[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 93 (Monday, June 27, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D700-D701]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of June 28 through July 2, 2011

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 10 a.m., Senate will begin consideration of the 
nominations of James Michael Cole, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Deputy Attorney General, Virginia A. Seitz, of the District of 
Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, and Lisa O. Monaco, of 
the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, and vote 
on confirmation of the nominations, at approximately 12 p.m.
  On Tuesday, at 2:15 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of S. 679, 
Presidential Appointment Efficiency and Streamlining Act.
  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: June 28, to 
hold hearings to examine the state of livestock in America, 2:45 
p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Appropriations: June 28, Subcommittee on Department 
of Defense, to hold closed hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2012 for national and military 
intelligence programs, 10:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, business meeting to markup proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for military construction and 
veterans affairs, and related agencies, 3 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 28, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of General James D. Thurman, USA, for reappointment 
to the grade of general and to be Commander, United Nations Command, 
Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces Korea, Vice 
Admiral William H. McRaven, USN, to be admiral and Commander, United 
States Special Operations Command, and Lieutenant General John R. 
Allen, USMC, to be general and Commander, International Security 
Assistance Force, and United States Forces, Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 28, to hold 
hearings to examine housing finance reform, focusing on access to 
the secondary market for small financial institutions, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment, to 
hold hearings to examine the emergence of swap execution facilities, 
focusing on a progress report, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and Community 
Development, to hold hearings to examine promoting broader access to 
public transportation for America's older adults and people with 
disabilities, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and 
Finance, to hold hearings to examine stakeholder perspectives on 
reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  June 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the state of 
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), focusing on 
deposit insurance, consumer protection, and financial stability, 2 
p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 29, to 
hold hearings to examine privacy and data security, focusing on 
protecting consumers in the modern world, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 28, Subcommittee 
on Water and Wildlife, to hold hearings to examine the status of the 
Deepwater Horizon Natural Resource Damage Assessment, 10 a.m., SD-
406.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine a review of Environmental Protection 
Agency (EPA) regulations replacing the Clean Air Interstate Rule 
(CAIR) and the Clean Air Mercury Rule (CAMR), 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 28, to hold hearings to examine 
complexity and the tax gap, focusing on making tax compliance easier 
and collecting what's due, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  June 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine perspectives 
on deficit reduction, focusing on a review of key issues, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 28, to hold hearings to 
examine Libya and war powers, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  June 28, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S.J. Res. 
20, authorizing the limited use of the United States Armed Forces in 
support of the NATO mission in Libya, and 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, Jeanine E. Jackson, of Wyoming, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Malawi, James Harold Thessin, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay, D. Brent Hardt, of Florida, 
to be Ambassador to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, Lisa J. 
Kubiske, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras, 
Anne W. Patterson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Arab 
Republic of Egypt, Michael H. Corbin, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Matthew H. Tueller, of Utah, 
to be Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, Kenneth J. Fairfax, of 
Kentucky, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Susan 
Laila Ziadeh, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the State of Qatar, 
and Jonathan Don Farrar, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Nicaragua, all of the Department of State, Ariel Pablos-
Mendez, of New York, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, Richard M. Moy, of 
Montana, and

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Dereth Britt Glance, of New York, both to be a Commissioner on the 
part of the United States on the International Joint Commission, 
United States and Canada, and Roberto R. Herencia, of Illinois, to 
be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas Private 
Investment Corporation, and a routine list in the Foreign Service, 
2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  June 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Derek J. Mitchell, of Connecticut, to be Special 
Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma, with the rank of 
Ambassador, and Frankie Annette Reed, of Maryland, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of the Fiji Islands, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of 
Nauru, the Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Republic of Kiribati, 
both of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and 
Global Narcotics Affairs, to hold hearings to examine the state of 
democracy in the Americas, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 30, 
business meeting to consider S. 958, to amend the Public Health 
Service Act to reauthorize the program of payments to children's 
hospitals that operate graduate medical education programs, S. 1094, 
to reauthorize the Combating Autism Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-
416), an original bill entitled, ``Workforce Investment Act 
Reauthorization of 2011'', and any pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-
G50.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 29, 
business meeting to consider 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, and S. 473, 
to extend the chemical facility security program of the Department 
of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the 
Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to 
examine the diplomat's shield, focusing on diplomatic security and 
its implications for United States diplomacy, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  June 30, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, to hold 
hearings to examine Afghanistan reconstruction contracts, focusing 
on lessons learned and ongoing problems, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 30, to hold hearings to examine 
S. 1262, to improve Indian education, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 28, Subcommittee on Immigration, 
Refugees and Border Security, to hold hearings to examine the 
``Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act'', 
10 a.m., SH-216.
  June 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine barriers to 
justice and accountability, focusing on how the Supreme Court's 
recent rulings will affect corporate behavior, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  June 30, Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts, 
to hold an oversight hearing to examine the Financial Fraud 
Enforcement Task Force, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: June 29, to hold hearings 
to examine the nominations of Gineen Maria Bresso, of Florida, 
Thomas Hicks, of Virginia, and Myrna Perez, of Texas, all to be a 
Member of the Election Assistance Commission, 10:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: June 29, business meeting to 
consider S. 277, to amend title 38, United States Code, to furnish 
hospital care, medical services, and nursing home care to veterans 
who were stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, while the water 
was contaminated at Camp Lejeune, S. 572, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to repeal the prohibition on collective bargaining with 
respect to matters and questions regarding compensation of employees 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs other than rates of basic pay, 
S. 745, to amend title 38, United States Code, to protect certain 
veterans who would otherwise be subject to a reduction in 
educational assistance benefits, S. 894, to amend title 38, United 
States Code, to provide for an increase, effective December 1, 2011, 
in the rates of compensation for veterans with service-connected 
disabilities and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation 
for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, S. 914, to amend 
title 38, United States Code, to authorize the waiver of the 
collection of copayments for telehealth and telemedicine visits of 
veterans, and S. 951, to improve the provision of Federal 
transition, rehabilitation, vocational, and unemployment benefits to 
members of the Armed Forces and veterans, 3 p.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 28, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  June 30, Full Committee, closed business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.