[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 27631]
[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, November 10, 2009 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              NOVEMBER 17
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the international aspects of 
           global climate change.
                                                            SD-366
       Judiciary
       Terrorism and Homeland Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine cybersecurity, focusing on 
           preventing terrorist attacks and protecting privacy in 
           cyberspace.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
       African Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine United States 
           counterterrorism priorities and strategy across 
           Africa's Sahel region.
                                                            SD-419
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine reauthorization of the United 
           States child nutrition programs, focusing on 
           opportunities to fight hunger and improve child health.
                                                            SD-562
     2:15 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider S. 1524, to strengthen the 
           capacity, transparency, and accountability of United 
           States foreign assistance programs to effectively adapt 
           and respond to new challenges of the 21st century, S. 
           1739, to promote freedom of the press around the world, 
           S. 1067, to support stabilization and lasting peace in 
           northern Uganda and areas affected by the Lord's 
           Resistance Army through development of a regional 
           strategy to support multilateral efforts to 
           successfully protect civilians and eliminate the threat 
           posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and to authorize 
           funds for humanitarian relief and reconstruction, 
           reconciliation, and transitional justice, proposed 
           legislation deploring the rape and assault of women in 
           Guinea and the killing of political protesters, H. Con. 
           Res. 36, calling on the President and the allies of the 
           United States to raise in all appropriate bilateral and 
           multilateral for a the case of Robert Levinson at every 
           opportunity, urging Iran to fulfill their promises of 
           assistance to the family of Robert Levinson, and 
           calling on Iran to share the results of its 
           investigation into the disappearance of Robert Levinson 
           with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Hague 
           Convention on the International Recovery of Child 
           Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, adopted 
           at The Hague on November 23, 2007, and signed by the 
           United States on that same date (Treaty Doc. 110-21), 
           the nominations of Jose W. Fernandez, of New York, to 
           be Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and 
           Business Affairs, William E. Kennard, of the District 
           of Columbia, to be Representative of the United States 
           of America to the European Union, with the rank and 
           status of Ambassador, John F. Tefft, of Virginia, to be 
           Ambassador to Ukraine, Michael C. Polt, of Tennessee, 
           to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, and 
           Cynthia Stroum, of Washington, to be Ambassador to 
           Luxembourg, all of the Department of State, and James 
           LaGarde Hudson, of the District of Columbia, to be 
           United States Director of the European Bank for 
           Reconstruction and Development, and routine lists in 
           the Foreign Service.
                                                    S-116, Capitol
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine aggressive sales tactics on 
           the Internet and their impact on American consumers.
                                                            SR-253
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the United States and the G-
           20, focusing on remaking the international economic 
           architecture.
                                                            SD-419
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine H1N1 flu, focusing on getting 
           the vaccine to where it is needed most.
                                                            SD-342
     3 p.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine protecting consumers from 
           overdraft fees, focusing on the Fairness and 
           Accountability in Receiving Overdraft Coverage Act.
                                                            SD-538

                              NOVEMBER 18
     9:30 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine reforming the United States 
           financial market regulation.
                                                            SD-106
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine easing the burdens through 
           employment.
                                                            SR-418
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine managing Federal forests in 
           response to climate change, focusing on natural 
           resource adaptation and carbon sequestration.
                                                            SD-366

                              NOVEMBER 19
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine environmental stewardship 
           policies related to offshore energy production.
                                                            SD-366