[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 54 (Wednesday, April 13, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D410-D411]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 14, 2011

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the Department of 
Commerce, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  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 Army and the 
Department of Air Force, 2 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works, to hold hearings to 
examine issues for surface transportation authorization, 10 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Finance, business meeting to consider the nominations 
of Jenni Rane LeCompte, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Secretary, and David S. Cohen, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary 
for Terrorism and Financial Crimes, both of the Department of the 
Treasury, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on African Affairs, 
to hold hearings to examine assessing the fiscal year 2012 budget 
for Africa, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine Federal regulation, focusing on how to best 
advance the public interest, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs, to hold hearings to examine S. 636, 
to provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and Flood Protection, 
S. 703, to amend the Long-Term Leasing Act, and S. 546, to extend 
the Federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa 
Indians of Montana, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary, business meeting to consider S. 350, 
to require restitution for victims of criminal violations of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act, S. 623, to amend chapter 111 of 
title 28, United States Code, relating to protective orders, sealing 
of cases, disclosures of discovery information in civil actions, and 
the nominations of Bernice Bouie Donald, of Tennessee, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, and Virginia A. Seitz, 
of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 
and Denise Ellen O'Donnell, of New York, to be Director of the 
Bureau of Justice Assistance, both of the Department of Justice, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture,  Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Oversight, and Credit, hearing on credit conditions in rural 
America, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations,  Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, Public Witness Days, 9:30 a.m., 
B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. 
Forces Korea, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol. This is a closed hearing.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, hearing 
on U.S. Supreme Court--FY 2012 Budget, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 
Related Agencies, hearing on Department of Labor Enforcement 
Programs, 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies, 
Public Witness Day, 10:30 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services,  Full Committee, hearing to receive 
testimony from Members on their national defense priorities for the 
fiscal year 2012 national defense authorization bill, 9:30 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
accountability at Arlington National Cemetery, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce,  Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing on Examining the Department of 
Labor's Implementation of the Davis-Bacon Act, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce,  Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Manufacturing, and Trade, hearing ``Warning: The Growing Danger of 
Prescription Drug Diversion,'' 8 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, hearing on H.R. 1391, 
the Recycling Coal Combustion Residuals Accessibility Act of 2011, 
9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services,  Subcommittee on Capital Markets 
and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled 
``Understanding the Implications and Consequences of the Proposed 
Rule on Risk Retention,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the Financial Stability Oversight Council,'' 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs,  Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
1016, Assessing Progress in Haiti Act; H.R. 1280, to amend the 
Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to require congressional approval of 
agreements for peaceful nuclear cooperation with foreign countries, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 515, Belarus Democracy Reauthorization 
Act of 2011; and H.R. 1326, Furthering International Nuclear Safety 
Act of 2011, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, hearing on 
the State Department's Counterterrorism Office: Budget, 
Reorganization, Policies, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia, hearing on Budget Oversight: 
Examining the President's 2012 Budget Request for Europe and 
Eurasia, 2:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn. Testimony was heard from Daniel 
Rosenblum, Coordinator of U.S. Assistance to Europe and Eurasia, 
Bureau of Central and South Asian Affairs, Department of State; 
Susan Elliot, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and 
Eurasian Affairs, Department of State; Paige Alexander, Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia, U.S. Agency for 
International Development; and Nisha Biswal, Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Asia, U.S. Agency for International 
Development.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, 
Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies, mark up on H.R. 
901, the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Security Authorization Act 
of 2011, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration,  Subcommittee on Elections, 
hearing on H.R. 672, to terminate the Election Assistance 
Commission, and for other purposes, 10:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary,  April 14, full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 1249, the America Invents Act, 10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,  Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``State and Municipal Debt: Tough Choices Ahead'', 
9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign 
Operations, hearing entitled ``Tsunami Warning, Preparedness, and 
Interagency Cooperation: Lessons Learned.'' 1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and the 
National Archives, hearing entitled ``Pathway to FDA Medical Device 
Approval: Is there a Better Way?'' 1:30 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,  Subcommittee on 
Research and Science Education, hearing on Nanotechnology: Oversight 
of the National Nanotechnology Initiative and Priorities for the 
Future, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business,  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy 
and Trade, hearing entitled ``Drilling for a Solution: Finding Ways 
to Curtail the Crushing Effect of High Gas Prices on Small 
Business,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,  Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, 
hearing entitled ``Richard H. Poff Federal Building Renovation: Is 
it Costing the Taxpayer Too Much?'' 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, hearing on Biometric IDs for Pilots and 
Transportation Workers: Diary of Failures, 9 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means,  Subcommittee on Social Security, 
hearing on the Social Security Administration's (SSA's) role in 
verifying employment eligibility, 2 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,  April 14, Full 
Committee, hearing on FY 2012 Budget--Department of Homeland 
Security and Department of Justice, 10 a.m., HVC-304. This is a 
closed hearing.