[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 21, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D977-D979]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine reauthorization of the 
National Flood Insurance Program, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: 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: Subcommittee 
on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and

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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.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine tax and fiscal 
policy, focusing on the effects on the military and veterans 
community, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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, Wanda L. 
Nesbitt, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Namibia, and Pamela Ann White, of Maine, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of The Gambia, all of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-
419.
  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, and Robert P. Mikulak, of Virginia, for 
the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United States 
Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical 
Weapons, Department of State, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  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: 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: 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.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine investigating and 
prosecuting financial fraud after the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery 
Act, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: 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: to hold joint hearings with the 
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine a legislative 
presentation focusing on the American Legion, 10 a.m., 345, Cannon 
Building.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, 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.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Budgeting for Education: The 
Role of Perkins Loans, 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Cutting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicare and 
Medicaid'', 10 a.m. 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``The Outbreak of Salmonella in Eggs,'' 12 p.m., 2323 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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, hearing entitled ``DHS Planning 
and Response: Preliminary Lessons from Deepwater Horizon,'' 10 a.m., 
311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 4596, Holocaust Insurance 
Accountability Act of 2010, 11:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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, 10 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, hearing 
entitled ``Made in the USA: Manufacturing Policy, the Defense 
Industrial Base, and U.S. National Security,'' 10 a.m., 210-HVC.
  Committee on Rules, to consider Senate Amendment to H.R. 
5297,Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010, 5 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing on 
Residential Through-the-Fence Agreements at Public Airports: Action 
to Date and Challenges Ahead, 10 a.m, 2167 Rayburn.
  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.

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  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, executive, briefing on Analytical 
Efforts at the National Counterterrorism Center, 4 p.m., 304-HVC.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing entitled ``The Global Clean Energy Race,'' 10 a.m., 2325 
Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold 
joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to 
examine a legislative presentation focusing on the American Legion, 
10 a.m., 345, Cannon Building.