[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 84 (Monday, June 7, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D633-D634]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of June 8 through June 12, 2010

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate expects to begin consideration of the House 
Message to accompany H.R. 4213, American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes 
Act.
  On Thursday, Senate will begin consideration of the motion to proceed 
to consideration of S.J. Res. 26, a joint resolution disapproving a 
rule submitted by the EPA with respect to greenhouse gases, and after a 
period of debate, vote on the motion to proceed to consideration 
thereon, to be followed by a vote on passage of the joint resolution.
  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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 9, to hold 
hearings to examine local perspectives on the Livable Communities 
Act, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 9, 
business meeting to consider S. 3386, to protect consumers from 
certain aggressive sales tactics on the Internet, S. 1938, to 
establish a program to reduce injuries and deaths caused by 
cellphone use and texting while driving, 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, S. 
3084, to increase the competitiveness of United States businesses, 
particularly small and medium-sized manufacturing firms, in 
interstate and global commerce, foster job creation in the United 
States, and assist United States businesses in developing or 
expanding commercial activities in interstate and global commerce by 
expanding the ambit of the Hollings Manufacturing Extension 
Partnership program and the Technology Innovation Program to include 
projects that have potential for commercial exploitation in 
nondomestic markets, providing for an increase in related resources 
of the Department of Commerce, S. 2847, to regulate the volume of 
audio on commercials, S. 817, to establish a Salmon Stronghold 
Partnership program to conserve wild Pacific salmon and for other 
purposes, S. 1748, to establish a program of research, recovery, and 
other activities to provide for the recovery of the southern sea 
otter, the nomination of Carl Wieman, of Colorado, to be an 
Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, 
and a promotion list in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration Commissioned Corps and the Coast Guard, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-253.

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  June 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of John S. Pistole, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 9, to hold 
hearings to examine issues related to the Department of the 
Interior's May 27th report entitled, Increased Safety Measures for 
Energy Development on the Outer Continental Shelf, including 
oversight of recent actions recommended by the Department to address 
the safety of offshore oil development, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  June 9, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 2891, to further allocate and expand the availability of 
hydroelectric power generated at Hoover Dam, S. 2779 and H.R. 3671, 
bills to promote Department of the Interior efforts to provide a 
scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in 
the Upper Mississippi River Basin, S. 3387, to provide for the 
release of water from the marketable yield pool of water stored in 
the Ruedi Reservoir for the benefit of endangered fish habitat in 
the Colorado River, and for other purpose, S. 3404, to amend the 
Reclamation Projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 to 
require the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of 
Reclamation, to take actions to improve environmental conditions in 
the vicinity of the Leadville Mine Drainage Tunnel in Lake County, 
Colorado, and H.R. 4252, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a study of water resources in the Rialto-Colton Basin in the 
State of California, 3 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 9, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 3305, to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 
to require oil polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills, 10:30 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 10, to hold hearings to examine the 
United States-China economic relationship, focusing on a new 
approach for a new China, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 8, 
Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold hearings to examine 
the state of American children, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  June 10, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, to hold 
hearings to examine production over protections, focusing on a 
review of process safety management in the oil and gas industry, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 9, 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
the National Security Personnel System and performance management in 
the Federal government, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  June 10, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector 
Preparedness and Integration, to hold hearings to examine assessing 
the effects of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on states, localities 
and the private sector, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  June 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Dennis J. Toner, of Delaware, to be a Governor of the 
United States Postal Service, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 10, business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, Time to be announced, SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 8, to hold hearings to examine 
big oil business, focusing on if recent court decisions and 
liability caps encouraged irresponsible corporate behavior, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  June 9, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer 
Rights, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the enforcement of 
the antitrust laws, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  June 10, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 193, to 
create and extend certain temporary district court judgeships, 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, H.R. 
908, to amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 
1994 to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert 
Program, S. 258, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide 
enhanced penalties for marketing controlled substances to minors, 
and the nominations of Robert Neil Chatigny, of Connecticut, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Scott M. 
Matheson, Jr., of Utah, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Tenth Circuit, John J. McConnell, Jr., to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Rhode Island, James Kelleher Bredar, and 
Ellen Lipton Hollander, both to be a United States District Judge 
for the District of Maryland, Susan Richard Nelson, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, and Thomas 
Edward Delahanty II, to be United States Attorney for the District 
of Maine, Wendy J. Olson, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Idaho, Kevin Charles Harrison, and Donald J. Cazayoux, 
Jr., both to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of 
Louisiana, Henry Lee Whitehorn, Sr., to be United States Marshal for 
the Western District of Louisiana, James A. Lewis, to be United 
States Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, and Charles 
Gillen Dunne, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District 
of New York, all of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 8, to hold closed hearings 
to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  June 10, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to consider 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: June 9, to hold 
hearings to examine the significant challenges faced by journalists 
and independent media throughout the Organization for Security and 
Co-operation in Europe (OCSE) region, focusing on physical threats 
and violence targeting journalists, including the murder of scores 
of investigative reporters, 11 a.m., SVC-210/212.