[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 125 (Thursday, September 16, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D966-D969]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

            Week of September 20 through September 25, 2010

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at approximately 3 p.m., Senate will resume consideration 
of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3454, National Defense 
Authorization Act.
  On Tuesday, at 2:15 p.m., Senate will vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of 3454, National 
Defense Authorization Act.
  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 Armed Services: September 21, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of General James F. Amos, USMC, for 
reappointment to the grade of general and to be Commandant of the 
Marine Corps, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.

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  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 21, to 
hold hearings to examine investigating infrastructure, focusing on 
creating jobs and growing the economy, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  September 22, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Securities and Exchange (SEC) Inspector General's Report 
on the Investigation of the SEC's Response to Concerns Regarding 
Robert Allen Stanford's Alleged Ponzi Scheme and Improving SEC 
Performance, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  September 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program, 2 p.m., SD-
538.
  September 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Federal Housing Administration, focusing on current condition and 
future challenges, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: September 22, to hold hearings to examine 
assessing the Federal policy response to the economic crisis, 10 
a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 22, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance, 
to hold hearings to examine S. 3742, to protect consumers by 
requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect 
data containing personal information, and to provide for nationwide 
notice in the event of a security breach, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  September 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the need 
for a nationwide public safety network, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 23, to hold 
hearings to examine the Department of Energy's Loan Guarantee 
Program and its effectiveness in spurring the near-term deployment 
of clean energy technology, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: September 21, to hold hearings to examine 
welfare reform, focusing on women and poverty, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  September 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine tax and 
fiscal policy, focusing on the effects on the military and veterans 
community, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  September 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine tax 
reform, focusing on lessons from the Tax Reform Act of 1986, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 21, business meeting to 
consider S. 3581, to implement certain defense trade treaties, S. 
1183, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide 
assistance to the Government of Haiti to end within 5 years the 
deforestation in Haiti and restore within 30 years the extent of 
tropical forest cover in existence in Haiti in 1990, S. 3184, to 
provide United States assistance for the purpose of eradicating 
severe forms of trafficking in children in eligible countries 
through the implementation of Child Protection Compacts, S. 3665, to 
promote the strengthening of the private sector in Pakistan, S. 
3297, to update United States policy and authorities to help advance 
a genuine transition to democracy and to promote recovery in 
Zimbabwe, S. 987, to protect girls in developing countries through 
the prevention of child marriage, S. Res. 573, urging the 
development of a comprehensive strategy to ensure stability in 
Somalia, treaty Between the Government of the United States of 
America and the Government of Australia Concerning Defense Trade 
Cooperation, done at Sydney, September 5, 2007 (Treaty Doc. 110-10), 
treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and 
the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
Ireland Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at Washington and 
London on June 21 and 26, 2007 (Treaty Doc. 110-07), and the 
nominations of Alexander A. Arvizu, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Albania, Matthew J. Bryza, of Illinois, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Norman L. Eisen, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Joseph 
A. Mussomeli, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Slovenia, and Duane E. Woerth, of Nebraska, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Representative of the 
United States of America on the Council of the International Civil 
Aviation Organization, all of the Department of State, 2:15 p.m., S-
116, Capitol.
  September 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Mark M. Boulware, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Chad, Jo Ellen Powell, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Christopher J. McMullen, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Angola, and Wanda L. 
Nesbitt, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Namibia, all of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  September 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Donald Kenneth Steinberg, of California, to be Deputy 
Administrator, and Nancy E. Lindborg, of the District of Columbia, 
to be an Assistant Administrator, both of the United States Agency 
for International Development, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  September 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Kristie Anne Kenney, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
the Kingdom of Thailand, and Karen Brevard Stewart, of Florida, to 
be Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, both of the 
Department of State, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 
21, business meeting to consider the nomination of Jacob J. Lew, of 
New York, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
9:15 a.m., SD-342.
  September 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Maria Elizabeth Raffinan, of the District of Columbia, 
to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  September 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine nine 
years after 9/11, focusing on confronting the terrorist threat to 
the homeland, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 22, to hold hearings to 
examine the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, focusing on 
promoting security and protecting privacy in the digital age, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  September 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
investigating and prosecuting financial fraud after the Fraud 
Enforcement and Recovery Act, 2 p.m., SD-226.

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  September 23, 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. 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 S. 3767, to establish appropriate criminal penalties 
for certain knowing violations relating to food that is misbranded 
or adulterated, 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, and Robert Neil Chatigny, of Connecticut, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: September 22, to hold 
hearings to examine the filibuster, focusing on legislative 
proposals to change Senate procedures, including S. Res. 416, 
amending the Standing Rules of the Senate to provide for cloture to 
be invoked with less than a three-fifths majority after additional 
debate, and S. Res. 619, expressing the sense of the Senate that the 
Senate of each new Congress is not bound by the Rules of previous 
Senates, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: September 22, to hold hearings to 
examine a legislative presentation focusing on the American Legion, 
10 a.m., 345, Cannon Building.
  September 23, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine Veterans' Affairs disability compensation, focusing on 
presumptive disability decisionmaking, 9:30 a.m., SDG-50.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 21, to hold hearings 
to examine the nomination of David B. Buckley, of Virginia, to be 
Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency, 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
  September 23, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Impeachment Trial Committee (Porteous): September 21, to resume 
hearings to examine the Articles Against Judge G. Thomas Porteous, 
Jr., 8 a.m., SH-216.
  September 22, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine the 
Articles Against Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., 8 a.m., SH-216.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, September 22, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing on A Question of Quality and 
Value: Department of Defense Oversight of Tuition Assistance Used 
for Distance Learning and For-Profit Colleges, 8 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  September 23, full Committee, hearing on U.S. Cyber Command: 
Organizing for Cyberspace Operations, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats, 
and Capabilities, hearing on Operating in the Digital Domain: 
Organizing the Military Departments for Cyber Operations, 2 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, September 22, hearing on Budgeting for 
Education: The Tole of Perkins Loans, 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, September 23, hearing on 
Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 21, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``Cutting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in 
Medicare and Medicaid,'' 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 21, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing entitled ``The Outbreak of Salmonella in Eggs,'' 12 p.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer 
Protection, hearing on the Precious Coins and Bullion Disclosure 
Act, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 22, hearing entitled 
``Implementation of Higher FHA Loan Fees and Pending Legislative 
Proposals to Strengthen the FHA MMIF Fund and Improve Lender 
Oversight,'' 10 a.m., and a hearing entitled ``The State of the 
International Financial System, Including International Regulatory 
Issues Relevant to the Implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act,'' 2 
p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 23, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Perspectives on 
the Livable Communities Act of 2010,'' 2:30 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Assessing the 
Limitations of the Securities Investor Protection Act,'' 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing on H.R. 3149, Equal Employment for All Act, 10 a.m., 
2220 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 22, hearing on Nuclear 
Cooperation and Non-proliferation after Khan and Iran: Are We Asking 
Enough of Current and Future Agreements? 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 22, Subcommittee Asia, The Pacific and the Global 
Environment, hearing on Renegotiating the South Pacific Tuna Treaty: 
Shutting Down Closing Loopholes and Protecting U.S. Interests, 1:30 
p.m., followed by a hearing on Crimes Against Humanity: When Will 
Indonesia's Military Be Held Accountable for Deliberate and 
Systematic Abuses in West Papua? 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, September 22, hearing entitled 
``DHS Planning and Response: Preliminary Lessons from Deepwater 
Horizon,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, September 23, to mark up H.R. 
6116, Fair Elections Now Act, 11 a.m., 1310 Longworth.

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  Committee on the Judiciary, September 22, Subcommittee on 
Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 4596, Holocaust 
Insurance Accountability Act of 2010, 11:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights, and 
Civil Liberties, hearing on ECPA and the Revolution in Cloud 
Computing, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, September 23, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing on H.R. 4817, To amend the 
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that 
uncertified States and Indian tribes have the authority to use 
certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects, 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  September 23, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public 
Lands, oversight hearing entitled ``The Role of Partnerships in 
National Parks,'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, September 22, 
Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and 
Procurement, hearing entitled ``Minority Contracting: Opportunities 
and Challenges for Current and Future Minority-Owned Businesses,'' 
including a discussion of H.R. 4343, Minority Business Development 
Improvements Act of 2009, 9 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  September 22, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign 
Affairs, hearing entitled ``Made in the USA: Manufacturing Policy, 
the Defense Industrial Base, and U.S. National Security,'' 210-HVC.
  September 23, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Transition in 
Iraq: Is the State Department Prepared to Take the Lead?'' 210-HVC.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service 
and the District of Columbia, hearing entitled ``Moving Forward 
After the NTSB Report: Making Metro a Safety Leader,'' 2 p.m., 2203 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, September 22, to consider the 
following measures: H.R. 5866, Nuclear Energy Research and 
Development Act of 2010; and the Rare Earths and Critical Materials 
Revitalization Act of 2010, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, 
hearing on the Science of Science and Innovation Policy, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  September 23, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing 
on Progress on P25: Furthering Interoperability and Competition for 
Public Safety Radio Equipment, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 22, 
hearing on Residential Through-the-Fence Agreements at Public 
Airports: Action to Date and Challenges Ahead, 10 a.m, 2167 Rayburn.
  September 22, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public 
Buildings, and Emergency Management, hearing on Five Years after 
Katrina: Where We Are and What We Have Learned for Future Disasters, 
2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 23, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing on Veterans Health Administration Contracting and 
Procurement Practices, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
September 22, hearing entitled ``The Global Clean Energy Race,'' 
9:30 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.