Monday, April 20, 2009

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                              Daily Digest

                                 Senate


Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4405-S4468
Measures Introduced: Nine bills and two resolutions were introduced, as 
follows: S. 829-837, and S. Res. 104-105.
  Page S4445
Measures Reported:
  S. Res. 87, expressing the sense of the Senate that public servants 
should be commended for their dedication and continued service to the 
Nation during Public Service Recognition Week, May 4 through 10, 2009. 
                                                             Page S4445
Measures Passed:
  National Shaken Baby Syndrome Awareness Week: Senate agreed to S. 
Res. 104, designating the third week of April 2009 as ``National Shaken 
Baby Syndrome Awareness Week''.
  Pages S4464-65
  Global Youth Service Days: Senate agreed to S. Res. 105, designating 
April 24 through 26, 2009, as ``Global Youth Service Days''. 
                                                             Page S4465
Measures Considered:
Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act: Senate resumed consideration of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S. 386, to improve enforcement of 
mortgage fraud, securities fraud, financial institution fraud, and 
other frauds related to federal assistance and relief programs, for the 
recovery of funds lost to these frauds.
  Pages S4408-26
Appointments:
  Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China: 
The Chair, on behalf of the President of the Senate, and after 
consultation with the Majority Leader, pursuant to Public Law 106-286, 
appointed the following Members to serve on the Congressional-Executive 
Commission on the People's Republic of China: Senators Baucus, Levin, 
Feinstein, Dorgan, and Brown.
  Page S4465
Hill Nomination--Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of the 
nomination of Christopher R. Hill, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Iraq.
  Pages S4430-34
  During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the 
following action:
  By 73 yeas to 17 nays (Vote No. 158), three-fifths of those Senators 
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed 
to the motion to close further debate on the nomination.
Page S4434
  A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further 
consideration of the nomination at 10 a.m., on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 
and that all time in adjournment, recess or morning business count 
post-cloture.
Page S4466
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
  By 82 yeas 4 nays (Vote No. EX. 155), Tony West, of California, to be 
an Assistant Attorney General.
  By unanimous vote of 88 yeas (Vote No. EX. 156), Lanny A. Breuer, of 
the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
  By 87 yeas 1 nay (Vote No. EX. 157), Christine Anne Varney, of the 
District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General. 
                                                         Pages S4426-30
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
  John D. Trasvina, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
  Helen R. Kanovsky, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
  Peter H. Appel, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Research and 
Innovative Technology Administration, Department of Transportation.
  Cameron F. Kerry, of Massachusetts, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of Commerce.
  Robert S. Rivkin, of Illinois, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of Transportation.
  William K. Sessions III, of Vermont, to be Chair of the United States 
Sentencing Commission.
  Robert O. Work, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Navy.
  Donald Michael Remy, of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the 
Department of the Army.
  Michael Nacht, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.

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  Raymond Edwin Mabus, Jr., of Mississippi, to be Secretary of the 
Navy.
  Elizabeth Lee King, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Defense.
  Wallace C. Gregson, of Colorado, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense.
  Fred P. Hochberg, of New York, to be President of the Export-Import 
Bank of the United States for a term expiring January 20, 2013.
  Sandra Brooks Henriquez, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
  Raphael William Bostic, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development.
  Rhea S. Suh, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior.
  David B. Sandalow, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Energy (International Affairs and Domestic Policy).
  Daniel B. Poneman, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Energy.
  Michael L. Connor, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Reclamation.
  Mathy Stanislaus, of New Jersey, to be Assistant Administrator, 
Office of Solid Waste, Environmental Protection Agency.
  Peter Silva Silva, of California, to be an Assistant Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency.
  Francisco J. Sanchez, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of Commerce 
for International Trade.
  George Wheeler Madison, of Connecticut, to be General Counsel for the 
Department of the Treasury.
  Neal S. Wolin, of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.
  Miriam E. Sapiro, of the District of Columbia, to be a Deputy United 
States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador.
  Howard K. Koh, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Health and Human Services.
  Judith A. McHale, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of State for 
Public Diplomacy.
  Bonnie D. Jenkins, of New York, for the rank of Ambassador during her 
tenure of service as Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs.
  Jeffrey D. Feltman, of Ohio, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Near Eastern Affairs).
  Philip J. Crowley, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State 
(Public Affairs).
  M. Patricia Smith, of New York, to be Solicitor for the Department of 
Labor.
  Kathleen Martinez, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Labor.
  Gabriella Cecilia Gomez, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Legislation and Congressional Affairs, Department of Education.
  John Q. Easton, of Illinois, to be Director of the Institute of 
Education Science, Department of Education for a term of six years.
  Cass R. Sunstein, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget.
  Rand Beers, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary, 
Department of Homeland Security.
  Larry J. Echo Hawk, of Utah, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior.
  Priscilla E. Guthrie, of Virginia, to be Chief Information Officer, 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
  Mary L. Smith, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
  A. Thomas McLellan, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Director of 
National Drug Control Policy.
  Jose D. Riojas, of Texas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs (Operations, Security, and Preparedness).
  William A. Gunn, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Department of 
Veterans Affairs.
  Roger W. Baker, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs (Information and Technology).
  David H. Stevens, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development.
  36 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
  1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general.
  6 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
  A routine list in the Foreign Service.
Pages S4466-68
Messages from the House:
  Page S4441
Measures Referred:
  Page S4441
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
  Page S4405
Measures Read the First Time:
  Page S4465
Enrolled Bills Presented:
  Page S4441
Executive Communications:
  Pages S4441-44
Executive Reports of Committees:
  Page S4445
Additional Cosponsors:
  Pages S4445-48
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
  Pages S4448-49
Additional Statements:
  Pages S4439-41
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
  Page S4450
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
  Page S4451
Privileges of the Floor:
  Page S4451
Text of S. Con. Res. 13 as Previously Agreed To:
  Pages S4451-64

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Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--158) 
                                                  Pages S4428-30, S4434
Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m. and adjourned at 7:15 p.m., 
until 10 a.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 2009. (For Senate's program, see 
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page 
S4466.)

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Ladda Tammy Duckworth, of Illinois, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs.






                        House of Representatives


Chamber Action
  The House was not in session today. The House is scheduled to meet at 
2 p.m. on Tuesday, April 21, 2009, pursuant to the provisions of H. 
Con. Res. 93.

Committee Meetings
NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION DISASTER CAPACITY
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: On April 3, the 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency 
Management held a hearing on Disaster Capacity in the National Capital 
Region: Experiences, Capabilities, and Weaknesses. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the District of Columbia: Peter 
Nickels, Attorney General; MG Errol R. Schwartz, USA, Commanding 
General, DC National Guard; and Jeff Delinski, Deputy Chief, Special 
Operations Bureau, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority 
Police; the following officials of the Department of Homeland Security: 
Gabrielle Gallegos, Director, Law Enforcement Policy; Jonathan Sarubbi, 
Regional Administrator; and Kenneth Wall, Acting Director, Office of 
National Capital Region, both with FEMA; Daniel R. Nichols, Assistant 
Chief, U.S. Capitol Police Department; Vernon Herron, Deputy Chief 
Administrative Officer for Public Safety/Director of Homeland Security, 
Office of the County Executive, Prince George's County, Maryland; and 
public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
EMPLOYMENT
Joint Economic Committee: On Friday, April 3, 2009, committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the employment situation for March 2009, after 
receiving testimony from Keith Hall, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, Department of Labor.






                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             APRIL 21, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Cameron Kerry, to be General 
Counsel, and April S. Boyd, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Commerce, Dana G. 
Gresham, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary, 
Robert Rivkin, to be General Counsel, Roy W. Kienitz, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for Policy, Peter Appel to be 
the Administrator of Research and Innovative Technology 
Administration, and Joseph C. Szabo, of Illinois, to be 
Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, all of the 
Department of Transportation; and Sherburne B. Abbott, of Texas, to 
be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy, Executive Office of the President, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine reforming 
America's health care delivery system; to include a business meeting 
to consider the nomination of Kathleen Sebelius, of Kansas, to be 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs, 
to hold hearings to examine United States diplomatic capacity in 
Africa, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine empowering workers to rebuild America's economy 
and long-term competitiveness, focusing on green skills training for 
workers, 10:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and 
Integration, to hold hearings to examine

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counternarcotics enforcement, focusing on coordination at the 
federal, state, and local level, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, to hold hearings to 
examine improving the ability of inspectors general to detect, 
prevent, and prosecute contracting fraud, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland 
Security, to hold hearings to examine protecting national security 
and civil liberties, focusing on strategies for terrorism 
information sharing, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.


                                 House

  No committee meetings are scheduled.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the systemic 
threats of large financial institutions, 9:30 a.m., 210 Cannon 
Building.






                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of April 21 through April 25, 2009

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 10:00 a.m., Senate will continue consideration of the 
nomination of Christopher R. Hill, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Iraq.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Appropriations: April 23, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine the funding of the Department of Commerce, 10 a.m., SD-
192.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the 
Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Office of the Sergeant at 
Arms, and the Office of the U.S. Capitol Police, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 22, Subcommittee on Strategic 
Forces, to hold hearings to examine environmental management 
stimulus funding, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to 
hold hearings to examine the current readiness of United States 
ground forces, with the possibility of a closed session following in 
SVC-217, 10 a.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 23, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Ronald C. Sims, of 
Washington, to be Deputy Secretary, and Peter A. Kovar, of Maryland, 
to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, and David S. Cohen, of Maryland, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Terrorist Financing, of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 21, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Cameron Kerry, to be 
General Counsel, and April S. Boyd, of the District of Columbia, to 
be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Commerce, Dana 
G. Gresham, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary, Robert Rivkin, to be General Counsel, Roy W. Kienitz, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for Policy, Peter Appel to be 
the Administrator of Research and Innovative Technology 
Administration, and Joseph C. Szabo, of Illinois, to be 
Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, all of the 
Department of Transportation; and Sherburne B. Abbott, of Texas, to 
be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology 
Policy, Executive Office of the President, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 22, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 548, to amend the Public Utility Regulatory 
Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal energy efficiency 
resource standard for retail electricity and natural gas 
distributors, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  April 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Kristina M. Johnson, of Maryland, to be Under 
Secretary, Steven Elliot Koonin, of California, to be Under 
Secretary for Science, Ines R. Triay, of New Mexico, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Environmental Management, and Scott Blake Harris, of 
Virginia, to be General Counsel, all of the Department of Energy, 
and Hilary Chandler Tompkins, of New Mexico, to be Solicitor of the 
Department of the Interior, 2 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: April 22, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the General Services Administration and 
energy efficiency in public buildings, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  April 23, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: April 21, to hold hearings to examine 
reforming America's health care delivery system; to include a 
business meeting to consider the nomination of Kathleen Sebelius, of 
Kansas, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., SH-
216.
  April 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine technology 
neutrality in energy tax, focusing on issues and options, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 21, Subcommittee on African 
Affairs, to hold hearings to examine United States diplomatic 
capacity in Africa, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  April 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine global 
climate change, focusing on United States leadership for a new 
global agreement, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  April 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Susan Flood Burk, of Virginia, to be Special 
Representative of the President, with the rank of Ambassador, and 
Ivo H. Daalder, of Virginia, to be United States Permanent 
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of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, both of the Department of 
State, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  April 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine soldiers' 
stories from the Afghan war, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: April 21, to 
hold hearings to examine empowering workers to rebuild America's 
economy and long-term competitiveness, focusing on green skills 
training for workers, 10:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: April 21, 
Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness 
and Integration, to hold hearings to examine counternarcotics 
enforcement, focusing on coordination at the federal, state, and 
local level, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  April 21, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, to hold 
hearings to examine improving the ability of inspectors general to 
detect, prevent, and prosecute contracting fraud, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  April 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of William Craig Fugate, of Florida, to be Administrator 
of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, and John Morton, of 
Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, both of the Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., 
SD-342.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine eliminating waste and fraud in Medicare and 
Medicaid, 3 p.m., SD-342.
  April 23, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
state and local stimulus funding, 9 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: April 23, to hold hearings to examine 
the nomination of Yvette Roubideaux, of Arizona, to be Director of 
the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, 
2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 21, Subcommittee on Terrorism 
and Homeland Security, to hold hearings to examine protecting 
national security and civil liberties, focusing on strategies for 
terrorism information sharing, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  April 23, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 417, to 
enact a safe, fair, and responsible state secrets privilege Act, S. 
257, to amend title 11, United States Code, to disallow certain 
claims resulting from high cost credit debts, S. 448 and H.R. 985, 
bills to maintain the free flow of information to the public by 
providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of 
information by certain persons connected with the news media, S. 
327, to amend the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 and the Omnibus 
Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to improve assistance to 
domestic and sexual violence victims and provide for technical 
corrections, and the nominations of R. Gil Kerlikowske, of 
Washington, to be Director of National Drug Control Policy, 
Executive Office of the President, and Ronald H. Weich, of the 
District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 
Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: April 22, to hold hearings to 
examine pending health related legislation, 2:30 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 21, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, 
Capitol.
  April 23, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SVC-217.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, April 22, Subcommittee on General Farm 
Commodities and Risk Management, hearing to review producers' views 
on the effectiveness and operations of the Federal crop insurance 
program, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, hearing 
to review Federal food safety systems at the USDA, 1 p.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, April 21, Subcommittee on Select 
Intelligence Oversight Panel, executive, on National Reconnaissance 
Office (NRO) and National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), 5 
p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Member Requests, 10 
a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, on Supplemental 
Request, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and 
Related Agencies, on Members Requests, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on U.S. Coast Guard: 
Measuring Mission Needs, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related 
Agencies, on Bureau of Indian Affairs: Law Enforcement and Violence, 
9:30 a.m., and on Member Requests, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on U.S. Capitol 
Police, and GPO, 1 p.m., H-144 Capitol.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, on Base Realignment and Closure, 10 a.m., H-
143 Capitol.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related 
Agencies, on Department of Justice, 2:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, on U.S. Supreme Court, 10 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Member Requests, 
10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related 
Agencies, on Public Witnesses, 9:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on Architect of the 
Capitol, and CBO, 2 p.m., H-144 Capitol.

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  April 23, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, on Outside Witnesses, 10 a.m., and on Related 
Agencies, 2 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  April 23, Subcommittee State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, on Fiscal Year 2009 Supplemental Appropriations Request, 
9:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 24, Subcommittee Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, on Base Posture and Supplemental Request, 9:30 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, April 22, Subcommittee on Readiness, 
on Air Sovereignty Alert Operations, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 23, full Committee, hearing on Effective Counterinsurgency: 
The Future of the U.S.-Pakistan Military Partnership, 1 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, hearing on Army 
aircraft programs, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  April 23, Defense Acquisition Reform Panel, on measuring value and 
risk in services contracts, 8 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on Education and Labor, April 22, Subcommittee on 
Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, hearing on the 401(k) Fair 
Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2009, 10:30 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, 
hearing on Ways to Reduce the Cost of Health Insurance for 
Employers, Employees and Their Families, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, April 21 and 22, full Committee 
and the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, joint hearings on 
The American Clean Energy Security Act of 2009, 3 p.m., on April 21 
and 9:30 a.m., on April 22, 2123 Rayburn.
  April 21, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Secrecy in the Response to Bayer's Fatal Chemical Plant 
Explosion,'' 12 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on H.R. 847, James 
Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the 
Internet, hearing on Communications Networks and Consumer Privacy: 
Recent Development, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  April 23 and 24, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearings 
on The American Clean Energy Security Act of 2009, 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, April 22, to consider H.R. 627, 
Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2009, 9:30 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  April 23, hearing on H.R. 1728, Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory 
Lending Act, 1 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 22, hearing on New Beginnings: 
Foreign Policy Priorities in the Obama Administration, 9:30 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, hearing on 
U.S. Assistance to Africa: A Call for Foreign Aid Reform, 11:30 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 21, Subcommittee on Courts and 
Competition Policy, hearing on A New Age for Newspapers: Diversity 
of Voices, Competition and the Internet, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 22, full Committee, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 
1913, Local Law Enforcement Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009; H.R. 
1748, Fight Fraud Act of 2009; H.R. 1788, False Claims Act 
Correction Act of 2009; H.R. 1676, PACT Act; H.R. 1667, War 
Profiteering Prevention Act of 2009; and H.R. 1741,Witness Security 
and Protection Grant Program Act of 2009, 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, April 22, to mark up the following 
bills: H.R. 31, Lumbee Recognition Act; H.R. 1385, Thomasina E. 
Jordan Indian Tribes of Virginia Federal Recognition Act of 2009; 
H.R. 860, Coral Reef Conservation Act Reauthorization and 
Enhancement Amendments of 2009; and H.R. 934, To convey certain 
submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 
in order to give that territory the same benefits in its submerged 
lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have in their 
submerged lands, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, 
hearing on H.R. 669, Nonnative Wildlife Invasion Prevention Act, 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 23, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1121, Blue Ridge Parkway 
and Town of Blowing Rock Land Exchange Act of 2009; and H.R. 1376, 
Waco Mammoth National Monument Establishment Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, April 22, 
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District 
of Columbia, hearing entitled ``Public Service in the 21st Century: 
An Examination of the State of the Federal Workforce,'' 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy, hearing entitled ``The 
H-2B Guestworker Program and Improving the Department of Labor's 
Enforcement of the Rights of Guestworkers,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, 
hearing entitled ``National Security Implications of the U.S. Policy 
toward Cuba,'' 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, April 22, to consider H.R. 1145, National 
Water Research and Development Initiative Act of 2009, 3 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, April 22, hearing on 
Monitoring, Measurement and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
II: The Role of Federal and Academic Research and Monitoring 
Programs, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, to continue 
hearings on Oversight of NOAA's Geostationary Weather Satellite 
System, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing on 
the Role of the SBIR and STTR Programs in Stimulating Innovation at 
Small High-Tech Businesses, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, April 22, hearing entitled ``The 
Importance of Technology in an Economic Recovery,'' 1 p.m., 2360 
Rayburn.

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  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 22, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Oversight of Helicopter Medical 
Services, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing on Railroad Rehabilitation and Improvement 
Financing Program, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  April 23, full Committee, hearing on An Independent FEMA: 
Restoring the Nation's Capabilities for Effective Emergency 
Management and Disaster Response, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, April 23, Subcommittee on 
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on H.R. 952, 
COMBAT PTSD Act, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing on VA Non-
competitive Contracts, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 22, to continue hearings on 
reforming the health insurance market, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  April 23, Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, 
hearing to review the implementation and impact of the unemployment 
insurance provisions included in the American Recovery and 
Reinvestment Act of 2009, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 22, executive, 
briefing on AFRICOM Update, 1:30 p.m., and, executive, briefing on 
FBI Update, 4 p.m., 304-HVC.
  April 22, Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management, 
executive, briefing on Global Climate Change, 2:30 p.m., 304 HVC.
  April 23, full Committee, executive, briefing on Intelligence 
Community Diversity Report, 1 p.m., 304-HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Committee on the Library: April 23, organizational business 
meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures 
for committee operations, and committee's rules of procedure for the 
111th Congress, 11:30 a.m., SC-4, Capitol.
  Joint Committee on Printing: April 23, organizational business 
meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures 
for committee operations, and committee's rules of procedure for the 
111th Congress, 11:45 a.m., SC-4, Capitol.
  Joint Economic Committee: April 21, to hold hearings to examine 
the systemic threats of large financial institutions, 9:30 a.m., 
210, Cannon Building.
  Joint Economic Committee: April 23, to hold hearings to examine a 
quarterly report by the Special Inspector General for the Troubled 
Asset Relief Program (TARP), 9:30 a.m., 210, Cannon Building.

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                       Next Meeting of the SENATE
                       10 a.m., Tuesday, April 21

                               
                             Senate Chamber
Program for Tuesday: Senate will continue consideration of the 
nomination of Christopher R. Hill, of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Iraq.
  (Senate will recess from 12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m. for their 
respective party conferences.)

              Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                       2 p.m., Tuesday, April 21

                               
                             House Chamber
Program for Tuesday: To be announced.