[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 110 (Monday, July 26, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D846-D847]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JULY 27, 2010

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services 
and General Government, business meeting to mark up proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2011 for Financial Services and General 
Government, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies, business meeting to mark up proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2011 for Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, 2:15 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine 
independent analyses of the New START, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of 
James N. Mattis, USMC, for reappointment to the grade of general and 
to be Commander, United States Central Command, 3 p.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: To hold 
hearings to examine consumer online privacy, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Water 
and Wildlife, to hold hearings to examine assessing natural resource 
damages resulting from the BP Deepwater Horizon disaster, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: To hold hearings to examine 
perspectives on reconciliation options in Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider the nominations of 
Peter Michael McKinley, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Colombia, Rose M. Likins, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Peru, Christopher W. Murray, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo, Mark Charles Storella, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia, James 
Frederick Entwistle, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Democratic 
Republic of the Congo, Eric D. Benjaminson, of Oregon, to be 
Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Democratic 
Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Phillip Carter III, of Virginia, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, J. Thomas 
Dougherty, of Wyoming, to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Michael S. 
Owen, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone, 
and Laurence D. Wohlers, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the 
Central African Republic, all of the Department of State, Mark 
Feierstein, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, and Mimi E. 
Alemayehou, Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the African Development Foundation, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Alejandro Daniel Wolff, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Chile, Larry Leon Palmer, of Georgia, to be Ambassador 
to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Pamela E. Bridgewater 
Awkard, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Jamaica, and Phyllis Marie 
Powers, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, all 
of the Department of State, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
high-risk logistics planning, focusing on progress on improving 
Department of Defense supply chain management, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Committee on the Judiciary: To hold hearings to examine Exxon 
Valdez to Deepwater Horizon, focusing on protecting victims of major 
oil spills, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: To hold hearings 
to examine the deepwater drilling moratorium, 10 a.m., SD-106.

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  Select Committee on Intelligence: To hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, to mark up the following: The FY 2011 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Bill and the FY 2011 Homeland 
Security Appropriations bill, 3 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, executive, to mark up the Defense 
Appropriations bill, 1:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Japan: Recent Security 
Developments, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Budget Implications of Closing 
Yucca Mountain, 10:15 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade 
and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``The BP Oil Spill and 
Gulf Coast Tourism: Assessing the Impact,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Implementation of the 
Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical (HITECH) 
Act,'' 1 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider the following bills: 
H.R. 5814, Public Housing Reinvestment and Tenant Protection Act of 
2010; H.R. 4868, Housing Preservation and Tenant Protection Act of 
2010; H.R. 2267, Internet Gambling Regulation, Consumer Protection, 
and Enforcement Act; H.R. 3421, Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009; 
H.R. 4790, Shareholder Protection Act of 2010; H.R. 5823, United 
States Covered Bond Act of 2010; and H.R. 476, House Fairness Act of 
2009, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, The Pacific 
and the Global Environment, hearing on Climate Change Finance: 
Providing Assistance for Vulnerable Countries, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and 
Oversight, hearing on Achieving the United Nationals Millennium 
Development Goals: Progress through Partnerships, 9:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Communications, Preparedness, and Response, hearing entitled `` 
Interoperable Emergency Communications: Does the National Broadband 
Plan Meet the Needs of First Responders?'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on Federal Rulemaking and the Regulatory 
Process, 11 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy, hearing on the 
Federal Trade Commissions's Bureau of Competition and the U.S. 
Department of Justice's Antitrust Division, 10:15 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, 
Oceans and Wildlife, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 3850, 
Nutria Eradication and Control Act of 2009; H.R. 3910, Longline 
Catcher Processor Subsector Single Fishery Cooperative Act; H.R. 
4914, Coastal Jobs Creation Act of 2010; H.R. 5180, National Marine 
Fisheries Service Ombudsman Act of 2010; H.R. 5331, To revise the 
boundaries of John H. Chaffee Coastal Barrier Resources System 
Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pony Unit 
RI-06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI-07 in Rhode Island; H.R. 5380, 
Hakalau Forest National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Act of 2010; and 
H.R. 5482, Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia, 
hearing entitled `` Female D.C. Code Felons: Unique Challenges in 
Prison and At Home,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 5822, Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011, 
2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing on 
Recovery Act: Progress Report for Transportation Infrastructure 
Investments, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 3787, To amend title 38, United States Code, to deem certain 
service in the reserve components as active service for purposes of 
laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; H.R. 4541, 
Veterans Pensions Protection Act of 2010; H.R. 5064, Fair Access to 
Veterans Benefits Act of 2010; and H.R. 5549, RAPID Claims Act, 2 
p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Gulf War 
Illness: The Future for Dissatisfied Veterans, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on 
Enhancing the U.S.-EU Trade Relationship, 1:30 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Defense Intelligence Agency Program, 10 a.m., 304-HVC.
  Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management, executive, 
hearing on Information Sharing, 2:30 p.m., 304-HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine instability in Kyrgyzstan, focusing on the international 
response, prospects for stability, democracy, interethnic 
reconciliation, and implications for United States policy, 2:30 
p.m., 210, Cannon Building.
  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine promoting a 
clean energy economy, 10 a.m., SH-216.