[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 87 (Thursday, June 10, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D658-D661]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 14 through June 19, 2010

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday at 3 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of the House 
Message to accompany H.R. 4213, American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes 
Act.
  On Tuesday at 11:30 a.m., Senate will begin consideration of the 
nominations of Tanya Walton Pratt, of Indiana, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, Brian Anthony 
Jackson, of Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the 
Middle District of Louisiana, and Elizabeth Erny Foote, of Louisiana, 
to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Louisiana, and after a period of debate, vote on confirmation thereon.
  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 Appropriations: June 16, Subcommittee on Defense, to 
hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2011 for the Department of Defense, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, to hold an oversight hearing to examine Federal payment 
of interchange fees, focusing on how to save taxpayer dollars, 2:30 
p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 15, to hold hearings to examine 
the situation in Afghanistan; with the possibility of a closed 
session in SVC-217 following the open session, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  June 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the New 
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) and the implications for 
national security programs, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.

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  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 17, to 
hold hearings to examine the financial state of the airline industry 
and the implications of consolidation, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 15, Subcommittee 
on Energy, to hold hearings to examine S. 3460, to require the 
Secretary of Energy to provide funds to States for rebates, loans, 
and other incentives to eligible individuals or entities for the 
purchase and installation of solar energy systems for properties 
located in the United States, S. 3396, to amend the Energy Policy 
and Conservation Act to establish within the Department of Energy a 
Supply Star program to identify and promote practices, companies, 
and products that use highly efficient supply chains in a manner 
that conserves energy, water, and other resources, S. 3251, to 
improve energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy by Federal 
agencies, S. 679, to establish a research, development, 
demonstration, and commercial application program to promote 
research of appropriate technologies for heavy duty plug-in hybrid 
vehicles, S. 3233, to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to 
authorize the Secretary of Energy to barter, transfer, or sell 
surplus uranium from the inventory of the Department of Energy, and 
S. 2900, to establish a research, development, and technology 
demonstration program to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used 
in combined cycle and simple cycle power generation systems, 2:30 
p.m., SD-366.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 3294, to establish certain wilderness areas 
in central Idaho and to authorize various land conveyances involving 
National Forest System land and Bureau of Land Management land in 
central Idaho, S. 3310, to designate certain wilderness areas in the 
National Forest System in the State of South Dakota, and S. 3313, to 
withdraw certain land located in Clark County, Nevada from location, 
entry, and patent under the mining laws and disposition under all 
laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral 
materials, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 15, to 
hold hearings to examine the health impacts of the Gulf of Mexico 
oil spill, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  June 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine protecting 
workers and businesses affected by misclassification, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 15, 
to hold hearings to examine protecting cyberspace as a national 
asset, focusing on comprehensive legislation for the 21st century, 
2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  June 16, 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., SD-342.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, focusing on 
ensuring a financially responsible recovery, 3 p.m., SD-342.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the 
Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine closing the language gap, focusing on improving the Federal 
government's foreign language capabilities, 3:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 17, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine Indian education, focusing on the No Child Left Behind 
Act, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 15, to hold hearings to examine 
the nomination of James Michael Cole, of the District of Columbia, 
to be Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  June 17, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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, S. 3466, to 
require restitution for victims of criminal violations of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 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 nomination of 
John J. McConnell, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Rhode Island, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: June 17, to hold 
hearings to examine harnessing small business innovation, focusing 
on navigating the evaluation process for Gulf Coast oil cleanup 
proposals, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: June 16, to hold hearings to 
examine Veterans' Affairs health care in rural areas, 9:30 a.m., SR-
418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 15, to hold closed hearings 
to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  June 17, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to consider 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: June 16, to hold hearings to examine 
the retirement challenge, focusing on making savings last a 
lifetime, 2 p.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 17, Subcommittee on General Farm 
Commodities and Risk Management, hearing to review U.S. farm safety 
net programs in advance of the 2012 Farm Bill, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 16, hearing on developments in 
Afghanistan, 1 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, June 17, hearing on the Administration's 
Expedited Rescission Proposal, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, June 17, hearing on the 
Department of Education Inspector General's Review of Standards for 
Program Length in Higher Education, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 15, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Environment, hearing entitled ``Drilling Down on America's 
Energy Future: Safety, Security and Clean Energy,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``NIH in the 
21st Century: The Director's Perspective,'' 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  June 16, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4678, Foreign Manufacturers 
Legal Accountability Act; and H.R. 5156, Clean Energy Technology 
Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled `` HHS Actions 
to Identify and Address Health Effects of the BP Oil Spill,'' 2 
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the 
Internet, hearing on a discussion draft to provide funding for the 
construction and maintenance of a nationwide, interoperable public 
safety broadband network and on H.R. 4829, Next Generation 9-1-1 
Preservation Act of 2010, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 16, Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere, hearing on Press Freedom in the Americas, 2:45 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, hearing on the 
Horn of Africa: Current Conditions and U.S. Policy, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, June 16, hearing entitled `` 
Cybersecurity: DHS' Role, Federal Efforts and National Policy,'' 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and 
Oversight, and the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global 
Counterterrorism, to continue joint hearings entitled `` SBInet: 
Does It Pass the Border Security Test?'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 15, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 4175, End Discriminatory 
State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act of 2009, 11 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy, hearing on 
Is There Life After Trinko and Credit Suisse?: The Role of Antitrust 
in Regulated Industries, 10:15 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  June 16, full Committee, hearing on Competition in the Airline 
Industry, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 17, 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.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, 
Border Security, and International Law, oversight hearing on the 
Executive Office for Immigration Review, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 15, Subcommittee on Insular 
Affair, Oceans and Wildlife, to continue oversight hearings on the 
Deepwater oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, with emphasis on Ocean 
Science and Data Limits in a Time of Crisis: Do NOAA and the Fish 
and Wildlife Service Have the Resources to Respond? 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  June 16, full Committee, to mark up the following measures: H. 
Res. 1406, Directing the Secretary of the Interior to transmit to 
the House of Representatives certain information relating to the 
potential designation of National Monuments; H.R. 1554, Fountainhead 
Property Land Transfer Act; H.R. 4445, Indian Pueblo Cultural Center 
Clarification Act; H.R. 2340, Salmon Lake Land Selection Resolution 
Act; H.R. 3914, San Juan Mountains Wilderness Act of 2009; H.R. 
3923, Sugar Loaf Fire Protection District Land Exchange Act of 2009; 
H.R. 3967, To amend the National Great Black Americans Commemoration 
Act of 2004 to authorize appropriations through fiscal year 2015; 
H.R. 4514, Colonel Charles Young Home Study Act; H.R. 4686, Rota 
Cultural and Natural Resources Study Act; H.R. 3989, Heart Mountain 
Relocation Center Study Act of 2009; H.R. 4773, Fort Pulaski 
National Monument Lease Authorization Act; H.R. 4973, National 
Wildlife Refuge Volunteer Improvement Act of 2010; and H.R. 2864, To 
amend the Hydrographic Services Improvement Act of 1998 to authorize 
funds to acquire hydrographic data and provide hydrographic services 
specific to the Arctic for safe navigation, delineating the United 
States extended continental shelf, and the monitoring and 
description of coastal changes, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, oversight 
hearing entitled ``The Deepwater Horizon Incident: Are the Minerals 
Management Service Regulations Doing the Job?'' 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 4719, To establish a Southwest Border Region Water Task 
Force; and H.R. 5487, Water Resources Research Amendments Act of 
2010, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 15, 
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District 
of Columbia, hearing entitled ``Lead Exposure in D.C.: Prevention, 
Protection, and Potential Prescriptions,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 17, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Viral Hepatitis: The 
Secret Epidemic,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National 
Archives, hearing entitled ``Federal Electronic Records Management: 
A Status Report,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, June 14, to consider the following bills: H.R. 
5297, Small Business Lending Fund Act of 2010; and H.R. 5486, Small 
Business Jobs Tax Relief Act of 2010, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, June 16, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Environment, hearing on Real-Time Forecasting for 
Renewable Energy Development, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 16, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on The Proposed United-Continental 
Merger: Possible Effects for Consumers and the Industry, 9:30 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
hearing on Foreign Vessel Operations in the U.S. Exclusive Economic 
Zone, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 15, Subcommittee on 
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on the State of 
the Veterans Benefits Administration, 2 p.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 15, Subcommittee on Health and 
the Subcommittee on Oversight, joint

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hearing on reducing fraud, waste, and abuse in Medicare, 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing on tax 
simplification proposals impacting regulated investment companies, 
with emphasis on H.R. 4337, Regulated Investment Company 
Modernization Act of 2009, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  June 16, full Committee, hearing on China's Trade and Industrial 
Policies, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  June 17, Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, 
hearing to evaluate the effectiveness of responsible fatherhood 
programs, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 15, executive, 
briefing on National Counterterrorism Center Global, 10:30 a.m., 
304-HVC.
  June 17, executive, briefing on Compartmented Program, 10 a.m., 
304-HVC.