Wednesday, October 7, 2009
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Daily Digest
Highlights
House agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 2997,
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10171-S10255
Measures Introduced: Four bills and three resolutions were introduced,
as follows: S. 1759-1762, S. Res. 307-308, and S. Con. Res. 46.
Page S10217
Measures Passed:
Government Charge Card Abuse Prevention Act: Senate passed S. 942, to
prevent the abuse of Government charge cards.
Pages S10243-45
Pilot College Work Study Programs for Veterans Act: Committee on
Veterans' Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R.
1037, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to conduct a five-
year pilot project to test the feasibility and advisability of
expanding the scope of certain qualifying work-study activities under
title 38, United States Code, and the bill was then passed, after
striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof,
the text of S. 728, to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance
veterans' insurance benefits, Senate companion measure, after agreeing
to the following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S10245-54
Bennet (for Akaka) Amendment No. 2654, to improve the bill.
Page S10251
National Runaway Prevention Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 308,
recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of National Runaway
Prevention Month.
Pages S10254-55
Measures Considered:
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act--
Agreement: Senate resumed consideration of H.R. 2847, making
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and
Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2010, taking action on the following amendment proposed thereto:
Pages S10181-S10212
Withdrawn:
McCain Amendment No. 2629, to prohibit the use of funds appropriated
under this Act for the purpose of preventing individuals, wholesalers,
or pharmacists from importing certain prescription drugs.
Pages S10182-88, S10192
Rejected:
Vitter Amendment No. 2630, to prohibit funds from being used in
contravention of section 642(a) of the Illegal Immigration Reform and
Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996. (By 61 yeas to 38 nays (Vote No.
316), Senate tabled the amendment.)
Pages S10207-08, S10209-10
Pending:
Vitter/Bennett Amendment No. 2644, to provide that none of the funds
made available in this Act may be used for collection of census data
that does not include a question regarding status of United States
citizenship.
Pages S10192-95
Johanns Amendment No. 2393, prohibiting the use of funds to fund the
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN).
Page S10207
Bunning Amendment No. 2653, to require that all legislative matters
be available and fully scored by CBO 72 hours before consideration by
any subcommittee or committee of the Senate or on the floor of the
Senate.
Pages S10208-09
Levin/Coburn Amendment No. 2627, to ensure adequate resources for
resolving thousands of offshore tax cases involving hidden accounts at
offshore financial institutions.
Page S10210
Durbin Modified Amendment No. 2647, to require the Comptroller
General to review and audit Federal funds received by ACORN.
Pages S10210-12
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A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m., on Thursday,
October 8, 2009.
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Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
Paul Joseph Fishman, of New Jersey, to be United States Attorney for
the District of New Jersey for the term of four years.
Page S10255
Nomination Received: Senate received the following nomination:
Patrick Gallagher, of Maryland, to be Director of the National
Institute of Standards and Technology.
Page S10255
Messages from the House:
Pages S10215-16
Enrolled Bills Presented:
Page S10216
Executive Communications:
Pages S10216-17
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S10217
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S10217-18
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S10218-23
Additional Statements:
Pages S10213-15
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S10223-27
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
Pages S10227-28
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
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Privileges of the Floor:
Page S10228
Text of H.R. 3326 as previously passed:
Pages S10228-43
Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--316)
Page S10210
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:02 p.m.,
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, October 8, 2009. (For Senate's program,
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page
S10255.)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SECURITIZATION OF ASSETS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Securities, Insurance and Investment concluded a hearing to examine
securitization of assets, focusing on problems and solutions, after
receiving testimony from Patricia A. McCoy, University of Connecticut
School of Law Insurance Law Center, Hartford; George P. Miller,
American Securitization Forum, Andrew Davidson, Andrew Davidson and Co,
and J. Christopher Hoeffel, Commercial Mortgage Securities Association,
all of New York, New York; and William W. Irving, Fidelity Investments,
Smithfield, Rhode Island.
SATELLITE HOME VIEWER EXTENSION AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2004
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Communications and Technology concluded a hearing to examine
reauthorization of the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and
Reauthorization Act of 2004, after receiving testimony from Robert
Gabrielli, DIRECTV, Inc., El Segundo, California; Stanton Dodge, DISH
Network L.L.C., Englewood, Colorado; Paul A. Karpowicz, Meredith
Broadcasting Group, Rocky Hill, Connecticut; and Lonna Thompson,
Association of Public Television Stations, Arlington, Virginia.
CIVILIAN NUCLEAR COOPERATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South
and Central Asian Affairs concluded a hearing to examine the proposed
agreement between the United States and the United Arab Emirates on
civilian nuclear cooperation, after receiving testimony from Vann Van
Diepen, Acting Assistant Secretary for International Security and
Nonproliferation, and Janet Sanderson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Near Eastern Affairs, both of the Department of State; and Harold
McFarlane, Deputy Associate Laboratory Director for Nuclear Science and
Technology, Idaho National Laboratory, Department of Energy, on behalf
of the International Nuclear Energy Academy.
AL-QAEDA AND AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to
examine Al-Qaeda, focusing on Afghanistan, after receiving testimony
from Peter Bergen, New American Foundation, Marc Sageman, Foreign
Policy Research Institute, and Bob Grenier, all of Washington, D.C.
2010 CENSUS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine the
2010 census, focusing on a status update of key decennial operations,
the delivery of key IT systems, preliminary findings on the results of
address canvassing and the lessons learned from that operation that can
be applied to subsequent field operations, and the Bureau's progress in
improving its cost estimation abilities, after receiving testimony from
Robert M. Groves, Director, United States Census Bureau, and Todd J.
Zinser, Inspector General, both of the Department of Commerce; and
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Robert Goldenkoff, Director, Strategic Issues, Government
Accountability Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered
favorably reported the nominations of M. Patricia Smith, of New York,
to be Solicitor, Joseph A. Main, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary
for Mine Safety and Health, and William E. Spriggs, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Secretary for Policy, all of the Department of Labor, and
Regina M. Benjamin, of Alabama, to be Surgeon General of the Public
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.
WORKPLACE FAIRNESS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine
workplace fairness, after receiving testimony from Michael Foreman,
Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law Civil Rights
Appellate Clinic, University Park; Michael W. Fox, Ogletree, Deakins,
Nash, Smoak, and Stewart, P.C., Austin, Texas; Mark A. de Bernardo,
Jackson Lewis, LLP, Washington D.C., on behalf of the Council for
Employment Law Equity; Jamie Leigh Jones, Spring, Texas; and Jack
Gross, Des Moines, Iowa.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine
the nominations of Barbara Milano Keenan, of Virginia, to be United
States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, who was introduced by
Senators Webb and Warner, Laurie O. Robinson, of the District of
Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice,
who was introduced by Senator Specter, and Ketanji Brown Jackson, of
Maryland, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission,
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 22 public bills, H.R. 3736-
3757; and 9 resolutions, H. Res. 804-807, 809-813, were introduced.
Pages H11110-11
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages H11111-12
Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
Conference report on H.R. 2647, to authorize appropriations for
fiscal year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense,
for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department
of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal
year, to provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the
Armed Forces, and to expand concurrent receipt of military retirement
and VA disability benefits to disabled military retirees (H. Rept. 111-
288) and
H. Res. 808, providing for consideration of the conference report to
accompany the bill (H.R. 2647) to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2010 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for
military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of
Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year,
to provide special pays and allowances to certain members of the Armed
Forces, and to expand concurrent receipt of military retirement and VA
disability benefits to disabled military retirees (H. Rept. 111-289).
Pages H10565-H11052, H11078, H11110
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Rev. Dr. Vaughn
Baker, Christ United Methodist Church, Fort Worth, Texas.
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Recess: The House recessed at 11:52 a.m. and reconvened at 12:16 p.m.
Page H10539
Privileged Resolution--Intent to Offer: Representative Carter announced
his intent to offer a privileged resolution.
Pages H10540-42
Privileged Resolution: Representative Carter rose to a question of the
privileges of the House and offered H. Res. 805, raising a question of
the privileges of the House. Subsequently, Representative Crowley moved
to refer the resolution to the Committee on Standards of Official
Conduct and the motion was agreed to by a recorded vote of 246 ayes to
153 noes with 19 voting ``present'', Roll No. 759, after agreeing to
order the previous question by a recorded vote of 243 ayes to 156 noes
with 19 voting ``present'', Roll No. 758.
Pages H10542-44
Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules
and agree to the following measures which were debated on Tuesday,
October 6th:
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Recognizing the Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve as a unique and precious
ecosystem: H. Res. 701, to recognize the Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve
as a unique and precious ecosystem, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 325
yeas to 93 nays, Roll No. 760 and
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Honoring the people of Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and the Flight 93
Ambassadors for their efforts in creating the Flight 93 temporary
memorial: H. Res. 795, to honor the people of Shanksville,
Pennsylvania, and the Flight 93 Ambassadors for their efforts in
creating the Flight 93 temporary memorial and to encourage the
completion of the National Park Service Flight 93 National Memorial by
the 10th anniversary of September 11, 2001, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote
of 426 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 763.
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Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the
following measures:
Authorizing major medical facility leases for the Department of
Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2010: S. 1717, to authorize major
medical facility leases for the Department of Veterans Affairs for
fiscal year 2010;
Pages H10559-61
Rex E. Lee Post Office Building Designation Act: 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'';
Pages H10561-62
Clyde Hichborn Post Office Designation Act: H.R. 2174, to designate
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 18 Main
Street in Howland, Maine, as the ``Clyde Hichborn Post Office'';
Pages H10562-63
Kingman and Heritage Islands Act of 2009: H.R. 2092, amended, to
amend the National Children's Island Act of 1995 to expand allowable
uses for Kingman and Heritage Islands by the District of Columbia; and
Pages H10563-65
Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to
H.R. 1035, with an amendment: H. Res. 806, to provide for the
concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1035, with an
amendment, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 358 yeas to 66 nays, Roll No.
762.
Pages H11052-61, H11077-78
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following
measures under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were
postponed:
Proclaiming Casimir Pulaski to be an honorary citizen of the United
States posthumously: H.J. Res. 26, to proclaim Casimir Pulaski to be an
honorary citizen of the United States posthumously;
Pages H10545-50
Service Members Home Ownership Tax Act of 2009: H.R. 3590, to amend
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the first-time homebuyers
credit in the case of members of the Armed Forces and certain other
Federal employees; and
Pages H10550-54
Providing for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to
H.R. 1016, with amendment: H. Res. 804, to provide for the concurrence
by the House in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1016, with amendment.
Pages H10554-59
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010--Conference Report: The House
agreed to the conference report to accompany H.R. 2997, making
appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2010, by a yea-and-nay vote of 263 yeas to 162
nays, Roll No. 761.
Pages H10528-40, H11061-77
H. Res. 799, the rule providing for consideration of the conference
report, was agreed to by a recorded vote of 241 ayes to 178 nays, Roll
No. 757, after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay
vote of 237 yeas to 180 nays, Roll No. 756.
Pages H10589-40
Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 807, electing a
minority member to a standing committee: Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform: Representative Cao.
Page H11078
Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page
H10539.
Senate Referrals: S. Con. Res. 45 was referred to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs.
Page H10539
Quorum Calls--Votes: Five yea-and-nay votes and three recorded votes
developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H10539,
H10540, H10543-44, H10544, H10545, H11076-77, H11077 and H11078. There
were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:38 p.m.
Committee Meetings
FARM BILL CONSERVATION TITLE IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy
and Research held a hearing to
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review implementation of the conservation title of the 2008 Farm Bill.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Dave
White, Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service; and Jonathan
Coppess, Administrator, Farm Service Agency.
U.S. GREEN TECHNOLOGY TRADE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and
Consumer Protection held a hearing entitled ``Growing U.S. Trade in
Green Technology.'' Testimony was heard from Mary Saunders, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Manufacturing Services, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
BREAST CANCER MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing
on the following bills: H.R. 1740, Breast Cancer Education and
Awareness Requires Learning Young Act of 2009; H.R. 1691, Breast Cancer
Patient Protection Act of 2009; H.R. 2279, Eliminating Disparities in
Breast Cancer Treatment Act of 2009; H.R. 995, Mammogram and MRI
Availability Act of 2009; and H.R. 2042, Better Screening Test for
Women Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives DeLauro, Nadler and
Wasserman Schultz; Stephen Taplin, M.D., Chief, Applied Cancer
Screening Research Branch, Division of Cancer Control and Population
Science, National Cancer Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human
Services; and public witnesses.
OVER-THE-COUNTER DERIVATIVE MARKET REFORM
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing entitled `` Reform of
the Over-the-Counter Derivative Market: Limiting Risk and Ensuring
Fairness.'' Testimony was heard from Gary Gensler, Chairman, CFTC;
Henry Hu, Director, Division of Risk, Strategy, and Financial
Innovation, SEC; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported, as amended, the following
bills: H.R. 1478, Carmelo Rodriguez Military Medical Accountability Act
of 2009; and H.R. 1110, PHONE Act of 2009.
The Committee began consideration of H.R. 42, Commission on Wartime
Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent Act
2009.
NATIVE AMERICAN GRAVES PROTECTION
Committee on Natural Resources: Held an oversight hearing entitled
``Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA).''
Testimony was heard from Dan Wenk, Deputy Director, National Park
Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
MEDICAID PEDIATRIC DENTAL REFORM DEAMONTE DRIVER DEATH
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Domestic
Policy held a hearing entitled ``Medicaid's Efforts to Reform Since the
Preventable Death of Deamonte Driver: A Progress Report.'' Testimony
was heard from Cindy Mann, Director, Center for Medicaid and State
Operations, State of Maryland; Katherine Iritani, Assistant Director,
Health Issues, GAO; Mary G. McIntyre, M.D., Medical Director, Office of
Clinical Standards and Quality, Medicaid Agency, State of Alabama; and
public witnesses.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2010--CONFERENCE
REPORT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a non-record vote, a rule providing for
consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 2647, the
``National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010.'' The rule
waives all points of order against the conference report and against
its consideration. The rule provides that the conference report shall
be considered as read. Finally, the rule provides that the previous
question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motion
except one hour of debate and one motion to recommit, if applicable.
Testimony was heard from Chairman Skelton and Representative McKeon.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Science and Technology: Ordered reported, as amended, the
following bills: H.R. 3650, Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research
and Control Amendments Act of 2009; H.R. 3585, Solar Technology Roadmap
Act; and H.R. 3598, Energy and Water Research Integration Act.
FIRST-TIME HOMEBUYER'S TAX CREDIT
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing entitled ``The State of the
Nation's Housing Sector: An Examination of the First Time Buyer's
Credit and Future Policies to Sustain a Recovery.'' Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
QUALIFICATIONS--CREDENTIALING OF MARINERS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Coast
Guard and Maritime Transportation held a hearing on Qualifications and
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Credentialing of Mariners: A Continuing Examination. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the U.S. Coast Guard, Department
of Homeland Security: RADM Kevin Cook, Director, Prevention Policy; and
CAPT David C. Stalfort, Commanding Officer, National Maritime Center.
DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES TAX INCENTIVES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures
held a hearing on tax incentives for distressed communities. Testimony
was heard from Nelson Bregon, General Deputy Assistant Secretary,
Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban
Development; and public witnesses.
BRIEFING--PERU UPDATE
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Oversight
and Investigations met in executive session to receive a briefing on
Peru Update. The Subcommittee was briefed by departmental witnesses.
Joint Meetings
HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between
the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 2892, making
appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2010.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2009
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings
to examine the future of the mortgage market and the housing
enterprises, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to
consider any pending nominations; to be immediately followed by a
hearing to examine the nominations of Marcia K. McNutt, of
California, to be Director of the United States Geological Survey,
Department of the Interior, and Arun Majumdar, of California, to be
Director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department
of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold hearings to
examine S. 522, to resolve the claims of the Bering Straits Native
Corporation and the State of Alaska to land adjacent to Salmon Lake
in the State of Alaska and to provide for the conveyance to the
Bering Straits Native Corporation of certain other public land in
partial satisfaction of the land entitlement of the Corporation
under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, S. 865 and H.R. 1442,
bills to provide for the sale of the Federal Government's
reversionary interest in approximately 60 acres of land in Salt Lake
City, Utah, originally conveyed to the Mount Olivet Cemetery
Association under the Act of January 23, 1909, S. 881, to provide
for the settlement of certain claims under the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act, S. 940, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to
convey to the Nevada System of Higher Education certain Federal land
located in Clark and Nye counties, Nevada, S. 1272, to provide for
the designation of the Devil's Staircase Wilderness Area in the
State of Oregon, to designate segments of Wasson and Franklin Creeks
in the State of Oregon as wild or recreation rivers, and S. 1689, to
designate certain land as components of the National Wilderness
Preservation System and the National Landscape Conservation System
in the State of New Mexico, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the
nominations of William E. Kennard, of the District of Columbia, to
be Representative to the European Union, with the rank and status of
Ambassador, Cynthia Stroum, of Washington, to be Ambassador to
Luxembourg, John F. Tefft, of Virginia, a Career Member of the
Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor, to be
Ambassador to Ukraine, and Michael C. Polt, of Tennessee, a Career
Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-Counselor,
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, all of the Department
of State, and James Legarde Hudson, of the District of Columbia, to
be United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction
and Development, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
Committee on the 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. 1692, to extend the sunset of certain provisions of the
USA PATRIOT Act and the authority to issue national security
letters, S. 369, to prohibit brand name drug companies from
compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic
drug into the market, S. 379, to provide fair compensation to
artists for use of their sound recordings, and the nominations of
Jacqueline H. Nguyen and Dolly M. Gee, both to be a United States
District Judge for the Central District of California, and Edward
Milton Chen and Richard Seeborg, both to be a United States District
Judge for the Northern District of California, and Brendan V.
Johnson, to be United States Attorney for the District of South
Dakota, Karen Louise Loeffler, to be United States Attorney for the
District of Alaska, and Steven Gerard O'Donnell, to be United States
Marshal for the District of Rhode Island, all of the Department of
Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security, to hold
hearings to examine comprehensive immigration reform, focusing on
faith-based perspectives, 3 p.m., SD-226.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the
Department of Defense and Veterans' Affairs response to certain
military exposures, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.
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Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to
consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
House
Committee on Armed Services, Defense Acquisition Reform Panel,
hearing on the Department of Defense's Rapid Acquisition Process: Is
It a Model for Improving Acquisition? 8 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Healthy Families
and Communities, hearing to Examining Innovative Practices to
Improve Child Nutrition, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications,
Technology, and the Internet, to mark up the following bills: H.R.
1147, Local Community Radio Act of 2009; H.R. 1084, Commercial
Advertisement Loudness Mitigation Act; H.R. 1258, Truth in Caller ID
Act of 2009; and H.R. 3633, To allow the funding for the
interoperable emergency communications grant program established
under the Digital Television Transition and Public Safety Act of
2005 to remain available until expended through fiscal year 2012,
and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, hearing on the following bills:
H.R. 2382, Credit Card Interchange Fees Act of 2009; and H.R. 3639,
Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2128
Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing
entitled ``The Future of the Federal Housing Administration's
Capital Reserves: Assumptions, Predictions and Implications for
Homebuyers,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil
Rights and Civil Liberties, hearing on Civil Rights Under Fire:
Recent Supreme Court Decisions, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy, hearing on H.R.
3596, Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009,
11:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Research and
Science Education, hearing on Investing in High-Risk, High-Reward
Research, 1 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Finance and Tax, to
mark up the following measures: the Small Business Credit Expansion
and Loan Markets Stabilization Act; the Job Creation and Economic
Development Through CDC Modernization Act of 2009; Small Business
Microlending Expansion Act of 2009; the Small Business Investment
Company Modernization and Improvement Act of 2009; the Enhanced New
Markets and Expanded Investment in Renewable Energy for Small
Manufacturers Act of 2009; H.R. 3014, Small Business Health
Information Technology Financing Act; the Small Business Early Stage
Investment Act of 2009; and the Small Business Disaster Readiness
and Reform Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on the following bills:
H.R. 761, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the
eligibility of parents of certain deceased veterans for interment in
national cemeteries; H.R. 3485, Veterans Pensions Protection Act;
H.R. 2243, Surviving Spouses' Benefit Improvement Act of 2009; H.R.
3544, National Cemeteries Expansion Act of 2009; and draft
legislation, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, to mark up the following
bills: H.R. 2696, Servicemembers' Rights Protection Act; H.R. 1182,
Military Spouses Residence Relief Act; H.R. 2416, To require the
Department of Veterans Affairs to use purchases of goods or services
through the Federal supply schedules for the purpose of meeting
certain contracting goals for participation by small business
concerns owned and controlled by veterans, including veterans with
service-connected disabilities; H.R. 2461, Veterans Small Business
Verification Act; H.R. 2614, Veterans' Advisory Committee on
Education Reauthorization Act of 2009; and H.R. 2874, Helping Active
Duty Deployed Act of 2009, 1 p.m., 334 Cannon.
Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Income Security and
Family Support, hearing to evaluate the response of ``safety net''
programs during the recession, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on
Afghanistan Center of Excellence, 1 p.m., 304 HVC.
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Next Meeting of the SENATE
9:30 a.m., Thursday, October 8
Senate Chamber
Program for Thursday: After the transaction of any morning business
(not to extend beyond one hour), Senate will continue consideration of
H.R. 2847, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act.
Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10 a.m., Thursday, October 8
House Chamber
Program for Thursday: Consideration of the conference report to
accompany H.R. 2647--National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2010 (Subject to a Rule).