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This Week in Congress
Congressional Schedule: Week of June 15, 2009SenateFloor Schedule | | Monday | Monday, June 15, 1:45 p.m. The Senate will reconvene Monday, June 15, at 1:45 p.m. and proceed to a period of morning business. There will be no roll call votes. | | Tuesday | Tuesday, June 16, Time TBA Note The Senate will be in session. | |
Hearings & Markups | | Tuesday | Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Hearing, Sustainable Development and Economic Growth Date Tuesday, June 16, 9:30 a.m. Place 538 Dirksen Bldg. · Ray LaHood - secretary of Transportation · Shaun Donovan - secretary of Housing and Urban Development -Lisa P. Jackson - administrator, EPA | | | | Senate Finance Committee Hearing, Taxes and Climate Change Date Tuesday, June 16, 10 a.m. Place 215 Dirksen Bldg. · Gary Hufbauer - senior fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics · Keith Butler - senior vice president of tax, Duke Energy -Mark Price - principal-in-charge, Financial Institutions and Products, Washington National Tax, KPMG LLP | | | | | | Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia Hearing, Pandemic Flu Preparedness and the Federal Workforce Date Tuesday, June 16, 10 a.m. Place 342 Dirksen Bldg. | | | | | | | | Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Markup, Comprehensive Energy Policy Topic Oil and gas development; public lands renewable energy deployment; carbon capture, transportation and storage; energy needs of U.S. territories; energy markets; policy studies and reports; cleared amendments from previously considered titles Date Tuesday, June 16, 10:15 a.m. Place 366 Dirksen Bldg. | | | | | | | | | | Wednesday | Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Markup, Comprehensive Energy Policy Topic Oil and gas development; public lands renewable energy deployment; carbon capture, transportation and storage; energy needs of U.S. territories; energy markets; policy studies and reports; cleared amendments from previously considered titles Date Wednesday, June 17, 9 a.m. Place 366 Dirksen Bldg. | | | | | | Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security Hearing, Aviation Safety and Air Carrier Oversight Date Wednesday, June 17, 10 a.m. Place 253 Russell Bldg. | | | | | | Senate Special Aging Committee Hearing, Social Security Issues Date Wednesday, June 17, 2 p.m. Place 216 Hart Bldg. | | | | | | Thursday | Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee Hearing, Financial Regulatory Overhaul Date Thursday, June 18, 9:30 a.m. Place 216 Hart Bldg. -Timothy F. Geithner - secretary of the Treasury | | | | | | Senate Judiciary Committee Markup, Judiciary Bills Date Thursday, June 18, 10 a.m. Place 226 Dirksen Bldg. · S 417 — State Secrets Protection Act · S 257 — Consumer Credit Fairness Act · S 448 — Free Flow of Information Act of 2009 · S 369 — Preserve Access to Affordable Generics Act -S 1107 — Judicial Survivors Protection Act of 2009 | | | | | | Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security Hearing Freight Transportation Issues Date Thursday, June 18, 2:30 p.m. Place 253 Russell Bldg. · Larry "Butch" Brown - executive director, Mississippi Department of Transportation and member, Coalition for America's Gateways and Trade Corridors · Richard Roper - director, Planning Department Port Authority of New York and New Jersey · Rick Gabrielson - director, International Transportation, Target Corp. · Matt Rose - commissioner, National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission and chairman, president, and CEO, BNSF Railway · John Clancy - chairman, North America, Maersk Inc. | | | | | | | |
| | House of RepresentativesFloor Schedule | | | | | Monday | Monday, June 15, 2 p.m. The House will reconvene at 2 p.m. for legislative business and is expected to take up several measures under suspension of the rules. Votes are expected at 6:30 p.m. Agenda S 615 — A bill to provide additional personnel authorities for the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction. -HR 2247 — Congressional Review Act Improvement Act | | Tuesday | Tuesday, June 16, Noon The House will reconvene at 12 p.m. for legislative business and is expected to take up the conference report on the fiscal 2009 supplemental appropriations bill (HR 2346) as well as several measures under suspension of the rules. · HR 403 — Homes for Heroes Act of 2009 · S 614 — A bill to award a Congressional gold medal to the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). · HR 1674 — National Consumer Cooperative Bank Act Amendments of 2009 · HR 2346 — Fiscal 2009 War Supplemental Appropriations | | | | Wednesday | Wednesday, June 17, 10 a.m. The House will reconvene at 10 a.m. for legislative business and is expected to consider a bill (HR 2847) that would provide fiscal 2010 funding for the departments of Commerce and Justice, and for several science agencies. -HR 2847 — Fiscal 2010 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations | | | | Thursday | Thursday, June 18, 10 a.m. The House will reconvene at 10 a.m. for legislative business and is expected to consider a bill that would provide fiscal 2010 funding for the Homeland Security Department. The bill does not yet have a number. | | | | | Friday | Friday, June 19, 9 a.m. The House may be in session. |
Hearings & Markups | | Tuesday | House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises Hearing, Systemic Risk and Insurance Date Tuesday, June 16, 10 a.m. Place 2128 Rayburn Bldg. | | | | House Homeland Security Committee Hearing, Chemical Security Date Tuesday, June 16, 10 a.m. Place 311 Cannon Bldg. · Sue Armstrong - director, Infrastructure Security Compliance Division, Office of Infrastructure Protection, Department of Homeland Security · Paul Baldauf - assistant director, Radiation Protection and Release Prevention, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection · Marty Durbin - vice president, Federal Affairs, American Chemistry Council · Neal Langerman - principle scientist and CEO, Advanced Chemical Safety Inc. -Martin Jeppeson - director of regulatory affairs, California Ammonia Co. | | | | House Science and Technology Subcommittee on Energy and Environment Subcommittee Markup, Energy and Environment Legislation Topic Legislation TBA Date Tuesday, June 16, 10 a.m. Place 2318 Rayburn Bldg. | | | | House Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity Hearing, Energy Efficient Buildings Date Tuesday, June 16, 3 p.m. Place 2128 Rayburn Bldg. -HR 2336 — Green Resources for Energy Efficient Neighborhoods Act of 2009 (GREEN) Act of 2009 | | | | Wednesday | House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Markup, Retirement and Pension Bills Date Wednesday, June 17, 10:30 a.m. Place 2175 Rayburn Bldg. · HR 1984 — 401(k) Fair Disclosure for Retirement Security Act of 2009 -HR 1988 — Conflicted Investment Advice Prohibition (CIAPA) Act of 2009 | | | | Thursday | House Budget Committee Hearing, Statutory PAYGO Date Thursday, June 18, 10:30 a.m. Place 210 Cannon Bldg. · Peter R. Orszag - director, Office of Management and Budget | | | | House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Domestic Policy Hearing, Workers' Compensation for Contractors in War Zones Date Thursday, June 18, 2 p.m. Place 2154 Rayburn Bldg. | | | | | House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Hearing, Export Administration Act Date Thursday, June 18, 2 p.m. Place 2172 Rayburn Bldg. · John Engler - president and CEO, National Association of Manufacturers, and former governor of Michigan · Arthur Shulman - senior research associate, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control -Owen Herrnstadt - director, Trade and Globalization Policy, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers | | | | Friday | House Budget Committee Hearing, Economic Case for Health Overhaul Date Friday, June 19, 10 a.m. Place 210 Cannon Bldg. | | | | | | | | | | |
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