[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 154 (Friday, October 14, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1102-D1103]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of October 17 through October 22, 2011

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 4 p.m., Senate will begin consideration of H.R. 2112, 
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act.
  On Monday, at 5:15 p.m., Senate will begin consideration of the 
nomination of Cathy Bissoon, of Pennsylvania, to be United States 
District judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, with a vote on 
confirmation of the nomination at approximately 5:30 p.m.
  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 Armed Services: October 19, Subcommittee on Readiness 
and Management Support, to hold hearings to examine the final report 
of the Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan, 
2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 19, 
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment, to hold 
hearings to examine market microstructure, focusing on an 
examination of Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs), 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  October 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine housing 
finance reform, focusing on continuation of the 30-year fixed-rate 
mortgage, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  October 20, Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and 
Finance, to hold hearings to examine the Group of Twenty (G20) and 
global economic and financial risks, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 18, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine 
Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, to hold hearings to examine 
pipeline safety since San Bruno and other recent incidents, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  October 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
concussions and the marketing of sports equipment, 2:30 p.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: October 18, to hold 
hearings to examine the status of response capability and readiness 
for oil spills in foreign Outer Continental Shelf waters adjacent to 
Untied States waters, 10 a.m., SD-366.

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  October 19, Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 544, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a study of alternatives for commemorating and interpreting 
the role of the Buffalo Soldiers in the early years of the National 
Parks, S. 1083, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate 
the route of the Smoky Hill Trail, an overland trail across the 
Great Plains during pioneer days in Kansas and Colorado, for study 
for potential addition to the National Trails System, S. 1084, to 
amend the National Trails System Act to designate the routes of the 
Shawnee Cattle Trail, the oldest of the major Texas Cattle Trails, 
for study for potential addition to the National Trails System, S. 
1303, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish Fort 
Monroe National Historical Park in the Commonwealth of Virginia, S. 
1325, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
suitability and feasibility of designating sites in the Lower 
Mississippi River Area in the State of Louisiana as a unit of the 
National Park System, S. 1347, to establish Coltsville National 
Historical Park in the State of Connecticut, S. 1421, to authorize 
the Peace Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a 
commemorative work in the District of Columbia and its environs, S. 
1478, to modify the boundary of the Minuteman Missile National 
Historic Site in the State of South Dakota, and S. 1537, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept from the Board of 
Directors of the National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the 
World Trade Center Foundation, Inc., the donation of title to The 
National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center, 
2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  October 20, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine shale gas production and water resources in the 
Eastern United States, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: October 18, to hold 
hearings to examine a review of the 2011 floods and the condition of 
the nation's flood control systems, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  October 19, Full Committee, with the Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Toxics and Environmental Health, to hold a joint oversight hearing 
to examine the Brownfields Program, focusing on cleaning up and 
rebuilding communities, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: October 18, to hold hearings to examine tax 
reform options, focusing on incentives for charitable giving, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: October 18, 
Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, to hold hearings to 
examine the recession and older Americans, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  October 18, Full Committee, business meeting to consider an 
original bill entitled, ``Elementary and Secondary Education Act'', 
and any pending nominations, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: October 
18, to hold hearings to examine ten years after 9/11 and the anthrax 
attacks, focusing on protecting against biological threats, 10 a.m., 
SD-342.
  October 19, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  October 20, Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery and 
Intergovernmental Affairs, to hold hearings to examine 
accountability at the Federal Emergency management Agency (FEMA), 
10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: October 20, business meeting to 
consider S. 1262, to improve Indian education; to be immediately 
followed by a hearing to examine S. 134, to authorize the Mescalero 
Apache Tribe to lease adjudicated water rights, S. 399, to modify 
the purposes and operation of certain facilities of the Bureau of 
Reclamation to implement the water rights compact among the State of 
Montana, the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of 
Montana, and the United States, S. 1298, to provide for the 
conveyance of certain property located in Anchorage, Alaska, from 
the United States to the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, S. 
1327, to amend the Act of March 1, 1933, to transfer certain 
authority and resources to the Utah Dineh Corporation, and S. 1345, 
to provide for equitable compensation to the Spokane Tribe of 
Indians of the Spokane Reservation for the use of tribal land for 
the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam, 2:15 p.m., SD-
628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: October 19, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  October 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine certain 
nominations, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: October 18, to 
hold hearings to examine the ``Small Business Jobs Act of 2010'', 
one year later, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: October 18, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  October 20, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  No hearings are scheduled.