[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 17 (Thursday, February 2, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D71-D72]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported 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''.
BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
budget and economic outlook, focusing on fiscal years 2012-2022, after 
receiving testimony from Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional 
Budget Office.
BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION ON AMERICA'S NUCLEAR FUTURE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the final report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on 
America's Nuclear Future, after receiving testimony from former Senator 
Pete Domenici, Member, and former Representative Lee Hamilton, and 
General Brent Scowcroft, USAF (Ret.), both a Co-Chairman, all of the 
Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future.
INNOVATIONS IN COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine innovations in college affordability, 
after receiving testimony from Martha Kanter, Under Secretary of 
Education; Kevin Carey, Education Sector, Washington, D.C.; Charlie 
Earl, Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 
Olympia; Robert W. Mendenhall, Western Governors University, Salt Lake 
City, Utah; and Carol E. Quillen, Davidson College, Davidson, North 
Carolina, on behalf of the National Association of Independent Colleges 
and Universities.
INDIAN AFFAIRS BILLS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing 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, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Merkley; Mike S. Black, Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
Department of the Interior; Norman W. Deschampe, Minnesota Chippewa 
Tribe, and Arthur LaRose, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, both of Cass Lake, 
Minnesota; Cheryle Kennedy, Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, Grand 
Ronde, Oregon; Delores Pigsley, Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians 
of Oregon, Siletz; and Robert Garcia, Confederated Tribes of Coos, 
Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians, Coos Bay, Oregon.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1925, to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act of 1994, with 
amendments; 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.