[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 123 (Tuesday, September 14, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D946-D947]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 15, 2010

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: 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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine covered bonds, focusing on potential uses and regulatory 
issues, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the federal role in national rail policy, 2 
p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
banking reform, focusing on capital increase proposals from 
multilateral development banks, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to resume 
hearings to examine nuclear terrorism, focusing on strengthening our 
domestic defenses, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine 
prohibiting obscene animal crush videos in the wake of ``United 
States v. Stevens'', 10 a.m., SD-226.
  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.
  Impeachment Trial Committee (Porteous): to continue hearings to 
examine the Articles Against Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr, 8 a.m., 
SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce. 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.
  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. 6012, 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., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``The Evolving 
Nature of Terrorism--Nine Years after the 
9/11 Attacks,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing 
on Domestic Minor Sex Trafficking, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 4785, Rural Energy Savings 
Program Act, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing on 
Enbridge Pipeline Oil Spill in Marshall, Michigan, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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

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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.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on China's Exchange Rate 
Policy, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis, and Counterintelligence, 
executive, briefing on Hot Spots, 1 p.m., 304-HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

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