[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 24, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D144-D145]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 25, 2010

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

                                 Senate

  Committee on 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, 9 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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: 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 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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: 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: 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, both to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Indiana, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: business meeting 
to consider S. 2989, to improve the Small Business Act, 10 a.m., SR-
485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, 
on Fort Hood, 2 p.m., H-140 Capitol.

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  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.
  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.
  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, hearing on Fiscal Year 2011 National 
Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of the 
Army, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Defense Acquisition Reform Panel, hearing on expert perspectives 
on managing the defense acquisition system and the defense 
acquisition workforce, 8 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  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, hearing on the Department of Education 
Fiscal Year 2011 Budget, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Compensation 
in the Financial Industry-Government Perspectives,'' 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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, 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, hearing on Competition in the Media 
and Entertainment Distribution Market, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
  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.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Domestic Policy, hearing entitled ``Foreclosures Continue: What 
Needs to Change in the Administration's Response,'' 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, hearing on NASA's Fiscal Year 
2011 Budget Request and Issues, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
  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, 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 
Veterans Affairs to provide veterans certain educational assistance 
payments through direct deposit; H.R. 4359, WARMER Act; 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; 
and H.R. 4592, To provide for the establishment of a pilot program 
to encourage the employment of veterans in energy-related positions, 
2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Cyber Security Defense, 9 a.m., 304-HVC.