[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 85 (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D640-D641]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              JUNE 9, 2010

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine local perspectives on the Livable Communities Act, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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.
  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: 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 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
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.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, 
Energy, and Research, hearing to review the implementation of the 
2008 Farm bill energy title, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services 
and General Government, hearing on FY 2011 Budget Request for the 
FCC, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Interagency National Security Reform: 
Pragmatic Steps Towards a More Integrated Future, 1 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on the State of the Economy: View 
from the Federal Reserve, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Promoting the Development of

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Antibiotics and Ensuring Judicious Use in Humans,'' 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International 
Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight, hearing on Women as 
Agents of Change: Advancing the Role of Women in Politics and Civil 
Society, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, hearing on Collateral Consequences of Criminal 
Convictions: Barriers to Reentry for the Formerly Incarcerated, 
10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, hearing on H.R. 4347, Department 
of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, hearing entitled 
``Strengthening the National Historical Publications and Records 
Commission,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on Deluge of Oil Highlights Research and 
Technology Needs for Effective Cleanup of Oil Spills, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing on 
Liability and Financial Responsibility for Oil Spills under the Oil 
Pollution Act of 1990 and Related Statutes, 10:30 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on the U.S. Department of 
Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General's Open Recommendations: 
Are We Fixing the Problems? 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis, and Counterintelligence, 
executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 1 p.m., 304-HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: 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.