[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 47 (Monday, April 4, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D348-D349]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                              APRIL 5, 2011

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Service and 
General Government, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2012 and oversight of prior year funding for the 
Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: To hold hearings to examine U.S. Northern 
Command and U.S. Southern 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-G50.
  Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine Army modernization 
in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2012 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  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, S-219, Capitol.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion, to hold hearings to 
examine tourism in America, focusing on removing barriers and promoting 
growth, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine closing the digital divide, 
focusing on connecting native nations and communities to the 21st 
century, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Business meeting to consider 
the nomination of Daniel M. Ashe, of Maryland, to be Director of the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior, Time 
to be announced, S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: To hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Mara E. Rudman, of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, 
and Robert Patterson, of New York, to be Ambassador to Turkmenistan, 
Department of State, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Jonathan 
Scott Gration, of New Jersey, to be to the Republic of Kenya, and 
Michelle D. Gavin, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Botswana, both of the Department of State, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: To hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                  House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, hearing 
on Department of Agriculture--FY 2012 Budget Request, 10 a.m., 2362-A 
Rayburn.
  Subcommitttee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 
hearing on Legal Services Corporation--FY 2012 Budget Request, 10 a.m., 
H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, hearing on 
General Services Administration, FY 2012 Budget 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 
hearing on Office of the United States Trade Representative--FY 2012 
Budget Request, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing on WMD Countermeasures--
Threat, Programs, and Funding, 2 p.m., H-140 Capitol. This is a 
CLASSIFIED and CLOSED hearing.

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  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on United States Court of Appeal for Veterans Claims, 2 
p.m., HT-2 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on Armed Forces Retirement Home, 3 p.m., HT-2 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing 
on fiscal year 2012 national defense authorization budget request for 
Department of Energy atomic energy defense activities and Department of 
Defense nuclear forces programs, 11:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, hearing on fiscal year 2012 national defense 
authorization budget requests from the U.S. Transportation Command and 
U.S. Africa Command, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Full Committee, markup on the 
following: a bill to Clarify NTIA and RUS Authority to Return Reclaimed 
Stimulus Funds to the U.S. Treasury, pending a markup of that legislation 
in the Subcommittee on Communications and Technology to be held on 
Friday, April 1, 2011; H.R. 1217, to repeal the Prevention and Public 
Health Fund, as reported by the Subcommittee on Health; 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, as reported by the 
Subcommittee on Health; 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, as reported by the Subcommittee on Health; H.R. 1214, to 
repeal mandatory funding for school-based health center construction, as 
reported by the Subcommittee on Health; 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, as 
reported by the Subcommittee on Health. 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, markup on the following: H.R. 31, the 
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Accountability and Transparency for Taxpayers 
Act; H.R. 1221, the Equity in Government Compensation Act of 2011; H.R. 
1222, the GSE Subsidy Elimination Act of 2011; H.R. 1223, GSE Credit Risk 
Equitable Treatment Act of 2011; H.R. 1224, the Portfolio Risk Reduction 
Act of 2011; H.R. 1225, the GSE Debt Issuance Approval Act of 2011; H.R. 
1226, the GSE Mission Improvement Act of 2011; and H.R. 1227, the GSE 
Risk and Activities Limitation Act of 2011; 10 1a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing on Watching the 
Watchers: The Need for Systemic Reforms and Independence of the State 
Department Inspector General, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing on Assessing 
U.S. Foreign Policy Priorities and Needs Amidst Economic Challenges in 
South Asia, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime 
Security, hearing entitled ``Using Resources Effectively to Secure Our 
Border at Ports of Entry--Stopping the Illicit Flow of Money, Guns and 
Drugs'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and 
Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Justice for America: Using Military 
Commissions to Try the 9/11 Conspirators'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, hearing on H.R. 
704, SAFE for America Act, 1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Effect of the President's FY-2012 Budget and Legislative Proposals for 
the Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service's Energy and 
Minerals Programs on Private Sector Job Creation, Domestic Energy and 
Minerals Production and Deficit Reduction.'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Affairs, hearing on H.R. 887, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to submit a report on Indian land 
fractionation, and for other purposes, 11 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on ``Creating Abundant Water 
and Power Supplies and Job Growth by Restoring Common Sense to Federal 
Regulations.'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Are Postal Workforce Costs Sustainable?'' 9:45 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health Care, DC, Census and the National Archives, 
hearing entitled ``Waste, Abuse and Mismanagement in Government Health 
Care'', 1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee hearing on H.R. 910, Energy Tax 
Prevention Act of 2011, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing on Policy Proposals from Members of 
Congress to Reform the Nation's Surface Transportation Programs, 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, hearing on 
Deconstructing the Department of Veterans Affairs Construction Planning, 
10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing 
on duplication in welfare and related programs under the Subcommittee's 
jurisdiction, 2 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing on Central Intelligence Agency Program FY 2012 Budget Overview, 
10 a.m., HVC-304 Capitol. This is a CLOSED hearing.