[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 80 (Monday, June 6, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D603-D605]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of June 7 through June 11, 2011

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 11:30 a.m., Senate will continue 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 782, 
Economic Development Revitalization Act, with a cloture vote expected 
to occur on Wednesday.
  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 Appropriations: June 8, Subcommittee on Financial 
Service and General Government, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the Internal Revenue 
Service, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  June 8, Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security, to hold 
hearings to examine a review of the status of emergency management 
in the United States, including the important role communications 
systems play during a disaster, 2:45 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 9, to hold hearings to examine 
the nomination of Leon E. Panetta, of California, to be Secretary of 
Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  June 9, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine the 
nomination of Leon E. Panetta, of California, to be Secretary of 
Defense, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 9, to hold 
hearings to examine reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance 
Program, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 8, 
business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 7, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 512, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 
to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out programs to develop 
and demonstrate 2 small modular nuclear reactor designs, S. 937, to 
repeal certain barriers to domestic fuel production, and S. 1067, to 
amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of 
Energy to carry out a research and development and demonstration 
program to reduce manufacturing and construction costs relating to 
nuclear reactors, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  June 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S. 963, to 
reduce energy costs, improve energy efficiency, and expand the use 
of renewable energy by Federal agencies, S. 1000, to promote energy 
savings in residential and commercial buildings and industry, and S. 
1001, to reduce oil consumption and improve energy security, 9:30 
a.m., SD-366.
  June 9, Subcommittee on Energy, to hold hearings to examine 
critical minerals and materials legislation, including S. 383, to 
promote the domestic production of critical minerals and materials, 
S. 421, to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to 
require the Secretary of Energy to provide grants for lithium 
production research and development, and S. 1113, to facilitate the 
reestablishment of domestic, critical mineral designation, 
assessment, production, manufacturing, recycling, analysis, 
forecasting, workforce, education, research, and international 
capabilities in the United States, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 8, Subcommittee on 
Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, with the Subcommittee on Children's 
Health and Environmental Responsibility, to hold joint hearings to 
examine air quality and children's health, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  June 9, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 76, to 
direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
investigate and address cancer and disease clusters, including in 
infants and children, and the nominations of William Charles 
Ostendorff, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, and Richard C. Howorth, of Mississippi, to be a Member 
of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, Time to 
be announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 7, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Geeta Pasi, of New York, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Djibouti, Donald W. Koran, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda, Lewis Alan Lukens, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
the Republic of Guinea-Bissau, and Jeanine E. Jackson, of Wyoming, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malawi, all of the Department of 
State, and Ariel Pablos-Mendez, of New York, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  June 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Protocol 
Amending the Convention between the United States of America and the 
Swiss Confederation for the Avoidance of Double Taxation with 
Respect to Taxes on Income, signed at Washington on October 2, 1996 
(Treaty Doc.112-01), Protocol Amending the Convention between the 
Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and 
the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and 
Capital, signed on May 20, 2009, at Luxembourg (the ``proposed 
Protocol'') and a related agreement effected by

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the exchange of notes also signed on May 20, 2009 (Treaty Doc.111-
08), Convention between the Government of the United States of 
America and the Government of the Republic of Hungary for the 
Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion 
with Respect to Taxes on Income, signed on February 4, 2010, at 
Budapest (the ``proposed Convention'') and a related agreement 
effected by an exchange of notes on February 4, 2010 (Treaty 
Doc.111-07), Treaty between the Government of the United States of 
America and the Government of the Republic of Rwanda Concerning the 
Encouragement and Reciprocal Protection of Investment, signed at 
Kigali on February 19, 2008 (Treaty Doc.110-23), and Treaty between 
the Government of the United States of America and the Government of 
Bermuda relating to Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters, 
signed at Hamilton on January 12, 2009 (Treaty Doc.111-06), 2:30 
p.m., SD-419.
  June 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination 
of Ryan C. Crocker, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Islamic 
Republic of Afghanistan, Department of State, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  June 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of D. Brent Hardt, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Co-operative Republic of Guyana, James Harold Thessin, of Virginia, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay, Jonathan Don Farrar, 
of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, and 
Lisa J. Kubiske, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Honduras, all of the Department of State, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  June 9, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. Res. 194, 
expressing the sense of the Senate on United States military 
operations in Libya, 10 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 7, to 
hold hearings to examine financial outcomes of students at for-
profit colleges, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  June 9, Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold hearings to 
examine quality early education and care, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 9, 
Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery and Intergovernmental 
Affairs, to hold hearings to examine border corruption, focusing on 
assessing customs and border protection and the Department of 
Homeland Security Inspector General's office collaboration in the 
fight to prevent corruption, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  June 9, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine Federal asset management, focusing on 
eliminating waste by disposing of unneeded Federal real property, 2 
p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 9, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine domestic policy implications of the UN Declaration on the 
Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 8, to hold hearings to examine 
the President's request to extend the service of Director Robert 
Mueller of the Federal Bureau of Investigation until 2013, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  June 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Stephen A. Higginson, of Louisiana, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Jane Margaret Triche-
Milazzo, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Louisiana, Alison J. Nathan, and Katherine B. Forrest, both to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 
and Susan Owens Hickey, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Arkansas, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  June 9, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1103, to 
extend the term of the incumbent Director of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, S. 978, to amend the criminal penalty provision for 
criminal infringement of a copyright, S. 1145, the Civilian 
Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act, and 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 Felicia C. Adams, to be 
United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, and 
Ronald W. Sharpe, to be United States Attorney for the District of 
the Virgin Islands, both of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: June 8, to hold hearings to 
examine pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 7, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  June 9, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


*These figures include all measures reported, even if there was no 
accompanying report. A total of 19 reports have been filed in the 
Senate, a total of 95 reports have been filed in the House.

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