[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 122 (Monday, September 13, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D937-D940]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

            Week of September 14 through September 18, 2010

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 5297, Small 
Business Lending Fund Act, and

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after a period of debate, vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Reid 
(for Johanns) Amendment No. 4596 (to Amendment No. 4595), Reid (for 
Nelson (FL)) Amendment No. 4595 (to Amendment No. 4594), and Reid (for 
Baucus/Landrieu) Amendment No. 4594 at 11 a.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: September 15, 
to hold hearings to examine the National Organic Law at 20, focusing 
on sowing seeds for a bright future, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: September 14, Subcommittee on 
Defense, business meeting to markup proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2011 for the Department of Defense, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine the 
promise of human embryonic stem cell research, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  September 16, Full Committee, business meeting to markup proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of Defense, 
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, and 
the Legislative Branch, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: September 16, to hold hearings to 
examine the current security situation on the Korean Peninsula; with 
the possibility of a closed session in SVC-217 following the open 
session, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 15, to 
hold hearings to examine covered bonds, focusing on potential uses 
and regulatory issues, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  September 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Treasury Department's report on international economic and exchange 
rate policies, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: September 16, to hold hearings to examine 
the nomination of Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 15, 
to hold hearings to examine the federal role in national rail 
policy, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and 
Security, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the Metropolitan 
Washington Airports Authority, Reagan Washington National Airport 
and the Perimeter Rule, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 15, to hold hearings to 
examine banking reform, focusing on capital increase proposals from 
multilateral development banks, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  September 16, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 15, 
business meeting to consider S. 3751, to amend the Stem Cell 
Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, and the nominations of Subra 
Suresh, of Massachusetts, to be Director of the National Science 
Foundation, Mary Minow, of California, to be a Member of the 
National Museum and Library Services Board, and any pending calendar 
business, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 
15, to resume hearings to examine nuclear terrorism, focusing on 
strengthening our domestic defenses, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  September 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, 3 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 14, Subcommittee on Crime 
and Drugs, to hold hearings to examine rape in the United States, 
focusing on the chronic failure to report and investigate rape 
cases, 2:15 p.m., SD-226.
  September 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
prohibiting obscene animal crush videos in the wake of ``United 
States v. Stevens'', 10 a.m., SD-226.
  September 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Susan L. Carney, of Connecticut, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Amy Totenberg, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, James 
Emanuel Boasberg, and Amy Berman Jackson, both to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Columbia, and James E. Shadid, 
and Sue E. Myerscough, both to be United States District Judge for 
the Central District of Illinois, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  September 16, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 
3675, to amend chapter 11 of title 11, United States Code, to 
address reorganization of small businesses, S. 3717, to amend the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, 
and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide for certain 
disclosures under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, 
(commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act), S. 2888, 
to amend section 205 of title 18, United States Code, to exempt 
qualifying law school students participating in legal clinics from 
the application of the general conflict of interest rules under such 
section, and the nominations of Kathleen M. O'Malley, of Ohio, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, Beryl Alaine 
Howell, and Robert Leon Wilkins, both to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Columbia, Edward Milton Chen, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of California, Louis 
B. Butler, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Wisconsin, John J. McConnell, Jr., to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Rhode Island, Goodwin Liu, of 
California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, 
Robert Neil Chatigny, of Connecticut, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Second Circuit, and Michael J. Moore, to be United

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States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Michael Robert 
Bladel, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of 
Iowa, Kenneth James Runde, to be United States Marshal for the 
Northern District of Iowa, James Edward Clark, to be United States 
Marshal for the Western District of Kentucky, Joseph H. Hogsett, to 
be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana, and 
Beverly Joyce Harvard, to be United States Marshal for the Northern 
District of Georgia, all of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: September 16, to 
hold hearings to examine the Deepwater drilling moratorium, focusing 
on a review of the Obama Administration's economic impact analysis 
on United States small businesses, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 14, to receive a 
closed briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Impeachment Trial Committee (Porteous): September 14, to continue 
hearings to examine the Articles Against Judge G. Thomas Porteous, 
Jr., 8 a.m., SH-216.
  September 15, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine the 
Articles Against Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., 8 a.m., SH-216.
  September 16, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine the 
Articles Against Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., 8 a.m., SH-216.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 15, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``Medicare's Competitive Bidding Program 
for Durable Medical Equipment: Implications for Quality, Cost and 
Access,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 15, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the following 
public health measures: H.R. 211, Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2009; 
H.R. 758, Pediatric Research Consortia Establishment Act; H.R. 1032, 
Heart Disease Education, Analysis Research, and Treatment For Women 
Act; H.R. 1210, Arthritis Prevention, Control, and Cure Act of 2009; 
H.R. 1230, Bone Marrow Failure Disease Research and Treatment Act of 
2009; H.R. 1362, National MS and Parkinson's Disease Registries Act; 
H.R. 1995, Eliminating Disparities in Diabetes Prevention Access and 
Care Act of 2009; H.R. 2408, Scleroderma Research and Awareness Act; 
H.R. 2818, Methamphetamine Education, Treatment, and Hope Act of 
2009; H.R. 2941, To reauthorize and enhance Johanna's Law to 
increase public awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic 
cancers; H.R. 2999, Veterinary Public Health Workforce and Education 
Act; H.R. 5354, Gestational Diabetes Act of 2009; H.R. 5462, Birth 
Defects Prevention, Risk Reduction, and Awareness Act of 2010; H.R. 
5986, Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2010; 
H.R. 6010, To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to 
review uptake and utilization of diabetes screening benefits and 
establish an outreach program with respect to such benefits; H.R. 
6081, Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 
2010; the Telehealth Improvement and Expansion Act of 2010; and the 
Health Data Collection Improvement Act, 4 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the 
Internet, hearing on H.R. 5828, Universal Service Reform Act of 
2010, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 15, Subcommittee on 
Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, 
hearing entitled ``The Future of Housing Finance: A Progress Update 
on the GSEs,'' 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 16, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Legislative 
Proposals to Address Concerns Over the SEC's New Confidentiality 
Provision,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 16, Subcommittee on 
International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight, hearing on 
Fulfilling the Promise of Peace: Human Rights, Peace and 
Reconciliation in Northern Ireland and Bosnia, 9:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, September 15, hearing entitled 
``The Evolving Nature of Terrorism--Nine Years after the 9/11 
Attacks,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 15, Subcommittee on 
Commercial and Administrative Law, to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 1521, Cell Tax Fairness Act of 2009; H.R. 4677, Protecting 
Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act of 2010; and 
H.R. 5043, Private Student Loan Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2010, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  September 15, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security, hearing on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking, 1 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy, 
hearing on Competition in the Evolving Digital Marketplace, 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, September 16, Subcommittee on 
Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 4339, Dr. Rita Hocog Inos Fellowship Act; and H.R. 6015, 
To require the Director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the 
Department of Commerce to publish certain economic data regarding 
territories and Freely Associated States, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the 
following measures: H.R. 3061, Pine River Indian Irrigation Project 
Act of 2009; H.R. 5039, To amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the design, planning, and 
construction of the Groundwater Replenishment System Expansion to 
reclaim and reuse municipal wastewater in the Orange County, 
California region; H.R. 5413, Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission 
Indians Water Rights Settlement Act of 2010; and a measure To amend 
Section 301(d) of the Hoover Power Plant Act of 1984 to provide for 
notice regarding certification of certain projects, 10 a.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, September 15, to consider H.R. 4785, Rural 
Energy Savings Program Act, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.

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  Committee on Science and Technology, September 16, Subcommittee on 
Investigations and Oversight, hearing on Camp Lejeune: Contamination 
and Compensation, Looking Back, Moving Forward, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 15, 
hearing on Enbridge Pipeline Oil Spill in Marshall, Michigan, 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Pilot Flight 
and Duty Time Rule, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 15, to mark up the 
following: Draft Legislation; H.R. 3685, To require the Secretary of 
Veterans affairs to include on the main page of the Internet website 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs a hyperlink to the VetSuccess 
Internet website and to publicize such Internet website; H.R. 5360, 
Blinded Veterans Adaptive Housing Improvement Act of 2010; H.R. 
5630, To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for 
qualifications for vocational rehabilitation counselors and 
vocational rehabilitation employment coordinators employed by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs; H.R. 3787, To amend title 38, United 
States Code, to deem certain service in the reserve components as 
active service for purpose of laws administered by the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs; and H.R. 5993, SAVINGS Act of 2010, 9:30 a.m.; 
followed by a hearing on Personality Disorder Dischargers: Impact on 
Veterans' Benefits, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 
Affairs, hearing on Examining Training Requirements of Veterans 
Benefits Administration Claims Processing Personnel, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing on 
Update of the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 15 and 16, hearings on 
China's Exchange Rate Policy, 10:30 a.m., on September 15, and 2 
p.m., on September 16, 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 15, 
Subcommittee on Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis, and 
Counterintelligence, executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 1 p.m., 304-
HVC.
  September 16, full Committee, executive, briefing on Update on 
FISA Court, 2 p.m., 304-HVC.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
executive, briefing on Analytical Efforts at the National 
Counterterrorism Center, 3 p.m., 304-HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: September 15, to 
receive a briefing on minority politics, minority pressures, 11 
a.m., CVC.