Friday, October 30, 2009
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Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10945-S10962
Measures Introduced: Eighty-seven bills were introduced, as follows: S.
2521-2607.
Pages S10959-61
Measures Reported:
S. 1194, to reauthorize the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2010 and
2011, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No.
111-95)
Page S10959
Unemployment Compensation Extension Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent
agreement was reached providing that at 4 p.m. on Monday, November 2,
2009, Senate resume consideration of H.R. 3548, to amend the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the temporary
availability of certain additional emergency unemployment compensation,
and that the filing deadline for first-degree amendments be 3 p.m.,
Monday, November 2, 2009, and the filing deadline for second degree-
amendments be 4 p.m., Monday, November 2, 2009.
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Messages from the House:
Page S10959
Enrolled Bills Presented:
Page S10959
Executive Communications:
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Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S10961-62
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Page S10962
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 12:17 p.m.,
until 2 p.m. on Monday, November 2, 2009. (For Senate's program, see
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page
S10962.)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
No committee meetings were held.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
The House was not in session today. The House is scheduled to meet at
12:30 p.m. on Monday, November 2, 1009.
Committee Meetings
OVERDRAFT PROTECTION ACT OF 2009
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing entitled ``The
Overdraft Protection Act of 2009.'' Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
NEW PUBLIC LAWS
(For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D1259)
H.R. 621, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in
commemoration of the centennial of the establishment of the Girl Scouts
of the United States of America. Signed on October 29, 2009. (Public
Law 111-86)
S. 1793, to amend title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act to
revise and extend the program for providing life-saving care for those
with HIV/AIDS. Signed on October 30, 2009. (Public Law 111-87)
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CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD
Week of November 2 through November 7, 2009
Senate Chamber
On Monday, at approximately 4 p.m., Senate will resume consideration
of H.R. 3548, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, and vote on the
motion to invoke cloture on Reid (for Baucus/Reid) Amendment No. 2712,
in the nature of a substitute, at 5 p.m.
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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 5, 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, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: November 4,
Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to
hold hearings to examine the future of ocean governance, focusing on
building national ocean policy, 10 a.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: November 4,
Subcommittee on National Parks, 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, 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, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
November 5, Subcommittee on Water and Power, 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, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
Committee on Finance: November 4, 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, 10 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on Foreign Relations: November 4, 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, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
November 5, Full Committee, 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, 2:30
p.m., SD-419.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: November 3,
to hold hearings to examine increasing health costs facing small
businesses, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
November 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the
Employment Non-Discrimination Act, 10 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: November
4, 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
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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'', 10 a.m.,
SD-342.
November 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine business
formation and financial crime, focusing on finding a legislative
solution, 10 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on Indian Affairs: November 4, to hold an oversight
hearing to examine the Federal acknowledgment process, 2:15 p.m.,
SD-628.
Committee on the Judiciary: November 4, 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, 2 p.m., SD-226.
November 5, Full Committee, 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, and Kenyen Ray Brown, to be
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama,
Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
November 5, Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, to hold hearings to
examine reducing recidivism at the local level, 2 p.m., SD-226.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: November 5, to hold hearings to
examine Veterans' Affairs and Indian Health Service cooperation, 10
a.m., SR-418.
Select Committee on Intelligence: November 3, to receive a closed
briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the
intelligence community, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
November 5, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to consider
certain intelligence matters, 3 p.m., S-407, Capitol.
House Committees
Committee on Armed Services, November 5, Subcommittee on Oversight
and Investigations, hearing on Iraq and Afghanistan: Perspectives on
U.S. Strategy, Part II, 10:30 a.m., 2226 Rayburn.
Committee on Education and Labor, November 5, Subcommittee on
Healthy Families and Communities, hearing on Preventing Child Abuse
and Improving Responses to Families in Crisis, 10 a.m., 2175
Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, November 3, Subcommittee on
Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection, hearing entitled ``The NFL
StarCaps Case: Are Sports' Anti-Doping Programs At A Legal
Crossroads?'' 11:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
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November 3, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, to mark up
H.R. 515, Radioactive Import Deterrence Act, 9:30 a.m., 2123
Rayburn.
November 4, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer
Protection and the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and
the Internet, joint hearing on Driven To Distraction: Technological
Devices and Vehicles Safety, 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
November 4, Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on
Oversight and Investigations, joint hearing entitled ``H1N1
Preparedness: An Overview of Vaccine Production and Distribution,''
2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, November 3, to continue
consideration of the October 1, Discussion Draft of the Investor
Protection Act of 2009 (to be reported as H.R. 3817, To provide the
Securities and Exchange Commission with additional authorities to
protect investors from violations of the securities laws); and to
consider the following: an Amendment in the nature of a substitute
October 16, 2009, to H.R. 2609, Federal Insurance Office Act of
2009; a Committee Print (October 29, 2009) of the Financial
Stability Improvement Act of 2009; and H.R. 3904, Overdraft
Protection Act, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, November 4, hearing on Copenhagen
and Beyond: Is There a Successor to the Kyoto Protocol? 10 a.m.,
2172 Rayburn.
Committee on Homeland Security, November 3, Subcommittee on
Emergency Communications, Preparedness and Response, to mark up the
following measures: H.R. 3837, Strengthening and Updating Resources
and Equipment Act or SURE Act; the Identifying Redundancies and
Developing Performance Metrics Act; and the First Responder Anti-
Terrorism Resources Act, 1 p.m., 331 Cannon.
Committee on the Judiciary, November 4, to mark up the following
measures: H.R. 3845, USA PATRIOT Amendments Act of 2009; H.R. 984,
State Secret Protection Act of 2009; and H. Res. 871, Directing the
Attorney General to transmit to the House of Representatives certain
documents, records, memos, correspondence, and other communications
regarding medical malpractice reform, 12:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
November 5, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland
Security, hearing on Combating Organized Retail Crime--The Role of
Federal Law Enforcement, 10 a.m., followed by a hearing on H.R.
2811, To amend title 18, United States Code, to include constrictor
snakes of the species Python genera as an injurious animal, 12 p.m.,
2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Natural Resources, November 4, hearing on the
following bills: H.R. 3742, To amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to
reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land
into trust for Indian tribes; and H.R. 3697, To amend the Act of
June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the
Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes, 10 a.m., 1324
Longworth.
November 5, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources and the
Subcommittee on Water and Power, joint oversight hearing entitled
``Getting Past Gridlock: Models for Renewable Energy Siting and
Transmission,'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
November 5, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife,
hearing on H.R. 3940, To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to
extend grants and other assistance to facilitate a political status
public education program for the people of Guam, 2 p.m., 1324
Longworth.
November 5, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public
Lands, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 765, Nellis Dunes
National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation Area Act of 2009; H.R. 1769,
Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork
Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act; H.R. 2476, Ski Area Recreational
Opportunity Enhancement Act of 2009; H.R. 3388, Petersburg National
Battlefield Boundary Modification Act; H.R. 3603, To rename the
Ocmulgee National Monument; H.R. 3759, BLM Contract Extension Act;
and H.R. 3804, National Park Service Authorities and Corrections Act
of 2009, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, November 3,
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District
of Columbia, hearing entitled ``Managing the Thrift Savings Plan to
Thrive,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
November 4, Subcommittee on Government Management, Organizations,
and Procurement, oversight hearing entitled ``Protecting
Intellectual Property Rights in a Global Economy: Current Trends and
Future Challenges,'' 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
November 5, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and
the District of Columbia, hearing entitled ``More than Stamps:
Adapting the Postal Service to a Changing World,'' 10 a.m., 2154
Rayburn.
November 5, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and the
National Archives, hearing entitled ``The National Archives' Ability
to Safeguard the Nation's Electronic Records,'' 2 p.m., 2154
Rayburn.
Committee on Rules, November 3, to consider the following bills:
H.R. 2868, Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009; and H.R.
3639, Expedited CARD Reform for Consumers Act of 2009, 3 p.m., H-313
Capitol.
Committee on Science and Technology, November 4, Subcommittee on
Technology and Innovation, to mark up Cybersecurity Coordination and
Awareness Act, 10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
November 5, full Committee, hearing on Geoengineering: Assessing
the Implications of Large-Scale Climate Intervention, 10 a.m., 2318
Rayburn.
Committee on Small Business, November 4, hearing entitled ``Small
Businesses and the Estate Tax: Identifying Reforms to Meet the Needs
of Small Firms and Family Farmers,'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, November 4,
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Recovery
Act: Progress Report on Water Resources Infrastructure Investment,
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, November 5, Subcommittee on
Economic Opportunity, hearing on Adaptive Housing Grants, 1 p.m.,
334 Cannon.
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Committee on Ways and Means, November 5, Subcommittee on Select
Revenue Measures, hearing on Foreign Bank Account Reporting and Tax
Compliance, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, November 4, executive,
briefing on Department of Defense Quarterly Update, 3 p.m., 304 HVC.
November 5, full Committee, business meeting to consider non-
committee member requests for access to classified information, 2
p.m., 304 HVC.
November 5, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations,
executive, briefing on Peru, 10:30 a.m., 304 HVC.
Joint Meetings
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: November 3, to
hold hearings to examine life in a Russian newsroom, 11 a.m., 1539
Longworth Building.
Joint Economic Committee: November 6, to hold hearings to examine
the employment situation for October 2009, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
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Next Meeting of the SENATE
2 p.m., Monday, November 2
Senate Chamber
Program for Monday: After the transaction of any morning business (not
to extend beyond 4 p.m.), Senate will resume consideration of H.R.
3548, Unemployment Compensation Extension Act, and after a period of
debate, vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Reid (for Baucus/Reid)
Amendment No. 2712, in the nature of a substitute, at 5 p.m.
Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
12:30 p.m., Monday, November 2
House Chamber
Program for Monday: To be announced.