[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 117 (Wednesday, August 4, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D908-D909]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             AUGUST 5, 2010

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: 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: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy, to hold hearings to examine the Obama 
Administration Manufacturing Agenda, 10:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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, 
and Joseph A. Mussomeli, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Slovenia, all of the Department of State, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Business meeting to consider 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, S. 3675, to amend chapter 11 of title 11, 
United States Code, to address reorganization of small businesses, 
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 Donald Martin O'Keefe, to be United States 
Marshal for the Northern District of California, Craig Ellis Thayer, 
to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Washington, 
Joseph Anthony Papili, to be United States Marshal for the District 
of Delaware, James Alfred Thompson, to be United States Marshal for 
the District of Utah, Melinda L. Haag, to be United States Attorney 
for the Northern District of California, Barry R. Grissom, to be 
United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, David J. Hickton, 
to be United States Attorney for the Western District of 
Pennsylvania, and James Thomas Fowler, to be United States Marshal 
for the Eastern District of Tennessee, all of the Department of 
Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: 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

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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 an original bill to amend title 38, United States Code, 
to improve Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group 
Life Insurance and to modify the provision of compensation and 
pension to surviving spouses of veterans in the months of the deaths 
of the veterans, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.


                            House Committees

  No committee meetings are scheduled.