[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 50 (Monday, April 12, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D360-D364]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of April 12 through April 17, 2010

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday at 11 a.m., Senate will continue consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 4851, Continuing Extension 
Act, and all post-cloture time be yielded back, the motion to proceed 
be agreed to, and Senate begin consideration of the bill at 2:15 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: April 13, Subcommittee on Homeland 
Security, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2011 for the United States Coast Guard, 2:30 p.m., SD-
192.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of 
Education and the education jobs crisis, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold closed hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for national 
and military intelligence, 10:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2011 for the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2011 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation; to be 
immediately followed by a closed hearing in SVC-217, 10 a.m., SD-
192.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 2 p.m., SD-124.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the 
Government Accountability Office

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(GAO), the Government Printing Office (GPO), and the Congressional 
Budget Office (CBO), 3:15 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 13, Subcommittee on Airland, to 
hold hearings to examine Department of the Air Force and Department 
of the Navy tactical aircraft programs in review of the Defense 
Authorization request for fiscal year 2011 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  April 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United 
States policy towards the Islamic Republic of Iran; to be 
immediately followed by a closed hearing in SVC-217, 10:30 a.m., SR-
253.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine strategic forces programs of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration in review of the Defense Authorization request for 
fiscal year 2011, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to 
hold hearings to examine the current readiness of United States 
forces, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  April 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Vice Admiral James A. Winnefeld, Jr., United States 
Navy, to be admiral and Commander, United States Northern Command, 
and to be Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, and 
Lieutenant General Keith B. Alexander, United States Army, to be 
general and Director, National Security Agency, to be Chief, Central 
Security Service, and to be Commander, United States Cyber Command, 
both of the Department of Defense; with the possibility of a closed 
session in SVC-217 following the open session, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine 
Army modernization in review of the Defense Authorization request 
for fiscal year 2011 and the Future Years Defense Program, 2 p.m., 
SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 15, to 
hold hearings to examine legislative proposals in the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development's fiscal year 2011 budget request, 
9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 14, to 
hold hearings to examine reviewing the national broadband plan, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast 
Guard, to hold hearings to examine S. 817, to establish a Salmon 
Stronghold Partnership program to conserve wild Pacific salmon, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 14, to hold 
hearings to examine opportunities to improve transportation safety, 
10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: April 14, to hold hearings to examine using 
unemployment insurance to help Americans get back to work, focusing 
on creating opportunities and overcoming challenges, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  April 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine filing 
season update, focusing on current IRS issues, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 13, business meeting to 
consider S. 1382, to improve and expand the Peace Corps for the 21st 
century, S. 2839, to amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to 
authorize appropriations to provide assistance for domestic and 
foreign programs and centers for treatment of victims of torture, S. 
624, to provide 100,000,000 people with first-time access to safe 
drinking water and sanitation on a sustainable basis by 2015 by 
improving the capacity of the United States Government to fully 
implement the Senator Paul Simon Water for the Poor Act of 2005, S. 
Res. 409, calling on members of the Parliament in Uganda to reject 
the proposed ``Anti-Homosexuality Bill'', S. Res. 446, commemorating 
the 40th anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of 
Nuclear Weapons, convention Between the Government of the United 
States of America and the Government of Malta for the Avoidance of 
Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to 
Taxes on Income, signed on August 8, 2008, at Valletta (Treaty 
Doc.111-01), protocol Amending the Convention between the United 
States of America and New Zealand for the Avoidance of Double 
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes 
on Income, signed on December 1, 2008, at Washington (Treaty 
Doc.111-03), and the nominations of Elizabeth L. Littlefield, of the 
District of Columbia, to be President of the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation, Carolyn Hessler Radelet, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Deputy Director of the Peace Corps, Mari Carmen 
Aponte, District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El 
Salvador, Raul Yzaguirre, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Dominican Republic, Theodore Sedgwick, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to the Slovak Republic, Bisa Williams, of New Jersey, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, and Robert Stephen Ford, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic, all of the 
Department of State, Lana Pollack, of Michigan, to be a Commissioner 
on the part of the United States on the International Joint 
Commission, United States and Canada, and Walter Isaacson, of 
Louisiana, to be Chairman of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, 
and Dennis Mulhaupt, of California, Victor H. Ashe, of Tennessee, 
Michael Lynton, of California, S. Enders Wimbush, of Virginia, and 
Susan McCue, of Virginia, all to be a Member of the Broadcasting 
Board of Governors, and a routine list in the Foreign Service, 2:15 
p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  April 14, Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine Southeast Europe, focusing on opportunities and challenges 
in the Western Balkans, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  April 15, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine United States and Japan relations, 11 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: April 13, to 
hold hearings to examine Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
(ESEA) reauthorization, focusing on school turnaround, 2 p.m., SD-
430.
  April 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization, focusing on 
teachers and leaders, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: April 13, 
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to 
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crisis, focusing on high risk home loans, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  April 13, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine making the government more transparent and 
accountable part II, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the 
Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine deployed Federal civilians, focusing on advancing security 
and opportunity in Afghanistan, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  April 15, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, to hold 
hearings to examine contracts for Afghan National Police training, 
2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  April 16, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to resume 
hearings to examine Wall Street and the financial crisis, focusing 
on the role of bank regulators, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 14, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine the Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  April 15, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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. 3111, to establish the Commission on Freedom of 
Information Act Processing Delays, S. 3031, to authorize Drug Free 
Communities enhancement grants to address major emerging drug issues 
or local drug crises, S. 1346, to penalize crimes against humanity 
and for other purposes, and the nominations of Sharon Johnson 
Coleman, and Gary Scott Feinerman, both to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, and William Joseph 
Martinez, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Colorado, and Loretta E. Lynch, to be United States Attorney for the 
Eastern District of New York, Noel Culver March, to be United States 
Marshal for the District of Maine, George White, to be United States 
Marshal for the Southern District of Mississippi, Brian Todd 
Underwood, to be United States Marshal for the District of Idaho, 
and Kerry B. Harvey, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Kentucky, all of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  April 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Goodwin Liu, of California, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Kimberly J. Mueller, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, 
Richard Mark Gergel, and J. Michelle Childs, both to be United 
States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, and 
Catherine C. Eagles, to be United States District Judge for the 
Middle District of North Carolina, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: April 15, to hold hearings 
to examine the nomination of Stephen T. Ayers, of Maryland, to be 
Architect of the Capitol, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: April 15, to 
hold hearings to examine assessing access, focusing on obstacles and 
opportunities for minority small business owners in today's capital 
markets, 10 a.m., SD-562.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 13, to hold closed 
hearings to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-
219.
  April 15, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to consider 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: 
April 13, to hold hearings to examine the status of meth making 
pseudoephedrine prescription only, focusing on Oregon, 10 a.m., SD-
562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, April 14, Subcommittee on Department of 
Operations, Nutrition, and Forestry, hearing to review access to 
healthy foods for beneficiaries of Federal nutrition programs and 
explore innovative methods to improve availability, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, April 13, Subcommittee on the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, on the Transformative 
Impact of Art: The National Endowment for the Arts FY 2011 Budget 
Request, 9:30 a.m., and on American Advocates for the Arts, 10:30 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 13, Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, executive, hearing 
on Military Intelligence Program and Defense Intelligence Agency 
Fiscal Year 2011 Budget, 5 p.m., H-405 Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related 
Agencies, to continue appropriation hearings, 9 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Defense, on National Guard and U.S. Army 
Reserve Readiness, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and 
Related Agencies, on Bureau of Reclamation FY 2011 Budget, 2 p.m., 
2362B Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Update on 
Southwest Border: The Challenges that DHS Continues to Face, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on Maintaining National Cultural and Scientific Centers: 
FY 2011 Budget Request for the Smithsonian Institution, National 
Gallery of Art, Kennedy Center, Woodrow Wilson Center, and Presidio 
Trust, 9:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, on FY 2011 Budget Overview: Social 
Security Administration, 10 a.m., 2358C Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, on Quality of Life--Senior Enlisted, 10 a.m., 
H-143 Capitol.
  April 14, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Agencies, on Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), 10 a.m., H-140 
Capitol, and on Security Assistance, 1:30 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.

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  April 15, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, on FY 2011 Budget Request for the U.S. Supreme Court, 10 
a.m., 2358A Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on DHS Cyber Security 
Programs--What progress has been made and what still needs to be 
improved? 11 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, on Voices from Our Native American Communities, 2 p.m., 
and on Strengthening Native American Communities: Indian Health 
Service FY 2011 Budget Request, 4:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, on Member Requests, 1 p.m., 2358A 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, April 13, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing on Department of Defense Medical Centers of 
Excellence, 5:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 14, full Committee, hearing on the United States nuclear 
weapons policy and force structure, 10:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on the FY 2011 National Defense Authorization 
Budget Request for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, Chemical 
Biological Defense Program and counterproliferation initiatives, 2 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 15, full Committee, hearing on the Independent Panel's 
assessment of the Quadrennial Defense Review, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on 
supporting the reserve components as an operational reserve and key 
reserve personnel legislative initiatives, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the report 
on the ballistic missile defense review and the FY 2011 National 
Defense Authorization Budget Request for missile defense programs, 
1:30 p.m., 210 HVC.
  Committee on Education and Labor, April 14, hearing on How Data 
Can Be Used to Inform Educational Outcomes, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, 
hearing on Corporal Punishment in Schools and Its Effect on Academic 
Success, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 14, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``Smokeless Tobacco: Impact on the Health 
of Our Nation's Youth and Use in Major League Baseball,'' 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the 
Internet, hearing entitled ``The National Broadband Plan: 
Competitive Availability of Navigation Devices,'' 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, April 13, hearing entitled 
``Second Liens and Other Barriers to Principal Reduction as an 
Effective Foreclosure Mitigation Program,'' 12 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 14, hearing entitled ``Housing Finance--What Should the New 
System Be Able to Do?: Part II--Government and Stakeholder 
Perspectives,'' 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing entitled ``The Recently Announced Revisions to the Home 
Affordable Modification Program (HAMP),'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``Perspectives and Proposals on the 
Community Reinvestment Act,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 14, Subcommittee on 
International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight, hearing on 
Combating Anti-Semitism: Protecting Human Rights, 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, hearing on 
Combating Climate Change in Africa, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, April 14, hearing entitled 
``Federal Protective Service: Would Federalization of Guards Improve 
Security at Critical Facilities?'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  April 15, to mark up H.R. 4842, Homeland Security Science and 
Technology Authorization Act of 2010, 11 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 14, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, hearing on the 
Report by the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of 
Justice on the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Use of Exigent 
Letters and Other Informal Requests for Telephone Records, 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on State Taxation: The Impact of Congressional Legislation 
on State and Local Government Revenues, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, April 14, to 
consider the following: H.R. 1722, Telework Improvements Act of 
2009; the Federal Advisory Committee Act Amendments of 2010; H.R. 
4865, Federal Employees and Uniformed Services Retirement Equity Act 
of 2010; H.R. 3913, Major General David F. Wherley, Jr., District of 
Columbia National Guard Retention and College Access Act; S. 806, 
Federal Executive Board Authorization Act of 2009; S. 1510, United 
States Secret Service Uniformed Division Modernization Act of 2009; 
and other pending business, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing entitled 
``ONDCP's Fiscal Year 2011 National Drug Control Budget: Are We 
Still Funding a War on Drugs?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 14, Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and 
Procurement, hearing entitled ``Oversight of Federal Financial 
Management,'' 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  April 15, full Committee, and the Subcommittee on Federal 
Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, joint 
hearing entitled ``Continuing to Deliver: An Examination of the Post 
Services's Current Financial Crisis and its Future Viability,'' 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, April 14, to consider H.R. 4715, Clean 
Estuaries Act of 2010, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, April 14, Subcommittee on 
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up a Committee Print--National Science Foundation programs, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, April 14, hearing entitled 
``Entrepreneurs and Tax Day: How IRS Policies and Procedures Impact 
Small Businesses?'' 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 14, 
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on Using Innovative 
Financing to Deliver Highway and Transit Projects,'' 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
on Proposals for a Water Resources Development Act of 2010 Part II, 
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 15, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing on the Status of Veterans Employment, 1 p.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 14, hearing on energy tax 
incentives and the green job economy, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  April 15, Subcommittee on Social Security, oversight hearing on 
SSA's field office service delivery, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 14, executive, 
hearing on Defense Intelligence Agency Budget for Fiscal Year 2011, 
3 p.m., 304-HVC.
  April 15, executive, hearing on National Geospatial Program Budget 
for Fiscal Year 2011, 9:30 a.m., 304-HVC.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, April 
14, hearing entitled ``The Role of Coal in a New Energy Age,'' 9:30 
a.m., 210 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: April 14, to hold hearings to examine 
the economic outlook, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: April 15, to 
receive a briefing on a new international convention aimed at 
helping resource-rich developing countries make the best economic 
and social use of their natural resources, 11 a.m., 2325 Rayburn 
Building.