[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 9]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 12449-12450]
[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

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on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, May 14, 2009 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                 MAY 15
     9:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Robert M. 
           Groves, of Michigan, to be Director of the Census, 
           Department of Commerce.
                                                            SD-342

                                 MAY 19
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the Department of the Army 
           proposed defense authorization request for fiscal year 
           2010 and the Future Years Defense Program.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Finance
       Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine oil and gas tax provisions, 
           focusing on the President's Fiscal Year 2010 budget 
           proposal.
                                                            SD-215
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine business opportunities and 
           climate policy.
                                                            SD-406
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S. 982, to protect the 
           public health by providing the Food and Drug 
           Administration with certain authority to regulate 
           tobacco products, and any pending nominations.
                                                            SD-430
       Judiciary
       Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine protecting Americans, 
           focusing on holding foreign manufacturers accountable.
                                                            SD-226
     10:15 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine funding and oversight of the 
           Department of Energy.
                                                            SD-138
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine challenges and opportunities 
           for U.S.-China cooperation on climate change.
                                                            SD-419
     11 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of J. 
           Randolph Babbitt, of Virginia, to be Administrator of 
           the Federal Aviation Administration, and John D. 
           Porcari, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary, both of 
           the Department of Transportation, Rebecca M. Blank, of 
           Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 
           and Lawrence E. Strickling, of Illinois, to be 
           Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, 
           both of the Department of Commerce, and Aneesh Chopra, 
           to be Chief Technology Officer, Office of Science and 
           Technology Policy at the Executive Office of the 
           President.
                                                            SR-253
     2:15 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                    S-116, Capitol
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine pathways to a green global 
           economic recovery.
                                                            SD-419
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Discount Pricing Consumer 
           Protection Act, focusing on a ban on vertical price 
           fixing.
                                                            SD-226
       Appropriations
       Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2010 for the Department 
           of Defense and the Department of the Navy military 
           construction programs.
                                                            SD-138
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine public health challenges in 
           our nation's capital.
                                                            SD-342
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                    S-407, Capitol

                                 MAY 20
     9:30 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Troubled 
           Asset Relief Program (TARP).
                                                            SD-538
       Appropriations
       State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2010 for the Department 
           of State.
                                                            SD-192
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
       Immigration, Refugees and Border Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine securing the border and 
           America's points of entry.
                                                            SD-226
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine oil and the economy, focusing 
           on the impact of rising global demand on the United 
           States recovery.
                                              210, Cannon Building
     2 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine foreign policy priorities in 
           the President's fiscal year 2010 international affairs 
           budget.
                                                            SH-216
       Armed Services
       Strategic Forces Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Defense Authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2010 and Future Years Defense 
           Program for military space programs; to be possibly 
           followed by a closed session in SVC-217.
                                                           SR-232A
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine pension plans.
                                                            SR-432
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Crime and Drugs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine criminal prosecution as a 
           deterrent to health care fraud.
                                                            SD-226
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S. 717, to modernize cancer 
           research, increase access to preventative cancer 
           services, provide cancer treatment and survivorship 
           initiatives, and any pending nominations.
                                                            SD-430
       Armed Services
       Personnel Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Defense Authorization 
           request for fiscal year 2010 and Future Years Defense 
           Program for active component, reserve component, and 
           civilian personnel programs.
                                                            SR-222

                                 MAY 21
     2:30 a.m.
       Intelligence
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Stephen 
           Woolman Preston, of the District of Columbia, to be 
           General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency, and 
           Robert S. Litt, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of 
           the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
                                                            SH-216
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine a new strategy for 
           Afghanistan and Pakistan.
                                                            SD-419
       Veterans' Affairs
         Business meeting to markup pending legislation.
                                                            SR-418
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Science and Space Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2010 for NASA.
                                                            SR-253