[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 160 (Monday, October 24, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1135-D1137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of October 25 through October 29, 2011

                             Senate Chamber

  The Senate will not be in session and will meet on Thursday, October 
27, 2011 at 11 a.m. for a pro forma session only with no business 
conducted.


                           Senate Committees

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  No meetings/hearings scheduled.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, October 25, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing on military retirement reform, 1 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  October 26, full Committee, hearing on economic consequences of 
defense sequestration, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  October 26, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing 
on Army acquisition and modernization, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  October 27, Panel on Defense Financial Management and Auditability 
Reform, hearing on DOD's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system 
implementation efforts, 8 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  October 27, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on readiness in the 
age of austerity, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce,  October 25, 
Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, hearing on 
``Government-Run Student Loans: Ensuring the Direct Loan Program is 
Accountable to Students and Taxpayers.'' 10 a.m. 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce,  October 25, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Power, hearing on H.R. 1633, the ``Farm Dust Regulation 
Prevention Act of 2011.'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  October 25, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Internet Gaming: Is there a Safe Bet?'' 10:30 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  October 26, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations; and the 
Subcommittee on Health, joint hearing entitled ``CLASS Cancelled: An 
Unsustainable Program and Its Consequences for the Nation's 
Deficit.'' 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Financial Services,  October 25, Subcommittee on 
Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing entitled 
``Insurance Oversight: Policy Implications for U.S. Consumers, 
Businesses and Jobs, Part 2,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  October 25, Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and 
Trade, hearing entitled ``The Eurozone Crisis and Implications for 
the United States,'' 10 a.m. 2128 Rayburn.
  October 26, full Committee, markup of the following: H.R. 2940, 
the ``Access to Capital for Job Creators Act''; H.R. 2167, the 
``Private Company Flexibility and Growth Act''; H.R. 1965, to amend 
the securities laws to establish certain thresholds for shareholder 
registration, and for other purposes; and H.R. 2930, the 
``Entrepreneur Access to Capital Act.'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  October 27, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``Proposed Regulations to Require Reporting 
of Nonresident Alien Deposit Interest Income.'' 9:30 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, October 25, full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Deployment of U.S. Forces in Central Africa and 
Implementation of The Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and 
Northern Uganda Recovery Act.'' 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 26, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing on ``The 
Expanding U.S.-Korea Alliance.'' 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 27, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Afghanistan and 
Pakistan: Transition and the Way Forward.'' 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 27, Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia, hearing entitled 
``The Eurozone Crisis: Destabilizing the Global Economy.'' 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  October 27, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human 
Rights, hearing entitled ``The Trafficking in Persons Report 2011: 
Truth, Trends, and Tier Rankings.'' 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security,  October 25, Subcommittee on 
Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, hearing 
entitled ``Five Years Later: An Assessment of the Post Katrina 
Emergency Management Reform Act.'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  October 26, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence; and 
Subcommittee on Oversight Investigations and Management, joint 
hearing entitled ``Iranian Terror Operations on American Soil.'' 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, October 25, full Committee, hearing on 
H.R. 3010, the ``Regulatory Accountability Act of 2011.'' 10:15 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  October 25, full Committee, markup of the following: H.R. 822, the 
``National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011''; H.R. 420, the 
``Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2011''; H.R. 10, the 
``Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2011''; 
H.R. 2870, the ``Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2011''; H.R. 
1254, the ``Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011''; and H.R. 3012, the 
``Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act''. 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  October 26, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Oversight Hearing 
on the Department of Homeland Security.'' 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  October 26, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing entitled 
``The State of Religious Liberty in the United States.'' 2:30 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  October 27, full Committee, continued markup of the following: 
H.R. 822, the ``National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2011''; 
H.R. 420, the ``Veterans' Heritage Firearms Act of 2011''; H.R. 10, 
the ``Regulations From the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 
2011''; H.R. 2870, the ``Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act of 2011''; 
H.R. 1254, the ``Synthetic Drug Control Act of 2011''; and H.R. 
3012, the ``Fairness for High-Skilled Immigrants Act''. 9 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, October 25, Subcommittee on 
National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, hearing on the following: 
H.R. 41, the ``Beauty Mountain and Agua Tibia Wilderness Act of 
2011''; H.R. 113, the ``Angeles and San Bernardino National Forests 
Protection Act''; H.R. 490, to modify the boundaries of Cibola 
National Forest in the State of New Mexico, to transfer certain 
Bureau of Land Management land for inclusion in the Manzano Mountain 
Wilderness, and for other purposes; H.R. 608, the ``Alpine Lakes 
Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers 
Protection Act''; H.R. 977, the ``Sleeping Bear Dunes National 
Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act''; H.R. 1126, the 
``Disposal of Excess Federal Lands Act of 2011''; H.R. 1413, the 
``Devil's Staircase Wilderness Act of 2011''; and H.R. 2050, the 
``Idaho Wilderness Water Resources Protection Act''. 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  October 25, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and 
Insular Affairs, hearing on the following: H.R. 2027, to revise the 
boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System 
Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit 
RI-06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI-07 in Rhode Island; H.R. 2154, to 
correct the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier 
Resources System Gasparilla Island Unit FL-70P; H.R. 2236, the 
``Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp Act of 
2011''; H.R. 2714, to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 
to allow the transport, purchase, and sale of pelts of, and 
handicrafts, garments, and art produced from Southcentral and 
Southeast Alaska northern sea otters that are taken for subsistence 
purposes; H.R. 2719, the ``Rattlesnake Mountain Public Access Act of 
2011''; H.R. 3009, the ``National Wildlife Refuge Review Act of 
2011''; H.R. 3117, the ``Permanent Electronic Duck Stamp Act of 
2011''. 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  October 26, full Committee, hearing entitled ``The President's New 
National Ocean Policy--A Plan for Further Restrictions on Ocean, 
Coastal and Inland Activities.'' 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  October 27, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Gulf Coast 
Recovery: President Obama's BP Compensation Fund, How Is It 
Working?'' 9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,  October 27, 
Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia,

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Census and the National Archives, hearing entitled ``Examining 
Obamacare's Hidden Marriage Penalty and Its Impact on the Deficit.'' 
9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  October 27, Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency 
and Financial Management, hearing entitled ``Internal Control 
Weaknesses at the Department of Homeland Security.'' 10 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  October 27, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Lights Out II: 
Another Look at EPA's Utility MACT Rule.'' 1 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, October 25, full Committee, hearing on the 
following: H.R. 674, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
repeal the imposition of 3 percent withholding on certain payments 
made to vendors by government entities; and H.R. 2576, to amend the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the calculation of modified 
adjusted gross income for purposes of determining eligibility for 
certain healthcare-related programs. 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, October 26, full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``NASA's Commercial Crew Development 
Program: Accomplishments and Challenges.'' 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  October 27, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight; and the 
Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, joint hearing entitled 
``Review of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future 
Draft Recommendations.'' 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, October 26, full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the Small Business Administration's 
Financing Programs.'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  October 27, Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and 
Regulations, hearing entitled ``Misrepresentation and Fraud: Bad 
Actors in the Small Business Procurement Programs.'' 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October 26, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing entitled 
``The Economic Importance of Seaports: Is the United States Prepared 
for 21st Century Trade Realities?'' 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, October 25, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``Innovative Private Sector Technologies to 
Improve Patient Safety.'' 11 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, October 25, full Committee, hearing 
on the U.S.-China economic relationship, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  October 27, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on 
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for children, 9 a.m., B-
318 Rayburn.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,  October 27, 
full Committee, hearing on ongoing intelligence activities, 10 a.m., 
HVC-304.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction: October 26, to hold 
hearings to examine an overview of discretionary outlays, security 
and non-security, 10 a.m., SH-216.