[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 130 (Tuesday, September 6, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D922-D925]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                                   CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of September 7 through September 10, 2011

                                                Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, at approximately 11 a.m., Senate will continue 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 1249, 
Leahy-Smith America Invents Act, and is expected to begin consideration 
of the bill.
  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 Appropriations: September 7, business meeting 
     to markup proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for 
     Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, 
     and Related Agencies, Energy and

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     Water Development, and Homeland Security, 3 p.m., SD-106.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 
     8, business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, 
     ``Export-Import Bank Reauthorization Act of 2011'', an 
     original bill entitled, ``Flood Insurance Reform and 
     Modernization Act of 2011'', and the nominations of Anthony 
     Frank D'Agostino, of Maryland, and Gregory Karawan, of 
     Virginia, both to be a Director of the Securities Investor 
     Protection Corporation, Luis A. Aguilar, of Georgia, and 
     Daniel M. Gallagher, Jr., of Maryland, both to be a Member of 
     the Securities and Exchange Commission, S. Roy Woodall, Jr., 
     of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Financial Stability 
     Oversight Council, Martin J. Gruenberg, of Maryland, to be a 
     Member and to be Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the 
     Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Thomas J. Curry, 
     of Massachusetts, to be Comptroller of the Currency, 
     Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-538.
       Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 8, 
     business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, ``The 
     Surface Transportation Extension Act of 2012'', 10 a.m., SD-
     406.
       Committee on Finance: September 8, to hold hearings to 
     examine tax reform options, focusing on international issues, 
     9:30 a.m., SD-215.
       Committee on Foreign Relations: September 7, to hold 
     hearings to examine the nomination of Wendy Ruth Sherman, of 
     Maryland, to be Under Secretary of State for Political 
     Affairs, 10 a.m., SD-419.
       September 8, Subcommittee on International Development and 
     Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International 
     Environmental Protection, to hold hearings to examine 
     Afghanistan, focusing on right sizing the development 
     footprint, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 
     September 7, 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), and the 
     nominations of Constance Smith Barker, of Alabama, to be a 
     Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Robert 
     J. Zimmer, of Illinois, and Arnold F. Stancell, of 
     Connecticut, both to be a Member of the National Science 
     Board, National Science Foundation, Walter A. Barrows, of 
     Virginia, to be a Member of the Railroad Retirement Board, 
     Charles R. Korsmo, of New York, John H. Yopp, of Kentucky, 
     Marcos Edward Galindo, of Idaho, and Maria E. Rengifo-Ruess, 
     of Virginia, all to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of 
     the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education 
     Foundation, Robert C. Granger, of New Jersey, and Anthony 
     Bryk, of California, both to be a Member of the Board of 
     Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences, and 
     Matan Aryeh Koch, of New York, to be a Member of the National 
     Council on Disability, 10 a.m., SD-106.
       September 8, Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold 
     hearings to examine quality and safety in child care, 
     focusing on giving working families security, confidence, and 
     peace of mind, 10:15 a.m., SH-216.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
     September 7, to hold hearings to examine defending the nation 
     since 9/11, focusing on successful reforms and challenges 
     ahead at the Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-
     342.
       Committee on the Judiciary: September 7, 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.
       September 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
     the nominations of Evan Jonathan Wallach, of New York, to be 
     United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, Dana L. 
     Christensen, to be United States District Judge for the 
     District of Montana, Cathy Ann Bencivengo, to be United 
     States District Judge for the Southern District of 
     California, Gina Marie Groh, to be United States District 
     Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia, and Margo 
     Kitsy Brodie, to be United States District Judge for the 
     Eastern District of New York, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
       September 8, 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, S. 1151, to prevent 
     and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide 
     notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal 
     penalties, law enforcement assistance, and other protections 
     against security breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of 
     personally identifiable information, S. 1408, to require 
     Federal agencies, and persons engaged in interstate commerce, 
     in possession of data containing sensitive personally 
     identifiable information, to disclose any breach of such 
     information, 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, Richard G. Andrews, 
     to be United States District Judge for the District of 
     Delaware, Edgardo Ramos, of Connecticut, Andrew L. Carter, 
     Jr., and Jesse M. Furman, all to be a United States District 
     Judge for the Southern District of New York, James Rodney 
     Gilstrap, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
     District of Texas, Jennifer Guerin Zipps, to be United States 
     District Judge for the District of Arizona, and Edward M. 
     Spooner, to be United States Marshal for the Northern 
     District of Florida, Kenneth Magidson, to be United States 
     Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Robert Lee 
     Pitman, to be United States Attorney for the Western District 
     of Texas, S. Amanda Marshall, to be United States Attorney 
     for the District of Oregon, John Malcolm Bales, to be United 
     States Attorney for the Eastern District of Texas, and Sarah 
     Ruth Saldana, of Texas, to be United States Attorney for the 
     Northern District of Texas, all of the Department of Justice, 
     10 a.m., SD-226.

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       September 8, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights 
     and Human Rights, to hold hearings to examine new state 
     voting laws, focusing on barriers to the ballot, 2 p.m., SD-
     226.


*These figures include all measures reported, even if there was no 
accompanying report. A total of 67 written reports have been filed 
in the Senate, a total of 196 reports have been filed in the 
House.             
  **Proceedings on Roll Call No. 484 were vacated by unanimous 
consent.

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