Congress

Today in Congress: November 5, 2009

Reuters

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THE SENATE

The Senate convenes at 9:30 a.m. ET. There will be 40 minutes for debate with respect to H.R. 2847, Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations. At 12:15, the Senate will proceed to a cloture vote on the committee reported substitute amendment to H.R. 2847.

Committees

Senate Foreign Relations (2:30 p.m.): 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, Robert R. King, of Virginia, to be Special Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues, with the rank of Ambassador, and Peter Alan Prahar, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia, all of the Department of State. SD-419.

Senate Energy and Natural Resources (2:30 p.m.): Subcommittee on Water and Power - 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.

Senate Judiciary (2 p.m.): Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs - Hearings to examine reducing recidivism at the local level. SD-226 .

Senate Veterans Affairs (10 a.m.): Hearings to examine Veterans' Affairs and Indian Health Service cooperation. SR-418 .

House Judiciary (10 a.m.): 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, Jane Branstetter Stranch, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Benjamin B. Tucker, of New York, to be Deputy Director for State, Local, and Tribal Affairs, Office of National Drug Control Policy, and Kenyen Ray Brown, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, Stephanie M. Rose, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, and Nicholas A. Klinefeldt, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, all of the Department of Justice. SD-226.

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (10 a.m.): Hearings to examine the Employment Non-Discrimination Act. SD-430 .

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (10 a.m.): Hearings to examine business formation and financial crime, focusing on finding a legislative solution. SD-342.

Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs (9:30 a.m.): Hearings to examine the nominations of Steven L. Jacques, of Kansas, to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Public Affairs, Eric L. Hirschhorn, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, and Marisa Lago, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Markets and Development. SD-538 .

Senate Environment and Public Works (9 a.m.): Business meeting to continue consideration of S.1733, to create clean energy jobs, promote energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy. SD-406.

Senate (Select) Intelligence (3 p.m.): Closed hearings to consider certain intelligence matters. S-407 .

THE HOUSE

The House meets at 10:00 a.m. for legislative business. The House will begin consideration of H.R. 2868, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Act of 2009.

Committees

House Ways and Means (10 a.m.): Select Revenue Measures Subc. On foreign bank account reporting and tax compliance. Dept. and public witnesses. B-318 RHOB.

House (Select) Intelligence (2 p.m.): Full Committee. On considering non-committee member requests for access to classified information. HVC-304 Capitol.

House Science and Technology (10 a.m.): Full Committee. On geoengineering and assessing the implications of large-scale climate intervention. Public witnesses. 2318 RHOB.

House Oversight and Government Reform (10 a.m.): Federal Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia Subc. On adapting the postal service to a changing world. 2154 RHOB.

House Natural Resources (10 a.m.): National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands Subc. On pending legislation. 1334 LHOB.

House Judiciary (12:30 p.m.): Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Subc. On H.R. 2811 – To amend Title 18, United States Code, to include constrictor snakes of the species Python genera as an injurious animal. MC’s and public witnesses. 2141 RHOB.

House Financial Services (10 a.m.): Full Committee. Markup of pending legislation. 2128 RHOB.

House Education and Labor (10 a.m.): Healthy Families and Communities Subc. On how to prevent child abuse and improve responses to families in crisis. Public witnesses. 2175 RHOB.

House Armed Services (10:30 a.m.): Oversight and Investigations Subc. On perspectives for U.S. strategy in Iraq and Afghanistan. Dept. and public witnesses. 2226 RHOB.

House Energy and Commerce (11 a.m.): Full Committee. Markup of H.R. 515 – Radioactive Import Deterrence Act. 2123 RHOB.

House Judiciary (10 a.m.): Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security Subc. On the role of federal law enforcement in combating organized retail crime. Dept. and public witnesses. 2141 RHOB.

House Natural Resources (10 a.m.): Energy and Mineral Resources Subc. and Water and Power Subc. Joint hrng. on models for renewable energy siting and transmission. Dept. and public witnesses. 1324 LHOB.

House Natural Resources (2 p.m.): Insular Affairs, Oceans, and Wildlife Subc. 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. 1324 LHOB.

House Oversight and Government Reform (2 p.m.): Information Policy, Census, and National Archives Subc. On the National Archive’s ability to protect the nation’s electronic records. 2154 RHOB.

House (Select) Intelligence (10 a.m.): Oversight and Investigations Subc. On pending legislation. HVC-304 Capitol.

House Transportation and Infrastructure (11 a.m.): Full Committee. Markup of pending legislation. 2167 RHOB.