[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 70 (Thursday, May 19, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D526-D529]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of May 23 through May 28, 2011

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 3 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of the motion 
to proceed to consideration of S. 1038, PATRIOT Act Extension, with a 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of the bill at 5 p.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: May 26, to hold 
hearings to examine the role, risks, and challenges for American 
agriculture and the next farm bill in meeting the demands of a 
growing world, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 25, Subcommittee on Financial 
Service and General Government, to hold hearings to examine creating 
jobs and transforming communities, focusing on funding for the Small 
Business Administration and the Community Development Financial 
Institutions Fund, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the 
Missile Defense Agency, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to receive a closed 
briefing on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for 
United States Central Command and United States Africa Command, 
10:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Armed Services: May 24, Subcommittee on Airland, to 
hold hearings to examine tactical aircraft programs in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2012 and the Future 
Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  May 25, Subcommittee on SeaPower, 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, 2:30 
p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 25, 
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment, to hold 
hearings to examine derivatives clearinghouses, focusing on 
opportunities and challenges, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  May 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine public 
proposals for the future of the housing finance system, part II, 10 
a.m., SD-538.

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  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 24, 
Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, to hold 
an oversight hearing to examine air traffic control safety, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 25, Subcommittee on 
Public Lands and Forests, 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, 2:30 
p.m., SD-366.
  May 26, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 25, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of William Charles Ostendorff, 
of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 
Richard C. Howorth, of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and Lieutenant General 
Thomas P. Bostick, to be Chief of Engineers, and Commanding General, 
United States Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: May 25, to hold hearings to examine the 
United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth, 
to hold hearings to examine the spread of tax fraud by identity 
theft, focusing on a threat to taxpayers, a drain on the public 
treasury, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  May 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the United 
States-Korea Free Trade Agreement, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 24, to hold hearings to 
examine al Qaeda, the Taliban, and other extremist groups in 
Afghanistan and Pakistan, 9 a.m., SD-419.
  May 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination 
of William J. Burns, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of State, 
2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  May 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination 
of Gary Locke, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the People's 
Republic of China, Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: May 23, 
to hold hearings to examine protecting cyberspace, focusing on 
assessing the White House proposal, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  May 24, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings 
to examine stimulus contractors, focusing on taxes, 2:30 p.m., SD-
342.
  May 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine how to save 
taxpayer dollars, focusing on case studies of duplication in the 
Federal government, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine assessing efforts to eliminate improper 
payments, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 26, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine expanding the success of native language and culture-
based education, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 24, Subcommittee on Crime and 
Terrorism, to hold hearings to examine responding to the 
prescription drug epidemic, focusing on strategies for reducing 
abuse, misuse, diversion, and fraud, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  May 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Steve Six, of Kansas, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Tenth Circuit, Marina Garcia Marmolejo, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Michael 
Charles Green, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of New York, Wilma Antoinette Lewis, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands, 
and Major General Marilyn A. Quagliotti, USAF (Ret.), of Virginia, 
to be Deputy Director for Supply Reduction, Office of National Drug 
Control Policy, Executive Office of the President, 2:30 p.m., SD-
226.
  May 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine holding 
criminals accountable, focusing on extending criminal jurisdiction 
to government contractors and employees abroad, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  May 26, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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, 
10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: May 25, to hold hearings to 
examine seamless transition, focusing on meeting the needs of 
service members and veterans, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 24, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  May 26, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: May 26, to hold hearings to examine 
meals, rides, and caregivers, focusing on the ``Older American 
Act,'' 2 p.m., SD-106.

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                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, May 25, Subcommittee on General Farm 
Commodities and Risk Management, hearing on Harmonizing Global 
Derivatives Reform: Impact on U.S. Competitiveness and Market 
Stability, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, May 24, full Committee, hearing to 
consider the following: Report on the Suballocation of Budget 
Allocations for Fiscal Year 2012, the Homeland Security 
Appropriations Bill, FY 2012; and the Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill, FY 2012; 9:30 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  May 24, Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban 
Development and Related Agencies, hearing on the Office of Community 
Planning and Development (HUD) FY 2012 Budget Oversight, 2 p.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  May 24, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, markup of FY 2012 
Appropriations bill, 4 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban 
Development and Related Agencies, hearing on the Office of Public 
and Indian Housing (HUD) FY 2012 Budget Oversight, 10 a.m., 2358 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, May 26, Subcommittee on 
Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions, hearing entitled ``Corporate 
Campaigns and the NLRB: The Impact of Union Pressure on Job 
Creation,'' 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 23, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Power, hearing entitled ``The American Energy Initiative,'' 3 
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Expanding 
Health Care Options: Allowing Americans to Purchase Affordable 
Coverage Across State Lines,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Creating an Interoperable Public Safety Network,'' 9:30 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, May 24, full Committee, markup of 
the following: H.R. 1573, to facilitate implementation of title VII 
of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, 
promote regulatory coordination, and avoid market disruption, 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 24, Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Legislative Proposals on Securing American Jobs 
Through Exports: Export-Import Bank Reauthorization,'' 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community 
Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Legislative Proposals to Determine 
the Future Role of FHA, RHS and GNMA in the Single- and Multi-Family 
Mortgage Markets,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored 
Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Transparency, Transition and 
Taxpayer Protection: More Steps to End the GSE Bailout,'' 2 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``FDIC Oversight: Examining and Evaluating 
the Role of the Regulator During the Financial Crisis and Today,'' 
9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 24, Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Health, and Human Rights, hearing on International Child 
Abduction: Broken Laws and Bereaved Lives, 2 p.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  May 24, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on the 
Future of Japan, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  May 24, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, 
hearing on the Future of al-Qaeda, 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 25, full Committee, hearing on War Powers, United States 
Operations in Libya, and Related Legislation, 10:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
UN Climate Talks and Power Politics: It's Not about the Temperature, 
2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, May 25, full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Threats to the American Homeland after Killing Bin Laden: 
An Assessment,'' 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Transportation Security, hearing entitled 
``Authorizing the Transportation Security Administration for Fiscal 
Years 2012 and 2013,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, May 26, Subcommittee on 
Oversight, hearing on Inspector General Audit of the House's F.Y. 
2009 Financial Statements, 9:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 23, Subcommittee on Courts, 
Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 1860, the Digital 
Goods and Services Tax Fairness Act of 2011, 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 24, Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, 
hearing on legislation providing for the detention of dangerous 
aliens, 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 24, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing entitled ``Can 
We Sue Our Way to Prosperity?: Litigation's Effect on America's 
Global Competitiveness,'' 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the 
Internet; and Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland 
Security, joint hearing entitled ``Cybersecurity: Innovative 
Solutions to Challenging Problems,'' 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law, 
hearing on H.R. 1864, the Mobile Workforce State Income Tax 
Simplification Act of 2011, 1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the 
Internet, hearing entitled ``How Will the Proposed Merger Between 
AT&T and T-Mobile Affect Wireless Telecommunications Competition?'' 
10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, May 24, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources, hearing entitled ``Strategic and Critical 
Minerals Policy: Domestic Minerals Supplies and Demands in a Time of 
Foreign Supply Disruptions,'' 9 a.m., 1334 Longworth.

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  May 24, Subcommittee on Water and Power; and the Subcommittee on 
Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, joint hearing on Protecting Long-
Term Tribal Energy Jobs and Keeping Arizona Water and Power Costs 
Affordable: The Current and Future Role of the Navajo Generating 
Station, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 25, full Committee, hearing on Harnessing American Resources 
to Create Jobs and Address Rising Gasoline Prices--Part III: Impacts 
on Seniors, Working Families and Memorial Day Vacations, 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, hearing 
on H.R. 1408, to provide for the settlement of certain claims under 
the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, and for other purposes, 11 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular 
Affairs, hearing entitled ``Buying More Land When We Can't Maintain 
What We Already Own: The National Wildlife Refuge System's 
Operations and Maintenance Backlog Story!''1 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, May 24, full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Pain at the Pump: Policies that 
Suppress Domestic Production of Oil and Gas,'' 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 24, Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of 
Public and Private Programs, hearing entitled ``Who's Watching the 
Watchmen? Oversight of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau,'' 
1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, 
Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform, hearing entitled 
``Unfunded Mandates, Regulatory Burdens and the Role of the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs,'' 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and 
Financial Management, hearing entitled ``IRS E-File and Identity 
Theft,'' 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and 
Foreign Operations, hearing entitled ``Cybersecurity: Assessing the 
Immediate Threat to the United States,'' 1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and 
Government Spending, hearing entitled ``How Federal Reserve Policies 
Add to Hard Times at the Pump,'' 1:30 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and 
Labor Policy, hearing entitled ``Rightsizing the Federal 
Workforce,'' 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, May 23, full Committee, hearing on the 
following: H.R. 1216, to amend the Public Health Service Act to 
convert funding for graduate medical education in qualified teaching 
health centers from direct appropriations to an authorization of 
appropriations; and H.R. 1540, the National Defense Authorization 
Act, FY 2012, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, May 25, Subcommittee 
on Research and Science Education; and Subcommittee on Technology 
and Innovation, joint hearing on Protecting Information in the 
Digital Age: Federal Cybersecurity Research and Development Efforts, 
10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on NASA's 
Commercial Cargo Providers: Are They Ready to Supply the Space 
Station in the Post-Shuttle Era? 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 25, full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Promoting Entrepreneurship and Job Creation by Decreasing 
Duplication at SBA,'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  May 26, Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, hearing 
entitled ``Defer No More: The Need to Repeal the 3% Withholding 
Provision,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 24, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on 
Creating U.S. Maritime Industry Jobs by Reducing Regulator Burdens, 
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 24, full Committee, hearing on 
a subject to be determined, 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  May 25, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 
Affairs, hearing on Arlington National Cemetery: An Update from the 
New Administration, 11 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 25, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing on improper tax payments in the administration of refundable 
tax credits, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 25, full 
Committee, hearing with FBI Director Mueller, 2 p.m., HVC-210. A 
classified session will follow.
  May 26, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 1892, Intelligence 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, 10 a.m., HVC-304. Hearing 
will begin as an open hearing and then proceed to a closed hearing.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: May 25, to hold hearings to examine 
driving innovation and job growth through the life sciences 
industry, 10:15 a.m., SH-216.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: May 23, to hold 
hearings to examine labor trafficking in troubled economic times, 
focusing on protecting American jobs and migrant human rights, 2 
p.m., 210, Cannon Building.