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“CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAMS AHEAD” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1079-D1081 on Nov. 12, 2010.
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CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAMS AHEAD
Week of November 15 through
November 20, 2010
Senate Chamber
On Monday, at 2 p.m., Senate will be in a period of morning business.
On Wednesday, Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3815, Promoting Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles Act, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared legislative and executive business.
Senate Committees
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Committee on Armed Services: November 18, to hold hearings to examine General Claude R. Kehler, USAF, for reappointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, United States Strategic Command, and General Carter F. Ham, USA, for reappointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, United States Africa Command, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 16, business meeting to consider the nomination of Peter A. Diamond, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine mortgage servicing from modification to foreclosure, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: November 17, to hold an oversight hearing to examine Transportation Security Administration, 10 a.m., SR-253.
November 17, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, to hold hearings to examine television viewers, retransmission consent, and the public interest, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
November 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine transition and implementation, focusing on the NASA Authorization Act of 2010, 10 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: November 17, to hold hearings to examine Water Resources Development Act of 2010, focusing on legislative and policy proposals to benefit the economy, create jobs, protect public safety and maintain America's water resources infrastructure, 10 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Finance: November 17, to hold hearings to examine strengthening Medicare and Medicaid, focusing on taking steps to modernize America's health care system, 10 a.m., SD-215.
November 18, Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness, to hold hearings to examine international trade in the digital economy, 1 p.m., SD-215.
Committee on Foreign Relations: November 17, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Thomas R. Nides, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources, 10 a.m., SD-419.
November 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United States global competitiveness and national economic security, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: November 17, business meeting to consider S. 3817, to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978, and the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988 to reauthorize the Acts, S. 3199, to amend the Public Health Service Act regarding early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of hearing loss, S. 3036, to establish the Office of the National Alzheimer's Project, S. 1275, to establish a National Foundation on Physical Fitness and Sports to carry out activities to support and supplement the mission of the President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, H.R. 5710, to amend and reauthorize the controlled substance monitoring program under section 399O of the Public Health Service Act, H.R. 2941, to reauthorize and enhance Johanna's Law to increase public awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers, S. 259, to establish a grant program to provide vision care to children, and the nominations of Anthony Bryk, of California, Robert Anacletus Underwood, of Guam, Beverly L. Hall, of Georgia, and Kris D. Gutierrez, of Colorado, all to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
November 18, Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold hearings to examine the state of the American child, focusing on securing our children's future, 10:30 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: November 16, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine security clearance reform, focusing on setting a course for sustainability, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
November 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine closing the gaps in air cargo security, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
November 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine securing critical infrastructure in the age of Stuxnet, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
November 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Eugene Louis Dodaro, of Virginia, to be Comptroller General of the United States, 2 p.m., SD-342.
November 18, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, to hold hearings to examine the need for effective oversight of reconstruction contracts in Afghanistan, 3:30 p.m., SD-342.
Committee on Indian Affairs: November 18, business meeting to consider pending calendar business; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine H.R. 4347, to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide further self-governance by Indian tribes, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.
Committee on the Judiciary: November 17, to hold hearings to examine Violence Against Women Act's (VAWA) transitional housing programs to victims of domestic and sexual violence, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
November 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Max Oliver Cogburn, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, Marco A. Hernandez, and Michael H. Simon, both to be United States District Judge for the District of Oregon, and Steve C. Jones, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, and Michele Marie Leonhart, of California, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement, Patti B. Saris, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission, and Stacia A. Hylton, of Virginia, to be Director of the United States Marshals Service, Vice John F. Clark, resigned, all of the Department of Justice, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
November 18, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 3675, to amend chapter 11 of title 11, United States Code, to address reorganization of small businesses, S. 2888, to amend section 205 of title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualifying law school students participating in legal clinics from the application of the general conflict of interest rules under such section, S. 3804, to combat online infringement, S. 3728, to amend title 17, United States Code, to extend protection to fashion design, S. 1598, to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system, and the nominations of Robert Neil Chatigny and Susan L. Carney, both of Connecticut, both to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Amy Totenberg, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, James Emanuel Boasberg and Amy Berman Jackson, both to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, James E. Shadid and Sue E. Myerscough, both to be United States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois, James E. Graves, Jr., of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Paul Kinloch Holmes III, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, Anthony J. Battaglia, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of California, Edward J. Davila, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, and Diana Saldana, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, and Frank Leon-Guerrero, to be United States Marshal for the District of Guam and concurrently United States Marshall for the District of the Northern Mariana Islands, Kenneth F. Bohac, to be United States Marshal for the Central District of Illinois for term of four years, William Conner Eldridge, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, all of the Department of Justice, and Wilfredo Martinez, of Florida, Chase Theodora Rogers, of Connecticut, Marsha Ternus, of Iowa, and Isabel Framer, of Ohio, all to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the State Justice Institute, 10 a.m., SD-226.
November 18, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, to hold hearings to examine women's rights, focusing on United States ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
(CEDAW), 2 p.m., SD-226.
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: November 18, to hold hearings to examine assessing the regulatory and administrative burdens on America's small businesses, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
Select Committee on Intelligence: November 18, to receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
House Committees
Committee on Financial Services, November 16, Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, hearing entitled ``The Global Financial Crisis and Financial Reforms in Nigeria,'' 3 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
November 18, Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Robo-Signing, Chain of Title, Loss Mitigation and Other Issues in Mortgage Servicing,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, November 17, hearing on the Transition to a Civilian-Led U.S. Presence in Iraq: Issues and Challenges, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
November 17, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and Global Environment, hearing on the Emerging Importance of the U.S.-Central Asia Partnership, 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, November 18, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, hearing on Faith-
Based Initiatives: Recommendations of the President's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Community Partnerships and other Current Issues, 10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Science and Technology, November 17, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on A Rational Discussion of Climate Change: the Science, the Evidence, the Response, 10:30 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, November 15, Adjudicatory Subcommittee, to hold a hearing in the Matter of Representative Charles B. Rangel, 9 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, November 17, executive, briefing on Counterterrorism Update, 4 p.m., 304-HVC.
November 18, meeting to consider Subcommittee Report, 304-HVC.
