[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2653-E2654]
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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 Thursday, October 29, 2009 may be found in the
Daily Digest of today's Record.

MEETINGS SCHEDULED

NOVEMBER 3
11 a.m.
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
To hold hearings to examine life in a Russian newsroom.
1539, Longworth Building
2:30 p.m.
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine increasing health costs
facing small businesses.
SD-430
Intelligence
To receive a closed briefing on certain intelligence
matters from officials of the intelligence community.
S-407, Capitol

NOVEMBER 4
10 a.m.
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 our national ocean
policy.
SR-253
2 p.m.
Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine certain nominations.
SD-226
2:15 p.m.
Indian Affairs
To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Federal
acknowledgment process.
SD-628
2:30 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,
Department of State.
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, 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 5
10 a.m.
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
Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine Veterans' Affairs and Indian
Health Service cooperation.
SR-418
2 p.m.
Judiciary
Crime and Drugs Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine reducing recidivism at the
local level.
SD-226
2:30 p.m.
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-366
Intelligence
To hold closed hearings to consider certain intelligence
matters.
S-407, Capitol

NOVEMBER 10
10 a.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine policy options for reducing
greenhouse gas emissions.
SD-366
2:15 p.m.
Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider S. 1524, to strengthen the
capacity, transparency, and accountability of United
States

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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 18
9:30 a.m.
Veterans' Affairs
To hold hearings to examine easing the burdens through
employment.
SR-418
2:30 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