[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 23 (Monday, February 13, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D109-D111]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of February 14 through February 17, 2012

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 11 a.m., Senate will continue 
consideration of the nomination of Adalberto Jose Jordan, of Florida, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit.
  Senate will resume consideration of S. 1813, Moving Ahead for 
Progress in the 21st Century.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: February 15, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Michael T. Scuse, of 
Delaware, to be Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
Services, and to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Commodity Credit Corporation, Department of Agriculture, and Chester 
John Culver, of Iowa, and Bruce J. Sherrick, of Illinois, both to be 
a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural 
Mortgage Corporation, Farm Credit Administration; to be immediately 
followed by a hearing to examine energy and economic growth for 
rural America, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 14, to hold hearings to 
examine the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  February 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the 
United States; with the possibility of a closed session in SVC-217 
following the open session, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 15, 
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, to 
hold hearings to examine pay for performance, focusing on incentive 
compensation at large financial institutions, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  February 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
European debt crisis and its implications, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: February 14, to hold hearings to examine 
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013, 10 
a.m., SD-608.
  February 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013 for the 
Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  February 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013 and revenue 
proposals, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 16, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: February 14, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  February 15, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 14, business meeting to 
consider S. 1023, to authorize the President to provide assistance 
to the Government of Haiti to end within 5 years the deforestation 
in Haiti and restore within 30 years the extent of tropical forest 
cover in existence in Haiti in 1990, S. 414, to protect girls in 
developing countries through the prevention of child marriage, an 
original resolution recognizing the importance of the United States-
Egypt relationship, and urging the Government of Egypt to protect 
civil liberties and cease persecution of democracy activities, S. 
Res. 344, supporting the democratic aspirations of the Nicaraguan 
people and calling attention to the deterioration of constitutional 
order in Nicaragua, an original resolution calling for democratic 
change in Syria, S. Res. 342, honoring the life and legacy of Laura 
Pollan, and the nominations of Tara D. Sonenshine, of Maryland, to 
be Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy, Anne Claire Richard, of New 
York, to be Assistant Secretary for Population, Refugees, and 
Migration, Robert E. Whitehead, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Togolese Republic, Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to 
India, Larry Leon Palmer, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to Barbados, 
and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
Ambassador to St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, 
the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines, Phyllis Marie Powers, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
Republic of Nicaragua, and Jonathan Don Farrar, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, all of the Department of 
State, and Earl W. Gast, of California, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, and lists in the Foreign Service, 2:15 p.m., S-116, 
Capitol.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and 
Global Narcotics Affairs, to hold hearings to examine Iran's 
influence and activity in Latin America, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 14, 
to hold hearings to examine pain in America, focusing on exploring 
challenges to relief, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, to 
hold hearings to examine addressing workforce needs at the regional 
level, focusing on innovative public and private partnerships, 10 
a.m., SD-430.

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  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: February 
16, to hold hearings to examine securing America's future, focusing 
on the ``Cybersecurity Act of 2012'', 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 16, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine energy development in Indian country, 2:15 p.m., 
SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 15, to hold hearings to 
examine the Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program, focusing on 
protecting those who protect us, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  February 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine certain 
nominations, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  February 16, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Andrew David Hurwitz, of Arizona, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, John Z. Lee, and John J. Tharp, 
Jr., both to be a United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Illinois, George Levi Russell, III, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Maryland, and Kristine Gerhard 
Baker, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Arkansas, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 14, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  February 16, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, February 15, Subcommittee on Homeland 
Security, hearing on FY 2013 budget request for the Department of 
Homeland Security, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on FY 2013 budget 
request for the Department of Defense, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, hearing on Quality of Life in the 
Military, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 budget request, 1:30 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 
budget request Department of Agriculture, 9:30 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 budget request, Forest Service, 10 
a.m., B308-Rayburn.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing on FY 2013 
budget request Immigration and Customs Enforcement, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 15, full Committee, hearing 
on 2013 Fiscal Year National Defense Authorization Budget from the 
Department of Defense, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on 
governance, oversight, and management of the nuclear security 
enterprise to ensure high quality science, engineering, and mission 
effectiveness in an age of austerity, 11 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  February 16, full Committee, hearing on 2013 National Defense 
Authorization Budget Request from the Department of the Navy, 1 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 17, full Committee, hearing on 2013 Fiscal Year National 
Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Army, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 15, full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The President's Fiscal Year 2013 Budget'', 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  February 16, full Committee, hearing entitled ``The President's 
Revenue and Economic Policy Proposals, Fiscal Year 2013 House Budget 
Resolution'', 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  February 29, full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Department of 
Defense and the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget'', 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, February 16, full 
Committee, hearing on H.R. 3989, the ``Student Success Act'' and 
H.R. 3990, the ``Encouraging Innovation and Effective Teachers 
Act'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 15, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Manufacturing and Trade, hearing entitled ``Where the Jobs 
Are'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled 
``Reauthorization of MDUFA: What It Means for Jobs, Innovation and 
Patients'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, 
hearing entitled ``The Budget and Spending of Federal Communications 
Commission'', 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation, hearing 
entitled ``Regulatory Reform Series #8, Private Sector Views of the 
Regulatory Climate One Year After Executive Order 13563'', 10 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 15, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Consumer Financial 
Protection Bureau'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 16, full Committee markup on H.R. 3606, the ``Reopening 
American Capital Markets to Emerging Growth Companies Act of 2011''; 
H.R. 2308, the ``SEC Regulatory Accountability Act''; H.R. 1838, to 
repeal a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer 
Protection Act Prohibiting any federal bailout of swap dealers or 
participants; and H.R. 4014, to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Act with respect to information provided to the Bureau of Consumer 
Financial Protection, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, February 15, Subcommittee on the 
Middle East and South Asia, hearing entitled ``Reflections on the 
Revolution in Egypt, Part I'', 2:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 16, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Egypt at a 
Crossroads'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human 
Rights, hearing entitled ``Further Human Rights Violations in 
Castro's Cuba: The Continued Abuse of Political Prisoners'', 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Homeland Security, February 15, full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``An Examination of the President's FY 2013 Budget 
Request for the Department of Homeland Security'', 2:30 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  February 15, full Committee markup on the following: H.R. 3563, 
the ``Alert and Warning Systems Modernization Act of 2011''; H.R. 
3140, the ``Mass Transit Intelligence Prioritization Act''; H.R. 
3857, the ``Public Transit Security and Local Law Enforcement 
Support Act''; and H.R. 2356, the ``WMD Prevention and Preparedness 
Act of 2011'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, 
hearing entitled ``DHS Monitoring of Social Networking and Media: 
Enhancing Intelligence Gathering and Ensuring Privacy'', 10 a.m., 
311 Cannon.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Transportation Security, continue 
hearing entitled ``Screening Partnership Program: Why is a Job-
Creating, Public-Private Partnership Meeting Resistance at TSA?'', 1 
p.m., 311 Cannon.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Transportation Security, hearing 
entitled ``Last Line of Defense: the Federal Air Marshal Service 10 
Years After 9/11'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 15, full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Executive Overreach: The President's Unprecedented 
``Recess'' Appointments'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, 
hearing entitled ``Safeguarding the Integrity of the Immigration 
Benefits Adjudication Process'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland 
Security, hearing entitled ``The U.S. Department of Justice and 
Office on Violence Against Women'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 16, full Committee, markup of H.R. 3541, the ``Susan B. 
Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 
2011'', 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition 
and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Litigation as a Predatory 
Practice'', 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, February 15, full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Department of the Interior Spending and the 
President's Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Proposal'', 10 a.m. 1324 
Longworth.
  February 15, Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, 
hearing on H.R. 3973, to facilitate the development of energy on 
Indian lands by reducing Federal regulations that impede tribal 
development of Indian lands, and for other purposes, 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing 
entitled H.R. 785, to amend the Surface Mining Control and 
Reclamation Act of 1977 to clarify that uncertified States and 
Indian tribes have the authority to use certain payment for certain 
noncoal reclamation projects, 9 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and 
Insular Affairs, hearing entitled ``Fish and Wildlife Service's 
Proposed Comprehensive Conservation Plan and its Potential 
Devastating Impact on the Economy of the Town of Chincoteague, 
Virginia'', 9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, February 15, full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Why Reshuffling Government Agencies 
Won't Solve the Federal Government's Obesity Problem'', 9:30 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  February 16, full Committee, hearing entitled ``Lines Crossed: 
Separation of Church and State. Has the Obama Administration 
Trampled on Freedom of Religion and Freedom of Conscience?'', 9:30 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 17, Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, 
Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform, hearing entitled 
``How Much is Too Much? Examining Duplicative IT Investments at DOD 
and DOE'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, February 14, full Committee, hearing on H.R. 
7, the ``American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act of 2012'', 5 
p.m., H-313, Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, February 17, full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``An Overview of the Administration's 
Federal Research and Development Budget for Fiscal Year 2013'', 9:30 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 15, Subcommittee on 
Healthcare and Technology, hearing entitled ``Broadband: A Catalyst 
for Small Business Growth'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  February 16, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital 
Access, hearing entitled ``Examining the Role of Government 
Assistance for Disaster Victims: A Review of H.R. 3042'', 10 a.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 15, full Committee, 
hearing on U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Request for 
Fiscal Year 2013, 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 15, full Committee, hearing 
on President Obama's budget proposals for fiscal year 2013, 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 16, 
full Committee, hearing on ongoing intelligence activities, 10 a.m., 
HVC-304. This is a closed hearing.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: February 15, to 
hold hearings to examine violence against Roma in Europe, focusing 
on violence in the region, and human rights violations, 2 p.m., 
B318, Rayburn Building.