[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 21]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 29235-29236]
[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 Thursday, December 3, 2009 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                               DECEMBER 4
     9:30 a.m.
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the employment situation for 
           November 2009.
                                                            SH-216

                               DECEMBER 8
     10 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Federal drinking 
           water programs.
                                                            SD-406
     1:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine Afghanistan.
                                                            SH-216
     2:15 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider S. 1559, to consolidate 
           democracy and security in the Western Balkans by 
           supporting the Governments and people of Bosnia and 
           Herzegovina and Montenegro in reaching their goal of 
           eventual NATO membership, and to welcome further NATO 
           partnership with the Republic of Serbia, and the 
           nominations of Rajiv J. Shah, of Washington, to be 
           Administrator of the United States Agency for 
           International Development, and Mary Burce Warlick, of 
           Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia, 
           James B. Warlick, Jr., of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
           the Republic of Bulgaria, Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, 
           of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
           Hungary, Leslie V. Rowe, of Washington, to be 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique, Alberto M. 
           Fernandez, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Mary Jo Wills, of the 
           District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
           of Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without 
           additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic 
           of Seychelles, Jide J. Zeitlin, of New York, to be 
           Alternate Representative of the United States of 
           America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the 
           United Nations during his tenure of service as 
           Representative of the United States of America to the 
           United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, and to 
           be Representative of the United States of America to 
           the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with 
           the rank of Ambassador, and Bill Delahunt, of 
           Massachusetts, Elaine Schuster, of Florida, and 
           Christopher H. Smith, of New Jersey, all to be a 
           Representative, and Laura Gore Ross, of New York, and 
           Wellington E. Webb, of Colorado, both to be an 
           Alternate Representative, all of the United States of 
           America to the Sixty-fourth Session of the General 
           Assembly of the United Nations, all of the Department 
           of State.
                                                    S-116, Capitol
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Energy Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine H.R. 957, to authorize higher 
           education curriculum development and graduate training 
           in advanced energy and green building technologies, 
           H.R. 2729, to authorize the designation of National 
           Environmental Research Parks by the Secretary of 
           Energy, H.R. 3165, to provide for a program of wind 
           energy research, development, and demonstration, H.R. 
           3246, to provide for a program of research, 
           development, demonstration and commercial application 
           in vehicle technologies at the Department of Energy, 
           H.R. 3585, to guide and provide for United States 
           research, development, and demonstration of solar 
           energy technologies, S. 737, to amend the Energy 
           Independence and Security Act of 2007 to authorize the 
           Secretary of Energy to conduct research, development, 
           and demonstration to make biofuels more compatible with 
           small nonroad engines, S. 1617, to require the 
           Secretary of Commerce to establish a program for the 
           award of grants to States to establish revolving loan 
           funds for small and medium-sized manufacturers to 
           improve energy efficiency and produce clean energy 
           technology, S. 2744, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 
           2005 to expand the authority for awarding technology 
           prizes by the Secretary of Energy to include a 
           financial award for separation of carbon dioxide from 
           dilute sources, and S. 2773, to require the Secretary 
           of Energy to carry out a program to support the 
           research, demonstration, and development of commercial 
           applications for offshore wind energy.
                                                            SD-366
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to consider certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                    S-407, Capitol

                               DECEMBER 9
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business; 
           to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine S. 
           1690, to amend the Act of March 1, 1933, to transfer 
           certain authority and resources to the Utah Dineh 
           Corporation; to be immediately followed by an oversight 
           hearing to examine Department of the Interior backlogs.
                                                            SD-628
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Robert A. 
           Petzel, of Minnesota, to be Under Secretary for Health, 
           and Raul Perea-Henze, of New York, to be Assistant 
           Secretary for Policy and Planning, both of the 
           Department of Veterans Affairs.
                                                            SR-418
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider the nominations of 
           Jacqueline A. Berrien, of New York, Victoria A. Lipnic, 
           of Virginia, Chai Rachel Feldblum, of Maryland, all to 
           be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
           Commission,

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           P. David Lopez, of Arizona, to be General Counsel of 
           the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Patrick 
           Alfred Corvington, of Maryland, to be Chief Executive 
           Officer of the Corporation for National and Community 
           Service, Adele Logan Alexander, of the District of 
           Columbia, to be a Member of the National Council on the 
           Humanities, and Lynnae M. Ruttledge, of Washington, to 
           be Commissioner of the Rehabilitation Services 
           Administration, Department of Education.
                                                            SD-430
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine five years after the 
           Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, 
           focusing on stopping terrorist travel.
                                                            SD-342
       Judiciary
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Department of 
           Homeland Security.
                                                            SD-216
     2 p.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Economic Policy Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine creating jobs in the 
           recession.
                                                            SD-538
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine mortgage fraud, securities 
           fraud, and the financial meltdown, focusing on 
           prosecuting those responsible.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine research parks and job 
           creation, focusing on innovation through cooperation.
                                                            SR-253
       Finance
       International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine exports' place on the path of 
           economic recovery.
                                                            SD-215
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the diplomat's shield, 
           focusing on diplomatic security today.
                                                            SD-342

                              DECEMBER 10
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the role of grid-scale energy 
           storage in meeting our energy and climate goals.
                                                            SD-366
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine Treaty Between the Government 
           of the United States of America and the Government of 
           the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
           Ireland Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at 
           Washington and London on June 21 and 26, 2007 (Treaty 
           Doc. 110-07), and Treaty Between the Government of the 
           United States of America and the Government of 
           Australia Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at 
           Sydney, September 5, 2007 (Treaty Doc. 110-10).
                                                            SD-419
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Grayling 
           Grant Williams, of Maryland, to be Director of the 
           Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement, and Elizabeth 
           M. Harman, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
           Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
           Agency, both of the Department of Homeland Security.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Disaster Recovery Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine children and disasters, 
           focusing on a progress report on addressing needs.
                                                            SD-342
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to consider certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                    S-407, Capitol

                              DECEMBER 15
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 2052, to amend the Energy 
           Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy 
           to carry out a research and development and 
           demonstration program to reduce manufacturing and 
           construction costs relating to nuclear reactors, and S. 
           2812, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require 
           the Secretary of Energy to carry out programs to 
           develop and demonstrate 2 small modular nuclear reactor 
           designs.
                                                            SD-366
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine certain nominations.
                                                            SR-253

                              DECEMBER 17
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SR-253
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1470, to sustain the 
           economic development and recreational use of National 
           Forest System land and other public land in the State 
           of Montana, to add certain land to the National 
           Wilderness Preservation System, to release certain 
           wilderness study areas, to designate new areas for 
           recreation, S. 1719, to provide for the conveyance of 
           certain parcels of land to the town of Alta, Utah, S. 
           1787, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction 
           Facilitation Act, H.R. 762, to validate final patent 
           number 27-2005-0081, and H.R. 934, to convey certain 
           submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the Northern 
           Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the 
           same benefits in its submerged lands as Guam, the 
           Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have in their 
           submerged lands.
                                                            SD-366