[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 190 (Monday, December 12, 2011)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, December 13, 2011 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              DECEMBER 14
     9:30 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Securities, Insurance and Investment Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine investor risks in capital 
           raising.
                                                            SD-538
     9:45 a.m.
       Finance
       Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine alternative energy tax 
           incentives, focusing on the effect of short-term 
           extensions on alternative technology investment, 
           domestic manufacturing, and jobs.
                                                            SD-215
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider S. 1449, to authorize the 
           appropriation of funds for highway safety programs and 
           for other purposes, S. 1950, to amend title 49, United 
           States Code, to improve commercial motor vehicle safety 
           and reduce commercial motor vehicle-related accidents 
           and fatalities, to authorize the Federal Motor Carrier 
           Safety Administration, S. 1952, to improve hazardous 
           materials transportation safety and for other purposes, 
           S. 1953, to reauthorize the Research and Innovative 
           Technology Administration, to improve transportation 
           research and development, and a promotion list in the 
           National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
                                                            SR-253
       Foreign Relations
       European Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the state of human rights and 
           rule of law in Russia, focusing on United States policy 
           options.
                                                            SD-419
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S. 1855, to amend the Public 
           Health Service Act to reauthorize various programs 
           under the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act, 
           and the nominations of Wendy M. Spencer, of Florida, to 
           be Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for 
           National and Community Service, Deepa Gupta, of 
           Illinois, to be a Member of the National Council on the 
           Arts, Christopher Merrill, of Iowa, to be a Member of 
           the National Council on the Humanities, Stephanie 
           Orlando, of New York, and Gary Blumenthal, of 
           Massachusetts, both to be a Member of the National 
           Council on Disability, and a nomination list in the 
           Public Health Service.
                                                            SD-430
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, 
           ``Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act of 
           2012'', S. 1515, to permit certain members of the 
           United States Secret Service and certain members of the 
           United States Secret Service Uniformed Division who 
           were appointed in 1984, 1985, or 1986 to elect to be 
           covered under the District of Columbia Police and 
           Firefighter Retirement and Disability System in the 
           same manner as members appointed prior to 1984, H.R. 
           2297, to promote the development of the Southwest 
           waterfront in the District of Columbia, H.R. 789, to 
           designate the facility of the United States Postal 
           Service located at 20 Main Street in Little Ferry, New 
           Jersey, as the ``Sergeant Matthew J. Fenton Post 
           Office'', H.R. 2422, to designate the facility of the 
           United States Postal Service located at 45 Bay Street, 
           Suite 2, in Staten Island, New York, as the ``Sergeant 
           Angel Mendez Post Office'', and the nomination of 
           Roslyn Ann Mazer, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, 
           Department of Homeland Security.
                                                            SD-342
       Judiciary
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Federal 
           Bureau of Investigation.
                                                            SD-226

                              DECEMBER 15
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider S. 1108, to provide local 
           communities with tools to make solar permitting more 
           efficient, S. 1142, to promote the mapping and 
           development of the United States geothermal resources 
           by establishing a direct loan program for high risk 
           geothermal exploration wells, to amend the Energy 
           Independence and Security Act of 2007 to improve 
           geothermal energy technology and demonstrate the use of 
           geothermal energy in large scale thermal applications, 
           S. 1149, to expand geothermal production, S. 1160, to 
           improve the administration of the Department of Energy, 
           and the nomination of Arunava Majumdar, of California, 
           to be Under Secretary of Energy.
                                                            SD-366
     10 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
       Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings to examine the Nuclear Regulatory 
           Commission's (NRC) near-term task force recommendations 
           for enhancing reactor safety in the 21st century.
                                                            SD-406
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine prescription drug shortages, 
           focusing on examining a public health concern and 
           potential solutions.
                                                            SD-106
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider 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 
           nomination of Brian C. Wimes, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of 
           Missouri.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine certain nominations.
                                                           SR-328A
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine environmental risks of 
           genetically engineered fish.
                                                            SR-253
     11 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
       Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Global Narcotics 
           Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the United States-Caribbean 
           shared security partnership, focusing on responding to 
           the growth of trafficking narcotics in the Caribbean.
                                                            SD-419
     2:15 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
       African Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine improving governance in the 
           Democratic Republic of Congo.
                                                            SD-419
     2:30 p.m.
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine implementing the ``Physician 
           Payment Sunshine Act''.
                                                            SD-562

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                              DECEMBER 14
     10 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Margaret 
           Bartley, of Maryland, Coral Wong Pietsch, of Hawaii, 
           and Gloria Wilson Shelton, of Maryland, all to be a 
           Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for 
           Veterans Claims.
                                                            SR-418