[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 1, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D65-D67]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            FEBRUARY 2, 2012

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Business meeting 
to consider an original bill entitled, ``The Iran Sanctions, 
Accountability and Human Rights Act of 2012'', and an original bill 
entitled, ``Federal Public Transportation Act of 2012'', 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: To hold hearings to examine the budget 
and economic outlook, focusing on fiscal years 2012-2022, 10 a.m., 
SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: To hold hearings to 
examine the final report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's 
Nuclear Future, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: To hold 
hearings to examine innovations in college affordability, 10:20 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: To hold hearings to examine S. 1739, 
to provide for the use and distribution of judgment funds awarded to 
the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe by the United States Court of Federal 
Claims in Docket Numbers 19 and 188, S. 356, to amend the Grand 
Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections, and S. 908, to 
provide for the addition of certain real property to the reservation 
of the Siletz Tribe in the State of Oregon, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Business meeting to consider S. 1925, 
to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, S. 1945, to 
permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings, and the 
nominations of Paul J. Watford, of California, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, and Dennis J. Erby, to be 
United States Marshal for the Northern District of Mississippi, and 
Anuj Chang Desai, of Wisconsin, to be a Member of the Foreign Claims 
Settlement Commission of the United States, both of the Department 
of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: To hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The 
State of the U.S. Economy'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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 Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``The Collapse of MF Global: Part 
2'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Ahmadinejad's Tour of Tyrants and Iran's Agenda in the Western 
Hemisphere'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  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 the Judiciary, 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.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Fast and Furious: Management Failures at the 
Department of Justice'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy 
and Trade, hearing entitled ``The Future

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of the Family Farm: The Effect of Proposed DOL Regulations on Small 
Business Producers'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Full Committee, 
hearing on legislation regarding the ``American Energy and 
Infrastructure Jobs Act'', 9 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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, 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, 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

  Conference: Meeting of conferees on H.R. 3630, to extend the 
payroll tax holiday, unemployment compensation, Medicare physician 
payment, provide for the consideration of the Keystone XL pipeline, 
10 a.m., HVC-201.


*These figures include all measures reported, even if there was no 
accompanying report. A total of 41 reports have been filed in the 
Senate, 20 reports have been filed in the House.

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