[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 110 (Monday, July 26, 2010)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1425-E1426]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 28
     Time to be announced
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider H.R. 5610, to provide a 
           technical adjustment with respect to funding for 
           independent living centers under the Rehabilitation Act 
           of 1973 in order to ensure stability for such centers, 
           and any pending nominations.
                                              Room to be announced
     10 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Terence 
           Patrick McCulley, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to the 
           Federal Republic of Nigeria, Michele Thoren Bond, of 
           the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
           Kingdom of Lesotho, and Robert Porter Jackson, of 
           Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon, 
           all of the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider H.R. 2868, to amend the 
           Homeland Security Act of 2002 to enhance security and 
           protect against acts of terrorism against chemical 
           facilities, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to 
           enhance the security of public water systems, and to 
           amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to 
           enhance the security of wastewater treatment works, 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. 
           2991, to amend title 31, United States Code, to enhance 
           the oversight authorities of the Comptroller General, 
           S. 3243, to require U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
           to administer polygraph examinations to all applicants 
           for law enforcement positions with U.S. Customs and 
           Border Protection, to require U.S. Customs and Border 
           Protection to complete all periodic background 
           reinvestigations of certain law enforcement personnel, 
           S. 2902, to improve the Federal Acquisition Institute, 
           H.R. 3980, to provide for identifying and eliminating 
           redundant reporting requirements and developing 
           meaningful performance metrics for homeland security 
           preparedness grants, H.R. 1517, to allow certain U.S. 
           Customs and Border Protection employees who serve under 
           an overseas limited appointment for at least 2 years, 
           and whose service is rated fully successful or higher 
           throughout that time, to be converted to a permanent 
           appointment in the competitive service, an original 
           bill to amend chapter 21 of title 5, U.S. Code, to 
           provide the fathers of certain permanently disabled or 
           deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of 
           such veterans as preferable eligibles for treatment in 
           the civil service, S. 3567, to designate the facility 
           of the United States Postal Service located at 100 
           Broadway in Lynbrook, New York, as the ``Navy Corpsman 
           Jeffrey L. Wiener Post Office Building'', H.R. 5278, to 
           designate the facility of the United States Postal 
           Service located at 405 West Second Street in Dixon, 
           Illinois, as the ``President Ronald W. Reagan Post 
           Office Building'', and H.R. 5395, to designate the 
           facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
           151 North Maitland Avenue in Maitland, Florida, as the 
           ``Paula Hawkins Post Office Building''.
                                                            SD-342
       Judiciary
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Federal 
           Bureau of Investigation.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Rules and Administration
         To resume hearings to examine the filibuster, focusing on 
           legislative proposals to change Senate procedures.
                                                            SR-301
     2:30 p.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Business meeting to consider the nominations of Janet L. 
           Yellen, of California, to be Vice Chairman of the Board 
           of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Peter A. 
           Diamond, of Massachusetts, Sarah Bloom Raskin, of 
           Maryland, all to be a Member of the Board of Governors 
           of the Federal Reserve System, Osvaldo Luis Gratacs 
           Munet, of Puerto Rico, to be Inspector General, Export-
           Import Bank, and Steve A. Linick, of Virginia, to be 
           Inspector General of the Federal Housing Finance 
           Agency.
                                                            SD-538
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine protecting America's water 
           treatment facilities.
                                                            SD-406
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Kathleen 
           M. O'Malley, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge 
           for the Federal Circuit, Beryl Alaine Howell, of the 
           District of Columbia, to be United States District 
           Judge for the District of Columbia, and Robert Leon 
           Wilkins, of the District of Columbia, to be a United 
           States District Judge for the District of Columbia.
                                                            SD-226
     3 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and 
           Integration Subcommittee
       Disaster Recovery Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings to examine flood preparedness and 
           mitigation, focusing on map modernization, levee 
           inspection, and levee repairs.
                                                            SD-342

                                JULY 29
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the new START.
                                                            SD-G50
       Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Indian gaming.
                                                            SD-628
     10 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Contracting Oversight Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine mismanagement of contracts at 
           Arlington National Cemetery.
                                                            SD-342
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Children and Families Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the state of the American 
           child, focusing on the impact of Federal policies on 
           children.
                                                            SD-430
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Michael C. 
           Camuez, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of 
           Commerce, and Charles P. Blahous, III, of Maryland, and 
           Robert D. Reischauer, of Maryland, both to be a Member 
           of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Hospital 
           Insurance Trust Fund, a Member of the Board of Trustees 
           of the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust 
           Fund, and a Member of the Board of Trustees of the 
           Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 
           the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
                                                            SD-215
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 3397, to amend the 
           Controlled Substances Act to provide for take-back 
           disposal of controlled substances in certain instances, 
           S. 2925, to establish a grant program to benefit 
           victims of sex trafficking, S. 518, to establish the 
           Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial 
           Commission, and the nominations of Mary Helen Murguia, 
           of Arizona, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
           Ninth Circuit, Edmond E-Min Chang, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 
           Leslie E. Kobayashi, to be United States District Judge 
           for the District of Hawaii, Denise Jefferson Casper, to 
           be United States District Judge for the District of 
           Massachusetts, Carlton W. Reeves, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Southern District of 
           Mississippi, and John F. Walsh, to be United States 
           Attorney for the District of Colorado, John William 
           Vaudreuil, to be United States Attorney for the Western 
           District of Wisconsin, William J. Ihlenfeld, II, to be 
           United States Attorney for the Northern District of 
           West Virginia, Mark Lloyd Ericks, to be United States 
           Marshal for the Western District of Washington, Joseph 
           Patrick Faughnan, Sr., to be United States Marshal for 
           the District of Connecticut, Harold Michael Oglesby, to 
           be United States Marshal for the Western District of 
           Arkansas, and Conrad Ernest Candelaria, to be United 
           States Marshal for the District of New Mexico, all of 
           the Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226
     2 p.m.
       Intelligence
         Closed business meeting to consider pending calendar 
           business.
                                                            SH-219

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     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold joint hearings to examine Al-Megrahi release, 
           focusing on one year later.
                                                            SH-216
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine closing the language gap, 
           focusing on improving the Federal government's foreign 
           language capabilities.
                                                            SD-342
       Judiciary
       Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the passport issuance 
           process, focusing on closing the door to fraud, part 
           II.
                                                            SD-226

                                AUGUST 3
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the report of the Quadrennial 
           Defense Review Independent Panel.
                                                            SD-G50
     10 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine implementation, improvement, 
           and sustainability, focusing on management matters at 
           the Department of Homeland Security.
                                                            SD-342

                                AUGUST 4
     9 a.m.
       Impeachment Trial Committee (Porteous)
         Organizational meeting of the Impeachment Trial Committee 
           on the Articles Against Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr.
                                                            SR-301
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Investigations Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine social security disability 
           fraud, focusing on case studies in Federal employees 
           and commercial drivers licenses.
                                                            SD-342

                                AUGUST 5
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SR-418

                              SEPTEMBER 22
     10 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine a legislative presentation 
           focusing on the American Legion.
                                              345, Cannon Building

                              SEPTEMBER 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Veterans' Affairs 
           disability compensation, focusing on presumptive 
           disability decision-making.
                                                            SDG-50