[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 14 (Monday, January 30, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D49-D50]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                            JANUARY 31, 2012

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: To hold hearings 
to examine holding the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) 
accountable, focusing on a review of first semi-annual report, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: To hold hearings to 
examine the United States and global energy outlook for 2012, 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: To hold hearings to examine extenders and 
tax reform, focusing on long-term solutions, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology 
and the Law, to hold hearings to examine the ``Video Privacy 
Protection Act'', focusing on protecting viewer privacy in the 21st 
century, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: To hold hearings to examine the 
world threat, 10 a.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, February 1, full Committee, hearing 
on the use of Afghan nationals to provide security to U.S. forces in 
light of attack on U.S. personnel at FOB Frontenac, Afghanistan in 
March 2011, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 3, Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on accountability at Arlington National 
Cemetery, 11:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 1, full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Congressional Budget Office's Budget and Economic 
Outlook'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  February 2, full Committee, hearing entitled ``The State of the 
U.S. Economy'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, February 1, full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Expanding Opportunities for Job 
Creation'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  February 2, Subcommittee on Health, Labor and Pensions, hearing 
entitled ``Examining the Challenges Facing PBGC and Defined Benefit 
Pension Plans'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 1, Subcommittee on 
Environment and the Economy, hearing entitled ``Recommendations of 
the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future'', 9:30 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  February 1, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled 
``Reauthorization of PDUFA: What It Means for Jobs, Innovation, and 
Patients'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 3, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, hearing 
entitled ``Evaluating Internal Operation and Implementation of the 
Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards program (CFATS) by the 
Department of Homeland Security'', 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 1, Subcommittee on 
Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing entitled 
``Implementation of the Manufactured Housing Improvement Act of 
2000'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 1, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing on H.R. 3461, the ``Financial Institutions 
Examination Fairness and Reform Act'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 2, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``The Collapse of MF Global: Part 2'', 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, February 2, full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Ahmadinejad's Tour of Tyrants and Iran's Agenda in the 
Western Hemisphere'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 2, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human 
Rights, hearing entitled ``U.S. Policy Toward Post-Election 
Democratic Republic of Congo'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, February 1, Subcommittee on 
Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection and Security Technologies, 
markup of H.R. 3674, the ``Promoting and Enhancing Cybersecurity and 
Information Sharing Effectiveness Act of 2011'', 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  February 3, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and 
Management, hearing entitled ``Is DHS Effectively Implementing a 
Strategy to Counter Emerging Threats?'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 1, Subcommittee on Courts, 
Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 2469, the ``End 
Discriminatory State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act of 2011'', 
1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 1, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and 
the Internet, hearing entitled ``Prior User Rights: Strengthening 
U.S. Manufacturing and Innovation'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 2, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing entitled 
``Contingent Fees and Conflicts of Interest in State AG Enforcement 
of Federal Law'', 2:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.

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  February 3, Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative 
Law, hearing on the following: H.R. 3041, the ``Federal Consent 
Decree Fairness Act'' and legislation on the ``Sunshine for 
Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act'', 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, February 1, full Committee, markup 
of the following: H.R. 3407, the ``Alaskan Energy for American Jobs 
Act''; H.R. 3408, the ``Protecting Investment in Oil Shale the Next 
Generation of Environmental, Energy, and Resource Security Act''; 
and H.R. 3410, the ``Energy Security and Transportation Jobs Act'', 
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  February 3, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public 
Lands, hearing on the following: H.R. 491, 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 National 
Forest, and for other purposes; H.R. 3500, to provide for the 
conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System land in the 
Flathead National Forest in the State of Montana containing a World 
War II memorial to the Whitefish Mountain Resort; H.R. 3685, to 
amend the Herger-Feinstein Quincy Library Group Forest Recovery Act 
to extend and expand the scope of the pilot forest management 
project required by that Act; and S. 271, the ``Wallowa Forest 
Service Compound Conveyance Act'', 9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, February 1, full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Uncharted Territory: What are the 
Consequences of President Obama's Unprecedented ``Recess'' 
Appointments?'' 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 2, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Fast and Furious: 
Management Failures at the Department of Justice'', 9 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, January 31, full Committee, markup of H.R. 
3521, the ``Expedited Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act 
of 2011'', 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  February 1, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 3578, the ``Baseline 
Reform Act of 2011'' and H.R. 3582, the ``Pro-Growth Budgeting Act 
of 2011'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, February 1, 
Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing entitled ``Fractured 
Science--Examining EPA's Approach to Ground Water Research: The 
Pavillion Analysis'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  February 2, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing 
entitled ``Fostering Quality Science at EPA: Perspectives on Common 
Sense Reform--Day II'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 1, full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Path to Job Creation: The State of American Small 
Businesses'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  February 2, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade, hearing 
entitled ``The Future of the Family Farm: The Effect of Proposed DOL 
Regulations on Small Business Producers'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 2, full 
Committee, hearing on legislation regarding the ``American Energy 
and Infrastructure Jobs Act'', 9 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 1, full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Examining VA's Pharmaceutical Prime Vendor 
Contract'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  February 2, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing entitled 
``Lowering the Rate of Unemployment for the National Guard'', 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 1, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing on the Harbor 
Maintenance Trust Fund and Harbor Maintenance Tax, 9:30 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  February 2, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on the 
accuracy and uses of the Social Security Administration's Death 
Master File, 9 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 2, full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``World Threats'', 10 a.m., HVC-210. 
This hearing will begin as an open hearing and move to a closed 
hearing in HVC-304.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: To receive a 
briefing on Moldova, focusing on democracy, 2 p.m., 2200, Rayburn 
Building.
  Conference: Meeting of conferees on H.R. 658, to amend title 49, 
United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal 
Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2011 through 2014, to 
streamline programs, create efficiencies, reduce waste, and improve 
aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the 
national aviation system, 4 p.m., SR-253.