[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 114 (Friday, July 30, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D889-D891]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of August 2 through August 7, 2010

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at approximately 3 p.m., Senate will resume consideration 
of the amendment of the House of Representatives to the amendment of 
the Senate to H.R. 1586, FAA Air Transportation Modernization and 
Safety Improvement Act, and after a period of debate, vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the motion to concur in the House amendment 
to the Senate amendment to the bill, with Reid (for Murray) Amendment 
No. 4567, in the nature of a substitute, at 5:45 p.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business. Senate also hopes to consider an 
energy bill, and the nomination of Elena Kagan to be an Associated 
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: August 4, to 
hold hearings to examine promoting agricultural exports, focusing on 
United States agricultural trade policy and the farm bill's trade 
title, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: August 3, to hold hearings to examine 
the report of the Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Panel, 9:30 
a.m., SD-G50.
  August 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Jonathan Woodson, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, and Neile L. Miller, of 
Maryland, to be Principal

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Deputy Administrator, and Anne M. Harrington, of Virginia, to be 
Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, both of 
the National Nuclear Security Administration, both of the Department 
of Energy, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50.
  August 4, Subcommittee on SeaPower, with the Subcommittee on 
Strategic Forces, to receive a briefing on the Navy's plans for the 
next generation Ohio class ballistic missile submarine, 10 a.m., 
SVC-217.
  August 5, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on Russian 
force structure in support of the 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), 9:30 
a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: August 3, 
business meeting to consider S. 1619, to establish the Office of 
Sustainable Housing and Communities, to establish the Interagency 
Council on Sustainable Communities, to establish a comprehensive 
planning grant program, to establish a sustainability challenge 
grant program, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  August 5, Subcommittee on Economic Policy, to hold hearings to 
examine the Obama Administration Manufacturing Agenda, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: August 3, to hold hearings to examine a 
status report on the United States economy, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: August 3, Subcommittee 
on Children's Health, to hold hearings to examine the state of 
research on potential environmental health factors with autism and 
related neurodevelopment disorders, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  August 4, Full Committee, with the Subcommittee on Oversight, to 
hold a joint oversight hearing on the use of oil dispersants in the 
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: August 3, 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, Laurence D. Wohlers, of Washington, to be Ambassador 
to the Central African Republic, 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, Scot Alan 
Marciel, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Indonesia, Judith R. Fergin, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the 
Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, Helen Patricia Reed-Rowe, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Palau, Paul W. Jones, 
of New York, to be Ambassador to Malaysia, James Franklin Jeffrey, 
of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq, Maura 
Connelly, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Lebanon, Gerald M. Feierstein, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Yemen, and Francis Joseph Ricciardone, Jr., of 
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, all of 
the Department of State, Mark Feierstein, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, Mimi E. Alemayehou, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation, Richard M. Lobo, of Florida, to be Director 
of the International Broadcasting Bureau, Broadcasting Board of 
Governors, Nisha Desai Biswal, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, other pending nominations, and a routine 
list in the foreign service, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  August 4, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2982, to 
combat international violence against women and girls, and 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), 9 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  August 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Norman L. Eisen, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Duane E. Woerth, of Nebraska, to 
be Representative of the United States of America on the Council of 
the International Civil Aviation Organization, and Alexander A. 
Arvizu, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Albania, 
all of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: August 4, to 
hold hearings to examine for-profit schools, focusing on the student 
recruitment experience, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: August 3, 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine transforming government through innovative tools 
and technology, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  August 4, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine social security disability fraud, focusing on 
case studies in Federal employees and commercial drivers licenses, 
2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: August 3, Subcommittee on 
Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings to examine 
protecting public interest, focusing on understanding the threat of 
agency capture, 10 a.m., SD-226.

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  August 4, Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, to hold 
hearings to examine government preparedness and response to a 
terrorist attack using weapons of mass destruction, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  August 5, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2925, to 
establish a grant program to benefit victims of sex trafficking, and 
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, and Carlton W. Reeves, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: August 5, business meeting to 
consider S. 3107, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide 
for an increase, effective December 1, 2010, in the rates of 
compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and 
the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors 
of certain disabled veterans, S. 3234, to improve employment, 
training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially 
those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring 
Freedom, S. 3325, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
authorize the waiver of the collection of copayments for telehealth 
and telemedicine visits of veterans, S. 3447, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to improve educational assistance for veterans 
who served in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, S. 3517, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the processing of 
claims for disability compensation filed with the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, S. 3609, to extend the temporary authority for 
performance of medical disability examinations by contract 
physicians for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and other pending 
business items, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: August 3, to hold closed 
hearings to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-
219.
  August 5, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to consider 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Impeachment Trial Committee (Porteous): August 4, to hold hearings 
to examine the Impeachment Trial Committee on the Articles Against 
Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., 1 p.m., SR-301.


                            House Committees

  No committee meetings are scheduled.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: August 6, to hold hearings to examine 
the employment situation for July 2010, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.