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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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Today, Dec. 04, 2010
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Tuesday, Dec. 07, 2010
| 2:15 pm |
| | Foreign Relations |
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Business meeting to consider S.2982, to combat international violence against women and girls, 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, 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, Suzan D. Johnson Cook, of New York, to be Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, Larry Leon Palmer,
of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Gregory J. Nickels, of Washington, to be an Alternate Representative to the Sixty-fifth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Carol Fulp, of Massachusetts, to be
a Representative to the Sixty-fifth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Jeanne Shaheen, of New Hampshire, to be a Representative to the Sixty-fifth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, and Roger F. Wicker, of
Mississippi, to be a Representative to the Sixty-fifth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, 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; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nomination of Joseph A. Smith, Jr., of North Carolina, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance
Agency.
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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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| 2:30 pm |
| | Intelligence |
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Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence
matters.
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| SH-219 |
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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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| 11:00 am |
| | Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe |
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Hearings to examine the Western Balkans, focusing on developments in 2010 and hopes for the
future.
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| SVC-202/203 |
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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
| 9:30 am |
| | Foreign Relations |
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Hearings to examine the nomination of Sue Kathrine Brown, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Montenegro, Department of
State.
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| SD-419 |
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| 10:00 am |
| | Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry |
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Hearings to examine the nomination of Ramona Emilia Romero, of Pennsylvania, to be General Counsel of the Department of
Agriculture.
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| SR-328A |
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| 10:00 am |
| | Finance |
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Hearings to examine the nomination of Carolyn W. Colvin, of Maryland, to be Deputy Commissioner of Social Security, Social Security
Administration.
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| SD-215 |
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| 2:30 pm |
| | Intelligence |
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Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence
matters.
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| SH-219 |
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