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Daily Digest Committee Meetings/Hearings Schedule
This document provides a brief description of each committee meeting and hearing scheduled to take place today, and on days thereafter. The time and location of each meeting/hearing is identified. Meetings that have been canceled or postponed are also noted.
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Thursday, Dec. 02, 2010
9:00 am |
| Armed Services |
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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".
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SD-G50 |
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10:00 am |
| Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance |
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An oversight hearing to examine the Consumer Product Safety Commission, focusing on product safety in the holiday
season.
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SR-253 |
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10:00 am |
| Finance |
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Hearings to examine tax reform, focusing on historical trends in income and
revenue.
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SD-215 |
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10:00 am |
| Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security |
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Hearings to examine finding solutions to the challenges facing the United States Postal
Service.
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SD-342 |
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2:15 pm |
| Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security |
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Hearings to examine international aviation screening
standards.
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SR-253 |
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3:00 pm |
| Intelligence |
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Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence
matters.
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SH-219 |
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Friday, Dec. 03, 2010
9:00 am |
| Armed Services |
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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".
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SD-G50 |
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9:30 am |
| Joint Economic Committee |
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Hearings to examine the employment situation for November
2010.
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SH-216 |
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Tuesday, Dec. 07, 2010
2:15 pm |
| Foreign Relations |
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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.
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S-116 |
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2:30 pm |
| Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs |
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Hearings to examine the state of the credit union
industry.
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SD-538 |
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2:30 pm |
| Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
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Hearings to examine catastrophic preparedness, focusing on
FEMA.
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SD-342 |
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Wednesday, Dec. 08, 2010
10:00 am |
| Indian Affairs |
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To resume oversight hearings to examine how the Indian Health Service will correct mismanagement in the Aberdeen
area.
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SD-628 |
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10:00 am |
| Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
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Hearings to examine border security, focusing on the challenge of protecting Federal
lands.
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SD-342 |
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10:00 am |
| Judiciary |
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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.
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SD-226 |
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2:00 pm |
| Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment: Subcommittee on InvestigationsHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment: Subcommittee on Investigations |
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Joint hearings to examine the efficiency, stability, and integrity of the United States capital
markets.
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SD-538 |
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Thursday, Dec. 09, 2010
2:30 pm |
| Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia |
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Hearings to examine delivering results through multilateral institutions, focusing on United States employment in the United
Nations.
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SD-342 |
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