[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 119 (Monday, August 1, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D887-D889]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of August 2 through August 6, 2011

                             Senate Chamber

   On Tuesday, the Majority Leader is expected to make a motion to 
concur in the amendments of the House of Representatives to S. 365, 
Debt Ceiling Bill, with a vote on the Reid motion to concur, at 
approximately 12 noon.
  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: August 2, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Mark P. Wetjen, of 
Nevada, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, and Brian T. Baenig, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, Time to be announced, S-216, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services: August 2, Subcommittee on Strategic 
Forces, to receive a closed briefing on cyber issues, 2:30 p.m., 
SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: August 2, to 
hold hearings to examine housing finance reform, focusing on 
national mortgage servicing standards, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  August 3, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment, to 
hold hearings to examine the housing finance system, focusing on the 
to-be-announced market, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  August 3, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Protection, to hold hearings to examine debt financing in the 
domestic financial sector, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  August 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Richard Cordray, of Ohio, to be Director, Bureau of 
Consumer Financial Protection, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: August 3, Subcommittee 
on Public Lands and Forests, 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, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: August 2, with the 
Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold joint hearings 
to examine a review of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC) 
near-term task force recommendations for enhancing reactor safety in 
the 21st century, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  August 3, Subcommittee on Children's Health and Environmental 
Responsibility, to hold an oversight hearing to examine Federal 
actions to clean up contamination from uranium mining and milling 
operations, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: August 3, to hold hearings to examine 
dually-eligible beneficiaries, focusing on improving care while 
lowering costs, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: August 2, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Francis Joseph Ricciardone, Jr., of 
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, Norman L. 
Eisen, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Czech 
Republic, and Robert Stephen Ford, of Vermont, to be Ambassador to 
the Syrian Arab Republic, all of the Department of State, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-419.
  August 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Wendy Ruth Sherman, of Maryland, to be Under 
Secretary for Political Affairs, and Robert Stephen Ford, of 
Vermont, to be Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic, both of the 
Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  August 4, Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine responding to drought and famine in the Horn of Africa, 2:15 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: August 2, to 
hold hearings to examine health reform and health insurance 
premiums, focusing on empowering states to serve consumers, 10 a.m., 
SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: August 3, 
business meeting to consider S. 1268, to increase the efficiency and 
effectiveness of the Government by providing for greater interagency 
experience among national security and homeland security personnel 
through the development of a national security and homeland security 
human capital strategy and interagency rotational service by 
employees, S. 1409, to intensify efforts to identify, prevent, and 
recover payment error, waste, fraud, and abuse within Federal 
spending, S. 743, to amend chapter 23 of title 5, United States 
Code, to clarify the disclosures of information protected from 
prohibited personnel practices, require a statement in nondisclosure 
policies, forms, and agreements that such policies, forms, and 
agreements conform with certain disclosure protections, provide 
certain authority for the Special Counsel, S. 1379, to amend title 
11, District of Columbia Official Code, to revise certain 
administrative authorities of the District of Columbia courts, and 
to authorize the District of Columbia Public Defender Service to 
provide professional liability insurance for officers and employees

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of the Service for claims relating to services furnished within the 
scope of employment with the Service, S. 1444, to provide for the 
presentation of a United States flag on behalf of Federal civilian 
employees who are killed while performing official duties or because 
of their status as Federal employees, S. 384, to amend title 39, 
United States Code, to extend the authority of the United States 
Postal Service to issue a semipostal to raise funds for breast 
cancer research, and 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, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  August 4, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine Federal leased property, focusing on if Federal 
agencies are getting a bad deal, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: August 4, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine ``The American Indian Probate Reform Act'', 
focusing on empowering Indian land owners, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: August 3, to hold hearings to examine 
cybercrime, focusing on updating the ``Computer Fraud and Abuse 
Act'' to protect cyberspace and combat emerging threats, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  August 4, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 657, to 
encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans throughout the 
United States in order to disseminate information when a law 
enforcement officer is seriously injured or killed in the line of 
duty, and 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, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: August 2, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  August 4, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, August 3, Subcommittee on Rural 
Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture, 
hearing entitled Agricultural Program Audit: Examination of USDA 
Rural Development Programs, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  August 4, Subcommittee on Rural Development, Research, 
Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to review the causes 
and consequences of government over-regulation of agricultural 
biotechnology, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Financial Services, August 3, Subcommittee on 
Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing entitled 
``Legislative Proposals to Determine the Future Role of FHA, RHS and 
GNMA in the Single- and Multi-Family Mortgage Markets, Part 2.'' 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  August 4, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Fixing the Watchdog: 
Legislative Proposals to Improve and Enhance the Securities and 
Exchange Commission,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, August 2, Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Health, and Human Rights, hearing on Hydrocephalus Treatment 
in Uganda: Leading the Way to Help Children, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, August 3, Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism and Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``The Office on 
Violence Against Women at the U.S. Department of Justice.'' 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, August 3, full 
Committee, hearing on Impacts of the LightSquared Network on Federal 
Science Activities, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, August 3, full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Innovative Approaches to Meeting the Workforce Needs of 
Small Businesses,'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  August 4, Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, hearing 
entitled ``Helping Small Businesses Compete: Challenges within 
Programs Designed to Assist Small Contractors,.'' 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, August 3, Subcommittee on Select 
Revenue Measures and Subcommittee on Oversight, joint hearing on the 
intersection of energy policy and tax policy, with a focus on the 
dual priorities of comprehensive tax reform and a sustainable energy 
policy that address our economic, security, and environmental needs, 
10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  August 4, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on the 
reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families 
(TANF) program, including how States engage recipients in work 
activities that move them toward self-sufficiency, 9 a.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, August 4, full 
Committee, hearing on Ongoing Intelligence Activities, 10 a.m., HVC-
304. This is a closed hearing.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: August 2, to 
receive a briefing on Russian-United States cooperation in the fight 
against alcoholism, focusing on prospects for sharing experience, 
strength, and hope on treating alcoholism, 2 p.m., 2360, Rayburn 
Building.


*These figures include all measures reported, even if there was no 
accompanying report. A total of 41 reports have been filed in the 
Senate, a total of 189 reports have been filed in the House.

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