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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2010-08-05” mentioning the U.S. Dept of State was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D908-D909 on Aug. 4, 2010.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,
AUGUST 5, 2010
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Armed Services: To receive a closed briefing on Russian force structure in support of the treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed in Prague on April 8, 2010, with Protocol (Treaty Doc. 111-05), 9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic Policy, to hold hearings to examine the Obama Administration Manufacturing Agenda, 10:30 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Foreign Relations: To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Norman L. Eisen, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Duane E. Woerth, of Nebraska, to be Representative of the United States of America on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, and Alexander A. Arvizu, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Albania, and Joseph A. Mussomeli, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, all of the Department of State, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
Committee on the Judiciary: Business meeting to consider S. 2925, to establish a grant program to benefit victims of sex trafficking, S. 518, to establish the Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commission, S. 3675, to amend chapter 11 of title 11, United States Code, to address reorganization of small businesses, and the nominations of Mary Helen Murguia, of Arizona, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Edmond E-Min Chang, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, Leslie E. Kobayashi, to be United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii, Denise Jefferson Casper, to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, Carlton W. Reeves, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, and Donald Martin O'Keefe, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of California, Craig Ellis Thayer, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Washington, Joseph Anthony Papili, to be United States Marshal for the District of Delaware, James Alfred Thompson, to be United States Marshal for the District of Utah, Melinda L. Haag, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of California, Barry R. Grissom, to be United States Attorney for the District of Kansas, David J. Hickton, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and James Thomas Fowler, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Tennessee, all of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Business meeting to consider S. 3107, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase, effective December 1, 2010, in the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, S. 3234, to improve employment, training, and placement services furnished to veterans, especially those serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom, S. 3325, to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the waiver of the collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of veterans, S. 3447, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve educational assistance for veterans who served in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, S. 3517, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the processing of claims for disability compensation filed with the Department of Veterans Affairs, S. 3609, to extend the temporary authority for performance of medical disability examinations by contract physicians for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and an original bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance and Veterans' Group Life Insurance and to modify the provision of compensation and pension to surviving spouses of veterans in the months of the deaths of the veterans, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.
House Committees
No committee meetings are scheduled.
