08-NOV-2009 12:00 AM Today SSEV15Environment and Public Works Water and Wildlife Subcommittee 09-NOV-2009 03:00 PM Monday SD-406 S.1816 S.1311 Hearings to examine S.1816, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to improve and reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Program, and S.1311, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to expand and strengthen cooperative efforts to monitor, restore, and protect the resource productivity, water quality, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Mexico. SSFR00Foreign Relations 10-NOV-2009 09:00 AM Tuesday SD-419 TD111-01 TD110-19 TD111-03 TD110-23 TD111-04 Hearings to examine protocol Amending the Convention between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the French Republic for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital, signed at Paris on August 21, 1994, as Amended by the Protocol signed on December 8, 2004, signed January 13, 2009, at Paris, together with a related Memorandum of Understanding, signed January 13, 2009 (Treaty Doc.111-04), protocol Amending the Convention between the United States of America and New Zealand for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion With Respect to Taxes on Income, signed on December 1, 2008, at Washington (Treaty Doc.111-03), convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Malta for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, signed on August 8, 2008, at Valletta (Treaty Doc.111-01), treaty between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, signed at Kigali on February 19, 2008 (Treaty Doc.110-23), and international Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, adopted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations on November 3, 2001, and signed by the United States on November 1, 2002 (the "Treaty") (Treaty Doc.110-19). SSBU00Budget 10-NOV-2009 09:30 AM Tuesday SD-608 Hearings to examine bipartisan process proposals for long-term fiscal stability. SSHR09Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Children and Families Subcommittee 10-NOV-2009 09:30 AM Tuesday SD-430 Hearings to examine H1N1 and paid sick days. SSBK09Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Housing, Transportation and Community Development 10-NOV-2009 10:00 AM Tuesday SD-538 Hearings to examine ending veterans' homelessness. SSEG00Energy and Natural Resources 10-NOV-2009 10:00 AM Tuesday SD-366 Hearings to examine policy options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. SSFI00Finance 10-NOV-2009 10:00 AM Tuesday SD-215 Hearings to examine climate change legislation, focusing on considerations for future jobs. SSGA00Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 10-NOV-2009 10:00 AM Tuesday SD-342 PN1055 PN960 Hearings to examine the nominations of Erroll G. Southers, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, and Daniel I. Gordon, of the District of Columbia, to be Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy. SSJU00Judiciary 10-NOV-2009 10:00 AM Tuesday SD-226 Hearings to examine strengthening our criminal justice system, focusing on extending the Innocence Protection Act. SSFR00Foreign Relations 10-NOV-2009 10:30 AM Tuesday SVC-217 To receive a briefing on Sudan. SSFR00Foreign Relations 10-NOV-2009 02:15 PM Tuesday S-116 S.1739 S.1067 TD110-21 H.Con.Res.36 PN650 PN1025 S.1524 PN873 PN1042 PN872 PN956 Business meeting to consider S.1524, to strengthen the capacity, transparency, and accountability of United States 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, proposed legislation deploring the rape and assault of women in Guinea and the killing of political protesters, 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, Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, adopted at The Hague on November 23, 2007, and signed by the United States on that same date (Treaty Doc.110-21), 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, and routine lists in the Foreign Service. SLIN00Intelligence 10-NOV-2009 02:30 PM Tuesday S-407 Closed hearings to consider certain intelligence matters. SSBK00Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs 10-NOV-2009 03:00 PM Tuesday SD-538 Hearings to examine protecting consumers from overdraft fees, focusing on the Fairness and Accountability in Receiving Overdraft Coverage Act. SSAF00Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 17-NOV-2009 10:30 AM Tuesday SD-562 Hearings to examine reauthorization of the United States child nutrition programs, focusing on opportunities to fight hunger and improve child health. SSFR09Foreign Relations African Affairs Subcommittee 17-NOV-2009 10:30 AM Tuesday SD-419 Hearings to examine United States counterterrorism priorities and strategy across Africa's Sahel region. SSFR00Foreign Relations 17-NOV-2009 02:30 PM Tuesday SD-419 Hearings to examine the United States and the G-20, focusing on remaking the international economic architecture. SSAF00Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry 18-NOV-2009 09:30 AM Wednesday SD-106 Hearings to examine reforming the United States financial market regulation. SSVA00Veterans' Affairs 18-NOV-2009 09:30 AM Wednesday SR-418 Hearings to examine easing the burdens through employment. SSEG03Energy and Natural Resources Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee 18-NOV-2009 02:30 PM Wednesday SD-366 Hearings to examine managing Federal forests in response to climate change, focusing on natural resource adaptation and carbon sequestration. SSEG00Energy and Natural Resources 19-NOV-2009 10:00 AM Thursday SD-366 Hearings to examine environmental stewardship policies related to offshore energy production.