[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 9, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D650-D651]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 10, 2010

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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 Finance: 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 Foreign Relations: to resume hearings to examine 
Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian 
Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of 
Strategic Offensive Arms, signed in Prague on April 8, 2010, with 
Protocol (Treaty Doc. 111-05), 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 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: 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.
  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: business meeting to consider S. 2802, 
to settle land claims within the Fort Hall Reservation, S. 2906, to 
amend the Act of August 9, 1955, to modify a provision relating to 
leases involving certain Indian tribes, S. 1448, to amend the Act of 
August 9, 1955, to authorize the Coquille Indian Tribe, the 
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, the Confederated Tribes of 
the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw, the Klamath Tribes, and the 
Burns Paiute Tribe to obtain 99-year lease authority for trust land, 
and the nominations of Tracie Stevens, of Washington, to be Chairman 
of the National Indian Gaming Commission, and JoAnn Lynn Balzer, of 
New Mexico, and Cynthia Chavez Lamar, of New Mexico, both to be a 
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian 
and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development, 3 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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: to hold closed hearings to 
consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications, 
Technology, and the Internet, hearing on H.R. 3101, Twenty-First 
Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing entitled ``The BP 
Oil Spill: Human Exposure and Environmental Fate,'' 2 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on Human Rights and 
Democracy Assistance: Increasing the Effectiveness of U.S. Foreign 
Aid, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global Environment, 
hearing on Thailand: The Path Toward Reconciliation, 2:30 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, hearing on H.R. 3721, Protecting 
Older Workers Against Discrimination Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, 
Oceans and Wildlife, oversight hearing on the Deepwater Horizon oil 
spill in the Gulf of Mexico, with emphasis on Our Natural Resources 
at Risk: The Short and Long Term Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Oil 
Spill,'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 3785, Chattahoochee River National 
Recreation Area Boundary Study Act of 2009; H.R. 4823, Sedona-Red 
Rock National Scenic Area Act of 2010; H.R. 5009, Wasatch Wilderness 
and Watershed Protection Act of 2010; H.R. 5110, Casa Grande Ruins 
National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2010; H.R. 5131, 
Coltsville National Historical Park Act; H.R. 5152, Kennesaw 
Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2010; 
and H.R. 5194, Mt. Andrea Lawrence Designation Act of 2010, 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Research and 
Science Education, hearing on From the Lab Bench to the Marketplace: 
Improving Technology Transfer, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing on Using Practical Design and Context-
Sensitive Solutions in Developing Surface Transportation Projects, 
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 114, Veterans 
Entrepreneurial Transition Business Benefit Act; H.R. 3685, To 
require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the main 
page of the Internet Web site of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
a hyperlink to the VetSuccess Internet Web site and to publicize 
such Internet Web site; H.R. 4319, Specially Adapted Housing 
Assistance Enhancement Act of 2009; H.R. 4635, Foreclosure Mandatory 
Mediation Act of 2010; H.R. 4664, To amend the Servicemembers Civil 
Relief Act to provide for a one-year moratorium on the sale or 
foreclosure of property owned by surviving spouses of servicemembers 
killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom; 
H.R. 4765, To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize 
individuals who are pursuing programs of rehabilitation, education, 
or training under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to receive work-study allowances for certain outreach 
services provided through congressional offices, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 5360, Blinded Veterans Adaptive Housing Improvement 
Act of 2010; and draft legislation, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Income Security and 
Family Support, hearing on possible policy responses to long-term 
unemployment, 9:30 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis, and Counterintelligence, 
executive, briefing on Transportation Security Administration, 10 
a.m. 304-HVC.