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Capitol Hill Heads Up: Ryan White CARE & DP Benefits on Tap Today

  

By Michael Cole
October 15th, 2009 at 9:50 am

US-Capitol_PDTwo things to keep on your radar from Capitol Hill today…

First, the Senate Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs Committee chaired by Senator Lieberman will hold a hearing this morning on S. 1102, the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act. The bill would extend equal employment benefits to domestic partners of federal employees — something the President called for in June when signing his memorandum on federal employee benefits.  The hearing begins at 10am in room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building (a live stream will also be available).  HRC President Joe Solmonese submitted written testimony [pdf].

Second, this afternoon the House Energy and Commerce Committee will mark-up the reauthorization of the Ryan White CARE Act (H.R. 3792) at 3pm in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building. The legislation extends the program for another 4 years and it is expected to pass without objection.  The bill was recently introduced and because the program will expire at the end of the month, Congress is moving quickly.  Similar legislation was passed by unanimous consent by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee on September 30th. It’s possible that the full Senate will hear the bill at some point today.


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