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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D821-D822 on July 10, 2009.
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Committee Meetings
OVER-THE-COUNTER DERIVATIVES REGULATION
Committee on Agriculture: and the Committee on Financial Services held a joint hearing to examine the regulation of over-the-counter (OTC) derivatives. Testimony was heard from Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury.
LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies approved for full Committee action the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies appropriations for fiscal year 2010.
HONDURAS CRISIS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere held a hearing on The Crisis in Honduras. Testimony was heard from Otto J. Reich, former Assistant Secretary, Western Hemisphere Affairs, Department of State.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Ordered reported the following: H.R. 22, amended, to amend chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code, to allow the United States Postal Service to pay its share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund; H.R. 3137, To amend title 39, United States Code, to provide clarification relating to the authority of the United States Postal Service to accept donations as an additional source of funding for commemorative plaques; H. Res. 209, amended, Commemorating the 80th anniversary of the daughters of Penelope, a preeminent international women's association and affiliate organization of the American Hellenic Education Progressive Association
(AHEPA); H. Res. 373, Expressing support for designation of the month of September as ``National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month;'' H. Res. 534, Supporting the goals and ideals of ``National Children and Families Day;'' H. Res. 566, Congratulating the 2008-2009 National Basketball Association Champions, the Los Angeles Lakers, on an outstanding and historic season; H. Res. 612, Expressing the profound sympathies of the House of Representatives for the victims of the tragic Metrorail accident on Monday, June 22, 2009, and for their families, friends, and associates; H.R. 1713, To name the South Central Agricultural Research Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture in Lane, Oklahoma, and the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 310 North Perry Street in Bennington, Oklahoma, in honor of former Congressman Wesley ``Wes'' Watkins; H.R. 2877, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 76 Brookside Avenue in Chester, New York, as the ``lst Lieutenant Louis Allen Post Office;'' H.R. 2971, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 630 Northeast Killingsworth Avenue in Portland, Oregon, as the ``Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Post Office;'' H.R. 2972, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 West Edward Street in Erath, Louisiana, as the
``Conrad DeRouen, Jr., Post Office;'' H.R. 3072, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 9810 Halls Ferry Road in St. Louis, Missouri, as the ``Coach Jodie Bailey Post Office Building;'' and H.R. 3119, To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 867 Stockton Street in San Francisco, California, as the ``Lim Poon Lee Post Office.''
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
