[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 108 (Tuesday, July 19, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D804-D805]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JULY 20, 2011

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold 
hearings to examine providing legal services by members of the Judge 
Advocate Generals' Corps, 2 p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy, to hold hearings to examine access to capital, 
focusing on fostering job creation and innovation through high-
growth startups, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine building American transportation infrastructure 
through innovative funding, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to 
hold hearings to examine looking to the future, focusing on lessons 
in prevention, response, and restoration from the Gulf oil spill, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Yellowstone River oil spill, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Earl Anthony Wayne, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
Mexico, and Arnold A. Chacon, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Guatemala, both of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider any pending nominations, Time to be announced, 
Room to be announced.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine Federal regulation, focusing on a review of 
legislative proposals, part II, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine S. 598, to 
repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State 
regulation of marriage, focusing on assessing the impact of the 
Defense of Marriage Act on American families, 9:45 a.m., SH-216.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: to 
hold hearings to examine counternarcotics efforts in Afghanistan, 
focusing on future counternarcotics efforts in the country as United 
States troop levels are reduced in the coming years, 2:30 p.m., SD-
562.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, 
and Forestry, hearing on Agricultural Program Audit: Examination of 
USDA Energy and Forestry Programs, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Manufacturing, and Trade, markup of legislation regarding the ``SAFE 
DATA Act,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Regulatory Reform Series #5--FDA Medical Device Regulation: Impact 
on American Patients, Innovation and Jobs,'' 10:30 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, markup of the 
following: H.R. 2527, the ``Baseball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin 
Act''; H.R. 1751, the ``CJ's Home Protection Act of 2011''; H.R. 
2056, to instruct the Inspector General of the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation to study the impact of insured depository 
institution on failures, and for other purposes; and H.R. 1539, the 
``Asset-Backed Market Stabilization Act of 2011,'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, markup of the 
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2012, 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, begin markup of the 
following: H.R. 704, the ``Security and Fairness Enhancement for 
America Act of 2011''; H.R. 1550, the ``Federal Law Enforcement 
Recruitment and Retention Act of 2011''; H.R. 2076, the 
``Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act of 2011''; H.R. 
963, the ``See Something, Say Something Act of 2011''; H.R. 1059, To 
protect the safety of judges by extending the authority of the 
Judicial Conference to redact sensitive information contained in 
their financial disclosure reports, and for other purposes; H.R. 
2552, the ``Identity Theft Improvement Act of 2011''; and H.R. 1981, 
the ``Protecting Children From Internet Pornographers Act of 2011,''

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10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn. This markup will continue on July 21, 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup of the 
following: H.R. 241, to authorize the conveyance of certain National 
Forest System lands in the Los Padres National Forest in California; 
H.R. 258, the ``Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 
2011''; H.R. 461, the ``South Utah Valley Electric Conveyance Act''; 
H.R. 473, the ``HALE Scouts Act'' or ``Help to Access Land for the 
Education of Scouts''; H.R. 795, the ``Small-Scale Hydropower 
Enhancement Act of 2011''; H.R. 818, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to allow for prepayment of repayment contracts between the 
United States and the Uintah Water Conservancy District; H.R. 1158, 
the ``Montana Mineral Conveyance Act''; H.R. 1258, the ``Box Elder 
Utah Land Conveyance Act''; H.R. 1421, to amend the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1986 to clarify the role of the Cherokee Nation 
of Oklahoma with regard to the maintenance of the W.D. Mayo Lock and 
Dam in Oklahoma; 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; H.R. 2011, the ``National 
Strategic and Critical Minerals Policy Act of 2011,'' 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 1315, the 
``Consumer Financial Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act 
of 2011''; and H.R. 2551, the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, FY 2012.'' 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on the following: H.R. 2383, the 
``Modernizing Notice to Claimants Act''; H.R. 2243, the ``Veterans 
Employment Promotion Act''; H.R. 2388, the ``Access to Timely 
Information Act''; and draft legislation, 9 a.m., 334 Cannon.