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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 Tuesday, November 3, 2009 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
NOVEMBER 410 a.m.
Finance
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Michael W.
Punke, of Montana, to be a Deputy United States Trade
Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, Department of State, Islam A. Siddiqui, of Virginia, to be Chief
Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the United States
Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, and
Michael F. Mundaca, of New York, to be Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury.
SD-215
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Business meeting to resume consideration of S. 1649, to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, to prepare for attacks using weapons of mass destruction, S. 1862, to provide that certain
Secret Service employees may elect to transition to coverage under the District of Columbia Police and Fire
Fighter Retirement and Disability System, H.R. 553, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a strategy to prevent the over-classification of homeland security and other information and to promote the sharing of unclassified homeland security and other information, S. 1755, to direct the Department of
Homeland Security to undertake a study on emergency communications, H.R. 730, to strengthen efforts in the
Department of Homeland Security to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to permit attribution of the source of nuclear material, S. 1825, to extend the authority for relocation expenses test programs for
Federal employees, S. 1860, to permit each current member of the Board of Directors of the Office of
Compliance to serve for 3 terms, H.R. 955, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 10355 Northeast Valley Road in Rollingbay,
Washington, as the ``John `Bud' Hawk Post Office'',
H.R. 1516, to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 37926 Church Street in
Dade City, Florida, as the ``Sergeant Marcus Mathes
Post Office'', 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. 2004, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 4282 Beach Street in Akron,
Michigan, as the ``Akron Veterans Memorial Post
Office'', H.R. 2760, to designate the facility of the
United States Postal Service located at 1615 North
Wilcox Avenue in Los Angeles, California, as the
``Johnny Grant Hollywood Post Office Building'', 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. 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'', H.R. 3386, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1165 2nd
Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa, as the ``Iraq and
Afghanistan Veterans Memorial Post Office'', H.R. 3547, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 936 South 250 East in Provo, Utah, as the ``Rex E. Lee Post Office Building'', and H.R.
2215, to designate the facility of the United States
Postal Service located at 140 Merriman Road in Garden
City, Michigan, as the ``John J. Shivnen Post Office
Building''.
SD-342
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine the future of ocean governance, focusing on building national ocean policy.
SR-2532 p.m.
Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Thomas I.
Vanaskie, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Third Circuit, Christina Reiss, to be
United States District Judge for the District of
Vermont, Louis B. Butler, Jr., to be United States
District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin,
Abdul K. Kallon, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, and Victoria Angelica
Espinel, of the District of Columbia, to be
Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator,
Executive Office of the President.
SD-2262:15 p.m.
Indian Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Federal acknowledgment process.
SD-6282:30 p.m.
Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Jide J.
Zeitlin, of New York, to be Alternate Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United
Nations during his tenure of service as Representative to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, and to be Representative to the United Nations for U.N.
Management and Reform, with the rank of Ambassador,
Frederick D. Barton, of Maine, to be Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and Social
Council of the United Nations, with the rank of
Ambassador, and Carmen Lomellin, of Virginia, to be
Permanent Representative to the Organization of
American States, with the rank of Ambassador, all of the Department of State, Gustavo Arnavat, of New York, to be United States Executive Director of the Inter-
American Development Bank, and Daniel W. Yohannes, of
Colorado, to be Chief Executive Officer, Millennium
Challenge Corporation.
SD-419
Energy and Natural Resources
National Parks Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine S. 1369, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the
Molalla River in the State of Oregon, as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 1405, to redesignate the Longfellow National Historic Site,
Massachusetts, as the ``Longfellow House-Washington's
Headquarters National Historic Site'', S. 1413, to amend the Adams National Historical Park Act of 1998 to include the Quincy Homestead within the boundary of the
Adams National Historical Park, S. 1767 and H.R. 1121, bills to authorize a land exchange to acquire land for the Blue Ridge Parkway from the Town of Blowing Rock,
North Carolina, S. Res. 275, honoring the Minute Man
National Historical Park on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, H.R. 2802, to provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the Adams Memorial
Foundation to establish a commemorative work in honor of former President John Adams and his legacy, H.R.
3113, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Elk River in the State of
West Virginia for study for potential addition to the
National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and H.R. 1287, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to enter into a partnership with the Porter County Convention,
Recreation and Visitor Commission regarding the use of the Dorothy Buell Memorial Visitor Center as a visitor center for the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore.
SD-366
NOVEMBER 510 a.m.
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Steven L.
Jacques, of Kansas, to be Assistant Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development for Public Affairs, and
Eric L. Hirschhorn, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration.
SD-538
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine the Employment Non-
Discrimination Act.
SD-430
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine business formation and financial crime, focusing on finding a legislative solution.
SD-342
Judiciary
Business meeting to consider 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. 714, to establish the National
Criminal Justice Commission, S. 1490, to prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable information, S. 139, to require
Federal agencies, and persons engaged in interstate commerce, in possession of data containing sensitive personally identifiable information, to disclose any breach of such information, S. 1624, to amend title 11 of the United States Code, to provide protection for medical debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy protections for individuals experiencing economic distress as caregivers to ill, injured, or disabled family members, and to exempt from means testing debtors whose financial problems were caused by serious medical problems, S. 1472, to establish a section within the Criminal Division of the Department of
Justice to enforce human rights laws, to make technical and conforming amendments to criminal and immigration laws pertaining to human rights violations, S. 1147, to prevent tobacco smuggling, to ensure the collection of all tobacco taxes, and the nominations of Ketanji Brown
Jackson, of Maryland, to be a Member of the United
States Sentencing Commission, Jane Branstetter Stranch, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Sixth Circuit, Benjamin B. Tucker, of New York, to be
Deputy Director for State, Local, and Tribal Affairs,
Office of National Drug Control Policy, and Kenyen Ray
Brown, to be United States Attorney for the Southern
District of Alabama, Stephanie M. Rose, to be United
States Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, and
Nicholas A. Klinefeldt, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, all of the
Department of Justice.
SD-226
Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine Veterans' Affairs and Indian
Health Service cooperation.
SR-4182 p.m.
Judiciary
Crime and Drugs Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine reducing recidivism at the local level.
SD-2262:30 p.m.
Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Jeffrey L.
Bleich, of California, to be Ambassador to Australia,
David Huebner, of California, to be Ambassador to New
Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to Samoa, and
Robert R. King, of Virginia, to be Special Envoy on
North Korean Human Rights Issues, with the rank of
Ambassador, all of the Department of State.
SD-419
Energy and Natural Resources
Water and Power Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine S. 1757, to provide for the prepayment of a repayment contract between the United
States and the Uintah Water Conservancy District, S.
1758, to provide for the allocation of costs to project power with respect to power development within the
Diamond Fork System, and S. 1759, to authorize certain transfers of water in the Central Valley Project.
SD-3663 p.m.
Intelligence
To hold closed hearings to consider certain intelligence matters.
S-407, Capitol
NOVEMBER 69:30 a.m.
Joint Economic Committee
To hold hearings to examine the employment situation for
October 2009.
SD-106
NOVEMBER 109 a.m.
Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine protocol Amending the
Convention between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the French Republic for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and
Capital, signed at Paris on August 21, 1994, as Amended by the Protocol signed on December 8, 2004, signed
January 13, 2009, at Paris, together with a related
Memorandum of Understanding, signed January 13, 2009
(Treaty Doc. 111-04), protocol Amending the Convention between the United States of America and New Zealand for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income, signed on December 1, 2008, at Washington (Treaty Doc.
111-03), convention Between the Government of the
United States of America and the Government of Malta for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, signed on August 8, 2008, at Valletta (Treaty Doc. 111-
01), 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), and 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).
SD-41910 a.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine policy options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
SD-366
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Erroll G.
Southers, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of
Homeland Security, and Daniel I. Gordon, of the
District of Columbia, to be Administrator for Federal
Procurement Policy.
SD-3422:15 p.m.
Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider S. 1524, to strengthen the capacity, transparency, and accountability of United
States foreign assistance programs to effectively adapt and respond to new challenges of the 21st century, S.
1739, to promote freedom of the press around the world,
S. 1067, to support stabilization and lasting peace in northern Uganda and areas affected by the Lord's
Resistance Army through development of a regional strategy to support multilateral efforts to successfully protect civilians and eliminate the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and to authorize funds for humanitarian relief and reconstruction, reconciliation, and transitional justice, H. Con. Res.
36, calling on the President and the allies of the
United States to raise in all appropriate bilateral and multilateral for a the case of Robert Levinson at every opportunity, urging Iran to fulfill their promises of assistance to the family of Robert Levinson, and calling on Iran to share the results of its investigation into the disappearance of Robert Levinson with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the nominations of Jose W. Fernandez, of New York, to be
Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business
Affairs, William E. Kennard, of the District of
Columbia, to be Representative of the United States of
America to the European Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador, John F. Tefft, of Virginia, to be
Ambassador to Ukraine, Michael C. Polt, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, and
Cynthia Stroum, of Washington, to be Ambassador to
Luxembourg, all of the Department of State, and James
LaGarde Hudson, of the District of Columbia, to be
United States Director of the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development.
S-116, Capitol
NOVEMBER 172:30 p.m.
Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the United States and the G-
20, focusing on remaking the international economic architecture.
SD-419
NOVEMBER 189:30 a.m.
Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine easing the burdens through employment.
SR-4182:30 p.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine managing Federal forests in response to climate change, focusing on natural resource adaptation and carbon sequestration.
SD-366
