[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 67 (Monday, May 16, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D508-D509]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                              MAY 17, 2011

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 
for the Federal Railroad Administration and the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation, 10:15 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to receive a closed 
briefing on the proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for 
the United States Northern Command and

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the United States Southern Command, 10:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine oversight and reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank 
of the United States, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 516, to extend outer Continental Shelf leases to 
accommodate permitting delays and to provide operators time to meet 
new drilling and safety requirements, S. 843, to establish outer 
Continental Shelf lease and permit processing coordination offices, 
S. 916, to facilitate appropriate oil and gas development on Federal 
land and waters, to limit dependence of the United States on foreign 
sources of oil and gas, and S. 917, to amend the Outer Continental 
Shelf Lands Act to reform the management of energy and mineral 
resources on the Outer Continental Shelf, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine financing 21st 
century infrastructure, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
strategic implications of Pakistan and the region, 9:30 a.m., SD-
419.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 618, to promote 
the strengthening of the private sector in Egypt and Tunisia, S. 
954, to promote the strengthening of the Haitian private sector, S. 
Con. Res. 15, supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day, 
and reaffirming United States leadership and support for efforts to 
combat malaria as a critical component of the President's Global 
Health Initiative, and the nominations of Daniel Benjamin Shapiro, 
of Illinois, to be Ambassador to Israel, Stuart E. Jones, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 
George Albert Krol, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Uzbekistan, and Henry S. Ensher, of California, to be Ambassador 
to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, all of the 
Department of State, Mara E. Rudman, of Massachusetts, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, Matthew Maxwell Taylor Kennedy, of 
California, and James A. Torrey, of Connecticut, both to be a Member 
of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment 
Corporation, and Sim Farar, of California, and William J. Hybl, of 
Colorado, both to be a Member of the United States Advisory 
Commission on Public Diplomacy, and a promotion list in the Foreign 
Service, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine strengthening medical and public health 
preparedness and response, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine addressing the U.S. Postal Service's financial 
crisis, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees 
and Border Security, to hold hearings to examine improving security 
and facilitating commerce at America's northern border and ports of 
entry, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Lisa O. Monaco, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, 3:30 p.m., SD-
562.


                                 House

  No hearings were held.