[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 109 (Wednesday, July 20, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1372-E1373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, July 21, 2011 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 22
     9:30 a.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine minority at risk, focusing on 
           Coptic Christian in Egypt and renewed concerns over 
           reports of disappearance, forced conversions and forced 
           marriages of Coptic Christian women and girls.
                                              210, Cannon Building

                                JULY 26
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of General 
           Martin E. Dempsey, USA for reappointment to the grade 
           of general and to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
           Staff.
                                                            SD-106
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Martin J. 
           Gruenberg, of Maryland, to be Chairperson and to be a 
           Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit 
           Insurance Corporation, Thomas J. Curry, of 
           Massachusetts, to be Comptroller of the Currency, 
           Department of the Treasury, and S. Roy Woodall, Jr., of 
           Kentucky, to be a Member of the Financial Stability 
           Oversight Council.
                                                            SD-538
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine perspectives on deficit 
           reduction, focusing on a review of key issues.
                                                            SD-215
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine building a ladder of 
           opportunity, focusing on what's working to make the 
           American dream a reality for middle class families.
                                                            SD-430
       Judiciary
       Immigration, Refugees and Border Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the economic imperative for 
           enacting immigration reform.
                                                            SD-226
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine small business contracts, 
           focusing on how oversight failures and regulatory 
           loopholes allow large businesses to get and keep small 
           business contracts.
                                                            SD-342
       Intelligence
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Matthew G. 
           Olsen, of Maryland, to be Director of the National 
           Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of 
           National Intelligence.
                                                            SD-562
     2 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine Federal workers' 
           compensation.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider S. 1280, to amend the Peace 
           Corps Act to require sexual assault risk-reduction and 
           response training, and the development of sexual 
           assault protocol and guidelines, the establishment of 
           victims advocates, the establishment of a Sexual 
           Assault Advisory Council, S. Res. 216, encouraging 
           women's political participation in Saudi Arabia, S. 
           Con. Res. 147, expressing the sense of Congress that 
           Taiwan should be accorded observer status in the 
           International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), S. 
           Res. 227, calling for the protection of the Mekong 
           River Basin and increased United States support for 
           delaying the construction of mainstream dams along the 
           Mekong River, S. Res. 175, expressing the sense of the 
           Senate with respect to ongoing violations of the 
           territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia and 
           the importance of a peaceful and just resolution to the 
           conflict within Georgia's internationally recognized 
           borders, Treaty between the Government of the United 
           States of America and the Government of the Republic of 
           Rwanda Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal 
           Protection of Investment, signed at Kigali on February 
           19, 2008 (Treaty Doc. 110-23), Convention between the 
           Government of the United States of America and the 
           Government of the Republic of Hungary for the Avoidance 
           of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion 
           with Respect to Taxes on Income, signed on February 4, 
           2010, at Budapest (the ``proposed Convention'') and a 
           related agreement effected by an exchange of notes on 
           February 4, 2010 (Treaty Doc. 111-07), Protocol 
           Amending the Convention between the Government of the 
           United States of America and the Government of the 
           Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for the Avoidance of Double 
           Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with 
           Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital, signed on May 
           20, 2009, at Luxembourg (the ``proposed Protocol'') and 
           a related agreement effected by the exchange of notes 
           also signed on May 20, 2009 (Treaty Doc. 111-08), 
           Protocol Amending the Convention between the United 
           States of America and the Swiss Confederation for the 
           Avoidance of Double Taxation with Respect to Taxes on 
           Income, signed at Washington on October 2, 1996, signed 
           on September 23, 2009, at Washington, as corrected by 
           an exchange of notes effected November 16, 2010 and a 
           related agreement effected by an exchange of notes on 
           September 23, 2009 (Treaty Doc. 112-01) and the 
           nominations of Jonathan Don Farrar, of California, to 
           be Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, Derek J. 
           Mitchell, of Connecticut, to be Special Representative 
           and Policy Coordinator for Burma, with the rank of 
           Ambassador, 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, 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, 
           Thomas M. Countryman, of Washington, to be an Assistant 
           Secretary for International Security and Non-
           Proliferation, Jeffrey DeLaurentis, of New York, to be 
           Alternate Representative of the United States of 
           America for Special Political Affairs in the United 
           Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be an 
           Alternate Representative of the United States of 
           America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the 
           United Nations, during his tenure of service as 
           Alternate Representative of the United States of 
           America for Special Political Affairs in the United 
           Nations, all of the Department of State.
                                                    S-116, Capitol
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                JULY 27
     10 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine ten years after 9/11, 
           focusing on emergency communications.
                                                            SD-342
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine fulfilling our treaty 
           obligations and protecting Americans abroad.
                                                            SD-226
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the lifetime costs of 
           supporting the newest generation of veterans.
                                                            SD-562
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine maximizing America's 
           prosperity, focusing on how fiscal rules can restrain 
           Federal overspending.
                                                            SH-216
     10:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine defending United States 
           economic interests in the changing arctic, focusing on 
           if there is a strategy.
                                                            SR-253
     2 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine financial management and 
           business transformation at the Department of Defense.
                                                           SR-232A

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     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine improving highway and vehicle 
           safety, focusing on reauthorization of the National 
           Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
                                                            SR-253
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine certain nominations.
                                                            SD-226

                                JULY 28
     1:30 p.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine United States policy and the 
           Organization for Co-oporation in Europe, focusing on 
           making good on commitments and challenges, including 
           unresolved conflicts, ethnic tension, corruption and 
           lack of governance, racism and intolerance, and 
           trafficking in persons.
                                              210, Cannon Building
     2:15 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine enforcing the 
           ``Indian Gaming Regulatory Act'', focusing on the role 
           of the National Indian Gaming Commission and tribes as 
           regulators.
                                                            SD-628
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Mark D. 
           Acton, of Kentucky, and Robert G. Taub, of New York, 
           both to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory 
           Commission.
                                                            SD-342
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 264, to direct the 
           Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of 
           Mississippi 2 parcels of surplus land within the 
           boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway, S. 265, to 
           authorize the acquisition of core battlefield land at 
           Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond for addition to 
           Vicksburg National Military Park, S. 324, to amend the 
           Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend to 
           the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park 
           Commission, S. 764, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
           Act to make technical corrections to the segment 
           designations for the Chetco River, Oregon, S. 864, to 
           designate a Distinguished Flying Cross National 
           Memorial at the March Field Air Museum in Riverside, 
           California, S. 883, to authorize National Mall Liberty 
           Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on Federal land in 
           the District of Columbia to honor free persons and 
           slaves who fought for independence, liberty, and 
           justice for all during the American Revolution, S. 888, 
           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, S. 925, to designate Mt. Andrea Lawrence, S. 
           970, to designate additional segments and tributaries 
           of White Clay Creek, in the States of Delaware and 
           Pennsylvania, as a component of the National Wild and 
           Scenic Rivers System, S. 1063, to allow for the harvest 
           of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people within Glacier 
           Bay National Park in the State of Alaska, S. 1134, to 
           authorize the St. Croix River Crossing Project with 
           appropriate mitigation measures to promote river 
           values, and S. 1235, to recognize the memorial at the 
           Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the 
           official national memorial of Navy SEALS and their 
           predecessors.
                                                            SD-366
       Intelligence
         Closed business meeting to consider pending calendar 
           business.
                                                            SH-219

                                AUGUST 3
     10 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Wendy Ruth 
           Sherman, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of State 
           for Political Affairs.
                                                            SD-419
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         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, and 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.
                                                            SD-430
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine cybercrime, focusing on 
           updating the ``Computer Fraud and Abuse Act'' to 
           protect cyberspace and combat emerging threats.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1024, to designate the 
           Organ Mountains and other public land as components of 
           the National Wilderness Preservation System and the 
           National Landscape Conservation System in the State of 
           New Mexico, S. 1090, to designate as wilderness certain 
           public land in the Cherokee National Forest in the 
           State of Tennessee, S. 1144, to amend the Soda Ash 
           Royalty Reduction Act of 2006 to extend the reduced 
           royalty rate for soda ash, S. 1149, to expand 
           geothermal production, and S. 1344, to direct the 
           Secretary of Agriculture to take immediate action to 
           recover ecologically and economically from a 
           catastrophic wildfire in the State of Arizona.
                                                            SD-366