[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 61 (Wednesday, April 28, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D455-D457]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 29, 2010

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, to hold 
hearings to examine holding banks accountable, focusing on if 
treasury and banks are doing enough to help families save their 
homes, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  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, 3:30 p.m., SD-138.

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  Committee on Armed Services: 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: 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: 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: business meeting to 
consider the nomination of Jeffrey A. Lane, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Congressional and 
Intergovernmental Affairs, time to be announced, room to be 
announced.
  Committee on Finance: 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: 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: 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: 
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: 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: 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, Clifton 
Timothy Massanelli, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern 
District of Arkansas, and Zane David Memeger, to be United States 
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, all of the 
Department of Justice, 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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Security and Stability in 
Pakistan: Developments in U.S. Policy and Funding, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade 
and Consumer Protection, hearing on the Consumer Product Safety 
Enhancement Act, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  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, 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 Homeland Security, 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 the Judiciary, 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.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the 
following: H.R. 5128, To designate the Department of the Interior 
Building in Washington, District of Columbia, as the ``Stewart Lee 
Udall Department of Interior Building''; H. Con. Res. 263, 
Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the District of 
Columbia Special Olympics Law Enforcement Torch Run; H. Con. Res. 
247, Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the Greater 
Washington Soap Box Derby; H. Res. 1278, In Support and recognition 
of National Safe Digging Month, April 2010; H. Res. 1284, Supporting 
the goals and ideals of National Learn to Fly Day, and for other 
purposes; a resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National 
Train Day; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Survey Resolutions, and 
other pending business, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 
Emergency Management, hearing on Proposed Fiscal Year 2011 Budgets 
for Regional Economic

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Development Commissions, Priorities and Impacts on Regional 
Economics and Employment, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing on Status of Veterans' Small Businesses, 1 
p.m., 334 Cannon.
  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, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on 
U.S.-Cuba Policy, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Flight 253 Forensics, 1:30 p.m., 304 HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

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