[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 22]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 29742-29743]
[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, December 8, 2009 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                               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.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the new Afghanistan strategy, 
           focusing on the view from the ground.
                                                            SD-419
       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, 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.
                                                            SH-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
       Foreign Relations
       European Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine strengthening the 
           transatlantic economy.
                                                            SD-419
       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
     9:30 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting to consider S. 373, to amend title 18, 
           United States Code, to include constrictor snakes of 
           the species Python genera as an injurious animal, S. 
           1214, to conserve fish and aquatic communities in the 
           United States through partnerships that foster fish 
           habitat conservation, to improve the quality of life 
           for the people of the United States, S. 1421, to amend 
           section 42 of title 18, United States Code, to prohibit 
           the importation and shipment of certain species of 
           carp, S. 1519, to provide for the eradication and 
           control of nutria in Maryland, Louisiana, and other 
           coastal States, S. 1965, to authorize the Secretary of 
           the Interior to provide financial assistance to the 
           State of Louisiana for a pilot program to develop 
           measures to eradicate or control feral swine and to 
           assess and restore wetlands damaged by feral swine, 
           H.R. 509, to reauthorize the Marine Turtle Conservation 
           Act of 2004, H.R. 2188, to authorize the Secretary of 
           the Interior, through the United States Fish and 
           Wildlife Service, to conduct a Joint Venture Program to 
           protect, restore, enhance, and manage migratory bird 
           populations, their habitats, and the ecosystems they 
           rely on, through voluntary actions on public and 
           private lands, H.R. 3433, to amend the North American 
           Wetlands Conservation Act to establish requirements 
           regarding payment of the non-Federal share of the costs 
           of wetlands conservation projects in Canada that are 
           funded under that Act, H.R. 3537, to amend and 
           reauthorize the Junior Duck Stamp Conservation and 
           Design Program Act of 1994, S. 1397, to authorize the 
           Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
           award grants for electronic device recycling research, 
           development, and demonstration projects, S. 1660, to 
           amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the 
           emissions of formaldehyde from composite wood products, 
           a proposed resolution relating to Army Corps study for 
           Espanola Valley, and a proposed resolution relating to 
           the General Services Administration.
                                                            SD-406
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Housing, Transportation and Community Development 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Federal role in 
           overseeing the safety of public transportation systems.
                                                            SD-538

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     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine aviation safety, 
           focusing on Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 
           safety initiatives.
                                                            SR-253
       Budget
         To hold hearings to examine data-driven performance, 
           focusing on using technology to deliver results.
                                                            SD-608
       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
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 448, to maintain the free 
           flow of information to the public by providing 
           conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of 
           information by certain persons connected with the news 
           media, S. 714, to establish the National Criminal 
           Justice Commission, S. 1624, to amend title 11 of the 
           United States Code, to provide protection for medical 
           debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy protections for 
           individuals experiencing economic distress as 
           caregivers to ill, injured, or disabled family members, 
           and to exempt from means testing debtors whose 
           financial problems were caused by serious medical 
           problems, S. 1765, to amend the Hate Crime Statistics 
           Act to include crimes against the homeless, S. 678, to 
           reauthorize and improve the Juvenile Justice and 
           Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, S. 1554, to amend 
           the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 
           1974 to prevent later delinquency and improve the 
           health and well-being of maltreated infants and 
           toddlers through the development of local Court Teams 
           for Maltreated Infants and Toddlers and the creation of 
           a National Court Teams Resource Center to assist such 
           Court Teams, S. 1789, to restore fairness to Federal 
           cocaine sentencing, and the nominations of Rosanna 
           Malouf Peterson, to be United States District Judge for 
           the Eastern District of Washington, William M. Conley, 
           to be United States District Judge for the Western 
           District of Wisconsin, Denny Chin, of New York, to be 
           United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, 
           Paul R. Verkuil, of Florida, to be Chairman of the 
           Administrative Conference of the United States, and 
           John Gibbons, to be United States Marshal for the 
           District of Massachusetts, Richard G. Callahan, to be 
           United States Attorney for the Eastern District of 
           Missouri, and John Leroy Kammerzell, to be United 
           States Marshal for the District of Colorado, all of the 
           Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the challenge of creating 
           jobs in the aftermath of the recession.
                                              210, Cannon Building
     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
       Foreign Relations
       East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine principles for United States 
           engagement in Asia.
                                                            SD-419
       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.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Contracting Oversight Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine an overview of Afghanistan 
           contracts.
                                                            SD-342
       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