[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 59 (Wednesday, May 4, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D452-D453]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 5, 2011

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities, to receive a closed briefing on Department of Defense 
plans and programs relating to counterterrorism, counternarcotics, 
and building partnership capacity, 9:45 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, to hold hearings 
to examine legislative proposals in the United States Department of 
Housing and Urban Development's fiscal year 2012 budget, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold hearings to 
examine a joint staff discussion draft pertaining to cyber security 
of the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure and for other 
purposes, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance, Subcommittee on International Trade, 
Customs, and Global Competitiveness, to hold hearings to examine 
enforcing America's trade laws in the face of customs fraud and duty 
evasion, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings to examine 
assessing United States policy and its limits in Pakistan, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, to hold 
hearings to examine improving health quality and patient safety, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery, to hold hearings to examine 
understanding the power of social media as a communication tool in 
the aftermath of disasters, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine stolen identities, focusing on the impact of racist 
stereotypes on indigenous people, 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, Henry F. Floyd, of South 
Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, 
Kathleen M. Williams, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Florida, 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 Virginia A. Seitz, of the 
District of Columbia, and Lisa O. Monaco, of the District of 
Columbia, both to be an Assistant Attorney General, Denise Ellen 
O'Donnell, of New York, to be Director of the Bureau of Justice 
Assistance, and Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., of the District of 
Columbia, to be Solicitor General of the United States, all of the 
Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, 
and Forestry, hearing to review the U.S. Forest Service's proposed 
Forest Planning Rule, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Financial Services 
and Related Agencies, hearing on DC Courts and Court Services and 
Offender Supervision Agency FY 2012 Budget, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, hearing on Cemeterial Expenses--Army FY 2012 
Budget, 1 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, hearing on American Battle Monuments Commission FY 
2012 Budget, 2 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Seapower and 
Projection Forces, markup on H.R. 1540, to authorize appropriations 
for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense and for military construction, to prescribe military 
personnel strengths for fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes. 
10:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Readiness, markup on H.R. 1540, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2012 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense and for military construction, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for fiscal year 2012, and for other 
purposes. Noon, 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Full Committee, hearing 
on Policies and Priorities of the U.S. Department of Health and 
Human Services, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, hearing on The American Energy Initiative, 9:30 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``The Need to Move Beyond 
the SGR.'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia, 
hearing on Overview of Security Issues in Europe and Eurasia, 2:30 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing on 
Shifting Sands: Political Transitions in the Middle East, Part 2, 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, 
Competition and the Internet, hearing on Ensuring Competition on the 
Internet: Net Neutrality and Antitrust, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Space 
and Aeronautics, hearing on Office of Commercial Space 
Transportation's Fiscal Year 2012 Budget Request, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, 
Capital Access and Tax, hearing entitled ``Professional Services: 
Proposed Changes to the Small Business Size Standards.'' 10 a.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing on EPA Mining Policies: 
Assault on Appalachian Jobs--Part I, 10 a.m., 2165 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, markup of H.R. 1383, Restoring GI Bill Fairness Act of 
2011; H.R. 802, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to 
establish a VetStar Award Program; H.R. 1657, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to revise the enforcement penalties for 
misrepresentation of a business concern as a small business concern 
owned and controlled by veterans or as a small business concern 
owned and controlled by service-disabled veterans; and legislation 
regarding the Five year extension of Housing Grant Authority under 
Section 2102A of Title 38; and H.R. 1671, Andrew Connolly Veterans' 
Housing Act. 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, markup 
of H.R. 1407, the Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment 
Act of 2011; H.R. 1484, the Veterans Appeals Improvement Act of 
2011; and H.R. 1627, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
provide for certain requirements for the placement of monuments in 
Arlington National Cemetery, and for other purposes. 1:30 p.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on 
transparency and funding of State and local defined benefit pension 
plans, 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing on Military Intelligence Program and General Defense 
Intelligence Program FY2012 Budget Overview, 2:30 p.m., HVC-304. 
This is a Closed hearing.