Category: Week at a Glance

Monday, 7/6

In the Senate:

• The Senate will resume consideration of a Legislative Branch appropriations bill (HR 2918).  Vote on final passage is expected today.
• Appropriations subcommittee will mark up draft legislation for FY10 appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans Affairs.
• Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions will mark up draft legislation for Affordable Health Choices Act.

The House is not in session.

 Tuesday, 7/7

In the Senate:

• Full Committee on Appropriations will mark up legislation for FY10 for Agriculture and Military Construction-Veterans Affairs.
• Subcommittee of Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs will hold a hearing on “Public Transit and Climate Change.”

 In the House:

• Will convene at 2:00 pm to consider several measures under suspension of the rules.
• The Full Committee on Appropriations will mark up FY 2010 appropriations for Energy and Water, and Financial Services.

Wednesday, 7/8

In the Senate:

• Appropriations Subcommittees will mark up legislation for FY10 for Energy and Water Development and Financial Services.
• Full Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will mark up bills on transportation, technology, and environment
• Finance Committee will hold a full committee hearing on “International Trade, Climate Change.”

Thursday, 7/9

In the House:

• Will convene at 10:00 am to consider HR 2997, Fiscal 2010 Agriculture Appropriations.

 Friday, 7/10

In the House:

• Will convene at 9:00 am and is expected to consider HR 3081, Fiscal 2010 State-Foreign Operations Appropriations, and HR 3082, Fiscal 2010 Military Construction-VA Appropriations.
• Appropriations Subcommittee will mark up FY 2010 appropriations for Labor-HHS-Education.

 Source: CQ Today

Congress is in recess this week.  The Senate will reconvene Monday, July 6th and the House will reconvene Tuesday, July 7th. 

Next week the Senate Appropriations (Full) Committee will mark up the FY2010 Agriculture  and Military Construction appropriations.   The full committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions will continue its markup on Health Care Overhaul.

In the House, the full Appropriations Committee will mark up FY2010 Energy and Water, Financial Services, and Labor-HHS-Education.

Source: CQ Today Print Edition

Monday

• The House is not in session.
• The Senate will consider S 1023, Promoting U.S. tourism
• Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions marks up draft health care legislation

Tuesday

IN THE HOUSE

• The House will consider (among other legislation):

HR 762            Patent number validation

HR 1945          Tule River water development

S 407               Veterans’ cost of living

HR 1172          VA scholarship Web site

HR 1016          Veterans’ health care budget

HR 1211          Women veterans’ health care

H Res 543        Home Safety Month

HR 1511          Torture victims relief

HR 1752          House salaries payday

S 1298             Homeland Security spending

• Appropriations marks up draft Military Construction-VA and State-Foreign Operations spending bills.
• Homeland Security marks up chemical facility security legislation, HR 2868

IN THE SENATE

• Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions marks up draft health care legislation
• Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee marks up portions of the defense authorization bill.
• Armed Services Airland Subcommittee marks up portions of the defense authorization bill
• Armed Services Strategic Forces Subcommittee marks up portions of the defense authorization bill.
• Armed Services Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee marks up portions of the defense authorization bill.
• Armed Services Seapower Subcommittee marks up portions of the defense authorization bill

Wednesday

IN THE HOUSE

• The House will consider

HR 2892          Homeland Security spending

HR 2647          Defense authorization

Draft                Interior-Environment spending

• Science and Technology Committee marks up energy research legislation. HR 2729; HR 1622
• Transportation and Infrastructure Highways and Transit Subcommittee marks up the draft surface transportation authorization bill.
• Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on a health care overhaul.

IN THE SENATE

• Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions marks up draft health care legislation
• Armed Services Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee marks up portions of the defense authorization bill.
• Armed Services marks up the draft defense authorization bill. 

Thursday:

IN THE HOUSE

• Energy-Water Appropriations Subcommittee marks up its draft spending bill.

IN THE SENATE

• Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committeemarks up draft health care legislation
• Armed Services Committee marks up the draft defense authorization bill.
• Judiciary Committee marks up bills on state secrets, S 417; consumer credit, S 257; free flow of information, S 448; and generic-drug affordability, S 369.
• Appropriations Committee marks up the draft Interior-Environment and Commerce-Justice-Science spending bills.

Friday

IN THE SENATE

• Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee marks up draft health care legislation
• Armed Services Committee marks up the draft defense authorization bill.

Monday, June 8^th

·        Senate resumes consideration of HR 1256, Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.  A cloture vote on a substitute amendment to the bill is expected. 

·        The House will take up several measures under suspension of the rules.

HR 1736 — International Science and Technology Cooperation   

Act of 2009

HR 1709 — STEM Education Coordination Act of 2009

H Res 492 — A resolution supporting the goals and ideals of High-Performance Building Week.

Tuesday, June 9^th

·        The House considers measures under suspension of the rules.

·        The Senate Appropriations subcommittees (Financial Services and General Government Labor; HHS; Education) hearings on proposed FY10 appropriations.

·        Subcommittee of the Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee hearing on the “Future Economic Role of Oceans.”

·        Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources markup of the Comprehensive Energy Policy.

·        House Appropriations markup of FY10 appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and 302(B).

·        House Committee on Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing on “Allowance Allocation Policies in Climate Change Legislation” and on “Green Marketing Practices.”

Wednesday, June 10^th

·        House is expected to consider HR 2410 that would authorize the State Department and other diplomatic programs in FY10.

Thursday, June 11^th

·        House is expected to consider HR 1886, the Pakistan Enduring Assistance and Cooperation Enhancement (PEACE) Act.

·        Senate Appropriations subcommittees (Military Construction, Veterans; Transportation-HUD) hearings on proposed FY10 appropriations.

·        Subcommittee of Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation hearing on the 2010 NOAA budget.

·        Senate Committee on Indian Affairs hearing on Indian health care

·        House Agriculture Committee hearing on climate change.  

·        House Appropriations Subcommittee markup of FY10 proposed funding for Interior.

Friday, June 12^th

·        The House will reconvene at 9 a.m. and continue legislative business from the previous day.