[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 4, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1044-D1045]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            OCTOBER 5, 2011

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy, to hold hearings to examine perspectives on the 
economic implications of the Federal budget deficit, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider the nomination of John Edgar Bryson, of 
California, to be Secretary of Commerce, and a promotion list in the 
U.S. Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration Commissioned Corps, Time to be announced, Room to be 
announced.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Susan Denise Page, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of South Sudan, Adrienne S. O'Neal, of Michigan, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Cape Verde, Mary Beth Leonard, of 
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mali, and Mark 
Francis Brzezinski, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Sweden, all of 
the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Ernest Mitchell, Jr., of 
California, to be Administrator of the United States Fire 
Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, to hold hearings to 
examine food service management contracts, focusing on if 
contractors are overcharging the government, 2 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine 
considering the role of judges under the Constitution of the United 
States, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing entitled ``Workplace Safety: Ensuring 
a Responsible Regulatory Environment.'' 10 a.m., 2261 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Manufacturing, and Trade, hearing entitled ``Protecting Children's 
Privacy in an Electronic World.'' 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Administration Efforts on Line-by-Line Budget Review.'' 9:30 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
markup of the following: H.R. 1965, to amend the securities laws to 
establish certain thresholds for shareholder registration, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 2167, the ``Private Company Flexibility and 
Growth Act''; H.R. 2930, the ``Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act''; 
H.R. 2940, the ``Access to Capital for Job Creators Act''; and 
legislation regarding the ``Small Company Job Growth and Regulatory 
Relief Act of 2011.'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, markup of the 
following: H.R. 2830, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 
2012 and 2013 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, 
and for other purposes; and H.R. 2059, to prohibit funding to the 
United Nations Population Fund; and legislation to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 for the Trafficking 
Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes. 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism 
and Intelligence, hearing entitled ``Intelligence Sharing and 
Terrorist Travel: How DHS Addresses the Mission of Providing 
Security, Facilitating Commerce and Protecting Privacy for 
Passengers Engaged in International Travel.'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``The Implementation of Certain 
International Nuclear and Maritime Terrorism Agreements.'' 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, markup to 
request a Department of Homeland Security Departmental Report on the 
Beneficiary of H.R. 1857, for the relief of Bartosz Kumor; followed 
by a hearing entitled ``STEM the Tide: Should America Try To Prevent 
an Exodus of Foreign Graduates of U.S. Universities with Advanced 
Science Degrees?'' 1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup of the 
following: H.R. 306, the ``Corolla Wild Horses Protection Act''; 
H.R. 443, to provide for the conveyance of certain property from the 
United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, 
Alaska; H.R. 588, to redesignate the Noxubee National Wildlife 
Refuge as the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge; H.R. 
850, to facilitate a proposed project in the Lower St. Croix Wild 
and Scenic River, and for other purposes; H.R. 991, to amend the 
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to allow importation of polar 
bear trophies taken in sport hunts in Canada before the date the 
polar bear was determined to be a threatened species under the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973; H.R. 1162, to provide the Quileute 
Indian Tribe Tsunami and Flood Protection, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 1461, the ``Mescalero Apache Tribe Leasing Authorization Act''; 
H.R. 1466, to resolve the status of certain persons legally residing 
in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under the 
immigration laws of the United States; H.R. 1505, the ``National 
Security and Federal Lands Protection Act''; H.R. 1556, to amend the 
Omnibus Indian Advancement Act to allow certain land to be used to 
generate income to provide funding for academic programs, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 1740, 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; H.R. 2060, the ``Central Oregon Jobs and Water Security 
Act''; H.R. 2351, the ``North Cascades National Park Service Complex 
Fish Stocking Act''; H.R. 2352, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to adjust the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and 
the North Cascades National Park in order to allow the rebuilding of 
a road outside of the floodplain while ensuring that there is no net 
loss of acreage to the Park or the Wilderness, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 2360, the ``Providing for Our Workforce and Energy 
Resources (POWER) Act''; H.R. 2578, to amend the Wild and Scenic 
Rivers Act related to a segment of the Lower Merced River in 
California, and for other purposes; H.R. 2752, the ``BLM Live 
Internet Auctions Act''; H.R. 2803, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior, acting through the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, 
Regulation and Enforcement, to conduct a technological capability 
assessment, survey, and economic feasibility study regarding 
recovery of minerals, other than oil and natural gas, from the 
shallow and deep seabed of the United States; H.R. 2842, the 
``Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and 
Rural Jobs Act of 2011''; H.R. 2915, the ``American Taxpayer and 
Western Area Power Administration Customer Protection Act of 2011''; 
and H.R. 3069, the ``Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation 
Prevention Act,'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Adding to Uncertainty: The Impact of DOL/NLRB Decisions and 
Proposed Rules on Small Businesses.'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing entitled ``A Comprehensive Review of FAA's NextGen 
Program: Costs, Benefits, Progress, and Management.'' 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Reviewing the Progress of the 
Partnership between the United States Paralympics and the Department 
of Veterans Affairs to Promote Adaptive Sports.'' 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, markup of the 
following: H.R. 3078, the ``United States-Colombia Trade Promotion 
Agreement Implementation Act''; H.R. 3079, the ``United States-
Panama Trade Promotion Agreement Implementation Act''; and H.R. 
3080, the ``United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement Implementation 
Act''. 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.