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“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E2874-E2875 on Dec. 2, 2009.
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SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS
Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or changes in the meetings as they occur.
As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
Meetings scheduled for Thursday, December 3, 2009 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
DECEMBER 49:30 a.m.
Joint Economic Committee
To hold hearings to examine the employment situation for
November 2009.
SH-216
DECEMBER 810 a.m.
Environment and Public Works
To hold an oversight hearing to examine Federal drinking water programs.
SD-4061:30 p.m.
Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine Afghanistan.
SH-2162:15 p.m.
Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider S. 1559, to consolidate democracy and security in the Western Balkans by supporting the Governments and people of Bosnia and
Herzegovina and Montenegro in reaching their goal of eventual NATO membership, and to welcome further NATO partnership with the Republic of Serbia, and the nominations of Rajiv J. Shah, of Washington, to be
Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development, and Mary Burce Warlick, of
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Serbia,
James B. Warlick, Jr., of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, Eleni Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Hungary, Leslie V. Rowe, of Washington, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique, Alberto M.
Fernandez, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Mary Jo Wills, of the
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles, Jide J. Zeitlin, of New York, to be
Alternate Representative of the United States of
America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the
United Nations during his tenure of service as
Representative of the United States of America to the
United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, and to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the rank of Ambassador, and Bill Delahunt, of
Massachusetts, Elaine Schuster, of Florida, and
Christopher H. Smith, of New Jersey, all to be a
Representative, and Laura Gore Ross, of New York, and
Wellington E. Webb, of Colorado, both to be an
Alternate Representative, all of the United States of
America to the Sixty-fourth Session of the General
Assembly of the United Nations, all of the Department of State.
S-116, Capitol2:30 p.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
Energy Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine H.R. 957, to authorize higher education curriculum development and graduate training in advanced energy and green building technologies,
H.R. 2729, to authorize the designation of National
Environmental Research Parks by the Secretary of
Energy, H.R. 3165, to provide for a program of wind energy research, development, and demonstration, H.R.
3246, to provide for a program of research, development, demonstration and commercial application in vehicle technologies at the Department of Energy,
H.R. 3585, to guide and provide for United States research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies, S. 737, to amend the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007 to authorize the
Secretary of Energy to conduct research, development, and demonstration to make biofuels more compatible with small nonroad engines, S. 1617, to require the
Secretary of Commerce to establish a program for the award of grants to States to establish revolving loan funds for small and medium-sized manufacturers to improve energy efficiency and produce clean energy technology, S. 2744, to amend the Energy Policy Act of
2005 to expand the authority for awarding technology prizes by the Secretary of Energy to include a financial award for separation of carbon dioxide from dilute sources, and S. 2773, to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a program to support the research, demonstration, and development of commercial applications for offshore wind energy.
SD-366
Intelligence
To hold closed hearings to consider certain intelligence matters.
S-407, Capitol
DECEMBER 99:30 a.m.
Indian Affairs
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine S.
1690, to amend the Act of March 1, 1933, to transfer certain authority and resources to the Utah Dineh
Corporation; to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine Department of the Interior backlogs.
SD-628
Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Robert A.
Petzel, of Minnesota, to be Under Secretary for Health, and Raul Perea-Henze, of New York, to be Assistant
Secretary for Policy and Planning, both of the
Department of Veterans Affairs.
SR-41810 a.m.
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Business meeting to consider the nominations of
Jacqueline A. Berrien, of New York, Victoria A. Lipnic, of Virginia, Chai Rachel Feldblum, of Maryland, all to be a Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity
Commission, P. David Lopez, of Arizona, to be General
Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission,
Patrick Alfred Corvington, of Maryland, to be Chief
Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and
Community Service, Adele Logan Alexander, of the
District of Columbia, to be a Member of the National
Council on the Humanities, and Lynnae M. Ruttledge, of
Washington, to be Commissioner of the Rehabilitation
Services Administration, Department of Education.
SD-430
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine five years after the
Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, focusing on stopping terrorist travel.
SD-342
Judiciary
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Department of
Homeland Security.
SD-2162 p.m.
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
Economic Policy Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine creating jobs in the recession.
SD-538
Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine mortgage fraud, securities fraud, and the financial meltdown, focusing on prosecuting those responsible.
SD-2262:30 p.m.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine research parks and job creation, focusing on innovation through cooperation.
SR-253
Finance
International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness
Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine exports' place on the path of economic recovery.
SD-215
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine the diplomat's shield, focusing on diplomatic security today.
SD-342
DECEMBER 1010 a.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine the role of grid-scale energy storage in meeting our energy and climate goals.
SD-366
Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern
Ireland Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at
Washington and London on June 21 and 26, 2007 (Treaty
Doc. 110-07), and Treaty Between the Government of the
United States of America and the Government of
Australia Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at
Sydney, September 5, 2007 (Treaty Doc. 110-10).
SD-419
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Grayling
Grant Williams, of Maryland, to be Director of the
Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement, and Elizabeth
M. Harman, of Maryland, to be an Assistant
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, both of the Department of Homeland Security.
SD-3422:30 p.m.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Disaster Recovery Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine children and disasters, focusing on a progress report on addressing needs.
SD-342
Intelligence
To hold closed hearings to consider certain intelligence matters.
S-407, Capitol
DECEMBER 1510 a.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine S. 2052, to amend the Energy
Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a research and development and demonstration program to reduce manufacturing and construction costs relating to nuclear reactors, and S.
2812, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out programs to develop and demonstrate 2 small modular nuclear reactor designs.
SD-3662:30 p.m.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
To hold hearings to examine certain nominations.
SR-253
DECEMBER 1710 a.m.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
SR-2532:30 p.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine S. 1470, to sustain the economic development and recreational use of National
Forest System land and other public land in the State of Montana, to add certain land to the National
Wilderness Preservation System, to release certain wilderness study areas, to designate new areas for recreation, S. 1719, to provide for the conveyance of certain parcels of land to the town of Alta, Utah, S.
1787, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction
Facilitation Act, H.R. 762, to validate final patent number 27-2005-0081, 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.
SD-366
