[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 12 (Thursday, January 27, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D54-D55]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of January 31 through February 5, 2011

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 2 p.m., Senate will be in a period of morning business.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Armed Services: February 3, to hold hearings to 
examine United States policy toward Iraq, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on the Budget: February 1, to hold hearings to examine 
the U.S. economic outlook, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  February 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine tax 
reform, focusing on fiscal responsibility, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  February 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine challenges 
for the United States economic recovery, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 1, to hold 
hearings to examine the American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 
2011, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  February 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the energy 
and oil market outlook for the 112th Congress, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 2, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine public health and drinking water 
issues, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  February 3, Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental 
Health, to hold hearings to examine assessing the effectiveness of 
United States chemical safety laws, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: February 3, to hold hearings to examine the 
status of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 1, to hold hearings to 
examine Iraq, focusing on transitioning to a civilian mission, 10 
a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 3, 
to hold hearings to examine simplifying security, focusing on 
encouraging better retirement decisions, 2 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: February 
1, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, to hold hearings to 
examine improving Federal contract auditing, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  February 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
catastrophe preparedness, focusing on FEMA, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 1, to hold hearings to 
examine foreclosure mediation programs, focusing on if bankruptcy 
courts can limit homeowner and investor losses, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  February 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  February 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Caitlin Joan Halligan, of New York, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, Kathleen 
M. Williams, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Florida, and Mae A. D'Agostino, of [] to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of New York, and 
Timothy J. Feighery, of New York, to be Chairman of the Foreign 
Claims Settlement Commission of the United States, Department of 
Justice, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  February 3, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 23, to 
amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform, S. 
193, to extend the sunset of certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT 
Act, and the nominations of James E. Graves, Jr., of Mississippi, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Amy Totenberg, 
and Steve C. Jones, both to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Georgia, James Emanuel Boasberg, and Amy Berman 
Jackson, both to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Columbia, Paul Kinloch Holmes III, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, Anthony J. Battaglia, to 
be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
California, Edward J. Davila, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of California, Diana Saldana, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas,

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Max Oliver Cogburn, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of North Carolina, Marco A. Hernandez, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Oregon, Susan L. Carney, 
of Connecticut, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second 
Circuit, and Michael H. Simon, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Oregon, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: February 3, 
organizational business meeting to consider committee's rules of 
procedure and budget for the 112th Congress, 10 a.m., SR-428A.


                            House Committees

  No committee meetings are scheduled.