[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 15, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D955-D957]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





          COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  Full Committee, business meeting to markup proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of Defense and the 
Legislative Branch, 2 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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: 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: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, 9 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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: 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

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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 
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: 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.
  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, to mark 
up the following bills: 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. 1347, Concussion Treatment and Care Tools 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; H.R. 6110, Telehealth Improvement and Expansion Act of 2010; 
and H.R. 6109, Health Data Collection Improvement Act; 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  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, hearing entitled ``Legislative 
Proposals to Address Concerns Over the SEC's New Confidentiality 
Provision,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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 the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts and Competition 
Policy, hearing on Competition in the Evolving Digital Marketplace, 
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 1853, To clarify the jurisdiction of 
the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the C.C. Gragin Dam 
and Reservoir; H.R. 4036, National Liberty Memorial Act; H.R. 5965, 
Monongahela Conservation Legacy Act of 2010; and H.R. 6111, To amend 
the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend to the 
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission, 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  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 H.R. 6107, 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 Science and Technology, 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, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on Pilot Flight and Duty Time Rule, 11 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.

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  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on Examining Training 
Requirements of Veterans Benefits Administration Claims Processing 
Personnel, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing on Update on the 
Post-9/11 G.I. Bill, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to continue hearings on China's 
Exchange Rate Policy, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Update on FISA Court, 2 p.m., 304-HVC.