[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 2, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D172-D173]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 3, 2010

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold 
hearings to examine the Army budget overview for fiscal year 2011, 
9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  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.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to 
hold hearings to examine the protective forces at the Department of 
Energy, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on policies, 
procedures, and practices relating to the transfer of detainees held 
at the Guantanamo Detention Facility, 4:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine transportation investments relative to the national economy 
and jobs, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the 2010 trade 
agenda, 10:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine chemical security, focusing

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on assessing progress and charting a path forward, 9:30 a.m., SD-
342.
  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.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine 
encouraging innovative and cost-effective crime reduction 
strategies, 2:15 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine mental health care and suicide prevention for veterans, 9:30 
a.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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.
  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 Armed Services, 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.
  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, hearing on Member's Day, 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, 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 Financial Services, 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.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on U.S. Policies and 
Programs for Global Development: USAID and the Fiscal Year 2011 
Budget, 9 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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, hearing on Domestic and International 
Trademark Implications of HAVANA CLUB and Section 211 of the Omnibus 
Appropriations Act of 1999, 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
  Committee on Science and Technology, hearing on the Department of 
Energy Fiscal Year 2011, Research and Development Budget Proposal, 
12 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to consider the 
following: the National Transportation Safety Board Reauthorization 
Act of 2010; the Clean Estuaries Act of 2010; H.R. 4275, To 
designate the annex building under construction for the Elbert P. 
Tuttle United States Court of Appeals Building in Atlanta, Georgia, 
as the ``John C. Godbold United States Judicial Administration 
Building;'' a resolution Supporting the goals and ideals of National 
Public Works Week, and for other purposes; H. Res. 1062, Recognizing 
the Coast Guard Group Astoria's more than 60 years of service to the 
Pacific Northwest, and for other purposes; the Fiscal Year 2011 
Budget Views and Estimates of the Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure, and other pending business, 10 a.m., followed by a 
hearing on the Water Resources Development Act of 2007: A Review of 
Implementation in its Third Year, 12 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Agency 
Budgets and Priorities for Fiscal Year 2011, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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, to mark up Views and Estimates Letter 
to the Committee on the Budget, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, 
Subcommittee on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, executive, 
briefing on SRP Wrap-Up, 1 p.m., 304 HVC.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis, and 
Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 3 p.m., 304 
HVC.