Volume 156, No. 47 covering the 2nd Session of the 111th Congress (2009 - 2010) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D334-D336 on March 24, 2010.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill entitled, ``Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010'', with amendments.
APPROPRIATIONS: GUARD AND RESERVE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the Guard and Reserve, after receiving testimony from General Craig R. McKinley, Chief, National Guard Bureau, Major General Raymond W. Carpenter, Director, Army National Guard, Lieutenant General Harry M. Wyatt III, Director, Air National Guard, Lieutenant General Jack Stultz, Chief, Army Reserve, Vice Admiral Dirk Debbink, Chief, Navy Reserve, Lieutenant General John F. Kelley, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve and Marine Forces North, and Lieutenant General Charles E. Stenner, Jr., Chief, Air Force Reserve, all of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the Office of Personnel Management, after receiving testimony from John Berry, Director, Office of Personnel Management.
MILITARY HEALTH SYSTEM PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a hearing to examine Military Health System programs, policies, and initiatives in review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2011 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from Senator Cardin; and Charles L. Rice, President, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Performing the duties of the Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, and Acting Director, and Rear Admiral C.S. Hunter, USN, Deputy Director, both of TRICARE Management Activity, Lieutenant General Eric B. Schoomaker, Surgeon General of the United States Army, and Commander, U.S. Army Medical Command, Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson, Jr., MC, USN, Surgeon General of the Navy, Lieutenant General Charles B. Green, Surgeon General of the Air Force, and Rear Admiral Richard R. Jeffries, USN, Medical Officer of the United States Marine Corps, all of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 773, to ensure the continued free flow of commerce within the United States and with its global trading partners through secure cyber communications, to provide for the continued development and exploitation of the Internet and intranet communications for such purposes, to provide for the development of a cadre of information technology specialists to improve and maintain effective cybersecurity defenses against disruption, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2881, to provide greater technical resources to FCC Commissioners, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1252, to promote ocean and human health and for other purposes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2870, to establish uniform administrative and enforcement procedures and penalties for the enforcement of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and similar statutes;
S. 2871, to make technical corrections to the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act; and
The nominations of Robert J. Papp, Jr., to be Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security, Larry Robinson, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, Earl F. Weener, of Oregon, to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety Board, Michael F. Tillman, of California, and Daryl J. Boness, of Maine, both to be a Member of the Marine Mammal Commission, and Jeffrey R. Moreland, of Texas, to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of Directors, and a promotion list in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Corps and the U.S. Coast Guard.
TRANSPORTATION POLICY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine opportunities to improve energy security and the environment through transportation policy, after receiving testimony from John D. Porcari, Deputy Secretary of Transportation; Regina A. McCarthy, Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Larry F. Greene, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, Sacramento, California; and Deron Lovaas, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Douglas V. Siglin, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and Richard Kolodziej, Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NVGAmerica), all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Major General Robert A. Harding, United States Army (Retired), of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
HOMELESSNESS AMONG VETERANS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine Veterans' Affairs plan for ending homelessness among veterans, after receiving testimony from Pete Dougherty, Director, Homeless Programs, and Lisa Pape, Acting Director, Mental Health Homeless and Residential Rehabilitation Treatment Programs, both of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Raymond Jefferson, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training Service; Mark Johnston, Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Community Planning and Development; Sandra A. Miller, The Philadelphia Veterans Multi-Service
& Education Center, Inc., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Sam Tsemberis, Pathways to Housing, Inc., New York, New York; and Arnold Shipman, Baltimore, Maryland.
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