[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 67 (Monday, May 16, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E911-E912]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, May 17, 2011 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                 MAY 18
     9:30 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Securities, Insurance and Investment Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the state of the 
           securitization markets.
                                                            SD-538
     10 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to continue consideration of 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, and S. 792, to authorize the waiver of 
           certain debts relating to assistance provided to 
           individuals and households since 2005.
                                                            SD-342
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine improving efficiency and 
           ensuring justice in the immigration court system.
                                                            SD-226
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         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.
                                                           SR-232A
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine seamless transition, focusing 
           on improving Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense 
           collaboration.
                                                            SR-418
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Department of Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
           justification for fiscal year 2012 for the Department 
           of the Army.
                                                            SD-192
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Science and Space Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine contributions of space to 
           national imperatives.
                                                            SR-253
     2 p.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine what dissidents need from the 
           internet, focusing on changes in technologies and 
           social media platforms that enable dissidents to access 
           information and to communicate.
                                            2218, Rayburn Building
     2:30 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
           justification for fiscal year 2012 for the Department 
           of Energy.
                                                            SD-192
       Foreign Relations
       European Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine Administration priorities for 
           Europe in the 112th Congress.
                                                            SD-419
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 220, to provide for the 
           reforestation of forest landscapes, protection of old 
           growth forests, and management of national forests in 
           the eastside forests of the State of Oregon, S. 270, to 
           direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
           Federal land to Deschutes County, Oregon, S. 271, to 
           require the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into a 
           property conveyance with the city of Wallowa, Oregon, 
           S. 278, to provide for the exchange of certain land 
           located in the Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests in 
           the State of Colorado, S. 292, to resolve the claims of 
           the Bering Straits Native Corporation and the State of 
           Alaska to land adjacent to Salmon Lake in the State of 
           Alaska and to provide for the conveyance to the Bering 
           Straits Native Corporation of certain other public land 
           in partial satisfaction of the land entitlement of the 
           Corporation under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
           Act, S. 322, to expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness in 
           the State of Washington, to designate the Middle Fork 
           Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild and scenic 
           rivers, S. 382, to amend the National Forest Ski Area 
           Permit Act of 1986 to clarify the authority of the 
           Secretary of Agriculture regarding additional 
           recreational uses of National Forest System land that 
           is subject to ski area permits, and for other permits, 
           S. 427, to withdraw certain land located in Clark 
           County, Nevada, from location, entry, and patent under 
           the mining laws and disposition under all laws 
           pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral 
           materials, S. 526, to provide for the conveyance of 
           certain Bureau of Land Management land in Mohave 
           County, Arizona, to the Arizona Game and Fish 
           Commission, for use as a public shooting range, S. 566, 
           to provide for the establishment of the National 
           Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System, S. 590, to 
           convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of 
           the Northern Mariana Islands in order to give that 
           territory the same benefits in its submerged lands as 
           Guam, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa have in 
           their submerged lands, S. 607, to designate certain 
           land in the State of Oregon as wilderness, to provide 
           for the exchange of certain Federal land and non-
           Federal land, S. 617, to require the Secretary of the 
           Interior to convey certain Federal land to Elko County, 
           Nevada, and to take land into trust for the Te-moak 
           Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada, S. 683, to 
           provide for the conveyance of certain parcels of land 
           to the town of Mantua, Utah, S. 684, to provide for the 
           conveyance of certain parcels of land to the town of 
           Alta, Utah, S. 667, to establish the Rio Grande del 
           Norte National Conservation Area in the State of New 
           Mexico, S. 729, to validate final patent number 27-
           2005-0081, S. 766, to provide for the designation of 
           the Devil's Staircase Wilderness Area in the State of 
           Oregon, to designate segments of Wasson and Franklin 
           Creeks in the State of Oregon as wild rivers, S. 896, 
           to amend the Public Land Corps Act of 1993 to expand 
           the authorization of the Secretaries of Agriculture, 
           Commerce, and the Interior to provide service 
           opportunities for young Americans; help restore the 
           nation's natural, cultural, historic, archaeological, 
           recreational and scenic resources; train a new 
           generation of public land managers and enthusiasts; and 
           promote the value of public service, and S. 897, to 
           amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 
           1977 to clarify that uncertified States and Indian 
           tribes have the authority to use certain payments for 
           certain noncoal reclamation projects and acid mine 
           remediation programs.
                                                            SD-366
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine Marine Corps acquisition 
           programs 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.
                                                           SR-232A

                                 MAY 19
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter 
           Program in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
           for fiscal year 2012 and the Future Years Defense 
           Program.
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     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine public transportation, 
           focusing on priorities and challenges for 
           reauthorization.
                                                            SD-538
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine consumer privacy and 
           protection in the mobile marketplace.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine policies to reduce oil 
           consumption through the promotion of advanced vehicle 
           technologies and accelerated deployment of electric-
           drive vehicles, including S. 734, to provide for a 
           program of research, development, demonstration, and 
           commercial application in vehicle technologies at the 
           Department of Education, and S. 948, to promote the 
           deployment of plug-in electric drive vehicles.
                                                            SD-366
       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, S. 890, to 
           establish the supplemental fraud fighting account, S. 
           968, to prevent online threats to economic creativity 
           and theft of intellectual property, S. 978, to amend 
           the criminal penalty provision for criminal 
           infringement of a copyright, and the nominations of 
           John Andrew Ross, to be United States District Judge 
           for the Eastern District of Missouri, Timothy M. Cain, 
           to be United States District Judge for the District of 
           South Carolina, Nannette Jolivette Brown, to be United 
           States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
           Louisiana, Nancy Torresen, to be United States District 
           Judge for the District of Maine, and William Francis 
           Kuntz, II, to be United States District Judge for the 
           Eastern District of New York.
                                                            SD-226
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine small business recovery, 
           focusing on the progress report on ``Small Business 
           Jobs Act of 2010'' implementation.
                                                           SR-428A
     1:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine ten years after 9/11, 
           focusing on if intelligence reform is working, part II.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
       African Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the next steps in Cote 
           d'Ivoire.
                                                            SD-419
       Appropriations
       Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2012 for the United States Forest Service.
                                                            SD-124
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 201, to clarify the 
           jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior with 
           respect to the C.C. Cragin Dam and Reservoir, S. 333, 
           to reinstate and extend the deadline for commencement 
           of construction of a hydroelectric project involving 
           the Little Wood River Ranch, S. 334, to reinstate and 
           extend the deadline for commencement of construction of 
           a hydroelectric project involving the American Falls 
           Reservoir, S. 419, to authorize the Dry-Redwater 
           Regional Water Authority System, S. 499, to authorize 
           the Secretary of the Interior to facilitate the 
           development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond Fork 
           System of the Central Utah Project, S. 519, to further 
           allocate and expand the availability of hydroelectric 
           power generated at Hoover Dam, and S. 808, to direct 
           the Secretary of the Interior to allow for prepayment 
           of repayment contracts between the United States and 
           the Uintah Water Conservancy District.
                                                            SD-366
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                 MAY 24
     9 a.m.
       Judiciary
       Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine responding to the 
           prescription drug epidemic, focusing on strategies for 
           reducing abuse, misuse, diversion, and fraud.
                                                            SD-226
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine al Qaeda, the Taliban, and 
           other extremist groups in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
                                                            SD-419
     2:30 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine certain nominations.
                                                            SD-226

                                 MAY 25
     10 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine how to save taxpayer dollars, 
           focusing on case studies of duplication in the Federal 
           government.
                                                            SD-342
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine seamless transition, focusing 
           on meeting the needs of service members and veterans.
                                                            SR-418
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Department of Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2012 for the Missile Defense Agency.
                                                            SD-192
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
           Federal Services, and International Security 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine assessing efforts to 
           eliminate improper payments.
                                                            SD-342
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 375, to authorize the 
           Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the 
           Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with 
           State foresters authorizing State foresters to provide 
           certain forest, rangeland, and watershed restoration 
           and protection services, S. 714, to reauthorize the 
           Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, S. 730, to 
           provide for the settlement of certain claims under the 
           Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, S. 233, to 
           withdraw certain Federal land and interests in that 
           land from location, entry, and patent under the mining 
           laws and disposition under the mineral and geothermal 
           leasing laws, and S. 268, to sustain the economic 
           development and recreational use of National Forest 
           System land and other public land in the State of 
           Montana, to add certain land to the National Wilderness 
           Preservation System, to release certain wilderness 
           study areas, to designate new areas for recreation.
                                                            SD-366
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine Navy shipbuilding programs in 
           review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal 
           year 2012 and the Future Years Defense Program.
                                                           SR-232A

                                 MAY 26
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Department of Defense Subcommittee
         To receive a closed briefing on the United States Central 
           Command (CENTCOM) and United States African Command 
           (AFRICOM).
                                                           SVC-217

                                JUNE 15
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Department of Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Secretary of Defense and 
           the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
                                                            SD-192

                                JUNE 16
     10:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 343, to amend Title I of 
           PL 99-658 regarding the Compact of Free Association 
           between the Government of the United States of America 
           and the Government of Palau, to approve the results of 
           the 15-year review of the Compact, including the 
           Agreement Between the Government of the United States 
           of America and the Government of the Republic of Palau 
           Following the Compact of Free Association Section 432 
           Review, and to appropriate funds for the purposes of 
           the amended PL 99-658 for fiscal years ending on or 
           before September 30, 2024, to carry out the agreements 
           resulting from that review.
                                                            SD-366

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                 MAY 19
     10 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine evaluating goals and progress 
           in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
                                                            SD-419