[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 58 (Thursday, April 22, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D427-D431]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of April 26 through May 1, 2010

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at approximately 3 p.m., Senate will resume consideration 
of the motion to proceed to consideration of 3217, Restoring American 
Financial Stability Act, and after a period of debate, vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of 
the bill at 5 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 28, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Water Development, to hold hearings to examine a national assessment 
of energy policies, focusing on significant achievements since the 
1970s and an examination of U.S. energy policies and goals in the 
coming decades, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, to hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission and for the Securities and Exchange Commission, 
2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the Federal 
Railroad Administration and the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation (Amtrak), 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2011 for the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the 
Library of Congress and the Open World Leadership Center, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-138.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, to hold hearings to examine holding banks accountable, 
focusing on if treasury and banks

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are doing enough to help families save their homes, 2:30 p.m., SD-
192.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 28, Subcommittee on Personnel, 
to hold hearings to examine military compensation and benefits, 
including special and incentive pays, in review of the Defense 
Authorization request for fiscal year 2011 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, 10 a.m., SR-222.
  April 29, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on United 
States policy towards Yemen and Somalia, 9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 29, 
Subcommittee on Economic Policy, to hold hearings to examine short-
termism in financial markets, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 27, 
Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion, 
to hold hearings to examine promoting our national parks as travel 
destinations, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant 
Marine, to hold an oversight hearing to examine motor carrier safety 
efforts, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and 
Insurance, to hold hearings to examine children's privacy, focusing 
on new technologies and the Children's Online Privacy Protection 
Act, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 27, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Philip D. Moeller, of 
Washington, and Cheryl A. LaFleur, of Massachusetts, both to be a 
Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 745 and H.R. 2265, bills to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the Magna Water District 
water reuse and groundwater recharge project, S. 1138 and H.R. 2442, 
bills to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act to expand the Bay Area Regional Water Recycling 
Program, S. 1573 and H.R. 2741, bills to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to participate in the City of Hermiston, 
Oregon, water recycling and reuse project, S. 3099, to reinstate and 
extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a 
hydroelectric project involving the American Falls Reservoir, S. 
3100, to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement of 
construction of a hydroelectric project involving the Little Wood 
River Ranch, H.R. 325, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the Avra Black Wash Reclamation and 
Riparian Restoration Project, H.R. 637, to authorize the Secretary, 
in cooperation with the City of San Juan Capistrano, California, to 
participate in the design, planning, and construction of an advanced 
water treatment plant facility and recycled water system, H.R. 1120, 
to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the Central Texas Water Recycling and Reuse Project, 
H.R. 1219, to make amendments to the Reclamation Projects 
Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992, H.R. 1393, to amend the 
Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement 
Act of 2000 to authorize additional projects and activities under 
that Act, and H.R. 2522, to raise the ceiling on the Federal share 
of the cost of the Calleguas Municipal Water District Recycling 
Project, 3 p.m., SD-366.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 1241, to amend Public Law 106-206 to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to 
require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming 
activities on Federal land for film crews of 5 persons or fewer, S. 
1571 and H.R. 1043, bills to provide for a land exchange involving 
certain National Forest System lands in the Mendocino National 
Forest in the State of California, S. 2762, to designate certain 
lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan Counties, Colorado, as 
wilderness, S. 3075, to withdraw certain Federal land and interests 
in that land from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws 
and disposition under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, S. 
3185, to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
Federal land to Elko County, Nevada, and to take land into trust for 
the Te-moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada, and H.R. 
86, to eliminate an unused lighthouse reservation, provide 
management consistency by incorporating the rocks and small islands 
along the coast of Orange County, California, into the California 
Coastal National Monument managed by the Bureau of Land Management, 
and meet the original Congressional intent of preserving Orange 
County's rocks and small islands, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 27, Subcommittee 
on Water and Wildlife, to hold hearings to examine collaborative 
solutions to wildlife and habitat management, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: April 29, Subcommittee on International 
Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, to hold hearings to 
examine doubling United States exports, focusing on United States 
seaports, 1 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 27, business meeting to 
consider S. 2971, to authorize certain authorities by the Department 
of State, S. 3087, to support revitalization and reform of the 
Organization of American States, and the nominations of Mari Carmen 
Aponte, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of El Salvador, Department of State, and Michael P. Meehan, 
of Virginia, and Dana M. Perino, of the District of Columbia, both 
to be a Member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, 2:15 p.m., S-
116, Capitol.
  April 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine historical 
and modern context for United States-Russian arms control, 2:30 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: April 27, to 
hold hearings to examine putting safety first, focusing on 
strengthening enforcement and creating a culture of compliance at 
mines and other dangerous workplaces, 2 p.m., SD-430.

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  April 28, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Joshua Gotbaum, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, and Eduardo M. 
Ochoa, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of Education for 
Postsecondary Education, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  April 28, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization, focusing on 
standards and assessments, 2 p.m., SD-430.
  April 29, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization, focusing on 
meeting the needs of special populations, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: April 27, 
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to resume hearings to 
examine Wall Street and the financial crisis, focusing on the role 
of investment banks, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  April 28, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine contract management at the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the 
Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine developing Federal employees and supervisors, focusing on 
mentoring, internships, and training in the Federal government, 2:30 
p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: April 29, to hold hearings to examine 
S. 2802, to settle land claims within the Fort Hall Reservation, S. 
1264, to require the Secretary of the Interior to assess the 
irrigation infrastructure of the Pine River Indian Irrigation 
Project in the State of Colorado and provide grants to, and enter 
into cooperative agreements with, the Southern Ute Indian Tribe to 
assess, repair, rehabilitate, or reconstruct existing 
infrastructure, and S. 439, to provide for and promote the economic 
development of Indian tribes by furnishing the necessary capital, 
financial services, and technical assistance to Indian-owned 
business enterprises, to stimulate the development of the private 
sector of Indian tribal economies, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 27, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine the Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine certain 
nominations, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  April 29, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1346, to 
penalize crimes against humanity and for other purposes, S. 657, to 
provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings, S. 446, to 
permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings, S. Res. 339, to 
express the sense of the Senate in support of permitting the 
televising of Supreme Court proceedings, S. 1684, to establish 
guidelines and incentives for States to establish criminal arsonist 
and criminal bomber registries and to require the Attorney General 
to establish a national criminal arsonist and criminal bomber 
registry program, and the nominations of David B. Fein, to be United 
States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Paul Ward, to 
be United States Marshal for the District of North Dakota, both of 
the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: April 27, to 
hold hearings to examine Federal efforts to expand small business 
internet access, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 27, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the 
intelligence community, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  April 29, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to consider 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, April 27, Subcommittee on Financial 
Services and General Government, on FY 2011 Budget Request for the 
Election Assistance Commission, 10 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Financial Services, and General 
Government, on FY 2011 Budget Request for the GSA, 10:30 a.m., 2362-
B Rayburn.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education and Related Agencies, on FY 2011 Budget Overview: National 
Institutes of Health, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, on FY 2011 Budget Request for the FCC, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, April 27, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing on Simplifying Defense Travel: Improving 
the Defense Travel System for the User, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on Fiscal Year 2011 
Army Reserve, Army National Guard, and Air National Guard Training 
and Operations, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 27, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing on Closing the Gap: Addressing Critical Rotary 
Wing Shortfalls for U.S. Special Operations Forces in Fiscal Year 
2011 and Beyond, 2:30 p.m., 210 HVC.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, hearing on Air 
Mobility Programs, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 29, full Committee, hearing on Security and Stability in 
Pakistan: Developments in U.S. Policy and Funding, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, April 28, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing on Whistleblower and Victim's Rights 
Provision of H.R. 2067, Protecting America's Workers Act, 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 28, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Public 
Sales of Hurricane Katrina/Rita FEMA Trailers: Are they Safe or 
Environmental Time Bombs?'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on Clean 
Energy Policies That Reduce Our Dependence on Oil, 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Antibiotic 
Resistance and the Threat to Public Health.,'' 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  April 29, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, 
hearing on the Consumer Product Safety Enhancement Act, 10 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  April 29, 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 27, to continue markup of 
H.R. 5072, FHA Reform Act of 2010, and to mark up the following 
bills: H.R.2555, Homeowners' Defense Act of 2009; H.R. 1264, 
Multiple Peril Insurance Act of 2009; H.R. 5114, Flood Insurance 
Reform Priorities Act of 2010; and H.R. 4790, Shareholder Protection 
Act of 2010, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing entitled ``Legislative Proposals to Preserve Public 
Housing,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 28, Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, 
hearing entitled `` Promoting Small and Micro Enterprise in Haiti,'' 
2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled `` Reviewing FinCEN Oversight Reports,'' 2 p.m., 2220 
Rayburn.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Credit Default 
Swaps on Government Debt: Potential Implications of the Greek Debt 
Crisis,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 27, Subcommittee on Europe, 
hearing on A Relic of the Cold War: Is it Time to Repeal Jackson-
Vanik for Russia? 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 28, full Committee, to mark up the following measures: H.R. 
4128, Conflict Minerals Trade Act; the International Megan's Law of 
2010; H.R. 4801, Global Science Program for Security, 
Competitiveness, and Diplomacy Act of 2010; and the Office of High 
Representative Protection Act of 2010, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, April 29, Subcommittee on 
Management, Investigations, and Oversight, hearing entitled ``Laying 
the Framework for the Task Ahead: An Examination of the Department 
of Homeland Security's Quadrennial Homeland Security Review,'' 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, April 28, hearing on Oversight 
of the Clerk, Sergeant at Arms, Chief Administrative Officer and 
Inspector General of the House of Representatives, 11 a.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 27, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 3764, Civil Access to 
Justice Act of 2009, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 28, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 2695, Credit Card Fair 
Fee Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 29, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and 
Civil Liberties, hearing on Protecting the American Dream Part II: 
Combating Predatory Lending Under the Fair Housing Act, 1 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 
hearing on Collateral Consequences of Criminal Convictions: Barriers 
to Reentry for the Formerly Incarcerated, 11 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, April 27, Subcommittee on Insular 
Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, oversight hearing entitled ``Marine 
Mammals in Captivity: What Constitutes Meaningful Public 
Education,'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 27, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2986, National Capital 
Region Land Conservation Act of 2009; H.R. 3923, Sugar Loaf 
Protection District Land Exchange Act of 2009; H.R. 3967, To amend 
the National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 2004 to 
authorize appropriations through fiscal year 2015; H.R. 3989, Heart 
Mountain Relocation Center Study Act of 2009; H.R. 4514, Colonel 
Charles Young Home Study Act; H.R. 4686, Rota Cultural and Natural 
Resources Study Act; and H.R. 4773, Fort Pulaski National Monument 
Lease Authorization Act, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, April 28, 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and 
Procurement, to consider pending business, 10:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  April 28, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, 
hearing entitled ``The Rise of the Drones II: Examining the Legality 
of Unmanned Targeting,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 29, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Running Out of Time: 
Telecommunications Transition Delays Wasting Millions of Federal 
Dollars,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn,
  Committee on Science and Technology, April 28, to consider the 
America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, April 28, hearing entitled 
``Evaluating the Impact of Small Business Trade Policy on Job 
Creation and Economic Growth,'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 27, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on 
Status of Coast Guard Civil Rights Programs and Diversity 
Initiatives, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 28, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, to 
continue hearings on Protecting and Restoring America's Great 
Waters, Part II: The Columbia River and San Francisco Bay, 2 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, 
and Emergency Management, hearing on Proposed Fiscal Year 2011 
Budgets for Regional Economic Development Commissions, Priorities 
and Impacts on Regional Economics and Employment, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 28, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Examining the Progress of 
Suicide Prevention Outreach Efforts at the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing on Status 
of Veterans Small Businesses, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.

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  April 29, Subcommittee on Health, to mark up the following 
measures: H.R. 1017, Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans 
Act; H.R. 2506, Veterans Hearing and Assessment Act; and draft 
legislation on Continuing Professional Education Reimbursement, 
followed by a hearing on VA's Implementation of the Enhanced 
Contract Care Pilot Program, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 27, Subcommittee on Social 
Security and the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, 
joint hearing on SSA's large backlogs in disability claims, 2 p.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  April 29, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on U.S.-Cuba Policy, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: April 29, to hold hearings to examine 
long-term unemployment, focusing on causes, consequences and 
solutions, 2 p.m., 210, Cannon Building.