[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 19, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D567-D569]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 20, 2010

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, with the Subcommittee on 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, 
to hold joint hearings to examine the progress in ending veterans' 
homelessness, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine investing in mine 
safety, focusing on preventing another disaster, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2011 for the Federal Trade Commission, 2:30 p.m., SD-
192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance and Investment, to hold hearings to examine 
the causes and lessons of the May 6th market plunge, 9:30 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Carl Wieman, of Colorado, to 
be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 2921, to provide for the conservation, enhanced 
recreation opportunities, and development of renewable energy in the 
California Desert Conservation Area, to require the Secretary of the 
Interior to designate certain offices to serve as Renewable Energy 
Coordination Offices for coordination of Federal permits for 
renewable energy projects and transmission lines to integrate 
renewable energy development, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider S. 3362, to amend the Clean Air Act to direct the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to provide 
competitive grants to publicly funded schools to implement effective 
technologies to reduce air pollutants (as defined in section 302 of 
the Clean Air Act), including greenhouse gas emissions, in 
accordance with that Act, S. 3250, to provide for the training of 
Federal building personnel, S. 3372, to modify the date on which the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and applicable 
States may require permits for discharges from certain vessels, S. 
3363, to

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amend the Water Resources Research Act of 1984 to reauthorize grants 
for and require applied water supply research regarding the water 
resources research and technology institutes established under that 
Act, S. 3374, to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to establish a grant program 
to revitalize brownfield sites for the purpose of locating renewable 
electricity generation facilities on those sites, S. 3373, to 
address the health and economic development impacts of nonattainment 
of federally mandated air quality standards in the San Joaquin 
Valley, California, by designating air quality empowerment zones, 
H.R. 4275, to designate the annex building under construction for 
the Elbert P. Tuttle United States Court of Appeals Building in 
Atlanta, Georgia, as the ``John C. Godbold Federal Building'', S. 
3248, to designate the Department of the Interior Building in 
Washington, District of Columbia, as the ``Stewart Lee Udall 
Department of the Interior Building'', and a proposed resolution 
relating to the General Services Administration, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, 
and Infrastructure, to hold hearings to examine clean technology 
manufacturing competitiveness, focusing on the role of tax 
incentives, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), focusing on a report of 
the group of experts, 9:15 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, to hold hearings to examine 
counternarcotics contracts in Latin America, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
efforts to right-size the Federal employee-to-contractor mix, 2:30 
p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 193, 
to create and extend certain temporary district court judgeships, 
H.R. 4506, to authorize the appointment of additional bankruptcy 
judges, H.R. 1933, to direct the Attorney General to make an annual 
grant to the A Child Is Missing Alert and Recovery Center to assist 
law enforcement agencies in the rapid recovery of missing children, 
and the nominations of Robert Neil Chatigny, of Connecticut, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, John A. Gibney, 
Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Virginia, and Stephanie A. Finley, to be United States Attorney for 
the Western District of Louisiana, Scott Jerome Parker, to be United 
States Marshal for the Eastern District of North Carolina, and 
Darryl Keith McPherson, to be United States Marshal for the Northern 
District of Illinois, all of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-
226.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, on Public 
Witnesses, 9 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on the Impact of 
Concussions on High School Athletes, 9 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, to mark up the Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 
2010, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Update on Toyota and NHTSA's Response to the Problem of Sudden 
Unintended Acceleration,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on International 
Monetary Policy and Trade and the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary 
Policy and Technology, joint hearing entitled ``The Role of the 
International Monetary Fund and Federal Reserve in Stabilizing 
Europe,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia., the Pacific 
and the Global Environment, oversight hearing on the Compact of Free 
Association with the Republic of the Marshall Islands: Medical 
Treatment of the Marshallese People, U.S. Nuclear Tests, Nuclear 
Claims Tribunal, Forced Resettlement, Use of Kwajalein Atoll for 
Missile Programs and Land Use Development, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and 
Oversight, hearing on Afghanistan Reconstruction Oversight, 9:30 a. 
m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, to mark up H.R. 5175, Democracy 
is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act, 1 
p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on the Administrative Conference of the 
United States, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing 
on Rape Kit Backlogs: Failing the Test of Providing Justice to 
Sexual Assault Survivors, 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing entitled 
``Running out of Time: Telecommunications Transition Delays Wasting 
Millions of Federal Dollars,'' 9 a.m., and to mark up the following 
measures: H. R. 4900, Federal Information Security Amendments Act of 
2010; H.R. 2142, Government Efficiency, Effectiveness, and 
Performance Improvement Act of 2009; H. Res. 1121, Congratulating 
Clinton County and the count seat of Wilmington, Ohio, on the 
occasion of their bicentennial anniversaries; H. Res. 1172, 
Recognizing the life and achievements of Will Keith Kellogg; H. Res. 
1330, Recognizing June 8, 2010, as World Ocean Day; H. Res. 1357, 
Commending and congratulating the Hollywood Walk of Fame on the 
occasion of its 50th anniversary; and H.R. 5278, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 405 West 
Second Street in Dixon, Illinois, as the ``President Ronald W. 
Reagan Post Office Building,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Investigations and Oversight, hearing on Preventing Harm--Protecting 
Health: Reforming CDC's Environmental Public Health Practices, 9 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, 
hearing on Too Much For

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Too Little: Finding the Cost-Risk Balance for Protecting Federal 
Employees in Leased Facilities, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing on the Implementation of the Pipeline Inspection, 
Protection, Enforcement and Safety Act of 2006 and Reauthorization 
of the Pipeline Safety Program, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs and the Subcommittee on Health, 
joint hearing on Healing the Wounds: Evaluating Military Sexual 
Trauma Issues, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing on the Loan Guaranty 
Program, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing to 
review customs operations administered by U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 1 p.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis, and Counterintelligence, 
executive, briefing on Hot Sports, 1:30 p..m., 304-HVC.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing entitled ``Climate Science in the Political Arena,'' 9 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.