[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 83 (Thursday, June 9, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D620-D623]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 13 through June 18, 2011

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 11 a.m., Senate will begin consideration of the 
nominations of Claire C. Cecchi, of New Jersey, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of New Jersey, and Esther Salas, of 
New Jersey, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
New Jersey, with a vote on confirmation of the nominations, at 
approximately 12 noon. Following which, at 2:15 p.m., Senate will 
resume consideration of S. 782, Economic Development Revitalization 
Act, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Coburn Modified 
Amendment No. 436, to repeal the Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax 
Credit.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.

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                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: June 15, to 
hold hearings to examine the ``Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act'' and implementation of Title VII one year later, 
9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: June 15, Subcommittee on Department 
of Defense, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2012 for the Department of Defense, 10:30 a.m., SD-
192.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 14, Subcommittee on Airland, 
closed business meeting to mark up those provisions which fall under 
the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2012, 9 a.m., SR-232A.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, closed business meeting 
to mark up those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's 
jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for 
fiscal year 2012, 10:30 a.m., SR-232A.
  June 14, Subcommittee on SeaPower, closed business meeting to mark 
up those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction 
of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
2012, 2 p.m., SR-232A.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, 
business meeting to mark up those provisions which fall under the 
subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2012, 3:30 p.m., SR-485.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Personnel, closed business meeting to 
mark up those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's 
jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for 
fiscal year 2012, 5 p.m., SR-232A.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, closed 
business meeting to mark up those provisions which fall under the 
subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2012, 9:30 a.m., SR-232A.
  June 15, Full Committee, closed business meeting to mark up the 
proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2012, 
2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  June 16, Full Committee, closed business meeting to continue 
markup of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
year 2012, 9:30 a.m., SR-232A.
  June 17, Full Committee, closed business meeting to continue 
markup of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
year 2012, 9:30 a.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 14, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Luis A. Aguilar, of Georgia, 
and Daniel M. Gallagher, Jr., of Maryland, both to be a Member of 
the Securities and Exchange Commission, and Anthony Frank 
D'Agostino, of Maryland, and Gregory Karawan, of Virginia, both to 
be a Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Protection, to hold hearings to examine enhancing safety and 
soundness, focusing on lessons learned and opportunities for 
continued improvement, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  June 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine credit 
unions, focusing on member business lending, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 14, to 
hold hearings to examine emerging threats to rail security, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 14, to hold 
hearings to examine wildfire management programs of the Federal land 
management agencies, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  June 16, Full Committee, 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, 10:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 15, to hold 
hearings to examine the ``Clean Air Act'' and public health, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  June 16, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's preliminary results of the 
nuclear safety review in the United States following the emergency 
at Fukushima Daiichi power plant in Japan, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 16, business meeting to 
consider S. Res. 194, expressing the sense of the Senate on United 
States military operations in Libya, and the nominations of William 
J. Burns, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary, Gary Locke, of 
Washington, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, and 
Ryan C. Crocker, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Islamic 
Republic of Afghanistan, all of the Department of State, 10 a.m., S-
116, Capitol.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 15, 
to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Jennifer A. Di Toro, 
Donna Mary Murphy, and Yvonne M. Williams, all to be an Associate 
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 16, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine achieving the policy goals of the ``Native American 
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act'' (NAGPRA), 2:15 p.m., SD-
628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 16, 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, to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to clarify and expand Federal 
criminal jurisdiction over Federal contractors and employees outside 
the United States, and the nominations of Steve Six, of Kansas, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, Marina Garcia 
Marmolejo, to be United

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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, and Wilma Antoinette Lewis, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands, 
10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: June 16, to hold 
hearings to examine Small Business Administration programs, focusing 
on eliminating inefficiencies, duplications, fraud and abuse, 10 
a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 14, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  June 16, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, June 14, full Committee, hearing on 
the Report on the Revised Suballocation of Budget Allocations for 
Fiscal Year 2012; and the Defense Appropriations Bill, FY 2012, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 14, Subcommittee on 
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, hearing entitled 
``Retirement Security: Challenges Confronting Pension Plan Sponsors, 
Workers, and Retirees,'' 11 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing entitled 
``Is OSHA Undermining State Efforts to Promote Workplace Safety?'' 
10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 13, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Power, hearing on H.R. 2054, the Energy and Revenue Enrichment 
Act of 2011, 1:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 13, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``The Views of the Department of Health and Human Services 
on Regulatory Reform: An Update,'' 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, hearing 
entitled ``The NRC Inspector General Report on the `NRC Chairman's 
Unilateral Decision to Terminate NRC's Review of the DOE Yucca 
Mountain Repository License Application.'10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``IPAB: The 
Controversial Consequences for Medicare and Seniors,'' 10:30 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing on legislation to require greater protection for sensitive 
consumer data and timely notification in case of breach, 10:30 p.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled ``The 
American Energy Initiative.'' This hearing will focus on pipeline 
safety oversight. 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Seryices, June 14, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``Does 
the Dodd-Frank Act End `Too Big to Fail'?'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 14, Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``The Role of the U.S. in the World Bank and 
Multilateral Development Banks: Bank Oversight and Requested Capital 
Increases,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 15, full Committee, entitled ``Hearing to Receive the Annual 
Testimony of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State of the 
International Financial System,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 16, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Financial Regulatory 
Reform: The International Context,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 13, Subcommittee on Water and 
Power, hearing on H.R. 1837, to address certain water-related 
concerns on the San Joaquin River, and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  June 13, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights, 
hearing on Best Practices and Next Steps: A New Decade in the Fight 
Against Human Trafficking, 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 14, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on 
Holding Honduras Hostage: Revoked Visas and U.S. Policy, 3 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, 
hearing on Global Maritime Piracy: Fueling Terrorism, Harming Trade, 
2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 16, full Committee, hearing on Why Taiwan Matters, 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, June 14, Subcommittee on Border 
and Maritime Security, hearing entitled ``Securing the Nation's 
Ports and Maritime Border--A Review of the Coast Guard Post 9/11 
Homeland Security Missions,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  June 15, full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Threat of Muslim-
American Radicalization in U.S. Prisons; 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, June 16, Subcommittee on 
Oversight, hearing entitled ``Modernizing Information Delivery in 
the House.'' 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 13, Subcommittee on Intellectual 
Property, Competition and the Internet, hearing on Competition and 
Consolidation in Financial Markets: The NYSE-Deutsche Boerse Merger, 
4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 
hearing on the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative 
Law, hearing on legislation regarding the End Discriminatory State 
Taxes for Automobile Renters Act of 2011, 1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, hearing 
on legislation regarding the Legal Workforce Act, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 14, Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs, hearing on H.R. 
946, the ``Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act,'' 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  June 14, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 1904, the Southeast Arizona 
Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011; H.R. 869, to clarify the 
definition of flood

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control operations for the purposes of the operation and maintenance 
of Project No. 2179 on the Lower Merced River; H.R. 1258, the Box 
Elder Utah Land Conveyance Act; H.R. 1545, the Waco Mammoth National 
Monument Establishment Act of 2011; H.R. 473, the HALE Scouts Act; 
and H.R. 1740, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 
a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, as a 
component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing on 
legislation regarding the National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access 
Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 13, full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Obstruction of Justice: Does the 
Justice Department Have to Respond to a Lawfully Issued and Valid 
Congressional Subpoena?'' 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 14, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Achieving Transparency 
and Accountability in Federal Spending,'' 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 14, Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and 
Foreign Operations; and the Committee on Foreign Affairs' 
Subcommittees on the Western Hemisphere and the Middle East and 
South Asia, joint hearing entitled, ``Venezuela's Sanctionable 
Activity,'' 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, June 13, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 2112, 
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food & Drug Administration and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, 5:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, June 14, Subcommittee 
on Technology and Innovation, hearing on Transportation Research 
Priorities: Maximizing Return on Investment of Taxpayer Dollars, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing on 
The Federal Perspective on a National Critical Materials Strategy, 2 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 15, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on An 
Examination of DOE's Clean Technology Programs, 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  June 16, full Committee, hearing on STEM Education In Action: 
Learning Today . . . Leading Tomorrow, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 14, Subcommittee on 
Investigations, Oversight and Regulations, hearing entitled ``Do Not 
Enter: How Proposed Hours of Service Trucking Rules are a Dead End 
for Small Businesses,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  June 15, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Lifting the Weight of 
Regulations: Growing Jobs by Reducing Regulatory Burdens.'' The 
focus of the hearing is on the following bills: H.R. 527, the 
Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2011; and H.R. 585, the 
Small Business Size Standard Flexibility Act of 2011, p.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Capital Access and Tax, 
hearing entitled ``The Dodd-Frank Act: Impact on Small Business 
Lending,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 13, hearing 
entitled ``How Best to Improve Bus Safety on Our Nation's 
Highways,'' 2:30 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  June 14, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
hearing entitled ``Creating Jobs and Increasing U.S. Exports by 
Enhancing the Marine Transportation System,'' 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, 
and Emergency Management, hearing entitled ``The Securities and 
Exchange Commission's $500 Million Fleecing of America,'' 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs,  June 13, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Preventing Sexual Assaults and Safety Incidents at VA 
Facilities, 4 p.m., 224 Cannon.
  June 14, full Committee, hearing on Mental Health: Bridging the 
Gap Between Care and Compensation for Veterans, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 14, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Subcommittee on Social Security, joint hearing on the accuracy 
of payments made by the Social Security Administration (SSA), 2 
p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  June 16, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on improving 
programs designed to protect youth at risk of abuse and neglect, 9 
a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, June 16, full 
Committee, hearing on United States Involvement in Libya, 10 a.m., 
HVC-304. This is a closed hearing.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: June 14, to 
receive a briefing on prospects for unfreezing Moldova's frozen 
conflict in Transnistria, focusing on examining how the existing 
security and governance conditions in the region affect the human 
rights and humanitarian situations on the ground, 10 a.m., 2203, 
Rayburn Building.