[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 130 (Friday, September 24, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1005-D1009]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of September 27 through October 2, 2010

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 3 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of the motion 
to proceed to consideration of S. 3816, Creating American Jobs and 
Ending Offshoring Act.
  On Tuesday, at 11:30 a.m., Senate will vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3816, Creating 
American Jobs and Ending Offshoring Act; with the possibility of a 
second vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of H.R. 3081, Department of State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs Appropriations 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 Appropriations: September 29, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine, 2:30 p.m., SD-124.

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  Committee on Armed Services: September 28, to hold hearings to 
examine the Department of Defense efficiencies initiatives, 10 a.m., 
SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 29, 
Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance, to 
hold hearings to examine a comparison of international housing 
finance systems, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  September 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
implementing the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: September 28, to hold hearings to examine 
the outlook for the economy and fiscal policy, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 28, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance, 
to hold an oversight hearing to examine the National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration (NHTSA), focusing on an examination of the 
Highway Safety Provisions of SAFETEA-LU, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  September 28, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant 
Marine, to hold hearings to examine pipeline safety, focusing on 
assessing the San Bruno, California explosion and other recent 
accidents, 3 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 29, 
Subcommittee on Energy, to hold an oversight hearing to examine the 
Propane Education and Research Council (PERC) and National Oilheat 
Research Alliance (NORA), 10 a.m., SD-366.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, with the 
Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold joint hearings to examine S. 
3261, to establish the Buffalo Bayou National Heritage Area in the 
State of Texas, S. 3283, to designate Mt. Andrea Lawrence, S. 3291, 
to establish Coltsville National Historical Park in the State of 
Connecticut, S. 3524 and H.R. 4438, to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to expand the boundary of the Park, to conduct a study 
of potential land acquisitions, S. 3565, to provide for the 
conveyance of certain Bureau of Land Management land in Mohave 
County, Arizona, to the Arizona Game and Fish Commission, for use as 
a public shooting range, S. 3612, to amend the Marsh-Billings-
Rockefeller National Historical Park Establishment Act to expand the 
boundary of the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park 
in the State of Vermont, S. 3616, to withdraw certain land in the 
State of New Mexico, S. 3744, to establish Pinnacles National Park 
in the State of California as a unit of the National Park System, S. 
3778 and H.R. 4773, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
lease certain lands within Fort Pulaski National Monument, S. 3820, 
to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue permits for a 
microhydro project in nonwilderness areas within the boundaries of 
Denali National Park and Preserve, to acquire land for Denali 
National Park and Preserve from Doyon Tourism, Inc., S. 3822, to 
adjust the boundary of the Carson National Forest, New Mexico, and 
H.R. 1858, to provide for a boundary adjustment and land conveyances 
involving Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado, to correct the 
effects of an erroneous land survey that resulted in approximately 7 
acres of the Crystal Lakes Subdivision, Ninth Filing, encroaching on 
National Forest System land, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  September 30, Subcommittee on Energy, to hold hearings to examine 
the role of strategic minerals in clean energy technologies and 
other applications as well as legislation to address the issue, 
including S. 3521, to provide for the reestablishment of a domestic 
rare earths materials production and supply industry in the United 
States, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 28, to hold 
hearings to examine innovative project finance, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  September 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Water 
Resources Development Act of 2010, focusing on legislative and 
policy proposals to benefit the economy, create jobs, protect public 
safety and maintain America's water resources infrastructure, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: September 28, to hold hearings to examine if 
private long-term disability policies provide protection as 
promised, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 29, to hold hearings to 
examine the al-Megrahi release, focusing on one year later, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  September 29, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 
2982, to combat international violence against women and girls, S. 
3688, to establish an international professional exchange program, 
an original bill entitled ``Naval Vessels Transfer Act of 2010'', S. 
1633, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation 
with the Secretary of State, to establish a program to issue Asia-
Pacific Economic Cooperation Business Travel Cards, S.J. Res. 37, 
calling upon the President to issue a proclamation recognizing the 
35th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, and Treaty between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Republic of Rwanda Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal 
Protection of Investment, signed at Kigali on February 19, 2008 
(Treaty Doc. 110-23), 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  September 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Latin 
America in 2010, focusing on opportunities, challenges, and the 
future of the United States policy in the hemisphere, 2:30 p.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 29, 
business meeting to consider S. 3817, to amend the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Act, the Family Violence Prevention and 
Services Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption 
Reform Act of 1978, and the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988 
to reauthorize the Acts, and S. 3199, to amend the Public Health 
Service Act regarding early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of 
hearing loss, and any pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  September 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Federal investment in for-profit education, focusing on if students 
are succeeding, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 
29, business meeting to consider S. 3806, to

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protect Federal employees and visitors, improve the security of 
Federal facilities and authorize and modernize the Federal 
Protective Service, H.R. 2142, to require quarterly performance 
assessments of Government programs for purposes of assessing agency 
performance and improvement, and to establish agency performance 
improvement officers and the Performance Improvement Council, S. 
3794, to amend chapter 5 of title 40, United States Code, to include 
organizations whose membership comprises substantially veterans as 
recipient organizations for the donation of Federal surplus personal 
property through State agencies, H.R. 4543, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 4285 Payne 
Avenue in San Jose, California, as the ``Anthony J. Cortese Post 
Office Building'', H.R. 5341, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 100 Orndorf Drive in 
Brighton, Michigan, as the ``Joyce Rogers Post Office Building'', 
H.R. 5390, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 13301 Smith Road in Cleveland, Ohio, as the 
``David John Donafee Post Office Building'', H.R. 5450, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3894 
Crenshaw Boulevard in Los Angeles, California, as the ``Tom Bradley 
Post Office Building'', and the nomination of Maria Elizabeth 
Raffinan, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, 
Government Information, Federal Services, and International 
Security, to hold hearings to examine improving financial 
accountability at the Department of Defense, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  September 30, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private 
Sector Preparedness and Integration, to hold hearings to examine 
earthquake preparedness, focusing on what the United States can 
learn from the 2010 Chilean and Haitian earthquakes, 10:30 a.m., SD-
342.
  September 30, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold 
hearings to examine implementation, improvement, sustainability, 
focusing on management matters at the Department of Homeland 
Security, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 28, business meeting to 
consider S. 3648, to establish a commission to conduct a study and 
provide recommendations on a comprehensive resolution of impacts 
caused to certain Indian tribes by the Pick-Sloan Program, H.R. 
4445, to amend Public Law 95-232 to repeal a restriction on treating 
as Indian country certain lands held in trust for Indian pueblos in 
New Mexico, S. 1264, to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
assess the irrigation infrastructure of the Pine River Indian 
Irrigation Project in the State of Colorado and provide grants to, 
and enter into cooperative agreements with, the Southern Ute Indian 
Tribe to assess, repair, rehabilitate, or reconstruct existing 
infrastructure, and S. 2956, to authorize the Pechanga Band of 
Luiseno Mission Indians Water Rights Settlement; to be immediately 
followed by a hearing to examine reform in the Indian Health 
Service's Aberdeen area, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 28, to hold hearings to 
examine restoring key tools to combat fraud and corruption after the 
Supreme Court's Skilling decision, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, to hold hearings to 
examine crimes against America's homeless, focusing on if the 
violence is growing, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  September 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of James E. Graves, Jr., of Mississippi, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Paul Kinloch Holmes III, 
to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Arkansas, Anthony J. Battaglia, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of California, Edward J. Davila, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
California, and Diana Saldana, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Texas, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  September 30, 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, S. 3804, to combat online infringement, and the nominations 
of Robert Neil Chatigny, of Connecticut, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Second Circuit, and Mark F. Green, to be United States 
Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, and Paul Charles 
Thielen, to be United States Marshal for the District of South 
Dakota, both of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: September 29, to resume 
hearings to examine the filibuster, focusing on ideas to reduce 
delay and encourage debate in the Senate, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 28, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  September 30, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, September 29, hearing on the 
Department of Defense's efficiency initiative, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing on Fighting Superbugs: DOD's Response to Multidrug-Resistant 
Infections in Military Treatment Facilities, 1:30 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats 
and Capabilities, hearing on small business' role and opportunities 
in restoring affordability to the Department of Defense, 2 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, September 30, hearing on Defense 
Department Budget initiatives, 10 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 30, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing on the recently released

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discussion draft on drug safety legislation, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 28, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``A Review of Current 
and Evolving Trends in Terrorism Financing,'' 4 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 29, full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Future of 
Housing Finance--A Review of Proposals to Address Market Structure 
and Transition,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing entitled ``The Inclusive Home Design Act,'' 4 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing entitled ``Ex-Im Bank Oversight: The Role of Trade Finance 
in Doubling Exports over Five Years,'' 4 p.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 29, hearing on PEPFAR: 
From Emergency to Sustainability and Advances Against HIV/AIDS, 9:30 
a.m.; and to mark up H.R. 4645, Travel Restriction Reform and Export 
Enhancement Act, 12 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and the Global 
Environment, hearing on Renewed Engagement: U.S. Policy Toward 
Pacific Island Nations, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and 
Trade, hearing on U.S. Strategy for Countering Jihadist Websites, 
1:30 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  September 30, full Committee, hearing on Out of the Shadows: The 
Global Fight Against Human Trafficking, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 30, Subcommittee on Asia, The Pacific and The Global 
Environment, hearing on Cambodia's Small Debt: When Will the U.S. 
Forgive? 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 30, Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on The Balkans: A 
Progress Report, 2:30 p.m., room to be announced.
  September 30, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing on 
Venezuela After the Elections, 2:30 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, September 29, Subcommittee on 
Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response, hearing 
entitled ``Emergency Logistics Management: Transforming the Delivery 
of Disaster Relief for the 21st Century,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing 
and Terrorist Risk Assessment, hearing entitled ``Is the Office of 
Intelligence and Analysis Adequately Connected to the Broader 
Homeland Communities?'' 3:30 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  September 30, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and 
Science and Technology, hearing entitled ``The Domestic Nuclear 
Detention Office: Can It Overcome Past Problems and Chart a New 
Direction?'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 28, Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism and Homeland Security, hearing on Reining in 
Overcriminalization: Assessing the Problems, Proposing Solutions, 3 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  September 29, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 5034, Comprehensive 
Alcohol Regulatory Effectiveness (CARE) Act of 2010, 11 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy, 
hearing on Courtroom Use: Access to Justice, Effective Judicial 
Administration, and Courtroom Security, 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security, hearing on Reauthorization of the Second Chance Act, 4 
p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  September 30, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and 
Civil Liberties, hearing on Protecting the American Dream Part IV: 
The Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Act, 10:30 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  September 30, Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, 
Border Security, and International Law, hearing on the Role of 
Immigration in Strengthening America's Economy, 9:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, September 29, 
Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing entitled, ``From Molecules 
to Minds: The Future of Neuroscience Research and Development,'' 2 
p.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  September 30, full Committee, hearing to examine the circumstances 
surrounding the recall of over 135 million bottles of infant and 
children's medicines produced by Johnson & Johnson/McNeil Consumer 
Healthcare, 10 a.m., 210-HVC.
  September 30, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing entitled, 
``Are Superweeds' an Outgrowth of USDA Biotech Policy? (Part II),'' 
2 p.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, September 29, hearing on 
Averting the Storm: How Investments in Science Will Secure the 
Competitiveness and Economic Future of the U.S., 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  September 30, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing 
on Standards for Health IT: Meaningful Use and Beyond, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 29, 
hearing on Recovery Act Transportation and Infrastructure Projects: 
Impacts on Local Communities and Business, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 30, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public 
Buildings, and Emergency Management, hearing on The Congressional 
Workplace; Safety Concerns and Future Plans, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 30, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
hearing on impact of Green Infrastructure and Low Impact Development 
on the Nation's Water Quality, Economy and Communities, 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 29, Subcommittee on 
Economic Opportunity, hearing on Federal Contractor Compliance, 1 
p.m., 334 Cannon.
  September 29, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the following 
bills: H.R. 3843, Transparency for America's Heroes Act; H.R. 4041, 
To authorize certain improvements in the Federal Recovery 
Coordinator Programs; H.R. 5428, To direct the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to educate certain staff of the Department of Veterans 
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and Amputee Veterans Bill of Rights; H.R. 5543, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to repeal the prohibition on collective 
bargaining with respect to matters and questions regarding 
compensation of employees of the Department of Veterans Affairs 
other than rates of basic pay; H.R. 5516, Access to Appropriate 
Immunizations for Veterans Act of 2010; H.R. 5641, Heroes at Home 
Act; H.R. 5996, To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
improve the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of veterans with 
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; H.R. 6127, To amend title 38, 
United States Code, to provide for the continued provision of health 
care services to certain veterans who were exposed to sodium 
dichromate while serving as a member of the Armed Forces at or near 
the water injection plant at Qarmat Ali, Iraq, during operation 
Iraqi Freedom; and Draft Legislation, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  September 30, full Committee, hearing on the True Cost of the War, 
10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 30, Subcommittee on Social 
Security, to continue hearings on Protecting and Preserving Social 
Security for Generations, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 30, to meet 
to consider a request for access to Committee documents, 10:30 a.m., 
304-HVC.
  September 30, Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management, 
hearing on Security Clearance Reform Update, 1 p.m., 2253 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: September 29, to 
hold hearings to examine charges against Mikhail Khodorkovsky's 
Yukos Oil Company, 2 p.m., 1539 Longworth Building.
  Joint Economic Committee: September 28, to hold hearings to 
examine new evidence on the gender pay gap for women and mothers in 
management, 10 a.m., SD-106.