[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 59 (Monday, April 26, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E665-E667]
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, April 27, 2010 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                APRIL 28
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         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.
                                                            SD-124
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         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.
                                                            SD-430
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, 
           ``Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2010'', S. 2782, 
           to provide personal jurisdiction in causes of action 
           against contractors of the United States performing 
           contracts abroad with respect to members of the Armed 
           Forces, civilian employees of the United States, and 
           United States citizen employees of companies performing 
           work for the United States in connection with 
           contractor activities, S. 3167, to amend title 13 of 
           the United States Code to provide for a 5-year term of 
           office for the Director of the Census and to provide 
           for authority and duties of the Director and Deputy 
           Director of the Census, S. 3249, to amend the Robert T. 
           Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
           to reauthorize the predisaster hazard mitigation 
           program and for other purposes, S. 3196, to amend the 
           Presidential Transition Act of 1963 to provide that 
           certain transition services shall be available to 
           eligible candidates before the general election, H.R. 
           1454, to provide for the issuance of a Multinational 
           Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp, H.R. 1345, 
           to amend title 5, United States Code, to eliminate the 
           discriminatory treatment of the District of Columbia 
           under the provisions of law commonly referred to as the 
           ``Hatch Act'', H.R. 2092, to amend the National 
           Children's Island Act of 1995 to expand allowable uses 
           for Kingman and Heritage Islands by the District of 
           Columbia, S. 3066, to correct the application of the 
           Non-Foreign Area Retirement Equity Assurance Act of 
           2009 (5 U.S.C. 5304 note) to employees paid saved or 
           retained rates, H.R. 3978, to amend the Implementing 
           Recommendations of the 9 11 Commission Act of 2007 to 
           authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security to accept 
           and use gifts for otherwise authorized activities of 
           the Center for Domestic Preparedness that are related 
           to preparedness for and response to terrorism, S. Res. 
           481, expressing the sense of the Senate that public 
           servants should be commended for their dedication and 
           continued public service to the Nation during Public 
           Service Recognition Week, May 3 through 9, 2010, S. 
           3200, to designate the facility of the United States 
           Postal Service located at 23 Genesee Street in Hornell, 
           New York, as the ``Zachary Smith Post Office 
           Building'', S. 3012 and H.R. 4425, bills to designate 
           the facility of the United States Postal Service 
           located at 2-116th Street in North Troy, New York, as 
           the ``Martin G. 'Marty' Mahar Post Office'', H.R. 4214, 
           to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
           Service located at 45300 Portola Avenue in Palm Desert, 
           California, as the ``Roy Wilson Post Office'', S. 2945 
           and H.R. 3250, bills to designate the facility of the 
           United States Postal Service located at 1210 West Main 
           Street in Riverhead, New York, as the ``Private First 
           Class Garfield M. Langhorn Post Office Building'', H.R. 
           3634, to designate the facility of the United States 
           Postal Service located at 109 Main Street in Swifton, 
           Arkansas, as the ``George Kell Post Office'', H.R. 
           4624, to designate the facility of the United States 
           Postal Service located at 125 Kerr Avenue in Rome City, 
           Indiana, as the ``SPC Nicholas Scott Hartge Post 
           Office'', S. 3013 and H.R. 4628, bills to designate the 
           facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
           216 Westwood Avenue in Westwood, New Jersey, as the 
           ``Sergeant Christopher R. Hrbek Post Office Building'', 
           and the nominations of Todd E. Edelman, Milton C. Lee, 
           Jr., and Judith Anne Smith, all to be an Associate 
           Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
           Columbia, Dana Katherine Bilyeu, of Nevada, and Michael 
           D. Kennedy, of Georgia, both to be a Member of Federal 
           Retirement Thrift Investment Board, and Dennis P. 
           Walsh, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Special Panel 
           on Appeals, and any pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-342
       Armed Services
       Personnel Subcommittee
         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.
                                                            SR-222
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine motor carrier 
           safety efforts.
                                                            SR-253
     1 p.m.
       Conferees
         Meeting of conferees on H.R. 2194, to amend the Iran 
           Sanctions Act of 1996 to enhance United States 
           diplomatic efforts with respect to Iran by expanding 
           economic sanctions against Iran.
                                                       SVC-210/212
     2 p.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To resume hearings to examine Elementary and Secondary 
           Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization, focusing on 
           standards and assessments.
                                                            SD-430
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Contracting Oversight Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine contract 
           management at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
           Services.
                                                            SD-342
       Appropriations
       Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee
         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.
                                                            SD-138
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Robert 
           Neil Chatigny, of Connecticut, to be United States 
           Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, and John A. 
           Gibney, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the 
           Eastern District of Virginia.
                                                            SD-226
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         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.
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                                APRIL 29
     Time to be announced
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider the nomination of Jeffrey A. 
           Lane, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy 
           for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs.
                                              Room to be announced
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To receive a closed briefing on United States policy 
           towards Yemen and Somalia.
                                                           SVC-217
       Appropriations
       Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2011 for the Federal Railroad 
           Administration and the National Railroad Passenger 
           Corporation (Amtrak).
                                                            SD-138
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine children's privacy, focusing 
           on new technologies and the Children's Online Privacy 
           Protection Act.
                                                            SR-253
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Economic Policy Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine short-termism in financial 
           markets.
                                                            SD-538
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To resume hearings to examine Elementary and Secondary 
           Education Act (ESEA) reauthorization, focusing on 
           meeting the needs of special populations.
                                                            SD-430
       Judiciary
         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, Paul Ward, to be United States Marshal 
           for the District of North Dakota, 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, Catherine C. 
           Eagles, to be United States District Judge for the 
           Middle District of North Carolina, and Clifton Timothy 
           Massanelli, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern 
           District of Arkansas.
                                                            SD-226
     1 p.m.
       Finance
       International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine doubling United States 
           exports, focusing on United States seaports.
                                                            SD-215
     2 p.m.
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine long-term unemployment, 
           focusing on causes, consequences and solutions.
                                              210, Cannon Building
     2:15 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         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.
                                                            SD-628
     2:30 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine holding banks accountable, 
           focusing on if treasury and banks are doing enough to 
           help families save their homes.
                                                            SD-192
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine historical and modern context 
           for United States-Russian arms control.
                                                            SD-419
       Appropriations
       Legislative Branch Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2011 for the Library of Congress and the 
           Open World Leadership Center.
                                                            SD-138
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine developing Federal employees 
           and supervisors, focusing on mentoring, internships, 
           and training in the Federal government.
                                                            SD-342
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to consider certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                 MAY 5
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine traumatic brain 
           injury (TBI), focusing on progress in treating the 
           signature wound of the current conflicts.
                                                            SR-418
     10 a.m.
       United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics 
           Control
         To hold hearings to examine violence in Mexico and Ciudad 
           Juarez and its implications for the United States.
                                                            SD-124
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the National Park Service's 
           implementations of the American Recovery and 
           Reinvestment Act.
                                                            SD-366

                                 MAY 6
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2011 for the Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-192
     2:30 p.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

                                 MAY 19
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine pending legislation.
                                                            SR-418

                                 MAY 25
     9 a.m.
       Armed Services
       Airland Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2011.
                                                            SR-222
     10:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2011.
                                                            SR-485
     2 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2011.
                                                            SR-222
     3:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Strategic Forces Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2011.
                                                            SR-485
     5 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Personnel Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2011.
                                                            SR-222

                                 MAY 26
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2011.
                                                            SR-485

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     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
         Closed business meeting to markup the proposed National 
           Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2011.
                                                            SR-222

                                 MAY 27
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         Closed business meeting to markup the proposed National 
           Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2011.
                                                            SR-222

                                 MAY 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         Closed business meeting to markup the proposed National 
           Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2011.
                                                            SR-222