[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 37 (Monday, March 15, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E381-E382]
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, March 16, 2010 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                MARCH 17
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Jeffrey A. 
           Lane, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy 
           for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs.
                                                            SD-366
       Appropriations
       Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2011 for the United States Forest Service.
                                                            SD-124
     10 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine the Government Accountability 
           Office's investigation of the Environmental Protection 
           Agency's (EPA) efforts to protect children's health.
                                                            SD-406
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Mari Carmen 
           Aponte, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador 
           to the Republic of El Salvador, Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine the Elementary and Secondary 
           Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization, focusing on the 
           Obama Administration's ESEA reauthorization priorities.
                                                            SH-216
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the lessons and implications 
           of the Christmas day attack, focusing on intelligence 
           reform and interagency integration.
                                                            SD-342
       Judiciary
       Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine bankruptcy reform, focusing 
           on small business jobs.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2011 for the Navy.
                                                            SD-192
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Strategic Forces Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine strategic forces programs in 
           review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal 
           year 2011 and the Future Years Defense Program; to be 
           followed by a closed session at 4:00 pm in SVC-217 
           following the open session.
                                                           SR-232A
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine seniors, focusing on rising 
           drug prices and the Part D program.
                                                            SD-562
     3 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine financial services and 
           products, focusing on the role of the Federal Trade 
           Commission in protecting consumers, part 2.
                                                            SR-253
     3:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 553, to revise the 
           authorized route of the North Country National Scenic 
           Trail in northeastern Minnesota to include existing 
           hiking trails along Lake Superior's north shore and in 
           Superior National Forest and Chippewa National Forest, 
           S. 1017, to reauthorize the Cane River National 
           Heritage Area Commission and expand the boundaries of 
           the Cane River National Heritage Area in the State of 
           Louisiana, S. 1018, to authorize the Secretary of the 
           Interior to enter into an agreement with Northwestern 
           State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, to 
           construct a curatorial center for the use of Cane River 
           Creole National Historical Park, the National Center 
           for Preservation Technology and Training, and the 
           University, S. 1537, to authorize the Secretary of the 
           Interior, acting through the Director of the National 
           Park Service, to designate the Dr. Norman E. Borlaug 
           Birthplace and Childhood Home in Cresco, Iowa, as a 
           National Historic Site and as a unit of the National 
           Park System, S. 1629, to authorize the Secretary of the 
           Interior to conduct a special resource study of the 
           archeological site and surrounding land of the New 
           Philadelphia town site in the state of Illinois, S. 
           2892, to establish the Alabama Black Belt National 
           Heritage Area, S. 2933, to authorize the Secretary of 
           the Interior to conduct a special resource study to 
           determine the suitability and feasibility of 
           designating the Colonel Charles Young Home in Xenia, 
           Ohio, as a unit of the National Park System, S. 2951, 
           to authorize funding to protect and conserve lands 
           contiguous with the Blue Ridge Parkway to serve the 
           public, and H.R. 3804, to make technical corrections to 
           various Acts affecting the National Park Service, to 
           extend, amend, or establish certain National Park 
           Service authorities.
                                                            SD-366

                                MARCH 18
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To resume hearings to examine the ``Don't Ask, Don't 
           Tell'' policy.
                                                            SH-216
       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
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Robert J. 
           Papp, Jr., to be a Commandant of the United States 
           Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, Larry 
           Robinson, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary of 
           Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, Earl F. Weener, of 
           Oregon, to be a Member of the National Transportation 
           Safety Board, Michael F. Tillman, of California, and 
           Daryl J. Boness, of Maine, both to be a Member of the 
           Marine Mammal Commission, and Jeffrey R. Moreland, of 
           Texas, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of 
           Directors.
                                                            SR-253
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine mobility and congestion in 
           urban and rural America.
                                                            SD-406
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 148, to restore the rule 
           that agreements between manufacturers and retailers, 
           distributors, or wholesalers to set the minimum price 
           below which the manufacturer's product or service 
           cannot be sold violates the Sherman Act, S. 2960, to 
           exempt aliens who are admitted as refugees or granted 
           asylum and are employed overseas by the Federal 
           Government from the 1-year physical presence 
           requirement for adjustment of status to that of aliens 
           lawfully admitted for permanent residence, S. 2974, to 
           establish the Return of Talent Program to allow aliens 
           who are legally present in the United States to return 
           temporarily to the country of citizenship of the alien 
           if that country is engaged in post-conflict or natural 
           disaster reconstruction, 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 Josephine Staton Tucker, to be 
           United States District Judge for the Central District 
           of California, Mark A. Goldsmith, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 
           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, Wifredo A. Ferrer, to be United

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           States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, 
           and William N. Nettles, to be United States Attorney 
           for the District of South Carolina.
                                                            SD-226
     2:15 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Bureau of Indian 
           Affairs and tribal police recruitment, training, 
           hiring, and retention.
                                                            SD-628
     2:30 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposals for addressing the 
           current financial situation facing the United States 
           Postal Service.
                                                            SD-192
       Appropriations
       Legislative Branch Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2011 for the Office of the Architect of the 
           Capitol, and the Office of Compliance.
                                                            SD-138
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Science and Space Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine assessing commercial space 
           capabilities.
                                                            SR-253
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to consider certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                MARCH 22
     4 p.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, 
           ``Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2010''.
                                                            SD-538

                                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
       Judiciary
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Department of 
           Justice.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Elizabeth 
           A. McGrath, of Virginia, to be Deputy Chief Management 
           Officer, Michael J. McCord, of Virginia, to be 
           Principal Deputy Under Secretary, Comptroller, Sharon 
           E. Burke, of Maryland, to be Director of Operational 
           Energy Plans and Programs, Solomon B. Watson IV, of New 
           York, to be General Counsel of the Department of the 
           Army, and Katherine Hammack, of Arizona, to be 
           Assistant Secretary of the Army, all of the Department 
           of Defense.
                                                            SH-216
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1546, to provide for the 
           conveyance of certain parcels of land to the town of 
           Mantua, Utah, S. 2798, to reduce the risk of 
           catastrophic wildfire through the facilitation of 
           insect and disease infestation treatment of National 
           Forest System and adjacent land, S. 2830, to amend the 
           Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to 
           clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have 
           the authority to use certain payments for certain 
           noncoal reclamation projects, and S. 2963, to designate 
           certain land in the State of Oregon as wilderness, to 
           provide for the exchange of certain Federal land and 
           non-Federal land.
                                                            SD-366

                                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

                             CANCELLATIONS

                                MARCH 17
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine Navy shipbuilding programs in 
           review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal 
           year 2011 and the Future Years Defense Program.
                                                           SR-222