[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 29, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D749-D751]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JUNE 30, 2010

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine farm bill reauthorization, focusing on 
maintaining our domestic food supply through a strong United States 
farm policy, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine expanding our food and 
fiber supply through a strong United States farm policy; to be 
immediately followed by a 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, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing, Transportation and Community Development, to hold hearings 
to examine green housing for the 21st century, focusing on 
retrofitting the past and building an energy-efficient future, 10 
a.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, focusing on 
holding industry accountable, 10 a.m., SR-253.

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  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider 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.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S. 3452, to designate 
the Valles Caldera National Preserve as a unit of the National Park 
System, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider S. 3305, to amend the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to require 
oil polluters to pay the full cost of oil spills, S. 3515, to 
authorize and enhance the programs of the Department of the Interior 
relating to the detection of, response to, and mitigation and 
cleanup of oil spills on Federal land managed by the Department, S. 
1311, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to expand and 
strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the 
resource productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the 
Gulf of Mexico, an original bill entitled, ``Columbia River Basin 
Restoration Act of 2010'', S. 3073, to amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to protect and restore the Great Lakes, S. 
3539, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish 
a grant program to assist in the restoration of San Francisco Bay, 
H.R. 4715, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
reauthorize the National Estuary Program, S. 1816, to amend the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act to improve and reauthorize the 
Chesapeake Bay Program, S. 2739, to amend the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act to provide for the establishment of the Puget 
Sound Program Office, S. 3119, to amend and reauthorize certain 
provisions relating to Long Island Sound restoration and 
stewardship, S. 3481, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control 
Act to clarify Federal responsibility for stormwater pollution, S. 
3354, to redesignate the North Mississippi National Wildlife Refuges 
Complex as the Sam D. Hamilton North Mississippi National Wildlife 
Refuges Complex, and H.R. 3562, to designate the federally occupied 
building located at 1220 Echelon Parkway in Jackson, Mississippi, as 
the ``James Chaney, Andrew Goodman, and Michael Schwerner Federal 
Building'', and a proposed resolution relating to the General 
Services Administration, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider S.J. Res. 29, 
approving the renewal of import restrictions contained in the 
Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and the nominations of 
Francisco J. Sanchez, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Commerce 
for International Trade, and Richard Sorian, of New York, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine nuclear terrorism, focusing on strengthening our 
domestic defenses, part 1, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, to hold hearings to 
examine interagency contracts (part II), 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business; to be immediately followed by an oversight 
hearing to examine diabetes in Indian country and beyond, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to continue hearings to examine the 
nomination of Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be an Associate 
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 9 a.m., SH-216.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine drug waste 
and disposal, focusing on when prescriptions become poison, 2 p.m., 
SD-106.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, to consider the following bills: H.R. 
2476, Ski Area recreational Opportunity Enhancement Act; H.R. 4658, 
Benton MacKaye Cherokee National Forest Land Consolidation Act; H.R. 
5414, To provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National 
Forest System land in the Francis Marion National Forest in South 
Carolina; and H.R. 4645, Travel Restriction Reform and Export 
Enhancement Act, 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, to 
mark up the FY 2011 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, 1 p.m., 
2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 
to mark up the FY 2001 State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs Appropriations bill, 4 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing to review the Army 
investigation of Arlington National Cemetery, 10:30 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, to mark the following bills: H.R. 4501, 
Guarantee of a Legitimate Deal Act of 2009; H.R. 2480, Truth in Fur 
Labeling Act of 2009; H.R. 5156, Clean Energy Technology 
Manufacturing and Export Assistance Act of 2010; and H.R. 1796, 
Residential Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act, and H.R. 4678, 
Foreign Manufacturer Legal Accountability Act of 2010, 9 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, to 
mark up H.R. 3101, Twenty-first Century Communications and Video 
Accessibility Act of 2009, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing entitled 
``Legislation to Respond to the BP Oil Spill and to Prevent Future 
Oil Well Blowouts,'' 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation 
Security and Infrastructure Protection, hearing entitled ``100% Air 
Cargo Screening: Remaining Steps to Secure Passenger Aircraft,'' 2 
p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Natural Resources, hearing on the Discussion Draft, 
Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute to H.R. 3534, Consolidated 
Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the

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District of Columbia, hearing entitled ``Temporary Employees 
Practices: How Long Does Temporary Last?'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Recovery in the 
Gulf: What the $20 Billion BP Claims Fund Means for Small 
Businesses,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on Update on 
Federal Maritime Commission's Examination of Vessel Capacity, 2 
p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on Utilization and 
Impacts of Automated Traffic Enforcement, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Evaluating the U.S. Department of 
Veterans Affairs Office of General Counsel, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, to receive 
a Briefing on Intelligence Activities, 12 p.m., 304-HVC.