[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 23, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D720-D721]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 24, 2010

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: 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 
Command, 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: to hold 
hearings to examine universal service, focusing on transforming the 
high-cost fund for the broadband era, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  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: 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, S. 3431, to improve the administration 
of the Minerals Management Service, S. 3509, to amend the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 to promote the research and development of 
technologies and best practices for the safe development and 
extraction of natural gas and other petroleum resources, and S. 
3516, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to reform the 
management of energy and mineral resources on the Outer Continental 
Shelf, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  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), focusing on implementation-
inspections and assistance, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  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: 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: 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. 
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, 
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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: 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, H.R. 2765, to 
amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit recognition and 
enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain foreign 
judgments against the providers of interactive computer services, 
and the nominations of Edward L. Stanton III, to be United States 
Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, Stephen R. 
Wigginton, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of 
Illinois, Cathy Jo Jones, to be United States Marshal for the 
Southern District of Ohio, and Timothy Q. Purdon, to be United 
States Attorney for the District of North Dakota, all of the 
Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, to review U.S. farm safety net programs in 
advance of the 2012 Farm Bill, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, 
hearing on United States Special Operations Command, 2 p.m., H-405 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, to mark up the FY 2011 Homeland 
Security Appropriations bill, 4 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Healthy Families 
and Communities, hearing on Ensuring Student Cyber Safety, 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on the Civil Division of the United 
Sates Department of Justice, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  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, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, 
Oceans, and Wildlife, hearing on State Planning for Offshore Energy 
Development: Standards for Preparedness, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  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, hearing entitled 
``Foreclosure Prevention Part II: Are Loan Servicers Honoring Their 
Commitments to Help Preserve Homeownership?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, to mark up the following measures: H.R. 929, To amend 
title 38, United States Code, to require the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to carry out a program of training to provide eligible 
veterans with skills relevant to the job market; H.R. 3685, To 
require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include on the main 
page of the Internet website of the Department of Veterans Affairs a 
hyperlink to the VetSuccess Internet website and to publicize such 
Internet website; H.R. 4359, WARMER Act; H.R. 4469, To amend the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for protection of child 
custody arrangements for parents who are members of the Armed Forces 
deployed in support of a contingency operation; H.R. 4664, To amend 
the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide for a one-year 
moratorium on the sale of foreclosure of property owned by surviving 
spouses or servicemembers killed in Operation Iraqi Freedom or 
Operation Enduring Freedom; H.R. 4765, To amend title 38, United 
States Code, to authorize those persons 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; H.R. 5360, Blinded Veterans Adaptive Housing Improvement 
Act of 2010; and H.R. 5484, VetStar Veterans-Friendly Business Act 
of 2010, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Overcoming Rural Health Care 
Barriers: Use of Innovative Wireless Health Technology Solutions, 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.


                             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, 9:30 
a.m., SD-106.