[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 187 (Wednesday, December 7, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1330-D1331]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            DECEMBER 8, 2011

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Jon D. Leibowitz, of 
Maryland, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, Maureen K. Ohlhausen, 
of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, Rebecca M. Blank, 
of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, Ajit Varadaraj Pai, 
of Kansas, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission, 
and Jessica Rosenworcel, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the 
Federal Communications Commission, Time to be announced, Room to be 
announced.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Internet 
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers' (ICANN) expansion of top 
level domains, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: To hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Arunava Majumdar, of California, to be 
Under Secretary of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to examine 
opportunities and challenges to address domestic and global water 
supply issues, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Business meeting to 
consider S. 432, to provide for environmental restoration activities 
and forest management activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin, S. 1296, 
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 the State of Rhode 
Island, S. 1266, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
establish a program to build on and help coordinate funding for the 
restoration and protection efforts of the 4-State Delaware River 
Basin region, S. 1740, to amend the Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 
1998 to provide for the reauthorization of the Chesapeake Bay 
Gateways and Watertrails Network, the nomination of Rebecca R. 
Wodder, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior for 
Fish and Wildlife, and proposed resolutions relating to the General 
Services Administration, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: To hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Tara D. Sonenshine, of Maryland, to be Under 
Secretary for Public Diplomacy, Anne Claire Richard, of New York, to 
be Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration, and 
Robert E. Whitehead, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Togolese 
Republic, all of the Department of State, and Earl W. Gast, of 
California, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States 
Agency for International Development, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: To hold 
hearings to examine barriers facing the long-term unemployed, 9:45 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: Business meeting to consider S. 1763, 
to decrease the incidence of violent crimes against Indian women, to 
strengthen the capacity of Indian tribes to exercise the sovereign 
authority of Indian tribes to respond to violent crimes committed 
against Indian women, and to ensure that perpetrators of violent 
crimes committed against Indian women are held accountable for that 
criminal behavior, and S. 1065, to settle land claims within the 
Fort Hall Reservation; to be immediately followed by an oversight 
hearing to examine state and Federal tax policy, focusing on 
building new markets in Indian country, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Business meeting to consider S. 1886, 
to prevent trafficking in counterfeit drugs, S. 678, to increase the 
penalties for economic espionage, S. 1821, to prevent the 
termination of the temporary office of bankruptcy judges in certain 
judicial districts, S. 1236, to reduce the trafficking of drugs and 
to prevent human smuggling across the Southwest Border by deterring 
the construction and use of border tunnels, and the nominations of 
Kathryn Keneally, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 
Department of Justice, and Brian C. Wimes, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: To hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SVC-217.

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                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing on the 
examination of MF Global bankruptcy, 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Insurance, 
Housing and Community Opportunities, markup of the following: H.R. 
3559, the ``Insurance Data Protection Act''; H.R. 2446, the ``RESPA 
Home Warranty Clarification Act of 2011''; and H.R. 3298, the 
``Homes for Heroes Act of 2011''. 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Health, and Human Rights, hearing entitled ``Promoting Global 
Internet Freedom.'' 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Preparedness, Response, and Communications, markup of the following: 
legislation to authorize the Integrated Public Alert and Warning 
System (IPAWS) to ensure the timely and effective distribution of 
alerts and warnings; H.R. 1411, to amend the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 to ensure continuation of the Metropolitan Medical Response 
System Program, and for other purposes; and H.R. 1129, to amend the 
Homeland Security Act of 2002 to prohibit requiring the use of a 
specified percentage of a grant under the Urban Area Security 
Initiative and State Homeland Security Grant Program for specific 
purposes, and for other purposes. 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Transportation Security, hearing entitled ``A 
Review of Passenger Screening Technology at U.S. Airports.'' Noon, 
311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing on the United 
States Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing on ongoing intelligence activities, 10 a.m., HVC-304. This 
is a closed hearing.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: Meeting of conferees on H.R. 2055, making 
appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2012, 10:30 a.m., HC-5, Capitol.