[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 92 (Friday, June 18, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D697-D699]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 21 through June 26, 2010

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday at 5:15p.m., Senate will begin consideration of the 
nominations of Mark A. Goldsmith, of Michigan, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan,, Marc T. 
Treadwell, of Georgia, to be United States District Judge for the 
Middle District of Georgia, and Josephine Staton Tucker, of California, 
to be United States District Judge for the Central District of 
California, and after a period of debate, vote on confirmation thereon 
at 6 p.m.
  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 23, Subcommittee on Interior, to 
hold hearings to examine Minerals Management Service reorganization, 
10 a.m., SD-124.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine 
outside witness statements, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine the Food and Drug Administration's review process for 
products to treat rare diseases and neglected tropical diseases, 2 
p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 22, to hold hearings to examine 
the progress in preventing military suicides and challenges in 
detection and care of the invisible wounds of war, 9:30 a.m., SD-
G50.
  June 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of General Raymond T. Odierno, USA, for reappointment to 
the grade of general and Commander, United States Joint Forces 
Commands, and Lieutenant General Lloyd J. Austin III, USA, to be 
general and Commander, United States Forces-Iraq, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 22, 
Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion, 
to hold hearings to examine innovation in America, focusing on 
opportunities and obstacles, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  June 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine universal 
service, focusing on transforming the high-cost fund for the 
broadband era, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant 
Marine, to hold hearings to examine ensuring the safety of our 
nation's pipelines, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 21, business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, Time to be announced, 
S-214, Capitol.
  June 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S. 3495, to 
promote the deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles, focusing 
on reducing oil consumption, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  June 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S. 3497, to 
amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to require leases 
entered into under that Act to include a plan that describes the 
means and timeline for containment and termination of an ongoing 
discharge of oil, and S. 3431, to improve the administration of the 
Minerals Management Service, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 22, Subcommittee 
on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund 
program, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 23, to hold hearings to examine the 
United States-China trade relationship, focusing on finding a new 
path forward, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 22, to hold hearings to 
examine Iran policy in the aftermath of U.N. sanctions, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-419.
  June 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine finding 
common ground with a rising China, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  June 24, Full Committee, 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), focusing on implementation-inspections and 
assistance, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  June 24, Full Committee, to continue 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), focusing on benefits and risks, 2:30 p.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 22, to 
hold hearings to examine the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 
and Olmstead enforcement, focusing

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on ensuring community opportunities for individuals with 
disabilities, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  June 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine an overview 
of the Federal investment in for-profit education, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 23, 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
joint hearings with the House Oversight and Government Reform 
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District 
of Columbia to examine customer and employee views on the future of 
the United States Postal Service, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  June 24, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 3480, to 
amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and other laws to enhance 
the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications 
infrastructure of the United States, S. 569, to ensure that persons 
who form corporations in the United States disclose the beneficial 
owners of those corporations, in order to prevent wrongdoers from 
exploiting United States corporations for criminal gain, to assist 
law enforcement in detecting, preventing, and punishing terrorism, 
money laundering, and other misconduct involving United States 
corporations, S. 3335, to require Congress to establish a unified 
and searchable database on a public website for congressional 
earmarks as called for by the President in his 2010 State of the 
Union Address to Congress, S. 674, to amend chapter 41 of title 5, 
United States Code, to provide for the establishment and 
authorization of funding for certain training programs for 
supervisors of Federal employees, H.R. 4861, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1343 West 
Irving Park Road in Chicago, Illinois, as the ``Steve Goodman Post 
Office Building'', H.R. 5051, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 23 Genesee Street in 
Hornell, New York, as the ``Zachary Smith Post Office Building'', 
H.R. 5099 and S. 3465, bills to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 15 South Main Street in Sharon, 
Massachusetts, as the ``Michael C. Rothberg Post Office'', and the 
nominations of John S. Pistole, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security, and Dennis J. Toner, of Delaware, to 
be a Governor of the United States Postal Service, 2:30 p.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 23, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine the Office of the Intellectual Property Enforcement 
Coordinator, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 24, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 3466, to 
require restitution for victims of criminal violations of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 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, and the 
nomination of Edward L. Stanton III, to be United States Attorney 
for the Western District of Tennessee, Department of Justice, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: June 23, to resume hearings 
to examine the filibuster, focusing on silent filibusters, holds and 
the Senate confirmation process, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 22, to hold closed hearings 
to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  June 24, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to consider 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 23, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry, hearing to review the 
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  June 24, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk 
Management, to review U.S. farm safety net programs in advance of 
the 2012 Farm Bill, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 24, Subcommittee on Defense, 
executive, hearing on United States Special Operations Command, 2 
p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, to mark up the FY 2011 Energy and Water Appropriations 
bill, 1 p.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, June 23, hearing on Worker 
Health and Safety from the Oil Rig to the Shoreline, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities, hearing 
on Ensuring Student Cyber Safety, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 23, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``MedPAC's June 2010 Report to Congress: Aligning 
Incentives in Medicare,'' 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, June 23, to mark up the following 
measures: H.R. 5498, WMD Prevention and Preparedness Act of 2010; a 
measure To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit 
requiring the use of a specified percentage of a grant under the 
Urban Area Security Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant 
Program for specific purposes; and H.R. 5105, To establish a Chief 
Veterinary Officer in the Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., 
311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 24, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, hearing on the Civil Division of the United 
States Department of Justice, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 24, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil 
Liberties, hearing on ECPA Reform and the Revolution in Location-
Based Technology and Services, 10 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 23, hearing on H.R. 5479, 
Coal Accountability and Retired Employee Act of 2010, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.

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  June 24, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans, and Wildlife, to 
continue oversight hearings on the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 
the Gulf of Mexico, with emphasis on State Planning for Offshore 
Energy Development: Standards for Preparedness, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  June 24, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4195, To authorize the Peace 
Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in 
the District of Columbia and its environs; H.R. 5192, Forest 
Ecosystem Recovery and Protection Act; H.R. 5388, To expand the 
boundaries of the Cibola National Forest in the State of New Mexico; 
and H.R. 5494, To direct the Director of the National Park Service 
and the Secretary of the Interior to transfer certain Properties to 
the District of Columbia, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 22, 
Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, hearing 
entitled ``Investigation of Protection Payments for Safe Passage 
along the Afghan Supply Chain,'' 2:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing entitled 
``Treating Addiction as a Disease: The Promise of Medication 
Assisted Recovery,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 24, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Foreclosure Prevention 
Part II: Are Loan Servicers Honoring Their Commitments to Help 
Preserve Homeownership?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and the 
National Archives, hearing entitled ``Government 2.0: How Federal 
Agencies Use Social Media and Other Web 2.0 Technologies,'' 2 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, June 23, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Environment, hearing on Deepwater Drilling Technology, 
Research and Development, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 23, 
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on Comprehensive 
Safety Analysis 2010: Understanding FMCSA's New System of Motor 
Carrier Oversight, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 23, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing on Emergency Preparedness: Evaluating 
the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs' Fourth Mission, 10 a.m., 
334 Cannon.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to mark up pending 
legislation, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Overcoming Rural 
Health Care Barriers: Use of Innovative Wireless Health Technology 
Solutions, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 23, Subcommittee 
on Technical and Tactical Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Cybersecurity, 2 p.m., 304 HVC.
  June 23, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis 
and Counterintelligence, executive, briefing, Hot Spots--
Intelligence Update, 1 p.m., 304 HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: June 23, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, 
Government Information, Federal Services, and International 
Security, to hold joint hearings with the House Oversight and 
Government Reform Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service, 
and the District of Columbia to examine customer and employee views 
on the future of the United States Postal Service, 2:30 p.m., SD-
342.
  Conference: June 22, 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, 12 noon, SD-106.
  Conference: June 23, 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, 12 noon, SD-106.
  Conference: June 24, 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, 12 noon, SD-106.