[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 21, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D828-D829]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 22, 2010

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, to hold hearings to examine lessons from the 2010 
Tennessee flood, 9:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Full Committee, business meeting to mark up proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2011 for Energy and Water Development, 
Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
Agencies, and Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 2 
p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Business meeting to 
consider 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. 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, 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. 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, H.R. 2729, to authorize the designation of National 
Environmental Research Parks by the Secretary of Energy, S. 227, to 
establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, New 
York, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National 
Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties, 
Maryland, S. 1117, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
provide assistance in implementing cultural heritage, conservation, 
and recreational activities in the Connecticut River watershed of 
the States of New Hampshire and Vermont, S. 1320, to provide 
assistance to owners of manufactured homes constructed before 
January 1, 1976, to purchase Energy Star-qualified manufactured 
homes, S. 1596, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
acquire the Gold Hill Ranch in Coloma, California, S. 2976, to 
designate as wilderness certain land and inland water within the 
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of Michigan, S. 
3075, to withdraw certain Federal land and interests in that land 
from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws and 
disposition under the mineral and geothermal leasing laws, H.R. 
2265, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and 
Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the Magna Water District water reuse and groundwater 
recharge project, H.R. 2430, to direct the Secretary of the Interior 
to continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades 
National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan 
National Recreation Area, H.R. 2442, to amend the Reclamation 
Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to expand the 
Bay Area Regional Water Recycling Program, H.R. 2522, to raise the 
ceiling on the Federal share of the cost of the Calleguas Municipal 
Water District Recycling Project, H.R. 3388, to modify the boundary 
of Petersburg National Battlefield in the Commonwealth of Virginia, 
and H.R. 4395, to revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National 
Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station, 11 a.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean 
Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the 
Environmental Protection Agency's proposal for Federal 
implementation plans to reduce interstate transport of fine 
particulate matter and ozone, 9:15 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: To hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Patrick S. Moon, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
Bosnia and Herzegovina, Luis E. Arreaga-Rodas, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland, Daniel Bennett Smith, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to Greece, and Matthew J. Bryza, of 
Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, all of the 
Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Employment and Workplace Safety, to hold hearings to examine 
workplace safety and worker protections at BP, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and 
Integration, to hold hearings to examine disaster medical 
preparedness, focusing on improving coordination and collaboration 
in the delivery of medical assistance during disasters, 10 a.m., SD-
342.
  Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to resume 
hearings to examine the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, focusing on 
ensuring a financially responsible recovery, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: To hold hearings to examine S. 2956, 
to authorize the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Water 
Rights Settlement, and S. 3290, to modify the purposes and operation 
of certain facilities of the Bureau of Reclamation to implement the 
water rights compact among the State of Montana, the Blackfeet Tribe 
of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana, and the United 
States, 10:30 a.m., SD-628.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, hearing to review the state of crop insurance 
industry, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, to mark up the FY 2011 Interior 
and Environment Appropriations bill, 2:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on managing the Department of 
Defense in a time of tight budgets, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, hearing on the following: the Best 
Practices Act; and a discussion draft to require notice to and 
consent of an individual prior to the collection and disclosure of 
certain personal information relating to that individual, 2 p.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the following measures: H.R. 
5710, National All-Schedules Electronic Reporting Reauthorization 
Act of 2010; and the Safe Drug Disposal Act, 10 a.m., and to mark up 
the following measures: H.R. 903, Dental Emergency Responder Act of 
2009; H.R. 1745, Family Health Care Accessibility Act of 2009; H.R. 
3199, Emergency Medic Transition (EMT) Act of 2009; H.R. 5710, 
National All Schedules Prescription Electronic Reporting 
Reauthorization Act of 2010; H.R. 5756, To amend title I of the 
Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 
to provide for grants and technical assistance to improve services 
rendered to children and adults with autism, and their families, and 
to expand the number of University Centers for Excellence in 
Developmental Disabilities Education, Research, and Service; and the 
Safe Drug Disposal Act of 2010, 3 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing and the Consequences to the 
Public Health,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing on Monetary Policy and 
the State of the Economy, 9:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation and Trade, hearing on Transshipment and Diversion: 
Are U.S. Trading Partners Doing Enough to Prevent the Spread of 
Dangerous Technologies? 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border, Maritime 
and Global Counterterrorism, hearing entitled ``Enhancing DHS'' 
Efforts to Disrupt Alien Smuggling Across Our Borders,'' 10 a.m., 
311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, hearing on the Americans with 
Disabilities Act at 20--Celebrating Our Progress, Affirming Our 
Commitment, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 2523, HEALTH Act; H.R. 4347, Department of the Interior Tribal 
Self-Governance Act of 2009; H.R. 5479, CARE Act; H.R. 4888, Cabin 
Fee Act of 2010; H.R. 4416, Great Ape Conservation Reauthorization 
Act 2010; H.R. 3785, Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area 
Boundary Study Act of 2009; 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. 4823, Sedona-Red Rock 
National Scenic Area Act of 2010; H.R. 5110, Casa Grande Ruins 
National Monument Boundary Modification Act of 2010; H.R. 5388, To 
expand the boundaries of the Cibola National Forest in the State of 
New Mexico; 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; H.R. 5152, Kennesaw Mountain 
National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2010; H.R. 
5194, Mt. Andrea Lawrence Designation Act of 2010; and H.R. 5131, 
Coltsville National Historical Park Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing to examine 
the Department of the Interior's oversight of offshore oil drilling, 
including the management, operation, and effectiveness of the 
Minerals Management Service (MMS), the proposed reorganization of 
MMS, and issues related to the Deepwater Horizon explosion, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing entitled ``Quitting Hard 
Habits: Efforts to Expand and Improve Alternatives to Incarceration 
for Drug-Involved Offenders,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, 
hearing entitled ``Government 2.0: Federal Agency Use of Web 2.0 
Technologies,'' 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, to mark up H.R. 5781, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 
2010, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Rural Development, 
Entrepreneurship and Trade, hearing entitled ``Coal Combustion 
Byproducts: Potential Impact of a Hazardous Waste Designation on 
Small Businesses in the Recycling Industry,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
healing the Physical Injuries of War, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on transfer pricing issues, 1 
p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Iran, 9:30 a.m., 304-HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: To hold hearings 
to examine the plight of hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees and 
Iraqi allies, 2:30 p.m., SR-385.