Each week while Congress is in session the Office of Advocacy will post a highlights schedule of congressional hearings and committee markups that we think will be of interest to stakeholders in the small business community. For further information on the hearings in question please contact the relevant congressional committee.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
9:00 am Markup
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee markup of pending legislation, S.1733, Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act
Where: 366 Dirksen
Website:
9:30 am Markup
House Financial Services Committee mark up of pending legislation
Agenda/Bill Text:
H.R. 3817, Investor Protection Act of 2009
H.R. ____, A bill to eliminate systemic risk and provide for prudential bank overhaul
Where: 2128 Rayburn
Webcast:
9:30 am Markup
House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Environment markup of pending legislation, H.R. 515, Radioactive Import Deterrence Act
Where: 2123 Rayburn
Webcast:
2:30 pm Hearing
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on “Increasing Health Costs Facing Small Businesses.”
Purpose: The hearing will explore the toll high health care costs take on America’s small businesses, how those costs affect their ability to compete and how this burden can be reduced.
Witnesses: Art Cullen, editor, The Storm Lake Times, Storm Lake, IA; Walter Rowen, President, Susquehanna Glass Company, Columbia, PA; Sandy Praeger, Commissioner, Kansas Department of Insurance, Topeka, KS; Doug Holtz-Eakin, President, DHE Consulting LLC, and Fellow, Manhattan Institute; Karen Bender, Actuary, Oliver Wyman, Milwaukee, WI; Jonathan Gruber, Professor of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Where: 430 Dirksen
Webcast:
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
9:30 am Markup
House Financial Services Committee mark up of pending legislation
Agenda/Bill Text:
H.R. 3817, Investor Protection Act of 2009
H.R. ____, A bill to eliminate systemic risk and provide for prudential bank overhaul
H.R. ___, Amendment in the nature of a substitute to HR 2609, Federal Insurance Office Act of 2009
H.R. 3904, Overdraft Protection Act of 2009
Where: 2128 Rayburn
Webcast:
9:30 am Hearing
House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement hearing on trends and challenges in protecting intellectual property rights in a global economy
Where: 2154 Rayburn
Webcast:
10:00 am Hearing
House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment hearing on Recovery Act: Progress Report on Water Infrastructure Investment
Where: 2167 Rayburn
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1:00 pm Hearing
House Small Business Committee hearing on “Small Businesses and the Estate Tax: Identifying Reforms to Meet the Needs of Small Firms and Family Farmers”
Purpose: The hearing will analyze current issues surrounding the estate tax and their impact on family farms and small businesses. The Committee will review ways to improve current laws to ensure that family-owned firms can continue to grow and prosper for current and future generations.
Where: 2360 Rayburn
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2:00 pm Confirmation Hearing
Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on pending judicial and executive branch nominations, including Victoria Angelica Espinel to be intellectual property enforcement coordinator, Executive Office of the President
Where: 226 Dirksen
Webcast:
Thursday, November 5, 2009
9:30 am Markup
House Financial Services Committee mark up of pending legislation
Agenda/Bill Text:
H.R. 3817, Investor Protection Act of 2009
H.R. ____, A bill to eliminate systemic risk and provide for prudential bank overhaul
H.R. ___, Amendment in the nature of a substitute to HR 2609, Federal Insurance Office Act of 2009
H.R. 3904, Overdraft Protection Act of 2009
Where: 2128 Rayburn
Webcast:
10:00 am Hearing
House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures hearing on non-compliance by U.S. taxpayers with foreign bank accounts, rules regarding foreign trusts with U.S. beneficiaries and certain U.S. dividend equivalent payments to foreign persons to avoid U.S. taxes
Bill Text: H.R. 3933, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of 2009
Where: 1100 Longworth
Webcast:
10:00 am Hearing
Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on “The Employment Non-Discrimination Act: Ensuring Opportunity for All Americans”
Where: 430 Dirksen
Webcast:
10:00 am Markup
Senate Judiciary Committee markup of pending legislation
Agenda includes:
S. 1490, Personal Data Privacy and Security Act of 2009
S. 139, Data Breach Notification Act
S. 1624, Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2009
S. 1147, Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act of 2009
Where: 226 Dirksen
Webcast:
10:00 am Hearing
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on “Business Formation and Financial Crime: Finding a Legislative Solution”
Where: 342 Dirksen
Webcast:
Friday, November 6, 2009
9:30 am Markup
House Financial Services Committee mark up of pending legislation
Agenda/Bill Text:
H.R. ____, A bill to eliminate systemic risk and provide for prudential bank overhaul
H.R. ___, Amendment in the nature of a substitute to HR 2609, Federal Insurance Office Act of 2009
H.R. 3904, Overdraft Protection Act of 2009
Where: 2128 Rayburn
Webcast:
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
10:00 am Hearing
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on policy options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Where: 366 Dirksen
Webcast:
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