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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2010-07-20” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D808-D809 on July 19, 2010.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,
JULY 20, 2010
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, business meeting to mark up proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for Energy and Water Development, 4 p.m., SD-
192.
Committee on Armed Services: To hold hearings to examine implementation of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance, to hold hearings to examine continuing oversight on international cooperation to modernize financial regulation, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Foreign Relations: To hold hearings to examine the nominations of James Franklin Jeffrey, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq, Maura Connelly, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon, Gerald M. Feierstein, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen, and Francis Joseph Ricciardone, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, all of the Department of State, 2:30 p.m., SD-
419.
Committee on the Judiciary: Business meeting to consider S. 3397, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for take-back disposal of controlled substances in certain instances, S. 2925, to establish a grant program to benefit victims of sex trafficking, and the nominations of Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, James Michael Cole, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Attorney General, Timothy Q. Purdon, to be United States Attorney for the District of North Dakota, Willie Ransome Stafford III, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of North Carolina, and Arthur Darrow Baylor, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Alabama, all of the Department of Justice, and J. Patricia Wilson Smoot, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission, 10 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Rules and Administration: Business meeting to consider the nomination of William J. Boarman, of Maryland, to be Public Printer, Government Printing Office, 2 p.m., S-216, Capitol.
Select Committee on Intelligence: To hold hearings to examine the nomination of James R. Clapper, of Virginia, to be Director of National Intelligence, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50.
House
Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, hearing to review livestock and related programs at USDA in advance of the 2012 Farm bill, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to review rural development programs in advance of the 2010 Farm bill, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
Committee on Appropriations, to mark up the following: FY 2011 Subcommittee Allocations (302(b)s); FY 2011 Transportation, HUD Appropriations bill; and FY 2011 Military Construction, VA Appropriations bill, 3 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on Modeling and Simulation: Enhancing Military Readiness, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, hearing entitled ``Creating Greater Accounting Transparency for Pensions,'' 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, joint hearing entitled ``The Role of the Interior Department in the Deepwater Horizon Disaster,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled
``Oversight of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: Evaluating Present Reforms and Future Challenges,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology, hearing entitled ``The State of U.S. Coins and Currency,'' 2:30 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight, and the Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health, joint hearing on the Oversight of the Feed the Future Initiative, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, hearing entitled ``Rethinking our Defense Budget: Achieving National Security through Spending,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing on Building a Science of Economics for the Real World, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on Status of U.S.-
flagged Vessels in U.S.-Foreign Trade, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Efforts to Promote the Adoption and Meaningful Use of Health Information Technology, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on the immediate need for charitable assistance in the Gulf Coast region, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
