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UPDATED:
Homeland Security Committee Schedule
Week
of November 16-20
Current
as of November 16, 2009
Tuesday,
November 17, 2009 @ 2pm
311
Cannon House Office Building
Full Committee
MARKUP
Legislation:
·
H.R.
1517 Engel – to allow
certain U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees who serve
under an overseas limited appointment for at least 2 years,
and whose service is rated fully successful or higher
throughout that time, to be converted to a permanent
appointment in the competitive
service.
·
H.R.
2611 King (NY) – to
amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the
Securing the Cities Initiative of the Department of Homeland
Security.
·
H.R.
3239 Kirkpatrick – to
require the Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation
with the Secretary of State, to submit a report on the effects
of the Merida Initiative on the border security of the United
States.
·
H.R.
3837 Kilroy – The
“Strengthening and Updating Resources and Equipment Act” or
the “SURE Act”
·
H.R.
3963 Lungren – to
provide specialized training to Federal air marshals.
The “Criminal Investigative Training Restoration
Act”.
·
H.R.
3978 Rogers (AL) –
The “First Responder Anti-Terrorism Training Resources
Act”.
·
H.R.
3980 Cuellar – The
“Redundancy Elimination and Enhanced Performance for
Preparedness Grants Act”.
·
H.
Res. 28 Jackson-Lee –
expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the
Transportation Security Administration should, in accordance
with the congressional mandate provided for in the
Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of
2007, enhance security against terrorist attack and other
security threats to our Nation's rail and mass transit
lines.
There
will be a webcast of this
markup
Wednesday,
November 18, 2009 @ 10am
311
Cannon House Office Building
Full Committee
Hearing
“Federal
Protective Service: Will Continuing Challenges Weaken
Transition and Impede
Progress?”
Witnesses
(UPDATED):
Rand Beers, Under
Secretary, National Protection Programs Directorate,
Department of Homeland Security
Mark L. Goldstein,
Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government
Accountability Office
Gary W. Schenkel,
Director, Federal Protective Service, Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, Department of Homeland
Security
Robert A. Peck,
Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, General Services
Administration
David L. Wright,
President, American Federation of Government Employees - Local
918
Stephen D. Amitay,
Federal Legislative Counsel, National Association of Security
Companies
This hearing will
examine continuing challenges faced by the Federal Protective
Service (FPS), key practices which FPS could employ to improve
performance, and the impact that the organizational transfer
of FPS from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to the
National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) will have
on FPS’ governance, function and
accountability.
There
will be a webcast of this
hearing
Wednesday,
November 18, 2009 @ 2pm
311
Cannon House Office Building
Subcommittee on
Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection
Hearing
“Is
the Flying Public Protected? An Assessment of Security at
Foreign Repair Stations”
Witnesses
(UPDATED):
Calvin L. Scovel
III Inspector
General, United
States Department of
Transportation
Cindy Farkus,
Assistant Administrator, Global Strategies, Transportation
Security Administration, U.S. Department of
Homeland Security
J. Randolph
Babbitt, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration,
U.S. Department of
Transportation
Robert Roach, Jr.,
General Vice President of Transportation, International
Association of Machinists & Aerospace
Workers
Robert Gless,
Assistant Director of the Transport Workers Union of
America, Air
Transport Division
Chris Moore,
Chairman, Teamsters Aircraft Mechanics Coalition,
International Brotherhood of
Teamsters
Basil J. Barimo,
Vice President, Operations and Safety, Air Transport
Association of America, Inc.
Christian A. Klein,
Executive Vice President, Aeronautical Repair Station
Association
This hearing will
evaluate security vulnerabilities associated with foreign
repair stations and help Subcommittee Members assess the
Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) proposed
security programs, risk analysis, and forthcoming rulemaking
for oversight of security procedures at foreign repair
stations performing maintenance on commercial
aircraft.
There
will be a webcast of this
hearing
Thursday,
November 19, 2009 @ 10am
311
Cannon House Office Building
Subcommittee on
Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk
Assessment Hearing
“Reassessing
the Evolving al-Qa’ida Threat to the
Homeland”
Witnesses
(UPDATED):
Peter Bergen,
Senior Research Fellow, American Strategy Program and
Co-Director, Counterterrorism Strategy Initiative, New
America
Foundation
Dr. Paul R. Pillar,
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Security Studies
Program, Georgetown University
Dr. Martha
Crenshaw, Senior Fellow, Center for International Security and
Cooperation, Stanford University
Lieutenant General
David W. Barno, Director, Near East South Asia (NESA) Center,
National Defense University
There
will be a webcast of this
hearing
The webcast is
available live,
during a hearing/markup, by clicking here
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