[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 103 (Tuesday, July 12, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D768-D769]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





            COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2011

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold 
hearings to examine the required force level of strategic airlift 
aircraft mandated by title 10, United States Code, and the 
administration's request to eliminate that requirement in review of 
the Defense Authorization Request and the Future Years Defense 
Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: To hold 
hearings to examine unauthorized charges on telephone bills, 
focusing on why crammers win and consumers lose, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Business meeting to 
consider S. 538, to amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird 
Conservation Act to reauthorize the Act, S. 899, to provide for the 
eradication and control of nutria, S. 861, to restore the natural 
resources, ecosystems, fisheries, marine habitats, and coastal 
wetland of Gulf Coast States, to create jobs and revive the economic 
health of communities adversely affected by the explosion on, and 
sinking of, the mobile offshore drilling unit Deepwater Horizon, S. 
846, to designate the United States courthouse located at 80 
Lafayette Street in Jefferson City, Missouri, as the Christopher S. 
Bond United States Courthouse, S. 1302, to authorize the 
Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real 
property in Tracy, California, to the City of Tracy, S. 1313, to 
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize the 
National Estuary Program, a proposed resolution in the Corps Study, 
and a proposed resolution relating to the General Services 
Administration, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: To hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on Ways and Means to examine tax reform and the tax 
treatment of debt and equity, 9 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: To hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Paul D. Wohlers, of Washington, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Macedonia, William H. Moser, of North Carolina, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, John A. Heffern, of 
Missouri, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia, Thomas M. 
Countryman, of Washington, to be Assistant Secretary for 
International Security and Non-Proliferation, Jeffrey DeLaurentis, 
of New York, to be Alternate Representative for Special Political 
Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to 
be an Alternate Representative to the Sessions of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations, during his tenure of service as 
Alternate Representative for Special Political Affairs in the United 
Nations, all of the Department of State, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: To hold 
hearings to examine ten years after 9/11, focusing on preventing 
terrorist travel, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: To hold hearings to examine the 
``Violence Against Women Act,'' focusing on building on seventeen 
years of accomplishments, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Morgan Christen, of Alaska, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit, Scott Wesley Skavdahl, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Wyoming, Sharon L. Gleason, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Alaska, Yvonne 
Gonzalez Rogers, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of California, and Richard G. Andrews, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Delaware, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.

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                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Rural Development, 
Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing on 
Agricultural Program Audit: Examination of Foreign Agriculture and 
Food Aid Programs, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Full Committee, markup of the 
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Bill, FY 2012, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill, FY 2012, 
10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Medicare and Social Security: The Fiscal Facts,'' 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Full Committee, markup 
of the following: H.R. 2465, the ``Federal Workers' Compensation 
Modernization and Improvement Act''; and H.R. 2445, the ``State and 
Local Funding Flexibility Act''; 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
is entitled ``IPAB: The Controversial Consequences for Medicare and 
Seniors,'' 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, continue markup of the following: H.R. 2273, the 
``Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2011,'' 3:30 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy,'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing entitled ``Mortgage Origination: The Impact of Recent 
Changes on Homeowners and Businesses,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, 
Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies, hearing 
entitled ``Securing Federal Facilities: Challenges of the Federal 
Protective Service and the Need For Reform,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup of the 
following: H.R. 1408, the ``Southeast Alaska Native Land Entitlement 
Finalization and Jobs Protection Act''; H.R. 1904, the ``Southeast 
Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2011''; H.R. 2011, the 
``National Strategic and Critical Minerals Policy Act of 2011''; 
H.R. 2150, the ``National Petroleum Reserve Alaska Access Act''; 
H.R. 2170, the ``Cutting Federal Red Tape to Facilitate Renewable 
Energy Act''; H.R. 2171, the ``Exploring for Geothermal Energy on 
Federal Lands Act''; H.R. 2172, the ``Utilizing America's Federal 
Lands for Wind Energy Act''; and H.R. 2173, the ``Advancing Offshore 
Wind Production Act,'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations, hearing 
entitled ``TSA Oversight Part 2: Airport Perimeter Security,'' 9:30 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 2434, the 
``Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 
2012,'' 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Technology and Innovation, markup of legislation regarding the 
Border Security Technology Innovation Act of 2011, 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, markup of the 
following: H.R. 527, the ``Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act 
of 2011''; and H.R. 585, the ``Small Business Size Standard 
Flexibility Act of 2011,'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, and Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment, joint hearing entitled ``Reducing 
Regulatory Burdens, Ensuring the Flow of Commerce, and Protecting 
Jobs: A Common Sense Approach to Ballast Water Regulation,'' 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.