[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 53 (Tuesday, April 12, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D399-D401]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 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 for the Internal Revenue Service, 
10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to receive a closed 
briefing on the proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 
United States Pacific Command (PACOM), 10:30 a.m., S-217, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 
2012 for the Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation, 2 
p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and 
Management Support, to hold hearings to examine the current materiel 
readiness of U.S. Forces in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2012 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
10 a.m., SR-232A.
  Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine the Active, 
Guard, Reserve, and civilian personnel programs in review of the 
Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2012 and the Future 
Years Defense Program, 1:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to examine 
ballistic missile defense policies and programs in review of the 
Defense Authorization request for fiscal year

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2012 and the Future Years Defense Program; with the possibility of a 
closed session in SVC-217 following the open session, 2:30 p.m., SR-
232A.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to hold hearings 
to examine the President's proposed budget request and oversight for 
fiscal year 2012 for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration (NOAA), 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider S. 782, to amend the Public Works and Economic Development 
Act of 1965 to reauthorize that Act, S. 680, to authorize the 
Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real 
property in the District of Columbia to provide for the 
establishment of a National Women's History Museum, and S. 710, to 
amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a hazardous waste 
electronic manifest system, Time to be announced, Room to be 
announced.
  Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine domestic 
renewable fuels, focusing on ethanol and advanced biofuels, 10 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine perspectives on 
deficit reduction, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
international development policy priorities in the fiscal year 2012 
budget, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 679, to reduce the number of executive 
positions subject to Senate confirmation, S. 772, to protect Federal 
employees and visitors, improve the security of Federal facilities 
and authorize and modernize the Federal Protective Service, S. 550, 
to improve the provision of assistance to fire departments, S. 300, 
to prevent abuse of Government charge cards, S. 498, to ensure 
objective, independent review of task and delivery orders, S. 762, 
to improve the Federal Acquisition Institute, S. 191, to direct the 
Department of Homeland Security to undertake a study on emergency 
communications, S. 514, to amend chapter 21 of title 5, United 
States Code, to provide that fathers of permanently disabled or 
deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as 
preference eligibles for treatment in the civil service, S. Res. 
128, expressing the sense of the Senate that public servants should 
be commended for their dedication and continued service to the 
Nation during Public Service Recognition Week, May 1 through 7, 
2011, and the nomination of Rafael Borras, of Maryland, to be Under 
Secretary of Homeland Security for Management, 11 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine fulfilling 
our commitment to support victims of crime, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Henry F. Floyd, of South Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Fourth Circuit, Nelva Gonzales Ramos, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Richard Brooke 
Jackson, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Colorado, Sara Lynn Darrow, to be United States District Judge for 
the Central District of Illinois, and Lisa O. Monaco, of the 
District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 
Department of Justice, 3 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: business meeting to 
consider the nomination of William J. Boarman, of Maryland, to be 
Public Printer, Government Printing Office, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
veterans' employment, focusing on improving the transition from the 
battlefield to the workforce, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine the Food 
and Drug Administration (FDA) and the reform of the medical device 
approval process, 2 p.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, hearing on Implementing Dodd-Frank: A Review of 
the CFTC's Rulemaking Process, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, hearing on the 
state of the poultry industry, 2 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on 
Defense Acquisition, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies, 
Members Day hearing, 11 a.m., HT-2 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 
Related Agencies, hearing on Examining Fragmentation and Overlap of 
Federal Education Programs, 10:30 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services,  Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing to receive testimony on Guantanamo detainee 
transfer policy and recidivism, 2:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing to receive testimony on the 
fiscal year 2012 national defense authorization budget request for 
military construction, base closure, environment, facilities 
operation and maintenance, 3:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce,  Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, hearing on Jobs and Energy Permitting Act of 2011 
legislation, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing entitled 
``Import Safety: Status of FDA's Screening Efforts at the Border'', 
10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs,  Subcommittee on the Western 
Hemisphere, hearing on Priorities for U.S. Assistance in the Western 
Hemisphere, 10:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights, hearing 
on Crisis in Cote d'Ivoire: Implications for the Country and Region, 
9 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing on 
Shifting Sands: Political Transitions in the Middle East, Part 1, 
2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security,  Subcommittee on Emergency 
Preparedness, Response, and Communications, hearing entitled 
``Taking Measure of Countermeasures

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(Part 1): A review of government and industry efforts to protect the 
homeland through accelerated research, development, and acquisition 
of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear medical 
countermeasures'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary,  Subcommittee on Immigration Policy 
and Enforcement, hearing on the H-2A Visa Program: Meeting the 
Growing Needs of American Agriculture, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing 
on legislation regarding the Business Activity Tax Simplification 
Act of 2011, 1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources,  Full Committee, markup of H.R. 
1229, Putting the Gulf of Mexico Back to Work Act; H.R. 1230, 
Restarting American Offshore Leasing Now Act; and H.R. 1231, 
Reversing President Obama's Offshore Moratorium Act.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,  Full Committee, 
markup on the following: H.R. 828, Federal Employee Tax 
Accountability Act of 2011; H.R. 829, Contracting and Tax 
Accountability Act of 2011; H.R. 1470, to amend title 5, United 
States Code, to extend the probationary period applicable to 
appointments in the civil service, and for other purposes; and H.R. 
1423, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 115 4th Avenue Southwest in Ardmore, Oklahoma, as the 
``Specialist Micheal E. Phillips Post Office''. 9:30 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor 
Policy, hearing entitled, ``Federal Employees' Compensation Act: A 
Fair Approach?'' 1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules,  Full Committee hearing on H. Con. Res. 34, 
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal 
year 2012 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2013 through 2021. 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,  Subcommittee on 
Technology and Innovation, markup on legislation to create jobs 
through the Small Business Innovation Act of 2011, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing on Green 
Jobs and Red Tape: Assessing Federal Efforts to Encourage 
Employment, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business,  Full Committee, hearing on How Tax 
Complexity Hinders Small Businesses: The Impact on Job Creation and 
Economic Growth, 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,  Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on Improving and 
Streamlining the Coast Guard's Acquisition Program, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs,  Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Inspect What You Expect: 
Construction Contracting Practices at the Department of Veterans 
Affairs'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means,  Full Committee, hearing on the 
special burdens that the tax code imposes on individual taxpayers 
and families and on the need for comprehensive tax reform to address 
these problems, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing to examine the role of 
Social Security numbers in identity theft and options to guard their 
privacy, 2 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,  Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, HUMINT, Analysis, and Counterintelligence, hearing on 
Muslim Brotherhood, 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.