[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 15, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D250-D251]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 16, 2011

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Department of 
Defense, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2012 for the Department of the Navy, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 2 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services, to receive a closed briefing on the 
updated National Intelligence Estimate on Iran and other related 
matters, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on the Budget, to hold a joint hearing with the Task 
Force on Government Performance to examine modernizing performance, 
focusing on using the new framework, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, to hold 
hearings to examine the state of online consumer privacy, 10 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, to hold hearings to 
examine the report to the President from the National Commission on 
the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling, 10 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Finance, to hold hearings to examine health reform, 
focusing on lessons learned during the first year, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to receive a closed briefing on 
Libya, 9 a.m., SVC-217.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of 
Joseph M. Torsella, of Pennsylvania, to be Representative to the 
United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the rank of 
Ambassador, Department of State, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on Afghanistan, 
focusing on progress and expectations, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, 
organizational business meeting to consider subcommittee assignments 
and the nominations of Kelvin K. Droegemeier, of Oklahoma, to be a 
Member of the National Science Board, National Science Foundation, 
and Jonathan Andrew Hatfield, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, 
Corporation for National and Community Service, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Heather A. Higginbottom, of 
the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, Executive Office of the President, and 
Carolyn N. Lerner, of Maryland, to be Special Counsel, Office of 
Special Counsel, Time to be announced, S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Bernice Bouie Donald, of Tennessee, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, J. Paul Oetken, and Paul 
A. Engelmayer, both to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of New York, and Ramona Villagomez Manglona, to be 
Judge for the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold joint hearings to examine 
the legislative presentations from AMVETS, Jewish War Veterans, 
Military Officers Association of America, Gold Star Wives, Blinded 
Veterans Association, Non Commissioned Officers Association, Iraq 
and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Fleet Reserve Association, 9:30 
a.m., SDG-50.
  Special Committee on Aging, to hold hearings to examine securities 
lending in retirement plans, 2 p.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, 
and Forestry, hearing to review the Chesapeake Bay TMDL, 
agricultural conservation practices, and their implications on 
national watersheds, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, 
hearing on FY 2012 Budget Request, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 
hearing on FY 2012 Budget Request, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on FY 2012 Army Budget Overview, 
10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on Department of Energy--Science, Fiscal Year 2012 
Budget Request, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, hearing 
on FY 2012 Budget, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing on Southwest Border 
Enforcement, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, 
hearing on Fish and Wildlife Service FY 2012 Budget Oversight 
Hearing, 1 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 
Related Agencies, hearing on Department of Health and Human Services 
FY12 Budget Request, 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, hearing on Veterans Affairs Budget, 2 p.m., H-140 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Agencies, 
hearing on FY 2012 Budget Request for the United Nations and other 
International Organizations, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing on 
developments in Afghanistan, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, hearing on the 
fiscal year 2012 national defense authorization budget request from 
the U.S. Cyber Command, 3:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on Military Health 
System Overview and Defense Health Program Cost Efficiencies: A 
Beneficiary Perspective, 8 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, hearing on 
amphibious operations, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power 
and Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, joint hearing 
entitled ``The FY2012 Department of Energy and Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission Budgets.'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, hearing 
entitled ``Made in America: Increasing Jobs through Exports and 
Trade.'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``Oversight of 
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored 
Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Legislative Proposals to Promote Job 
Creation, Capital Formation, and Market Certainty'', 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing on the 
Agency for International Development and the Millennium Challenge 
Corporation: Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Requests and Future Directions 
in Foreign Assistance, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, 
Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies, hearing 
entitled ``Examining the Cyber Threat to Critical Infrastructure and 
the American Economy.'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing on the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, hearing on the 
Obama Administration's De Facto Moratorium in the Gulf of Mexico: 
Community and Economic Impacts, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations, hearing 
on TSA Oversight Part I: Whole Body Imaging, 9:30 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and 
Government Spending, hearing on Project Labor Agreements and the 
Cost of Doing Business in the Construction Industry, 1:30 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 1076, to 
prohibit Federal funding of National Public Radio and the use of 
Federal funds to acquire radio content, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing on Spurring 
Innovation and Job Creation: The SBIR Program, 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Full Committee, 
markup on the following: S. 307, to designate the Federal building 
and United States courthouse located at 217 West King Street, 
Martinsburg, West Virginia, as the ``W. Craig Broadwater Federal 
Building and United States Courthouse''; H.R. 872, to amend the 
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act to clarify Congressional intent 
regarding the regulation of the use of pesticides in or near 
navigable waters, and for other purposes; H.R. 1079, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and expenditure 
authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund, to amend title 49, 
U.S.C., to extend the airport improvement program, and for other 
purposes, and Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Views and Estimates of the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, markup H.R. 1034, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the funding and 
expenditure authority of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund., 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing on the tax code's 
treatment of abortion-related expenses and the changes to such tax 
treatment proposed by section 2 of H.R. 3--the No Taxpayer Funding 
for Abortion Act, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Trade, organizational meeting, 4 p.m., Committee 
Library.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, to hold hearings 
to examine Northern Ireland, focusing on justice in individual cases 
and accountability for past abuses by security services in the 
region, 2 p.m., 210 Cannon Building.