10/21/09 2:00 PMLocation : SD-226
Hearings to examine the nominations of Jane Branstetter Stranch, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, and Benjamin B. Tucker, of New York, to be Deputy Director for State, Local, and Tribal Affairs, Office of
National Drug Control Policy.
Location : SD-430
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Craig Becker, of Illinois, Mark Gaston Pearce, of New York, and Brian Hayes, of Massachusetts, all to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, Rolena Klahn Adorno, of Connecticut, and Marvin
Krislov, of Ohio, both to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities, and Gloria Valencia-Weber, of New Mexico, Julie A. Reiskin, of Colorado, Martha L. Minow, of Illinois, John Gerson Levi, of Illinois, and Robert James Grey, Jr., of
Virginia, all to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services
Corporation.
10/21/09 9:30 AMLocation : SR-418
Hearings to examine S.977, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide improved benefits for veterans who are former prisoners of war, S.1109, to provide veterans with individualized notice about available benefits, to streamline application
processes or the benefits, S.1118, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for an increase in the amount of monthly dependency and indemnity compensation payable to surviving spouses by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, S.1155, to amend
title 38, United States Code, to establish the position of Director of Physician Assistant Services within the office of the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for health, S.1204, to amend the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Programs
Enhancement Act of 2001 to require the provision of chiropractic care and services to veterans at all Department of Veterans Affairs medical centers, S.1237, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the grant program for homeless veterans
with special needs to include male homeless veterans with minor dependents and to establish a grant program for reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless veterans with children, S.1302, to provide for the introduction of
pay-for-performance compensation mechanisms into contracts of the Department of Veterans Affairs with community-based outpatient clinics for the provisions of health care services, S.1394, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to acknowledge
the receipt of medical, disability, and pension claims and other communications submitted by claimants, S.1427, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a Hospital Quality Report Card Initiative to report on health care quality in
Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers, S.1429, to establish a commission on veterans and members of the Armed Forces with post traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, or other mental health disorders, to enhance the capacity of
mental health care providers to assist such veterans and members, to ensure such veterans are not discriminated against, S.1444, to amend title 38, United States Code, to clarify the meaning of "combat with the enemy" for purposes
of service-connection of disabilities, S.1467, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide coverage under Traumatic Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance for adverse reactions to vaccinations administered by the Department of Defense, S.1483,
to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Alexandria, Minnesota, as the "Max J. Beilke Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic", S.1518, to amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish hospital
care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, while the water was contaminated at Camp Lejeune, S.1531, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish within the Department of
Veterans Affairs the position of Assistant Secretary for Acquisition, Logistics, and Construction, S.1547, to amend title 38, United States Code, and the United States Housing Act of 1937 to enhance and expand the assistance provided by the
Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Housing and Urban Development to homeless veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness, S.1556, to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to permit facilities of the Department of Veterans
Affairs to be designated as voter registration agencies, S.1607, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for certain rights and benefits for persons who are absent from positions of employment to receive medical treatment for
service-connected disabilities, and S.1668, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of certain active duty service in the reserve components as qualifying service for purposes of Post-9/11 Educational Assistance Program,
and any pending calendar business.
