[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 150 (Wednesday, November 17, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1102-D1103]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 18, 2010

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: To hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of 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 Finance: 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: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and 
South and Central Asian Affairs, to hold hearings to examine jamming 
the improvised explosive device (IED) assembly line, focusing on 
impeding the flow of ammonium nitrate in South and Central Asia, 
4:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 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: To hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Eugene Louis Dodaro, of 
Virginia, to be Comptroller General of the United States, Government 
Accountability Office, 3 p.m., SD-342.
  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., SR-428A.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: 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: 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, Charles Thomas Weeks II, to be United 
States Marshal for the Western District of Oklahoma, Ripley Rand, to 
be United States Attorney for the Middle District of North Carolina, 
and Charles M. Oberly III, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Delaware, 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. Charles 
Thomas Weeks II, to be United States Marshal for the Western 
District of Oklahoma, Ripley Rand, to be United States Attorney for 
the Middle District of North Carolina, and Charles M. Oberly III, to 
be United States Attorney for the District of Delaware, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, to hold hearings to 
examine women's rights, focusing on United States ratification of 
the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination 
Against Women (CEDAW), 2 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: To hold hearings 
to examine assessing the regulatory and administrative burdens on 
America's small businesses, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: To hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Veterans' Affairs and Department of Defense's integrated 
disability evaluation system, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: To receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence 
community, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

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                                 House

  Committee on Financial Services, 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, Hearing on the Transition to a 
Civilian-Led U.S. Presence in Iraq: Issues and Challenges, 1 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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 Standards of Official Conduct, To hold a sanction 
hearing in the Matter of Representative Charles B. Rangel, 12 p.m., 
1310 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Meeting to consider a 
report issued by the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
10 a.m., 304-HVC.