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111th Congress (2009-2010)
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Daily Digest - Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
- Senate passed H.R. 3326, Department of Defense Appropriations Act.
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Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10121-S10169
Measures Introduced:
Five bills and five resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1754-1758, S. Res. 303-306, and S. Con. Res. 45.
Page S10162
Measures Passed:
Department of Defense Appropriations Act:
By 93 yeas to 7 nays (Vote No. 315), Senate passed H.R. 3326, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, agreeing to the committee-reported amendment in the nature of a substitute, as amended, after taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto:
Pages S10143-59
Adopted:
Inhofe Modified Amendment No. 2618, to ensure sustainment, readiness, and acquisition of ammunition for all United States military services in order to meet long term peacetime and wartime requirements.
Page S10149
By 68 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 308), Franken Amendment No. 2588, to prohibit the use of funds for any Federal contract with Halliburton Company, KBR, Inc., any of their subsidiaries or affiliates, or any other contracting party if such contractor or a subcontractor at any tier under such contract requires that employees or independent contractors sign mandatory arbitration clauses regarding certain claims.
Pages S10143, S10146-48, S10149-50
By 91 yeas to 7 nays (Vote No. 309), Franken (for Bond/Leahy) Amendment No. 2596, to limit the early retirement of tactical aircraft.
Pages S10143, S10150-51
Sanders/Dorgan Amendment No. 2601, to make available from Overseas Contingency Operations $20,000,000 for outreach and reintegration services under the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program.
Pages S10143, S10152
By 77 yeas to 21 nays (Vote No. 313), Inouye Amendment No. 2623, to provide full and open competition for congressionally directed spending items.
Pages S10154-55
Lieberman Modified Amendment No. 2616, Relating to the two-stage ground-based interceptor missile.
Pages S10144, S10155-56
Inouye (for Bingaman/Udall (NM)) Amendment No. 2605, to make available from Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force, $5,000,000 to carry out evaluations and analyses of certain laser systems.
Pages S10156-57
Rejected:
By 38 yeas to 60 nays (Vote No. 307), Barrasso Amendment No. 2567, to prohibit the use of funds for the Center on Climate Change and National Security of the Central Intelligence Agency.
Pages S10143, S10148-49
By 28 yeas to 70 nays (Vote No. 310), Coburn Amendment No. 2565, to ensure transparency and accountability by providing that each member of Congress and the Secretary of Defense has the ability to review $1,500,000,000 in taxpayer funds allocated to the National Guard and Reserve components of the Armed Forces.
Pages S10143, S10151-52
By 25 yeas to 73 nays (Vote No. 311), Franken (for Coburn) Amendment No. 2566, to restore $166,000,000 for the Armed Forces to prepare for and conduct combat operations, by eliminating low-priority congressionally directed spending items for all operations and maintenance accounts.
Pages S10143, S10148, S10152
By 30 yeas to 68 nays (Vote No. 312), McCain Amendment No. 2580, to strike amounts available for procurement of C-17 aircraft in excess of the amount requested by the President in the budget for fiscal year 2010.
Pages S10153-54
McCain Amendment No. 2560, to require that earmarks for for-profit entities be subject to full and open competition.
Page S10155
By 43 yeas to 55 nays (Vote No. 314), McCain Amendment No. 2583, to strike funding for the MARIAH Hypersonic Wind Tunnel Development Program.
Page S10155
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Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the House thereon, and the Chair was authorized to appoint the following conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Inouye, Byrd, Leahy, Harkin, Dorgan, Durbin, Feinstein, Mikulski, Kohl, Murray, Specter, Cochran, Bond, McConnell, Shelby, Gregg, Hutchison, Bennett, and Brownback.
Page S10159
Commemorating Canonization of Father Damien de Veuster, SS.CC.: Senate agreed to S. Res. 304, commemorating the canonization of Father Damien de Veuster, SS.CC. to sainthood.
Pages S10166-67
Support for Victims of Natural Disasters: Senate agreed to S. Res. 305, expressing support for the victims of the natural disasters in Indonesia, Samoa, American Samoa, Tonga, Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Philippines.
Pages S10167-68
National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 306, designating the week of October 18 through October 24, 2009, as ``National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week''.
Page S10168
U.S. Citizens in Iran: Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 45, encouraging the Government of Iran to allow Joshua Fattal, Shane Bauer, and Sarah Shourd to reunite with their families in the United States as soon as possible.
Page S10168
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act--Agreement:
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Wednesday, October 7, 2009, Senate resume consideration of H.R. 2847, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010.
Page S10168
Nomination Confirmed:
Senate confirmed the following nomination:
By 72 yeas 22 nays (Vote No. EX. 306), Thomas E. Perez, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
Pages S10122-36, S10169
Cloture Motion--Agreement:
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the previously scheduled vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination, be vitiated.
Page S10136
Nominations Received:
Senate received the following nominations:
Mary John Miller, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
Michael F. Mundaca, of New York, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury.
Denny Chin, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit.
O. Rogeriee Thompson, of Rhode Island, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit.
Page S10169
Messages from the House:
Page S10162
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Pages S10121, S10162
Additional Cosponsors:
Page S10162
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S10164-66
Additional Statements:
Pages S10161-64
Amendments Submitted:
Page S10166
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S10166
Record Votes:
Ten record votes were taken today. (Total--315)
Pages S10136, S10149-52, S10154-55, S10158-59
Adjournment:
Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:34 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 7, 2009. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S10168.)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. POLICY OPTIONS FOR MINIMIZING THREATS FROM IRAN
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine minimizing potential threats from Iran, focusing on administration perspectives on economic sanctions and other United States policy options, after receiving testimony from Senators Brownback and Casey; James B. Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State; Stuart Levey, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence; and Daniel O. Hill, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security.
EXPORT SUCCESS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion concluded a hearing to examine promoting export success for small and medium-sized businesses, after receiving testimony from Rochelle J. Lipsitz, Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Promotion and Director General, United States and Foreign Commercial Service, International Trade Administration; Alice P. Albright, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Export-D1137Import Bank of the United States; Tom J. Wollin, Mattracks, Inc., Karlstad, Minnesota; Liz J. Reilly, United States Chamber of Commerce, Washington, D.C.; and Bradley E. Pierce, Restaurant Equipment World, Orlando, Florida.
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INTERNATIONAL RECOVERY OF CHILD SUPPORT AND OTHER FORMS OF FAMILY MAINTENANCE
Committee on Foreign Relations:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance (Treaty Doc. 110-21), after receiving testimony from Keith Loken, Assistant Legal Adviser for Private International Law, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of State; Vicki Turetsky, Commissioner, Office of Child Support Enforcement, Department of Health and Human Services; Alisha Griffin, New Jersey Department of Human Services Office of Child Support Services, Trenton; and Battle R. Robinson, Delaware Uniform Law Commissioner, Georgetown.
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS
Committee on the Judiciary:
Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law concluded a hearing to examine accountability for human rights violators, after receiving testimony from Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; John Morton, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement; David T. Donahue, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Visa Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs; and Arthur M. Cummings II, Executive Assistant Director--National Security Branch, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
EXECUTIVE BRANCH CZARS
Committee on the Judiciary:
Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded a hearing to examine the history and legality of executive branch ``czars'', after receiving testimony from T.J. Halstead, Deputy Assistant Director, American Law Division, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; John C. Harrison, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville; Tuan Samahon, Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania; Matthew Spalding, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; and Bradley H. Patterson, Bethesda, Maryland.
RECOVERY ACT
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Recovery Act for small businesses, focusing on what is working and what comes next, after receiving testimony from Eric R. Zarnikow, Associated Administrator, Office of Capitol Access, and Joseph G. Jordan, Associate Administrator, Government Contracting and Business Development, both of the Small Business Administration; Brenda DeGraffenreid, Supervisory Acquisition Manager, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Department of Energy; Sally Rockey, Acting Deputy Director for Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; and Linda B. Oliver, Acting Director, Office of Small Business Programs, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced:
17 public bills, H.R. 3719-3735; and 9 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 194-195; and H. Res. 796-798, 800-803, were introduced.
Pages H10518-19
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages H10519-21
Reports Filed:
Reports were filed today as follows:
H. Res. 719, commending Russ Meyer on his induction into the National Aviation Hall of Fame, with an amendment (H. Rept. 111-282);
H. Con. Res. 138, recognizing the 40th anniversary of the George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas (H. Rept. 111-283);
H.R. 3371, to amend title 49, United States Code, to improve airline safety and pilot training (H. Rept. 111-284);
H. Res. 465, recognizing the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway Association on the occasion of its 10th anniversary, with amendments (H. Rept. 111-285);
H.R. 3305, to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 224 South Boulder Avenue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, as the ``H. Dale Cook Federal Building and United States Courthouse'' (H. Rept. 111-286); and
H. Res. 799, providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 2997) D1138making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010 (H. Rept. 111-287).
Page H10518
Speaker:
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed Representative Schrader to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today.
Page H10461
Recess:
The House recessed at 12:48 p.m. and reconvened at 2 p.m.
Page H10463
Chaplain:
The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Pastor Greg Schannep, Faith Fellowship, Fort Hood, Texas.
Page H10463
Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission--Appointment:
The Chair announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Members of the House of Representatives to the Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission: Representatives Foster and Moore (KS).
Page H10464
Suspensions:
The House agreed to suspend the rules and agree to the following measures:
Expressing support for designation of the week of September 13, 2009, as Adult Education and Family Literacy Week:
H. Res. 707, amended, to express support for designation of the week of September 13, 2009, as Adult Education and Family Literacy Week, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 412 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 755;
Pages H10465-68, H10486
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Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``Expressing support for designation of the week of October 18, 2009, as National Adult Education and Family Literacy Week.''.
Page H10486
Supporting the goals and ideals of Campus Fire Safety Month: H. Res. 167, to express the sense of the House of Representatives supporting the goals and ideals of Campus Fire Safety Month;
Pages H10468-70
Expressing support for designation of October 8, 2009, as national Jumpstart's ``Read for the Record Day'': H. Res. 741, amended, to express support for designation of October 8, 2009, as national Jumpstart's ``Read for the Record Day''; and
Pages H10471-73
Supporting the goals and ideals of ``National Estuaries Day'': H. Res. 710, to support the goals and ideals of ``National Estuaries Day''.
Pages H10474-75
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed:
The House debated the following measures under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were postponed:
Recognizing that country music has made a tremendous contribution to American life and culture:
H. Res. 650, to recognize that country music has made a tremendous contribution to American life and culture and to declare country music to be a uniquely American art form;
Pages H10470-71
Recognizing the Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve as a unique and precious ecosystem: H. Res. 701, to recognize the Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve as a unique and precious ecosystem; and
Pages H10473-74
Honoring the people of Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the Flight 93 Ambassadors for their efforts in creating the Flight 93 temporary memorial: H. Res. 795, to honor the people of Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the Flight 93 Ambassadors for their efforts in creating the Flight 93 temporary memorial and to encourage the completion of the National Park Service Flight 93 National Memorial by the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001.
Pages H10475-77
Recess:
The House recessed at 3:29 p.m. and reconvened at 5:30 p.m.
Page H10477
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010--Motion to go to Conference:
The House agreed to the Skelton motion to disagree to the Senate amendment and agree to a conference on H.R. 2647, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, to provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed Forces, and to expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees.
Pages H10477-86
Agreed to the Skelton motion to close portions of the conference by a yea-and-nay vote of 405 yeas to 7 nays, Roll No. 753.
Pages H10484-85
Rejected the Forbes motion to instruct conferees by a yea-and-nay vote of 178 yeas to 234 nays, Roll No. 754.
Pages H10485-86
Later, the Chair appointed the following conferees: From the Committee on Armed Services, for consideration of the House bill and the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Skelton, Spratt, Ortiz, Taylor, Abercrombie, Reyes, Snyder, Smith (WA), Loretta Sanchez, McIntyre, Brady (PA), Andrews, Davis (CA), Langevin, Larsen (WA), Cooper, Marshall, Bordallo, McKeon, Bartlett, Thornberry, Jones, Akin, Forbes, Miller (FL), Wilson (SC), LoBiondo, Bishop (UT), Turner and Wittman.
Page H10488
From the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, for consideration of matters within the jurisdiction of that committee under clause 11 of rule X: Representatives Reyes, Schiff and Hoekstra.
Page H10488
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Pursuant to clause 11 of rule I, the Chair removes the gentleman from Texas, Mr. Reyes, as a conferee from the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on H.R. 2647 and appoints the gentleman from Florida, Mr. Alcee Hastings, to fill the vacancy.
Page H10505
From the Committee on Education and Labor, for consideration of secs. 243, 551-553, 585, 2833 and 2834 of the House bill and secs. 531-534 and 3136 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Woolsey, Altmire and Biggert.
Page H10488
From the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for consideration of secs. 247, 315 and 601 of the House bill and secs. 311, 601, 2835 and 3118 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Waxman, Markey (MA) and Barton (TX).
Page H10488
From the Committee on Foreign Affairs, for consideration of secs. 812, 907, 912, 1011, 1013, 1046, 1201, 1211, 1213-1215, 1226, 1230A, 1231, 1236, 1239, 1240, title XIII, secs. 1513, 1516, 1517, and 2903 of the House bill and secs. 1021, 1023, 1201-1203, 1205-1208, 1211-1214, Subtitle D of title XII, title XIII and sec. 1517 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Berman, Ackerman and Ros-Lehtinen.
Page H10489
From the Committee on Homeland Security, for consideration of sec. 1101 of the House bill, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Thompson (MS), Titus and Bilirakis.
Page H10489
From the Committee on House Administration, for consideration of Subtitle H of title V of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Capuano, Gonzalez and Lungren (CA).
Page H10489
From the Committee on the Judiciary, for consideration of secs. 583, 584, 1021 and 1604 of the House bill and secs. 821, 911, 1031, 1033, 1056, 1086 and Division E of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Nadler (NY), Zoe Lofgren (CA) and Gohmert.
Page H10489
From the Committee on Natural Resources, for consideration of secs. 1091 and 2308 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Rahall, Faleomavaega and Hastings (WA).
Page H10489
From the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for consideration of secs. 321, 322, 326-329, 335, 537, 666, 814, 815, 834, 1101-1107, 1110-1113 and title II of Division D of the House bill and secs. 323, 323A-323C, 814, 822, 824, 901, 911, 1056, 1086, 1101-1105 and 1162 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Towns, Lynch and Fortenberry.
Page H10489
From the Committee on Science and Technology, for consideration of secs. 248, 819, 836, and 911 of the House bill and secs. 801, 814, 833, 834, 912 and Division F of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Gordon (TN), Wu and Smith (NE).
Page H10489
From the Committee on Small Business, for consideration of sec. 830 of the House bill and secs. 833, 834, 838, 1090 and Division F of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Velazquez, Nye and Graves.
Page H10489
From the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for consideration of secs. 315, 601 and 2811 of the House bill and secs. 311, 601, 933, 2835, 3301, 6002, 6007, 6008, 6012 and 6013 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Cummings, Richardson and Mica.
Page H10489
From the Committee on Veterans Affairs, for consideration of secs. 525, 583, 584 and sec. 121 of Division D of the House bill and secs. 573-575, 617, 711, Subtitle E of title X, secs. 1084 and 1085 of the Senate amendment, and modifications committed to conference: Representatives Rodriguez, Donnelly (IN) and Buyer.
Page H10489
Providing for the acceptance of a statue of Helen Keller, presented by the people of Alabama:
The House agreed to S. Con. Res. 42, to provide for the acceptance of a statue of Helen Keller, presented by the people of Alabama.
Pages H10486-87
Senate Messages:
Messages received from the Senate by the Clerk and subsequently presented to the House today appear on page H10464.
Senate Referrals:
S. 251 was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on the Judiciary; S. Con. Res. 43 was referred to the Committee on House Administration; and S. Con. Res. 42 was held at the desk.
Page H10464
Quorum Calls--Votes:
Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H10484-85, H10485-86 and H10486. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment:
The House met at 12:30 p.m. and adjourned at 11:46 p.m.
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Committee Meetings
CAPITAL MARKETS REGULATORY REFORM
Committee on Financial Services:
Held a hearing entitled ``Capital Markets Regulatory Reform: Strengthening Investor Protection, Enhancing Oversight of Private Pools of Capital and Creating a National Insurance Office.'' Testimony was heard from Denise Voigt Crawford, Securities Commissioner, Securities Administration Board, State of Texas; and public witnesses.
CONFERENCE REPORT--AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules:
Committee granted, by a non-record vote, a rule providing for consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2997, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010. The rule waives all points of order against the conference report on H.R. 2997 and against its consideration. Finally, the rule provides that the previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervention of any motion except one hour of debate and one motion to recommit if applicable. Testimony was heard from Representatives DeLauro, Kingston and Latham.
LONG ISLAND SOUND--PROTECTING AND RESTORING AMERICA'S GREAT WATERS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure:
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment held a hearing on Protecting and Restoring America's Great Waters: The Long Island Sound. Testimony was heard from Mark Tedesco, Director, Long Island Sound Office, EPA; Amey Marcella, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Protection, State of Connecticut; Peter Scully, Regional Director, Long Island Sound Regional Office, Department of Environmental Conservation, State of New York, and public witnesses.
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment, to hold hearings to examine securitization of assets, focusing on problems and solutions, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, to hold hearings to examine reauthorization of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act of 2004, 10 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Foreign Relations:
Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the proposed agreement between the United States and the United Arab Emirates on civilian nuclear cooperation, 10 a.m., SD-419.
Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Al-Qaeda, focusing on Afghanistan, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions:
business meeting to consider the nominations of M. Patricia Smith, of New York, to be Solicitor, Joseph A. Main, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, and William E. Spriggs, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Policy, all of the Department of Labor, and Regina M. Benjamin, of Alabama, to be Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, and any pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold hearings to examine the 2010 census, focusing on a status update of key decennial operations, 3 p.m., SD-342.
Committee on the Judiciary:
to hold hearings to examine workplace fairness, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Barbara Milano Keenan, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Laurie O. Robinson, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, and Ketanji Brown Jackson, of Maryland, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission, 4 p.m., SD-226.
Committee on Agriculture,
Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy and Research, hearing to review implementation of the conservation title of the 2008 Farm Bill, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
Committee on Energy and Commerce,
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``Growing U.S. Trade in Green Technology,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the following bills:
H.R. 1740, Breast Cancer Education and Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009; H.R. 1691, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2009; H.R. 2279, Eliminating Disparities in Breast Cancer Treatment Act of 2009; H.R. 995, Mammogram and MRI Availability Act of 2009; and H.R. 2042, Better Screening Test for Women Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services,
hearing entitled `` Reform of the Over-the-Counter Derivative Market: Limiting Risk and Ensuring Fairness,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
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Committee on the Judiciary,
to mark up the following bills:
H.R. 1478, Carmelo Rodriguez Military Medical Accountability Act of 2009; H.R. 42, Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent Act; H.R. 1425, Wartime Treatment Study Act; H.R. 1110, PHONE Act of 2009; and H.R. 3237, To enact certain laws relating to national and commercial space programs as title 51, United States Code, ``National and Commercial Space Programs,'' 1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Natural Resources,
oversight hearing entitled ``Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA),'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,
Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing entitled ``Medicaid's Efforts to Reform Since the Preventable Death of Deamonte Driver: A Progress Report,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on Science and Technology,
to mark up the following bills:
H.R. 3650, Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2009; H.R. 3585. Solar Technology Roadmap Act; and H.R. 3598, Energy and Water Research Integration Act, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Small Business,
hearing entitled ``The State of the Nation's Housing Sector: An Examination of the First Time Buyer's Credit and Future Policies to Sustain a Recovery.'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on Qualifications and Credentialing of Mariners: A Continuing Examination, 1 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Ways and Means,
Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measurers, hearing on tax incentives for distressed communities, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, executive, briefing on Peru Update, 10 a.m., 334 HVC.
Conference:
meeting of conferees on H.R. 2892, making appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, 1 p.m., S-127, Capitol.
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Program for Wednesday:
After the transaction of any morning business (not to extend beyond one hour), Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 2847, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
Program for Wednesday:
Consideration of the following suspensions: (1) H.R. 3590--Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act; (2) H.R. 1016--Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act; (3) S. 1717--To authorize major medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2010; (4) H.R. 3547--The ``Rex E. Lee Post Office Building'' Designation Act; (5) H.R. 2174--The ``Clyde Hichborn Post Office'' Designation Act; (6) H.R. 2092--Kingman and Heritage Islands Act; and (7) S.J. Res. 12--A joint resolution proclaiming Casimir Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of the United States posthumously. Consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2997--Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 (Subject to a Rule).
HOUSE
Aderholt, Robert B., Ala., E2459
Alexander, Rodney, La., E2459
Arcuri, Michael A., N.Y., E2445, E2453
Berkley, Shelley, Nev., E2460
Bonner, Jo, Ala., E2460
Boozman, John, Ark., E2454
Braley, Bruce L., Iowa, E2446, E2454
Brown, Henry E., Jr., S.C., E2451
Butterfield, G.K., N.C., E2452
Capuano, Michael E., Mass., E2454
Diaz-Balart, Mario, Fla., E2458
Duncan, John J., Jr., Tenn., E2454, E2455
Emerson, Jo Ann, Mo., E2456
Faleomavaega, Eni F.H., American Samoa, E2447, E2447, E2447, E2447, E2447, E2447, E2448, E2448, E2448, E2448, E2448
Forbes, J. Randy, Va., E2452
Gordon, Bart, Tenn., E2455, E2456
Graves, Sam, Mo., E2446, E2448
Green, Al, Tex., E2459
Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E2450
Heller, Dean, Nev., E2451
Herger, Wally, Calif., E2453
Holt, Rush D., N.J., E2455
Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E2458
Johnson, Sam, Tex., E2457
Lee, Christopher John, N.Y., E2446
Lipinski, Daniel, Ill., E2451
McMahon, Michael E., N.Y., E2453
Miller, Jeff, Fla., E2449, E2450, E2451
Mitchell, Harry E., Ariz., E2459
Murtha, John P., Pa., E2449
Ortiz, Solomon P., Tex., E2446, E2458, E2458
Perriello, Thomas S.P., Va., E2457
Rangel, Charles B., N.Y., E2454
Roskam, Peter J., Ill., E2445, E2446
Schauer, Mark H., Mich., E2450
Shuler, Heath, N.C., E2445, E2452
Skelton, Ike, Mo., E2450
Smith, Adam, Wash., E2455
Smith, Christopher H., N.J., E2449
Smith, Lamar, Tex., E2445, E2453
Space, Zachary T., Ohio, E2452, E2453, E2454, E2454
Towns, Edolphus, N.Y., E2456
Upton, Fred, Mich., E2458
Westmoreland, Lynn A., Ga., E2457
Yarmuth, John A., Ky., E2460
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