[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 26 (Friday, February 26, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D158-D161]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of March 1 through March 6, 2010

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, Senate will begin consideration of H.R. 4213, Tax 
Extenders Act, and Senator Baucus, or his designee, will be recognized 
to offer a substitute amendment.
  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of 
Barbara Milano Keenan, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Fourth Circuit, and after a period of debate, vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture thereon at 12:15 p.m.
  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: March 2, Subcommittee on Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2011 for the Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine the 
Army budget overview for fiscal year 2011, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2011 for the Environmental Protection Agency, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-124.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of 
Transportation, 9:30 a.m., SD-124.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine funding and oversight of the 
Department of Commerce, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 
for the Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the 
Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Office of the Senate 
Sergeant at Arms, and the Office of the U.S. Capitol Police, 2:30 
p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 3, Subcommittee on Strategic 
Forces, to hold hearings to examine the protective forces at the 
Department of Energy, 3:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  March 4, Full Committee, 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, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 2, 
Subcommittee on Economic Policy, to hold hearings to examine 
restoring credit, focusing on proposals to fix small business 
borrowing and lending problems, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: March 4, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the 
Department of Defense, 2 p.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 2, to 
hold hearings to examine Toyota's recalls and the government's 
response, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast 
Guard, 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, 10 a.m., SR-253.

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  March 4, Full Committee, 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: March 3, business 
meeting to consider any pending nominations; to be immediately 
followed by a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget 
request for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of the Interior, 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  March 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Department of Energy's implementation of programs authorized and 
funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 3, to hold 
hearings to examine transportation investments relative to the 
national economy and jobs, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  March 4, Full Committee, with the Subcommittee on Clean Air and 
Nuclear Safety, to hold joint hearings to examine S. 2995, to amend 
the Clean Air Act to establish a national uniform multiple air 
pollutant regulatory program for the electric generating sector, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: March 2, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Jeffrey Alan Goldstein, of New York, to be Under 
Secretary of the Treasury, Francisco J. Sanchez, of Florida, to be 
Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, and Sherry 
Glied, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, 11:15 a.m., SD-215.
  March 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 2010 
trade agenda, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 4, to hold hearings to 
examine Middle East peace, focusing on ground truths, challenges 
ahead, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 4, to 
hold hearings to examine childhood obesity, focusing on reversing 
the epidemic, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: March 3, 
to hold hearings to examine chemical security, focusing on assessing 
progress and charting a path forward, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine oversight challenges in the Medicare 
prescription drug program, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  March 4, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector 
Preparedness and Integration, to hold hearings to examine new 
paradigms for private sector preparedness, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 2, Subcommittee on Human Rights 
and the Law, to hold hearings to examine global internet freedom and 
the rule of law, part II, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  March 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine encouraging 
innovative and cost-effective crime reduction strategies, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  March 4, 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, 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, and the 
nominations of Dawn Elizabeth Johnsen, of Indiana, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, 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: March 4, 
business meeting to consider S. 2989, to improve the Small Business 
Act, 10 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 2, to hold hearings to 
examine a legislative presentation from Disabled Veterans of 
America, 2 p.m., 345 Cannon Building.
  March 3, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
mental health care and suicide prevention for veterans, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-418.
  March 4, Full Committee, 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, 9:30 a.m., 345 Cannon Building.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 2, to hold closed hearings 
to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  March 4, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to consider 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, March 3, to consider the following: H.R. 
3509, Agricultural Credit Act of 2009; and H.R. 3954, Florida 
National Forest Land Adjustment Act of 2009; and the Views and 
Estimates Letter to the Committee on the Budget, 3:30 p.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  March 3, Subcommittee on General Farm, Commodities and Risk 
Management, hearing to review implementation of changes to the 
Commodity Exchange Act contained in the 2008 Farm Bill, 9:30 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, March 2, Subcommittee on Homeland 
Security, hearing on Major Systems Acquisition at DHS, 2 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.

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  March 2, Subcommittee on Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, 
executive, on National Intelligence Program Budget, 5 p.m., H-140 
Capitol.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Child Nutrition, 10 
a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related 
Agencies, on Fiscal Year 2011 Budget for the Alcohol, Tobacco, 
Firearms and Explosives, 10 a.m., H-310 Capitol, and on Fiscal Year 
2011 Budget for the Department of Commerce, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Contingency 
Transportation and Logistics Issues, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on Fiscal Year 2011 Budget for Nuclear Nonproliferation, 
DOE, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Financial Services, and General 
Government, on Fiscal Year 2011 Budget for the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on DHS Intelligence 
Programs and the Effectiveness of State and Local Fusion Centers, 10 
a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Fiscal Year 2011 
Budget for Transportation Security Administration: Are We Making 
Smart Investments for Real Transportation Security? 2 p.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Interior and Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on Strengthening Native American Communities: Fiscal Year 
2011 Budget for Trust Resources and the Bureau of Indian Affairs, 2 
p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education and Related Agencies, overview hearing on Combating Health 
Care Fraud and Abuse, 2 p.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, on Fiscal Year 2011 Budget for the Department 
of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 4, Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, on U.S. Agency for International Development, 10:30 a.m., 
2358-B Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, March 3, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing to review the Department of Defense process for 
assessing the requirements to implement repeal of ``Don't Ask, Don't 
Tell,'' 2:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, 
hearing on the Fiscal Year 2011 National Defense Authorization 
Budget Request for the Department of the Navy shipbuilding 
acquisition programs, 2 p.m., 210 HVC.
  Committee on the Budget, March 3, hearing on Member's Day, 10 
a.m., 210 Cannon.
  March 4, hearing on Defense Department Fiscal Year 2011 Budget, 10 
a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, March 2, hearing on Improving 
Children's Health: Strengthening Federal Child Nutrition Programs, 
2:30 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  March 3, hearing with U.S. Secretary of Education on Building a 
Stronger Economy: Spurring Reform and Innovation in American 
Education, 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 4. Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, hearing on TSCA and 
Persistent, Bioaccumulative, and Toxic Chemicals: Examining Domestic 
and International Actions, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the 
Internet, to continue hearings entitled ``Oversight of the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act: Broadband, Part 3,'' 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, March 3, to consider Committee 
Print entitled ``Views and Estimates of the Committee on Financial 
Services on Matters to be Set Forth in the Concurrent Resolution on 
the Budget for Fiscal Year 2011,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 4, Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Haiti Debt Relief,'' followed by consideration of 
H.R. 4573, Debt Relief for Earthquake Recovery in Haiti Act of 2010, 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 3, hearing on U.S. Policies 
and Programs for Global Development: USAID and the Fiscal Year 2011 
Budget, 9 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the Global 
Environment, hearing on Regional Overview of East Asia and the 
Pacific, 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 4, full Committee, to mark up H. Res. 252, Affirmation of 
the United States Record on the Armenian Genocide Resolution, 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 4, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights 
and Oversight, hearing on Restoring America's Reputation in the 
World: Why it Matters, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, March 3, Subcommittee on Emerging 
Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, hearing 
entitled: The Department of Homeland Security's Science and 
Technology Directorate,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 3, hearing on Domestic and 
International Trademark Implications of HAVANA CLUB and Section 211 
of the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 1999, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, 
hearing on the Enforcement of the Criminal Laws Against Medicare and 
Medicaid Fraud, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, March 3, Subcommittee on Insular 
Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, oversight hearing entitled ``Setting 
the Bar for Accountability: Improving NOAA Fisheries Law Enforcement 
Programs and Operations, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing on the President's Fiscal Year

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2011 budget requests for the Minerals Management Service, the Bureau 
of Land Management, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement, the United States Geological Survey (excluding the 
water resources program), and the USDA Forest Service, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, 
oversight hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 2011 budget request 
for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on the 
President's Fiscal Year 2011 Budget request for the Power Marketing 
Administrations, U.S. Department of Energy, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, March 3, 
Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, hearing 
entitled ``Transnational Drug Enterprises (Part II): U.S. Government 
Perspectives on the Threats to Global Stability and U.S. National 
Security,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 4, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Prostate Cancer: New 
Questions About Screening and Treatment,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing entitled 
``Continuing Problems in USDA's Enforcement of the Humane Methods of 
Slaughter Act,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, March 2, to consider H.R. 4247, Preventing 
Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act, 5 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, March 3, hearing on the 
Department of Energy Fiscal Year 2011, Research and Development 
Budget Proposal, 12 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 4, hearing on Reform in K-12 STEM Education, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 3, hearing 
on The Water Resources Development Act of 2007: A Review of 
Implementation in its Third Year, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
on Agency Budgets and Priorities for Fiscal Year 2011, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  March 4, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings 
and Emergency Management, hearing on U.S. Mayors Speak Out: 
Addressing Disasters in Cities, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, March 3, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on H.R. 4241, To amend chapter 17 of title 38, United States 
Code, to allow for increased flexibility in payments to State 
veterans homes, 2 p.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 3, to mark up Views and 
Estimates Letter to the Committee on the Budget, 10:30 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 3, executive, 
Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, executive, 
briefing on SRP Wrap-Up, 1 p.m., 304 HVC.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis, 
and Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 3 p.m., 
304 HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: March 5, to hold hearings to examine the 
employment situation for February 2010, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.