[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 147 (Friday, November 12, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1079-D1081]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAMS AHEAD

                      Week of November 15 through
                           November 20, 2010

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 2 p.m., Senate will be in a period of morning business.
  On Wednesday, Senate will resume consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 3815, Promoting Natural Gas and Electric 
Vehicles Act, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to 
proceed to consideration of the bill.
  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: November 18, to hold hearings to 
examine General Claude R. Kehler, USAF, for reappointment to the 
grade of general and to be Commander, United States Strategic 
Command, and General Carter F. Ham, USA, for reappointment to the 
grade of general and to be Commander, United States Africa Command, 
9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 16, 
business meeting to consider the nomination of Peter A. Diamond, of 
Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System; to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
examine mortgage servicing from modification to foreclosure, 2:30 
p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: November 17, 
to hold an oversight hearing to examine Transportation Security 
Administration, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  November 17, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, to 
hold hearings to examine television viewers, retransmission consent, 
and the public interest, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  November 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
transition and implementation, focusing on the NASA Authorization 
Act of 2010, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 17, 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: November 17, to hold hearings to examine 
strengthening Medicare and Medicaid, focusing on taking steps to 
modernize America's health care system, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  November 18, Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and 
Global Competitiveness, to hold hearings to examine international 
trade in the digital economy, 1 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: November 17, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Thomas R. Nides,

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of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of State for 
Management and Resources, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  November 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United 
States global competitiveness and national economic security, 9:30 
a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: November 17, 
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, S. 3199, to amend the Public Health Service 
Act regarding early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing 
loss, S. 3036, to establish the Office of the National Alzheimer's 
Project, S. 1275, to establish a National Foundation on Physical 
Fitness and Sports to carry out activities to support and supplement 
the mission of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and 
Sports, H.R. 5710, to amend and reauthorize the controlled substance 
monitoring program under section 399O of the Public Health Service 
Act, H.R. 2941, to reauthorize and enhance Johanna's Law to increase 
public awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers, 
S. 259, to establish a grant program to provide vision care to 
children, and the nominations of Anthony Bryk, of California, Robert 
Anacletus Underwood, of Guam, Beverly L. Hall, of Georgia, and Kris 
D. Gutierrez, of Colorado, all to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  November 18, Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold 
hearings to examine the state of the American child, focusing on 
securing our children's future, 10:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: November 
16, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
security clearance reform, focusing on setting a course for 
sustainability, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  November 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine closing 
the gaps in air cargo security, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  November 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine securing 
critical infrastructure in the age of Stuxnet, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  November 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Eugene Louis Dodaro, of Virginia, to be Comptroller 
General of the United States, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  November 18, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, to hold 
hearings to examine the need for effective oversight of 
reconstruction contracts in Afghanistan, 3:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: November 18, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to examine H.R. 4347, to amend the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act to provide further self-governance by 
Indian tribes, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: November 17, to hold hearings to 
examine Violence Against Women Act's (VAWA) transitional housing 
programs to victims of domestic and sexual violence, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  November 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Max Oliver Cogburn, Jr., to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, Marco A. 
Hernandez, and Michael H. Simon, both to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Oregon, and Steve C. Jones, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, and 
Michele Marie Leonhart, of California, to be Administrator of Drug 
Enforcement, Patti B. Saris, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the 
United States Sentencing Commission, and Stacia A. Hylton, of 
Virginia, to be Director of the United States Marshals Service, Vice 
John F. Clark, resigned, all of the Department of Justice, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.
  November 18, 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, S. 3728, to amend title 17, United 
States Code, to extend protection to fashion design, S. 1598, to 
amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a 
permanent background check system, and the nominations of Robert 
Neil Chatigny and Susan L. Carney, both of Connecticut, both 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, James E. 
Shadid and Sue E. Myerscough, both to be United States District 
Judge for the Central District of Illinois, 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, and Frank 
Leon-Guerrero, to be United States Marshal for the District of Guam 
and concurrently United States Marshall for the District of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, Kenneth F. Bohac, to be United States 
Marshal for the Central District of Illinois for term of four years, 
William Conner Eldridge, to be United States Attorney for the 
Western District of Arkansas, all of the Department of Justice, and 
Wilfredo Martinez, of Florida, Chase Theodora Rogers, of 
Connecticut, Marsha Ternus, of Iowa, and Isabel Framer, of Ohio, all 
to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the State Justice 
Institute, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  November 18, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, to hold 
hearings to examine women's rights, focusing on United States 
ratification of the Convention on

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the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women 
(CEDAW), 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: November 18, to 
hold hearings to examine assessing the regulatory and administrative 
burdens on America's small businesses, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 18, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the 
intelligence community, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Financial Services, November 16, Subcommittee on 
International Monetary Policy and Trade, hearing entitled ``The 
Global Financial Crisis and Financial Reforms in Nigeria,'' 3 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  November 18, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing entitled ``Robo-Signing, Chain of Title, Loss Mitigation and 
Other Issues in Mortgage Servicing,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, November 17, hearing on the 
Transition to a Civilian-Led U.S. Presence in Iraq: Issues and 
Challenges, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  November 17, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Global 
Environment, hearing on the Emerging Importance of the U.S.-Central 
Asia Partnership, 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, November 18, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, hearing on Faith-
Based Initiatives: Recommendations of the President's Advisory 
Council on Faith-Based and Community Partnerships and other Current 
Issues, 10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, November 17, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Environment, hearing on A Rational Discussion of Climate 
Change: the Science, the Evidence, the Response, 10:30 a.m., 2325 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, November 15, 
Adjudicatory Subcommittee, to hold a hearing in the Matter of 
Representative Charles B. Rangel, 9 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, November 17, 
executive, briefing on Counterterrorism Update, 4 p.m., 304-HVC.
  November 18, meeting to consider Subcommittee Report, 304-HVC.