[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 16, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D684-D685]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 17, 2010

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Elisabeth Ann Hagen, of 
Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Food Safety, and Catherine E. 
Woteki, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary for 
Research, Education, and Economics, both of the Department of 
Agriculture, and Sara Louise Faivre-Davis, of Texas, Lowell Lee 
Junkins, of Iowa, and Myles J. Watts, of Montana, all to be a Member 
of the Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage 
Corporation, Farm Credit Administration, time to be announced, room 
to be announced.
  Subcommittee on Energy, Science and Technology, to hold hearings 
to examine S. 3102, to amend the miscellaneous rural development 
provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to 
authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to make loans to certain 
entities that will use the funds to make loans to consumers to 
implement energy efficiency measures involving structural 
improvements and investments in cost-effective, commercial off-the-
shelf technologies to reduce home energy use, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the financial state of the airline industry and 
the implications of consolidation, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine protecting workers and businesses affected by 
misclassification, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of John S. Pistole, of Virginia, 
to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: 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: 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 nominations 
of John J. McConnell, Jr., to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Rhode Island, and Pamela Cothran Marsh, to be United 
States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, Peter J. 
Smith, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of 
Pennsylvania, and Kevin Anthony Carr, to be United States Marshal 
for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, all of the Department of 
Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: 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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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 the Budget, hearing on the Administration's Expedited 
Rescission Proposal, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, 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, 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.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``The Role of BP in the Deepwater Horizon Explosion and Oil Spill,'' 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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, 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, 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.
  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, 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.
  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, hearing entitled 
``Viral Hepatitis: The Secret Epidemic,'' and to

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consider the following measures: H. Res. 546, Recognizing the 
historical significance of Juneteenth Independence Day, and 
expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that history 
should be regarded as a means for understanding the past and more 
effectively facing the challenges of the future; H. Res. 1369, 
Recognizing the significance of National Caribbean-American Heritage 
Month; H.R. 5341, To designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 100 Orndorf Drive in Brighton, Michigan, 
as the ``Joyce Rogers Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5390, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 13301 Smith Road in Cleveland, Ohio, as the ``David John Donafee 
Post Office Building;'' H.R. 5395, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 151 North Maitland Avenue in 
Maitland, Florida, as the ``Paula Hawkins Post Office Building;'' 
H.R. 5446, To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 600 Florida Avenue in Cocoa, Florida, as the 
``Harry T. and Harriette Moore Post Office;'' H.R. 5450, To 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 3894 Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, as the ``Tom 
Bradley Post Office Building;'' H. Con. Res. 288, Supporting 
National Men's Health Week; and H.R. 1439, Congratulating the 
Chicago Blackhawks on winning the 2010 Stanley Cup Championship, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, 
hearing entitled ``Federal Electronic Records Management: A Status 
Report,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on Foreign Vessel 
Operations in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, 2 p.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 
Emergency Management, hearing on Building Our Way Out of the 
Recession: GSA's 2011 Construction, Modernization and Leasing 
Program, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, 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, executive, briefing on 
Compartmented Program, 10 a.m., 304-HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 4173, to promote the 
financial stability of the United States by improving accountability 
and transparency in the financial system, to end ``too big to 
fail'', to protect the American taxpayer by ending bailouts, to 
protect consumers from abusive financial services practices, 11 
a.m., 2128-RHOB.