[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 17586-17587]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, July 14, 2009 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED
                                JULY 15
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Vilma S. 
           Martinez, of California, to be Ambassador to Argentina, 
           Nicole A. Avant, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
           Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Vinai K. Thummalapally, of 
           Colorado, to be Ambassador to Belize, and John R. Nay, 
           of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
           Suriname, all of the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
       Rules and Administration
         Business meeting to markup S. 1415, to amend the 
           Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act to 
           ensure that absent uniformed services voters and 
           overseas voters are aware of their voting rights and 
           have a genuine opportunity to register to vote and have 
           their absentee ballots cast and counted.
                                                            SR-301
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the public safety impact of 
           contraband cell phones in correctional facilities.
                                                            SR-253
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the REAL ID Act.
                                                            SD-342
     10:30 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting to consider an original bill to extend 
           the programs of SAFETEA-LU, and the nominations of 
           Robert Perciasepe, of New York, to be Deputy 
           Administrator, and Craig E. Hooks, of Kansas, to be an 
           Assistant Administrator, both of the Environmental 
           Protection Agency.
                                                            SD-406
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Mignon L. 
           Clyburn, of South Carolina, and Meredith Attwell Baker, 
           of Virginia, both to be a Member of the Federal 
           Communications Commission.
                                                            SR-253
       Foreign Relations
       East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine maritime disputes and 
           sovereignty issues in East Asia.
                                                            SD-419
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 227, to establish the 
           Harriet Tubman National Historical Park in Auburn, New 
           York, and the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad 
           National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and 
           Talbot Counties, Maryland, S. 625, to authorize the 
           Secretary of the Interior to establish the Waco Mammoth 
           National Monument in the State of Texas, S. 853, to 
           designate additional segments and tributaries of White 
           Clay Creek, in the States of Delaware and Pennsylvania, 
           as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
           System, S. 1053, to amend the National Law Enforcement 
           Museum Act to extend the termination date, S. 1117, to 
           authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide 
           assistance in implementing cultural heritage, 
           conservation, and recreational activities in the 
           Connecticut River watershed of the States of New 
           Hampshire and Vermont, S. 1168 and H.R. 1694, bills to 
           authorize the acquisition and protection of nationally 
           significant battlefields and associated sites of the 
           Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 under the 
           American Battlefield Protection Program, and H.R. 714, 
           to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to lease 
           certain lands in Virgin Islands National Park.
                                                            SD-366
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Securities, Insurance and Investment Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the regulation of hedge funds 
           and other private investment pools.
                                                            SD-538
       Intelligence
         Closed business meeting to markup an original bill 
           authorizing funds for fiscal year 2010 for the 
           intelligence community.
                                                    S-407, Capitol

                                JULY 16
     9 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To receive a closed briefing to examine the START Treaty 
           follow-on agreement.
                                                           SVC-217
       Budget
         To hold hearings to examine the long-term budget outlook.
                                                            SD-608
     9:30 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine how to prevent home 
           foreclosures.
                                                            SD-538
       Foreign Relations
       East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine instability, terrorism, and 
           economic disruption in relation to oil.
                                                            SD-419
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine moving toward a clean energy 
           economy.
                                                            SD-406
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine competition in the health 
           care marketplace.
                                                            SR-253
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Workforce Investment Act 
           of 1998.
                                                            SD-430
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Christine 
           M. Griffin, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Director, 
           Office of Personnel Management, and Stuart Gordon Nash, 
           to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the 
           District of Columbia.
                                                            SD-342
     2 p.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine the impact of the Iran crisis 
           on its OSCE neighbors.
                                            B318, Rayburn Building
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Contracting Oversight Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine contracting for Alaska native 
           corporations.
                                                            SD-342
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Anne 
           Elizabeth Derse, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Lithuania, Donald Sternoff Beyer, Jr., of 
           Virginia, to be Ambassador to Switzerland, and to serve 
           concurrently and without additional compensation as 
           Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein, Howard 
           W. Gutman, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Belgium, 
           and David H. Thorne, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador 
           to the

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           Italian Republic, and to serve concurrently and without 
           additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic 
           of San Marino, all of the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419

                                JULY 17
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Economic Policy Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the elements of a national 
           manufacturing strategy.
                                                            SD-538

                                JULY 21
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 561 and H.R. 1404, bills 
           to authorize a supplemental funding source for 
           catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression 
           activities on Department of the Interior and National 
           Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the 
           Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a 
           cohesive wildland fire management strategy.
                                                            SD-366
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine stimulus spending, 
           transparency, and fraud prevention.
                                                            SD-342
     2:15 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                    S-116, Capitol
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Investigations Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the wheat market.
                                                            SD-342

                                JULY 22
     10 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Raymond M. 
           Jefferson, of Hawaii, to be Assistant Secretary of 
           Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, and Joan 
           M. Evans, of Oregon, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
           Veterans Affairs for Congressional and Legislative 
           Affairs.
                                                            SR-418
     2:30 p.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine the role of agriculture and 
           forestry in global warming legislation.
                                                            SR-325
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 635, to amend the Wild and 
           Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot 
           Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a component of 
           the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 715, to 
           establish a pilot program to provide for the 
           preservation and rehabilitation of historic 
           lighthouses, S. 742, to expand the boundary of the 
           Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in the State of 
           Georgia, to redesignate the unit as a National 
           Historical Park, S. 1270, to modify the boundary of the 
           Oregon Caves National Monument, S. 1418 and H.R. 2330, 
           bills to direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry 
           out a study to determine the suitability and 
           feasibility of establishing Camp Hale as a unit of the 
           National Park System, and H.R. 2430, to direct the 
           Secretary of the Interior to continue stocking fish in 
           certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross 
           Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National 
           Recreation Area.
                                                            SD-366

                                JULY 29
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine veteran's disability 
           compensation.
                                                            SR-418