[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 16, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D130-D131]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 17, 2011

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: To hold 
hearings to examine agriculture and growing America's economy; to be 
immediately followed by an organizational business meeting to 
consider committee rules, and an original resolution authorizing 
expenditures by the committee during the 112th Congress, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-328A.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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: Organizational 
business meeting to consider committee rules, subcommittee 
assignments, and an original resolution authorizing expenditures by 
the committee during the 112th Congress; to be immediately followed 
by an oversight hearing to examine the 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: 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: Organizational 
business meeting to consider committee rules, and an original 
resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 
112th Congress, 10 a.m., SR-253.

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  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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 the Judiciary: 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, Michael H. 
Simon, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Oregon, and Mae A. D'Agostino, 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, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: Organizational business 
meeting to consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures 
for the 112th Congress; to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
examine Senate committees that have presented budgets above 
guidelines for the 112th Congress, 3:30 p.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: 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.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine reauthorization of the 
SBIR and STTR programs, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: To hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing on reviewing the state of the 
farm economy, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, 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 Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Manufacturing, and Trade, hearing entitled ``A Review of CPSIA and 
CPSC Resources,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Impact of Medical 
Device Regulation on Jobs and Patients,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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 Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``The President's 
FY 2012 Budget Request for the Department of Homeland Security,'' 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, 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, hearing on Waste and 
Abuse: The Refuse of the Federal Spending Binge, 9:30 a.m., 210-HVC.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, hearing on An 
Overview of the Administration's Federal Research and Development 
Budget for Fiscal Year 2012, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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, hearing on Department of Veterans' 
Affairs Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2012, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following measures: 
H.R. 4, Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act of 2011; 
and the Comprehensive 1099 Taxpayer Protection and Repayment of 
Exchange Subsidy Overpayments Act of 2011.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, hearing on FY 2011 
Budget Overview, 10 a.m., 304-HVC.