[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 18, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D556-D557]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              MAY 19, 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 the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2011 for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Authority (Metro), 3:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine S. 3302, to amend title 49, United States Code, 
to establish new automobile safety standards, make better motor 
vehicle safety information available to the National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration and the public, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the proposed Constitution of the U.S. Virgin Islands, S. 
2941, to provide supplemental ex gratia compensation to the Republic 
of the Marshall Islands for impacts of the nuclear testing program 
of the United States, H.R. 3940, to amend Public Law 96-597 to 
clarify the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to extend 
grants and other assistance to facilitate political status public 
education programs for the peoples of the non-self-governing 
territories of the United States, and H.R. 2499, to provide for a 
federally sanctioned self-determination process for the people of 
Puerto Rico, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 
349, to establish the Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area in 
the State of Pennsylvania, S. 1596, to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to acquire the Gold Hill Ranch in Coloma, California, 
S. 1651, to modify a land grant patent issued by the Secretary of 
the Interior, S. 1750, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a special resource study of the General of the Army George 
Catlett Marshall National Historic Site at Dodona Manor in Leesburg, 
Virginia, S. 1801, to establish the First State National Historical 
Park in the State of Delaware, S. 1802 and H.R. 685, bills to 
require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource 
study regarding the proposed United States Civil Rights Trail, S. 
2953 and H.R. 3388, bills to modify the boundary of Petersburg 
National Battlefield in the Commonwealth of Virginia, S. 2976, to 
designate as wilderness certain land and inland water within the 
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan, S. 
3159 and H.R. 4395, bills to revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg 
National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station, S. 
3168, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain 
non-Federal land in the State of Pennsylvania for inclusion in the 
Fort Necessity National Battlefield, and S. 3303, to establish the 
Chimney Rock National Monument in the State of Colorado, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
empowering Haiti to rebuild better, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the history and 
lessons of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), 2:30 p.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine renewing 
America's commitment to the refugee convention, focusing on the 
Refugee Protection Act of 2010, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: to resume hearings to 
examine the filibuster, focusing on the filibuster today and its 
consequences, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine the nomination of Marie Collins Johns, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Small Business 
Administration (SBA) Disaster Assistance Program and the impact of 
the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on small businesses, 11 a.m., SR-
428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine S. 
1780, to amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain service 
in the reserve components as active service for purposes of laws 
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of Veterans Affairs, S. 1866, to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to provide for the eligibility of parents of certain deceased 
veterans for interment in national cemeteries, S. 1939, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to clarify presumptions relating to 
the exposure of certain veterans who served in the vicinity of the 
Republic of Vietnam, S. 1940, to require the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to carry out a study on the effects on children of exposure 
of their parents to herbicides used in support of the United States 
and allied military operations in the Republic of Vietnam during the 
Vietnam era, S. 2751, to designate the Department of Veterans 
Affairs medical center in Big Spring, Texas, as the George H. 
O'Brien, Jr., Department of Veterans Medical Center, S. 3035, to 
require a report on the establishment of a Polytrauma Rehabilitation 
Center or Polytrauma Network Site of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs in the northern Rockies or Dakotas, S. 3107, to amend title 
38 , United States Code, to provide for an increase, effective 
December 1, 2010, in the rates of compensation for veterans with 
service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and 
indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled 
veterans, S. 3192, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide 
for the tolling of the timing of review for appeals of final 
decisions of the Board of Veterans' Appeals, S. 3234, to improve 
employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, 
especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation 
Enduring Freedom, S. 3286, to require the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to carry out a pilot program on the award of grants to State 
and local government agencies and nonprofit organizations to provide 
assistance to veterans with their submittal of claims to the 
Veterans Benefits Administration, S. 3314, to require the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs and the Appalachian Regional Commission to carry 
out a program of outreach for veterans who reside in Appalachia, S. 
3325, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the waiver 
of the collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine 
visits of veterans, S. 3330, to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to make certain improvements in the administration of medical 
facilities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 3348, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to provide for the treatment of 
documents that express disagreement with decisions of the Board of 
Veterans' Appeals and that are misfiled with the Board within 120 
days of such decisions as motions for reconsideration of such 
decisions, S. 3352, to amend title 38, United States Code, to exempt 
reimbursements of expenses related to accident, theft, loss, or 
casualty loss from determinations of annual income with respect to 
pensions for veterans and surviving spouses and children of 
veterans, S. 3355, to provide for an Internet website for 
information on benefits, resource, services, and opportunities for 
veterans and their families and caregivers, S. 3367, to amend title 
38, United States Code, to increase the rate of pension for disabled 
veterans who are married to one another and both of whom require 
regular aid and attendance, S. 3368, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to authorize certain individuals to sign claims filed 
with the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on behalf of claimants, and 
S. 3370, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the 
process by which an individual files jointly for social security and 
dependency and indemnity compensation, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, to mark up H.R. 5136, National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2011, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on Research and Best 
Practices on Successful School Turnaround, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, to mark up the Assistance, Quality, and Affordability 
Act of 2010, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider H.R. 5297, Small 
Business Lending Fund Act of 2010, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Viewpoints on 
Homeland Security: A Discussion with the 
9/11 Commissioners,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, hearing on Racial Profiling and 
the Use of Suspect Classifications in Law Enforcement Policy, 2 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, 
hearing entitled ``Jobs, Jobs, Jobs: Transforming Federal Hiring,'' 
2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, hearing 
entitled ``Defense Acquisitions: One Year After Reform,'' 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, hearing and markup on a resolution Granting 
the authority provided under clause 4 (c)(3) of rule X of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives to the Committee on Education and 
Labor for purposes of its investigations into underground coal 
mining safety, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, hearing on Charting the 
Course for American Nuclear Technology: Evaluating the Department of 
Energy's Nuclear Energy Research and Development Roadmap, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on Deepwater 
Horizon: Oil Spill Prevention and Response Measures and Natural 
Resources Impacts, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Assessing Information Security at the 
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on tax proposals related to 
legislation to legalize Internet gambling, 9:30 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis, and Counterintelligence, 
executive, hearing on Financial Intelligence, 1 p.m., 304-HVC.