[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 30, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D321-D323]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 31, 2011

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction 
and Veterans' Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the Library of 
Congress (LOC) and Open World Leadership Center, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: To hold hearings to examine the 
Department of the Army in review of the Defense Authorization 
request for fiscal year 2012 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Operation Odyssey Dawn 
and the situation in Libya, 2:15 p.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on the Budget: Business meeting to consider the 
nomination 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, Time to be announced, Room to be 
announced.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: To hold hearings to 
examine S. 629, to improve hydropower, S. 630, to promote marine and 
hydrokinetic renewable energy research and development, and Title I, 
subtitle D of the American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009, 9:30 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012 for the 
Army Corps of Engineers, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: To hold hearings to examine Asian-Pacific 
Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2011, focusing on breaking down 
barriers, creating economic growth, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Global Narcotics Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine counternarcotics and citizen security in the 
Americas, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the situation in 
Libya, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: To hold 
hearings to examine improving safety at dangerous mines one year 
after Upper Big Branch, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, to hold hearings to examine drug 
gangs' ever evolving tactics to penetrate the border and the Federal 
government's ability to stop them, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Business meeting to consider S. 222, 
to limit investor and homeowner losses in foreclosures, S. 216, to 
increase criminal penalties for certain knowing and international 
violations relating to food that

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is misbranded or adulterated, S. 410, to provide for media coverage 
of Federal court proceedings, S. 627, to establish the Commission on 
Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays, S. 394, to amend the 
Sherman Act to make oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal, and 
the nominations of John J. McConnell, Jr., to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Rhode Island, 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, Claire C. 
Cecchi, and Esther Salas, both to be United States District Judge 
for the District of New Jersey, 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, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: To hold hearings 
to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
2012 for the U.S. Small Business Administration and the Office of 
Advocacy, 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, Full Committee, hearing on Defining the 
Market: Entity and Product Classifications Under Title VII of the 
Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, 2 p.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, hearing on Indian Health Service 
FY 2012 Budget Oversight Hearing, 9:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 
hearing on Office of Science and Technology Policy FY 2012 Budget 
Request, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on Air Force Fiscal Year 2012 
Budget Review, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on Department of Energy--Nuclear Energy and 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission FY 2012 Budget, 10 a.m., 2362-B 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, hearing 
on Consumer Product Safety Commission FY 2012 Budget, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, hearing on European Command, 10 a.m., HT-2 
Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies, hearing on USDA FY 2012 Budget 
Request, 10:15 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Agencies, 
hearing on Fiscal Year 2012 Request for Global Health and HIV/AIDS 
Programs, 10:30 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on Department of Energy--Loan Guarantee Program 
and ARPA-E, FY 2012 Budget, 2 p.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing on Department of 
Homeland Security, NPPD Budget--Cybersecurity and Infrastructure 
Protection Programs and Funding, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol. This is a 
CLASSIFIED and CLOSED hearing.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing on Operation 
Odyssey Dawn and U.S. Military Operations in Libya, 9 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on FY 2012 national 
defense authorization budget request for missile defense, 2 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on improving the readiness of 
U.S. forces through military jointness, 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Health, 
Employment, Labor, and Pensions, hearing entitled ``The Future of 
Union Transparency and Accountability,'' 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, markup 
on the following: H.R. 1217, to repeal the Prevention and Public 
Health Fund; H.R. 1216, to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching 
health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of 
appropriations; H.R. 1215, to amend title V of the Social Security 
Act to convert funding for personal responsibility education 
programs from direct appropriations to an authorization of 
appropriations; H.R. 1214, to repeal mandatory funding for school-
based health center construction; and H.R. 1213, to repeal mandatory 
funding provided to States in the Patient Protection and Affordable 
Care Act to establish American Health Benefit Exchanges, 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, hearing on H.R. 908, 
to extend the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security to 
maintain the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program, 9 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets 
and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Legislative 
Hearing on Immediate Steps to Protect Taxpayers from the Ongoing 
Bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing on Libya: 
Defining U.S. National Security Interests, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, markup on H. Res. 139, 
expressing condolences to the people of New Zealand for the terrible 
loss of life and property suffered as a result of the deadly 
earthquake that struck on February 22, 2011; and H. Res. 172, 
expressing heartfelt condolences and support for assistance to the 
people of Japan and all those affected in the aftermath of the 
deadly earthquake and tsunamis of March 11, 2011, 2 p.m., 2360 
Rayburn. Following the markup, a hearing on Asia Overview: 
Protecting American Interests in China and Asia will take place.

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  Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, markup on H.R. 1016, to 
measure the progress of relief, recovery, reconstruction, and 
development efforts in Haiti following the earthquake of January 12, 
2010, and for other purposes, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn. Following the 
markup, a hearing on Rising Oil Prices and Dependence on Hostile 
Regimes: The Urgent Case for Canadian Oil will take place.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
Investigations, and Management, hearing entitled ``The U.S. Homeland 
Security Role in the Mexican War Against Drug Cartels,'' 10 a.m., 
311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Elections, 
hearing entitled ``The 2010 Election: A Look Back At What Went Right 
and Wrong,'' 10:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and 
Enforcement, hearing entitled ``H-1B Visas: Designing a Program to 
Meet the Needs of the U.S. Economy and U.S. Workers,'' 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, hearing on 
Harnessing American Resources to Create Jobs and Address Rising 
Gasoline Prices: Impacts on Businesses and Families, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs, 
hearing on ``Spending for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration and the National Marine Fisheries Service and the 
President's Fiscal Year 2012 budget request for these agencies,'' 2 
p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Why isn't the Department of Homeland Security 
meeting the President's standard on FOIA?'' 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing on Climate Change: Examining the Processes Used to Create 
Science and Policy, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing on The Role of 
Small Business in Innovation and Job Creation: The SBIR and STTR 
Programs, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing on Oversight hearing on the VA's Vocational 
Rehabilitation and Employment program budget and VRE National 
Counseling Contract, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, markup of H.R. 1232, 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate certain tax 
benefits relating to abortion, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on the Internal Revenue Service 
and the 2011 Tax Return Filing Season, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.