[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 25, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D556-D557]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 26, 2011

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, 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, 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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, business meeting 
to consider the nomination of Timothy G. Massad, of Connecticut, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; to be immediately 
followed by a hearing to examine public proposals for the future of 
the housing finance system, part II, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, business meeting to 
consider S. 630, to promote marine and hydrokinetic renewable energy 
research and development, an original bill to provide for the 
conduct of an analysis of the impact of energy development and 
production on the water resources of the United States, and for 
other purposes, an original bill to promote the domestic development 
and deployment of clean energy technologies, and for other purposes, 
an original bill to amend the Federal Power Act to protect the bulk-
power system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense of 
the United States against cybersecurity and other threats and 
vulnerabilities, S. 699, to authorize the Secretary of Energy to 
carry out a program to demonstrate the commercial application of 
integrated systems for long-term geological storage of carbon 
dioxide, S. 757, to provide incentives to encourage the development 
and implementation of technology to capture carbon dioxide from 
dilute sources on a significant scale using direct air capture 
technologies, 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 the United 
States-Korea Free Trade Agreement, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, 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, 10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, business 
meeting to consider S. 792, to authorize the waiver of certain debts 
relating to assistance provided to individuals and households since 
2005, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs, 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, 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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging, 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 Education and the Workforce, 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, Full Committee, continued markup 
of the following: H.R. 908, the Full Implementation of the Chemical 
Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Act; and H.R. 1939, 
Enhancing CPSC Authority and Discretion Act of 2011. 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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 Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, 
Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies, hearing 
entitled ``Unlocking the SAFETY Act's Potential to Promote 
Technology and Combat Terrorism.'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, 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, 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, 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.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs, 
hearing on ``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, 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, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 1745, Jobs, 
Opportunity, Benefits & Services (JOBS) Act of 2011, 10 a.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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, 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, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Opening the Northeast Corridor to Private 
Competition for the Development of High-Speed Rail.'' 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing on H.R. 1892, Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2012, 10 a.m., HVC-304 Capitol. Hearing will begin as an open 
hearing and then proceed to a closed hearing.