Volume 155, No. 159 covering the 1st 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 D1253-D1255 on Oct. 29, 2009.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HOUSING FOR SENIORS AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community Development concluded a hearing to examine modernizing affordable housing for seniors and people with disabilities, after receiving testimony from Representative Christopher Murphy; Ann O'Hara, Technical Assistance Collaborative, Boston, Massachusetts, on behalf of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities; Michelle Norris, American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging, Columbus, Ohio; Toby Halliday, National Housing Trust, and Sheila Crowley, National Low Income Housing Coalition, both of Washington, D.C.; and J. Michael Jones, Brick, New Jersey.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill entitled ``Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability and Divestment Act of 2009''.
Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions: Senators Johnson (Chair), Reed, Schumer, Bayh, Menendez, Akaka, Tester, Kohl, Merkley, Bennet, Crapo, Bennett, Johanns, Hutchison, Bunning DeMint, and Gregg.
Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development: Senators Menendez (Chair), Johnson, Reed, Schumer, Akaka, Brown, Tester, Kohl, Warner, Merkley, Vitter, Hutchison, Crapo, Corker, DeMint, Johanns, and Gregg.
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment: Senators Reed
(Chair), Johnson, Schumer, Bayh, Menendez, Akaka, Brown, Warner, Bennet, Dodd, Bunning, Gregg, Bennett, Crapo, Corker, Vitter, and Johanns.
Subcommittee on Economic Policy: Senators Brown (Chair), Tester, Merkley, Dodd, and DeMint.
Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance: Senators Bayh (Chair), Kohl, Warner, Bennet, Dodd, Corker, and Bennett.
PERFORMANCE-INFORMED BUDGETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine performance-informed budgeting, focusing on opportunities to reduce cost and improve service, after receiving testimony from Jeffery D. Zients, Chief Performance Officer and Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget; Michael Barber, McKinsey and Company, London, United Kingdom; and Paul L. Posner, George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security concluded a hearing to examine reauthorization of the National Transportation Safety Board, focusing on implementing leading management practices and addressing human capital and training center issues, after receiving testimony from Deborah A.P. Hersman, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; and Gerald L. Dillingham, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability Office.
LAND BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests concluded a hearing to examine S. 555, to provide for the exchange of certain land located in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests in the State of Colorado, S. 607, to amend the National Forest Ski Area Permit Act of 1986 to clarify the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture regarding additional recreational uses of National Forest System land that are subject to ski area permits, S. 721, to expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the State of Washington, to designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild and scenic rivers, S. 1122, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with State foresters authorizing State foresters to provide certain forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration and protection services, S. 1328 and H.R. 689, bills to provide for the exchange of administrative jurisdiction over certain Federal land between the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management, S. 1442, to amend the Public Lands Corps Act of 1993 to expand the authorization of the Secretaries of Agriculture, Commerce, and the Interior to provide service-learning opportunities on public lands, establish a grant program for Indian Youth Service Corps, help restore the Nation's natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, recreational, and scenic resources, train a new generation of public land managers and enthusiasts, and promote the value of public service, and H.R. 129, to authorize the conveyance of certain National Forest System lands in the Los Padres National Forest in California, after receiving testimony from Robert G. Stanton, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Policy and Program Management; Joel Holtrop, Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Bill Crapser, Wyoming State Forestry Division, Cheyenne; Rusty Gregory, Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort, Mammoth Lakes, California, on behalf of the National Ski Areas Association; Ryan Bidwell, Colorado Wild, Durango; and Cassandra Moseley, University of Oregon Institute for a Sustainable Environment, Eugene.
CLEAN ENERGY JOBS AND AMERICAN POWER ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 1733, to create clean energy jobs, promote energy independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a clean energy economy, after receiving testimony from Linda Adams, California Environmental Protection Agency Secretary, and Mike McKeever, Sacramento Area Council of Governments, both of Sacramento, California; Preston Chiaro, Rio Tinto, London, United Kingdom; John W. Rowe, Exelon Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; Willett Kempton, University of Delaware Center for Carbon-free Power Integration, Newark; Robert Winger, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, East Helena, Montana; Fred Krupp, Environmental Defense Fund, New York, New York; Mike Carey, Ohio Coal Association, Columbus, Ohio; Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, Sherry Boehlert, Bipartisan Policy Center, William Millar, American Public Transportation Association, John D. Podesta, Center for American Progress Action Fund, Ned Helme, Center for Clean Air Policy, Jonathan Lash, World Resources Institute, Iain Murray, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Dave Johnson, Laborers' International Union of North America, David G. Hawkins, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Paul N. Cicio, Industrial Energy Consumers of America, all from Washington, D.C.; Barbara Windsor, Hahn Transportation, New Market, Maryland, on behalf of the American Trucking Associations, Inc.; Stephan Dolezalek, VantagePoint Venture Partners, San Bruno, California; Eugene M. Trisko, United Mine Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Berkeley Springs, West Virginia; and Matt Smorch, CountryMark, Indianapolis, Indiana.
FEDERAL CYBER DEFENSE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine Federal cyber defense, focusing on the concerted effort needed to improve Federal performance measures, after receiving testimony from former Representative Tom Davis; Vivek Kundra, Federal Chief Information Officer, Administrator for Electronic Government and Information Technology, Office of Management and Budget; Gregory C. Wilshusen, Director, Information Security Issues, Government Accountability Office; and John Streufert, Chief Information Security Officer, Deputy Chief Information Officer for Information Security, Bureau of Information Resource Management, Department of State.
RETIREMENT SECURITY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine helping workers preserve retirement security through a recession, focusing on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's process for determining the amount of benefits to be paid, and PBGC's recoupment process when the estimated benefit provided is too high and a retiree receives an overpayment that must be repaid, after receiving testimony from Barbara D. Bovbjerg, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security, Government Accountability Office; Bruce Gump, Delphi Salaried Retiree Association, Warren, Ohio; David R. Jury, United Steelworkers International Union, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Richard Jones, Hewitt Associates, LLC, Lincolnshire, Illinois; Ronald Peterson, Johns Hopkins Health System and Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Ron Gebhardtsbauer, Pennsylvania State University, University Park; and Randy G. DeFrehn, National Coordinating Committee for Multiemployer Plans, and Karen D. Friedman, Pension Rights Center, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Barbara Milano Keenan, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, and Carmen Milagros Ortiz, to be United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, and Edward J. Tarver, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, both of the Department of Justice.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of David C. Gompert, of Virginia, to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence.
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