[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 21, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D670-D671]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JUNE 22, 2011

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Department of 
Defense, to hold hearings to examine outside witness statements, 
10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Finance, to hold hearings to examine preventing 
overpayments and eliminating fraud in the unemployment insurance 
system, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine the next steps for securing rail and transit, 
9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine transforming lives 
through diabetes research, 1:30 p.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on the Judiciary, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine intellectual property law enforcement efforts, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Christopher Droney, of Connecticut, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Second Circuit, Robert David Mariani, to be United 
States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Cathy 
Bissoon, and Mark Raymond Hornak, both to be a United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and Robert 
N. Scola, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Florida, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, 
and Forestry, hearing on Agricultural Program Audit: Examination of 
Conservation Programs, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, markup of the First 
Semiannual Report on the Activities of the Committee on Armed 
Services for the 112th Congress. 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, hearing on the 
evolution of the terrorist threat, 1:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Full Committee, markup 
of the following: H.R. 2218, the ``Empowering Parents through 
Quality Charter Schools Act''; and the Report on the Activities of 
the Committee on Education and Workforce for the First Quarter of 
the 112th Congress. 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Protecting Medicare with 
Improvements to the Secondary Payer Regime.'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing entitled 
``Reforming FCC Process.'' 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, markup of the 
following: the Report on the Activity of the Committee on Financial 
Services for the 112th Congress; H.R. 2072, the ``Securing American 
Jobs Through Exports Act of 2011''; H.R. 1070, the ``Small Company 
Capital Formation Act of 2011''; H.R. 1082, the ``Small Business 
Capital Access and Job Preservation Act''; H.R. 33, to amend the 
Securities Act of 1933 to specify when certain securities issued in 
connection with church plans are treated as exempted securities for 
purposes of that Act; H.R. 1062, the ``Burdensome Data Collection 
Relief Act''; and H.R. 940, the ``United States Covered Bond Act of 
2011.'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific, hearing on Piercing Burma's Veil of Secrecy: The Truth 
Behind the Sham Election and the Difficult Road Ahead, 12:30 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, markup of the 
following: Consideration of the Committee Activity Report for the 
First Quarter of the 112th Congress; and H.R. 901, the ``Chemical 
Facility Anti-Terrorism Security Authorization Act of 2011.'' 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on National Parks, 
Forests and Public Lands, hearing entitled ``Opportunities for 
Outdoor Recreation on Public Lands.'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Affairs, hearing on H.R. 1158, 
to authorize the conveyance of mineral rights by the Secretary of 
the Interior in the State of Montana, and for other purposes; and 
H.R. 1560, to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama and 
Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta 
del Sur Pueblo Tribe to determine blood quantum requirement for 
membership in that tribe. 11 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
business meeting, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight, and 
Government Spending, hearing entitled, ``Last Implications of the 
General Motors Bailout.'' 1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services, and the Bailout of 
Public and Private Programs, hearing entitled ``The Changing Role of 
the FDIC.'' 1:30 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on Adoption of the 
Activity Report for the First Quarter of the 112th Congress; and 
H.R. 2219, the ``Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2012.'' 3 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing on Examining NOAA's Climate Service Proposal, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn. Prior to the start of the hearing there will be a Full 
Committee Business Meeting: Adoption of the 1st Semiannual Report of 
the Activities of the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The State of Small Business Access to Capital and Credit: The View 
from Secretary Geithner.'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Full Committee, 
markup of the following: H.R. 1073, to designate the United States 
courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ``R. 
Jess Brown United States Courthouse''; H.R. 1264, to designate the 
property between the United States Federal Courthouse and the Ed 
Jones Building located at 109 South Highland Avenue in Jackson, 
Tennessee, as the ``M.D. Anderson Plaza'' and to authorize the 
placement of a historical/identification marker on the grounds 
recognizing the achievements and philanthropy of M.D. Anderson; H.R. 
1791, to designate the United States courthouse under construction 
at 101 South United States Route 1 in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the 
``Alto Lee Adams, Sr., United States Courthouse''; H.R. 2018, the 
``Clean Water Cooperative Federalism Act of 2011''; and the Summary 
of Legislative and Oversight Activities Committee Report. 9:30 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, hearing on the Committee print ``Competition for 
Intercity Passenger Rail in America.'' 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
the recently released 2011 Annual Report of the Boards of Trustees 
of the Federal Hospital Insurance and Federal Supplementary Medical 
Insurance Trust Funds, 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Committee on the Library, organizational business meeting to 
consider committee's rules of procedure and budget for the 112th 
Congress, 11:30 a.m., SC-6, Capitol.
  Joint Committee on Printing, organizational business meeting to 
consider committee's rules of procedure and budget for the 112th 
Congress, 11:30 a.m., SC-6, Capitol.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, to hold hearings 
to examine addressing ethnic tension in Kyrgyzstan, focusing on the 
report of the International Commission of Inquiry into the events in 
Southern Kyrgyzstan in June 2010, 1 p.m., 2118, Rayburn Building.
  Joint Economic Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
manufacturing in the United States, focusing on why we need a 
national manufacturing strategy, 10:15 a.m., SH-216.