[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 13]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 18593-18594]
[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

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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 2, 2010 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                               DECEMBER 3
     9 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To continue hearings to examine the report on the 
           Department of Defense Working Group that conducted a 
           comprehensive review of the issues associated with a 
           repeal of section 654 of title 10, United States Code, 
           ``Policy Concerning Homosexuality in the Armed 
           Forces''.
                                                            SD-G50
     9:30 a.m.
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the employment situation for 
           November 2010.
                                                            SH-216

                               DECEMBER 7
     2:15 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider S. 3688, to establish an 
           international professional exchange program, S. 1633, 
           to require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in 
           consultation with the Secretary of State, to establish 
           a program to issue Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 
           Business Travel Cards, S. 3798, to authorize 
           appropriations of United States assistance to help 
           eliminate conditions in foreign prisons and other 
           detention facilities that do not meet minimum human 
           standards of health, sanitation, and safety, S. Con. 
           Res. 71, recognizing the United States national 
           interest in helping to prevent and mitigate acts of 
           genocide and other mass atrocities against civilians, 
           and supporting and encouraging efforts to develop a 
           whole of government approach to prevent and mitigate 
           such acts, S. Res. 680, supporting international tiger 
           conservation efforts and the upcoming Global Tiger 
           Summit in St. Petersburg, Russia, S.J. Res. 37, calling 
           upon the President to issue a proclamation recognizing 
           the 35th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, S. 
           2982, to combat international violence against women 
           and girls, Treaty between the Government of the United 
           States of America and the Government of the Republic of 
           Rwanda Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal 
           Protection of Investment, signed at Kigali on February 
           19, 2008 (Treaty Doc. 110-23), international Treaty on 
           Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, 
           adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the 
           United Nations on November 3, 2001, and signed by the 
           United States on November 1, 2002 (the ``Treaty'') 
           (Treaty Doc. 110-19), and the nominations of Thomas R. 
           Nides, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy 
           Secretary for Management and Resources, William R. 
           Brownfield, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for 
           International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, 
           and Suzan D. Johnson Cook, of New York, to be 
           Ambassador at Large for International Religious 
           Freedom, all of the Department of State, Paige Eve 
           Alexander, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Administrator 
           of the United States Agency for International 
           Development, and Alan J. Patricof, of New York, and 
           Mark Green, of Wisconsin, both to be a Member of the 
           Board of Directors of the Millennium Challenge 
           Corporation, and a routine list in the foreign service.
                                                    S-116, Capitol
     2:30 p.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the state of the credit union 
           industry.
                                                            SD-538
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine catastrophic preparedness, 
           focusing on FEMA.
                                                            SD-342

                               DECEMBER 8
     10 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine border security, focusing on 
           the challenge of protecting Federal lands.
                                                            SD-342
       Indian Affairs
         To resume oversight hearings to examine how the Indian 
           Health Service will correct mismanagement in the 
           Aberdeen area.
                                                            SD-628
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 3675, to amend chapter 11 
           of title 11, United States Code, to address 
           reorganization of small businesses, S. 2888, to amend 
           section 205 of title 18, United States Code, to exempt 
           qualifying law school students participating in legal 
           clinics from the application of the general conflict of 
           interest rules under such section, S. 1598, to amend 
           the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish 
           a permanent background check system, and the 
           nominations of Max Oliver Cogburn, Jr., to be United 
           States District Judge for the Western District of North 
           Carolina, Robert Neil Chatigny, of Connecticut, to be 
           United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, 
           Marco A. Hernandez, and Michael H. Simon, both to be 
           United States District Judge for the District of 
           Oregon, Steve C. Jones, to be United States District 
           Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, and Patti 
           B. Saris, of Massachusetts, to be Chair, and Dabney 
           Langhorne Friedrich, of Maryland, both to be a Member 
           of the United States Sentencing Commission.
                                                            SD-226
     2 p.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Securities, Insurance and Investment Subcommittee
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Investigations Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings to examine the efficiency, 
           stability, and integrity of the United States capital 
           markets.
                                                            SD-538

                               DECEMBER 9
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine delivering results through 
           multilateral institutions, focusing on United States 
           employment in the United Nations.
                                                            SD-342