[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 191 (Tuesday, December 13, 2011)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1356-D1357]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           DECEMBER 14, 2011

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance and Investment, to hold hearings to examine 
investor risks in capital raising, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on 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, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, 
and Infrastructure, 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, 
9:45 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs, 
to hold hearings to examine the state of human rights and rule of 
law in Russia, focusing on United States policy options, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on 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, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on 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'', and 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'', 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: To hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications 
and Technology, hearing entitled ``ICANN's Top-Level Domain Name 
Program.'' 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets 
and Government Sponsored Enterprises, markup of the following: the 
``Private Mortgage Market Investment Act''; and H.R. 2483, the 
``Whistleblower Improvement Act of 2011.'' 10 a.m., HVC-210 Capitol.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
South Asia, hearing entitled ``Confronting Damascus: U.S. Policy 
toward the Evolving Situation in Syria.'' 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
hearing entitled ``Judicial Reliance on Foreign Law.'' 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The Leadership of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.

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  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``HHS and the Catholic Church: 
Examining the Politicization of Grants (minority day of hearing).'' 
1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing entitled ``Integrated 
Planning and Permitting: An Opportunity for EPA to Provide 
Communities with Flexibility to Make Smart Investments in Water 
Quality.'' 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Is it Working: Reviewing VA's 
Compensated Work Therapy Program.'' 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on the 
Trans-Pacific Partnership, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.