
     9 a.m.
       Budget
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the Department 
           of Transportation.
                                                            SD-608
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine contracting in a 
           counterinsurgency, focusing on an examination of 
           Blackwater-Paravant contract and the need for 
           oversight.
                                                            SH-216
       Environment and Public Works
       Water and Wildlife Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine legislative approaches to 
           protecting, preserving and restoring great water 
           bodies.
                                                            SD-406
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the Forest 
           Service.
                                                            SD-366
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine certain nominations.
                                                            SD-215
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine a stronger workforce 
           investment system for a stronger economy.
                                                            SD-430
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the proposed budget request 
           for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of Homeland 
           Security.
                                                            SD-342
     10:30 a.m.
       Judiciary
       Human Rights and the Law Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine child prostitution and sex 
           trafficking in the United States.
                                                            SD-226
       Appropriations
       State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the Department 
           of State and Foreign Operations.
                                                            SD-192
     2 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Homeland Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the Department 
           of Homeland Security.
                                                            SD-192
       Judiciary
         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.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
         Business meeting to consider any pending nominations.
                                                            SR-222
       Foreign Relations
         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 
           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.
                                                            SD-419
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Science and Space Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the challenges and 
           opportunities in the National Aeronautics and Space 
           Administration (NASA) fiscal year 2011 budget proposal.
                                                            SR-253

                              FEBRUARY 25
     9 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the semiannual Monetary 
           Policy Report to the Congress.
                                                            SD-538
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         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.
                                                            SD-G50
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine aviation safety, focusing on 
           one year after the crash of flight 3407.
                                                            SR-253
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         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

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           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, both 
           to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
           District of Indiana.
                                                            SD-226
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         Business meeting to consider S. 2989, to improve the 
           Small Business Act.
                                                            SR-485
     10:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         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.
                                                            SD-366
     2:15 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the President's 
           proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011 for tribal 
           programs and initiatives.
                                                            SD-628
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Contracting Oversight Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine interagency contracts (part 
           I), focusing on an overview and recommendations for 
           reform.
                                                            SD-342
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to consider certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                              FEBRUARY 26
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the Department 
           of Veterans Affairs.
                                                            SR-418
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the Office of Professional 
           Responsibility Investigation into the Office of Legal 
           Counsel Memoranda.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the road to economic 
           recovery, focusing on prospects for jobs and growth.
                                            2325, Rayburn Building

                                MARCH 2
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine Toyota's recalls and the 
           government's response.
                                                            SR-253
     2 p.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine a legislative presentation 
           from Disabled Veterans of America.
                                              345, Cannon Building

                                MARCH 3
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine mental health 
           care and suicide prevention for veterans.
                                                            SR-418
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the National 
           Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Fisheries 
           Enforcement Programs and Operations.
                                                            SR-253

                                MARCH 4
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the Air Force 
           in review of the Defense Authorization and the Future 
           Years Defense Program; with the possibility of a closed 
           session in SVC-217 following the open session.
                                                            SH-216
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine legislative presentations 
           from the Paralyzed Veterans of America, Jewish War 
           Veterans, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Ex-
           Prisoners of War, Blinded Veterans Association, 
           Military Officers Association of America, Air Force 
           Sergeants Association, and the Wounded Warrior Project.
                                              345, Cannon Building

                                MARCH 9
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. European Command, U.S. 
           Africa Command, and U.S. Joint Forces Command 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 SR-222 following the 
           open session.
                                                            SH-216
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine a legislative presentation 
           from Veterans of Foreign Wars.
                                                            SDG-50

                                MARCH 10
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
       International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, 
           Democracy and Global Women's Issues Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the future of U.S. public 
           diplomacy.
                                                            SD-419

                                MARCH 11
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. Northern Command and 
           U.S. Southern Command 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 SR-222 following the open session.
                                                            SD-G50
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1696, to require the 
           Secretary of Energy to conduct a study of video game 
           console energy efficiency, and S. 2908, to amend the 
           Energy Policy and Conservation Act to require the 
           Secretary of Energy to publish a final rule that 
           establishes a uniform efficiency descriptor and 
           accompanying test methods for covered water heaters.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 16
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. Special Operations 
           Command and U.S. Central Command 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.
                                                            SH-216
     2 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine assessing foster care and 
           family services in the District of Columbia, focusing 
           on challenges and solutions.
                                                            SD-342

                                MARCH 18
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine legislative presentations 
           from AMVETS, National Association of State Directors of 
           Veterans Affairs, Non Commissioned Officers 
           Association, Gold Star Wives, The Retired Enlisted 
           Association, Fleet Reserve Association, Vietnam 
           Veterans of America, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans 
           of America.
                                                            SDG-50

                                MARCH 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine U.S. Pacific Command, U.S. 
           Strategic Command, and U.S. Forces Korea 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.
                                                            SH-216


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                                MARCH 24
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Veterans' Affairs 
           plan for ending homelessness among veterans.
                                                            SR-418

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                              FEBRUARY 25
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the Department 
           of Housing and Urban Development.
                                                            SD-124
     2:30 p.m.
       Environment and Public Works
       Water and Wildlife Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine efforts to prevent 
           introduction of Asian Carp into the Great Lakes.
                                                            SD-406