[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 34 (Tuesday, March 8, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D204-D206]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS
INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies held a

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hearing on the Department of the Interior FY 2012 Budget Oversight 
Hearing. Testimony was heard from the following Department of the 
Interior officials: Ken Salazar, Secretary; David Hayes, Deputy 
Secretary; and Pamela Haze, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget, 
Finance, Performance and Acquisition.
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government held a hearing on FY 2012 Budget--Small Business 
Administration. Testimony was heard from Karen G. Mills, Small Business 
Administration.
CLIMATE, SCIENCE AND GREENHOUSE GAS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held 
a hearing entitled ``Climate Science and EPA's Greenhouse Gas 
Regulations''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, 
and Human Rights held a hearing on the Democratic Republic of the 
Congo: Securing Peace in the Midst of Tragedy. Testimony was heard from 
Donald Y. Yamamoto, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
African Affairs, Department of State; Rajakumari Jandhyala, Deputy 
Assistant Administrator Bureau for Africa, Agency for International 
Development; and public witnesses.
EXECUTIVE IN NEED OF SCRUTINY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and 
Administrative Law held a hearing on H.R. 10, the ``Regulations From 
the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011''. Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
FEDERAL SPENDING AND NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska 
Native Affairs held an oversight hearing on ``The effectiveness of 
federal spending on Native American programs, and on the President's FY 
2012 budget request for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Office of 
the Special Trustee for American Indians.'' Testimony was heard from 
Larry EchoHawk, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs; and Ray A. 
Joseph, Principal Deputy Special Trustee for American Indians.
FY 2012 BUDGET--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT AND FOREST SERVICE
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska 
Native Affairs held a hearing on Examining the Spending, Priorities and 
the Missions of the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest 
Service and the President's FY 2012 Budget Proposal. Testimony was 
heard from Tom Tidwell, Chief, Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture; and Robert Abbey, Director, Bureau of Land Management, 
Department of the Interior.
FHA REFINANCE PROGRAM TERMINATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by record vote of 7 to 4, a modified open 
rule providing one hour of general debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Financial Services. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial 
Services as original text for purpose of amendment, and provides that 
each section shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of 
order against the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
The rule makes in order only those amendments that have been submitted 
for printing in the Congressional Record not later than March 9, 2011 
or pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate. The rule provides 
that each amendment submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
may be offered only by the Member who submitted it for printing or 
their designee, and that each such amendment shall be considered as 
read if printed. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with 
or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Biggert, Frank of Massachusetts and Cardoza.
EMERGENCY MORTGAGE RELIEF PROGRAM TERMINATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by record vote of 7 to 4, a modified open 
rule providing one hour of general debate equally divided and 
controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Financial Services. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Financial 
Services as original text for purpose of amendment, and provides that 
each section shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of 
order against the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute. 
The rule makes in order only those amendments that have been submitted 
for printing in the Congressional Record not later than March 9, 2011 
or pro forma amendments for the purpose of debate. The rule provides 
that each amendment submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
may be offered only by the Member

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who submitted it for printing or their designee, and that each such 
amendment shall be considered as read if printed. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Biggert, Frank of Massachusetts and 
Cardoza.
FY 2012 BUDGET--ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Committee on Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources and 
Environment held a hearing entitled ``Review of the FY 2012 Budget and 
Priorities of the Army Corps of Engineers, Tennessee Valley Authority, 
and the Natural Resources Conservation Service: Finding Ways To Do More 
With Less.'' Testimony was heard from Jo Ellen Darcy, USA, Assistant 
Secretary of the Army--Civil Works; Robert Van Antwerp, U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers, Chief of Engineers, Lieutenant General; Thomas 
Christensen, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Regional 
Conservationist, Central Region, Department of Agriculture; and public 
witnesses.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.