[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 28 (Monday, February 28, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D159-D161]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of March 1 through March 5, 2011

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 11 a.m., Senate will continue 
consideration of S. 23, Patent Reform Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.

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                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: March 3, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine the implementation of Title VII 
of the ``Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act'', 2:30 
p.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: March 1, Subcommittee on Department 
of Defense, to hold hearings to examine the impacts of a long-term 
continuing resolution on the Department of Defense and proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the Department of Defense, 
10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 
for the Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  March 2, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2012 for the Department of State and Foreign Operations, 
2 p.m., SD-192.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  March 3, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the 
Office of the Architect of the Capitol, and the Office of 
Compliance, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 1, to hold hearings to examine 
U.S. Special Operations Command and U.S. Central Command in review 
of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2012 and the 
Future Years Defense Program; with the possibility of a closed 
session in SVC-217 following the open session, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  March 1, Full Committee, organizational business meeting to 
consider committee's rules of procedure for the 112th Congress, 4:30 
p.m., SR-222.
  March 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of General Martin E. Dempsey, USA for reappointment to 
the grade of general and to be Chief of Staff, United States Army, 
Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 1, to hold 
hearings to examine the semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the 
Congress, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on the Budget: March 1, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012 for 
education, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  March 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012 for the 
Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  March 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012 for the 
Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 2, to 
hold hearings to examine the future of American manufacturing, 
focusing on maintaining America's competitive edge, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 2, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2012 for the Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  March 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012 for the 
USDA Forest Service, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 2, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2012 for the Environmental Protection Agency, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: March 1, to hold hearings to examine changes 
in the law and tax environment since the ``Tax Reform Act of 1986'', 
10 a.m., SD-215.
  March 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine preventing 
health care fraud, focusing on new tools and approaches to combat 
old challenges, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 1, to hold hearings to 
examine breaking the cycle of North Korean provocations, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  March 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine national 
security and foreign policy priorities in the fiscal year 2012 
International Affairs Budget, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  March 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine navigating a 
turbulent global economy, focusing on implications for the United 
States, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 2, to 
hold hearings to examine improving employment opportunities for 
people with intellectual disabilities, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: March 1, 
Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, to hold hearings to 
examine public relations contracts at the General Services 
Administration's Heartland Region, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  March 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine eliminating 
bottlenecks, focusing on streamlining the nominations process, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  March 2, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine preventing abuse of the Military's Tuition 
Assistance Program, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 2, to hold hearings to examine 
helping law enforcement find missing children, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  March 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Goodwin Liu, of California, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Kevin Hunter Sharp, to be 
United States District Judge for the Middle District of Tennessee, 
Roy Bale Dalton, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the 
Middle District of Florida, and Claire C. Cecchi, and Esther Salas, 
both to be United States District Judge for the District of New 
Jersey, 3 p.m., SD-226.
  March 3, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 193, to 
extend the sunset of certain provisions of the

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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, 
S. 222, to limit investor and homeowner losses in foreclosures, and 
the nominations of Caitlin Joan Halligan, of New York, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, Mae A. 
D'Agostino, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of New York, 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, 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: March 1, business meeting 
to mark up the Omnibus Budget for Senate committees, 10 a.m., SR-
301.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: March 3, to hold 
hearings to examine exploring minority access to capital and 
contracting opportunities, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 1, to hold joint hearings to 
examine a legislative presentation from Disabled American Veterans, 
2 p.m., 345, Cannon Building.
  March 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012, 10:30 
a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 1, closed business meeting 
to consider pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  March 3, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: March 2, to hold hearings to examine 
ending elder abuse, neglect and financial exploitation, 2 p.m., SD-
106.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: March 4, to hold hearings to examine the 
employment situation for February 2011, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.