[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 22 (Friday, February 11, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D102-D105]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of February 14 through February 19, 2011

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at approximately 2 p.m., Senate will resume consideration 
of S. 223, FAA Air Transportation Modernization and Safety Improvement 
Act. At 4:30 p.m., Senate will begin consideration of the nominations 
of James E. Graves, Jr., of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Fifth Circuit, and Edward J. Davila, of California, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, 
with a voice vote on confirmation of the nomination of James E. Graves, 
Jr., of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth 
Circuit, and a roll call vote on confirmation of the nomination of 
Edward J. Davila, of California, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of California, at 5:30 p.m.
  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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: February 17, to 
hold hearings to examine agriculture and growing America's economy, 
2:30 p.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 15, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Michael Vickers, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary for Intelligence, and Jo Ann Rooney, of Massachusetts, to 
be Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, 
both of the Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  February 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2012 and the Future 
Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 17, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine the

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Dodd-Frank implementation, focusing on a progress report by the 
regulators at the half-year mark, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: February 15, to hold hearings to examine 
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012, 2 
p.m., SD-608.
  February 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012 and revenue 
proposals, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 16, 
to hold hearings to examine safeguarding our future, focusing on 
building a nationwide network for first responders, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 16, to hold 
hearings to examine the U.S. Department of Energy's budget for 
fiscal year 2012, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 15, to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Daniel M. Ashe, of Maryland, 
to be Director of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy, to 
hold hearings to examine green jobs and trade, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
  February 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine national 
leaders' call to action on transportation, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: February 15, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-215.
  February 16, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 15, organizational 
business meeting to consider committee rules, subcommittee 
membership and jurisdiction, and an original resolution authorizing 
expenditures by the committee during the 112th Congress, and the 
nominations of Sue Kathrine Brown, of Texas, to be Ambassador to 
Montenegro, Daniel L. Shields III, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador 
to Brunei Darussalam, David Lee Carden, of New York, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the Association of 
Southeast Asian Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, all of the 
Department of State, and Eric G. Postel, of Wisconsin, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, 3 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and 
Global Narcotics Affairs, to hold hearings to examine United States 
policy toward Latin America, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 16, 
organizational business meeting to consider committee rules, an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during 
the 112th Congress, Public Health Service nominations, and an 
original bill entitled Technical Amendment to the Education Sciences 
Reform Act, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: February 
15, organizational business meeting to consider an original 
resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee and rules of 
procedure for the 112th Congress, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  February 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
counterterrorism lessons from the U.S. government's failure to 
prevent the Fort Hood attack, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  February 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine saving 
the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, 9:15 a.m., SD-342.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold 
hearings to examine improving Federal employment of people with 
disabilities, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  February 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012 for the 
Department of Homeland Security, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 16, organizational business 
meeting to consider electing Chairman and Vice Chairman, committee 
rules, and any other organizational business items during the 112th 
Congress, 11:30 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 16, to hold hearings to 
examine targeting Web sites dedicated to stealing American 
intellectual property, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  February 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Jimmie V. Reyna, of Maryland, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, John A. Kronstadt, to be 
United States District Judge for the Central District of California, 
Vincent L. Briccetti, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of New York, Arenda L. Wright Allen, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, and 
Michael Francis Urbanski, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Virginia, 3 p.m., SD-226.
  February 17, Full Committee, organizational business meeting to 
consider committee rules, subcommittee membership and jurisdiction, 
an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee 
during the 112th Congress, S. 193, to extend the sunset of certain 
provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, S. 49, to amend the Federal 
antitrust laws to provide expanded coverage and to eliminate 
exemptions from such laws that are contrary to the public interest 
with respect to railroads, and the nominations of Sue E. Myerscough, 
and James E. Shadid, both to be a United States District Judge for 
the Central District of Illinois, 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 Rules and Administration: February 17, organizational 
business meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing 
expenditures for the 112th Congress, 3:30 p.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: February 16, 
organizational business meeting to consider committee rules, and an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during 
the 112th Congress, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.

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  February 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
reauthorization of the SBIR and STTR programs, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  elect Committee on Intelligence: February 16, to hold hearings to 
examine the worldwide threat, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  February 17, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, February 15, Subcommittee on General 
Farm Commodities and Risk Management, hearing to review 
implementation of title VII of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
Consumer Protection Act, Part II, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, 
Biotechnology and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to review the various 
definitions of rural applied under programs operated by the USDA, 10 
a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Nutrition and Horticulture and the 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment of the Committee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, joint hearing to consider 
reducing the regulatory burdens posed by the case National Cotton 
Council v. EPA (6th Cir. 2009) and to review related draft 
legislation, 1 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  February 17, full Committee, hearing on reviewing the state of the 
farm economy, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 16, hearing on the Fiscal 
Year 2012 national defense authorization budget request from the 
Department of Defense, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 17, hearing on the Fiscal Year 2012 national defense 
authorization budget request from the Department of the Air Force, 1 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 15, hearing on the President's 
Fiscal Year 2012 Budget, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  February 16, hearing on the Department of the Treasury Fiscal Year 
2012 Budget, 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, February 15, 
Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on Investigating 
OSHA's Regulatory Agenda and Its Impact on Job Creation, 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  February 16, full Committee, hearing on Policies and Priorities at 
the U.S. Department of Labor, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 15, to consider the 
Committee Oversight Plan for 112th Congress; followed by a markup of 
the following bills: H.R. 358, Protect Life Act, as amended; H.R. 
525 Veterinary Public Health Amendments Act of 2011; H.R. 528, 
Neglected Infections of Impoverished Americans Act of 2011; and H.R. 
570, Dental Emergency Responder Act of 2011, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, hearing 
entitled ``Environmental Regulations, the Economy, and Jobs,'' 1 
p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, 
hearing entitled ``Network Neutrality and Internet Regulation: 
Warranted or More Economic Harm Than Good?'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Health Care Issues Involving the Center for Consumer 
Information and Insurance Oversight,'' 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Commence, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``A Review of CPSIA and CPSC Resources,'' 10 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Impact of 
Medical Device Regulation on Jobs and Patients,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 15, hearing entitled 
``Assessing the Regulatory, Economic and Market Implications of the 
Dodd-Frank Derivatives Title,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``An Analysis of the Post-Conservatorship Legal Expenses of 
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 16, full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Final Report 
of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community 
Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Are There Government Barriers to the 
Housing Market Recovery?'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``Understanding the Federal Reserve's 
Proposed Rule on Interchange Fees: Implications and Consequences of 
the Durbin Amendment,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, February 15, Subcommittee on the 
Western Hemisphere, hearing on Does the U.S. Have a Policy toward 
Latin America? Assessing the Impact to U.S. Interests and Allies, 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 17, full Committee, hearing on Watching the Watchers: The 
Need for Systemic Reforms and Independence of the State Department 
Inspector General, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, February 15, Subcommittee on 
Border and Maritime Security, hearing entitled ``Securing Our 
Borders--Operational Control and the Path Forward,'' 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  February 17, full Committee, hearing entitled ``The President's FY 
2012 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security,'' 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, February 15, hearing on 
Military and Overseas Voting: Effectiveness of the MOVE Act in the 
2010 Election, 10:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 14, Subcommittee on Courts, 
Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on the Role of Public 
Employee Pensions in Contributing to State Insolvency and the 
Possibility of a State Bankruptcy Chapter, 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland 
Security, hearing on the Reauthorization of the Adam Walsh Act, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.

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  February 15, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition 
and the Internet, hearing on Ensuring Competition on the Internet: 
Net Neutrality and Antitrust, 1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 16, full Committee, hearing on the Constitutionality of 
the Individual Mandate, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 16, full Committee, to continue markup of H.R. 5, Help 
Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act of 
2011, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security, hearing on the Going Dark: Lawful Electronic Surveillance 
in the Face of New Technologies, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, February 15, 
Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental 
Relations and Procurement Reform, hearing Unfunded Mandates and 
Regulatory Overreach, 9:30 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Government Organizations, Efficiency 
and Financial Management, hearing on Making Sense of the Numbers: 
Improving the Federal Financial Reporting Model, 1:30 p.m., 2203 
Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus 
Oversight and Government Spending, hearing on the Stimulus: Two 
Years Later, 9:30 a.m., 210-HVC.
  February 17, full Committee, hearing on Waste and Abuse: The 
Refuse of the Federal Spending Binge, 9:30 a.m., 210-HVC.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, February 16, 
Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on a review of the 
Federal Aviation Administration's Research and Development Budget 
for Fiscal Year 2012, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 17, full Committee, hearing on An Overview of the 
Administration's Federal Research and Development Budget for Fiscal 
Year 2012, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 16, hearing entitled 
``Putting Americans Back to Work: The State of the Small Business 
Economy,'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 15, 
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on Accelerating the 
Project Delivery Process: Eliminating Bureaucratic Red Tape and 
Making Every Dollar Count, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing on Sitting on Our Assets: Rehabilitating and 
Improving our Nation's Rail Infrastructure, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 17, hearing on Department 
of Veterans Affairs Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2012, 9:30 a.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 15, to consider the 
Committee's Oversight Plan for the 112th Congress, 12:55 p.m.; 
followed by a hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 2012 Budget 
Proposal, 1 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  February 16, to continue hearings on the President's Fiscal Year 
2012 Budget Proposal, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 17, 
executive, hearing on FY 2011 Budget Overview, 10 a.m., 304-HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: February 16, to 
hold hearings to examine Lithuania's leadership of the Organization 
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), focusing on the 
challenges that the Lithuanian chairmanship faces, 3:30 p.m., SD-
562.