[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 15, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D124-D125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 16, 2012

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: 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: To hold hearings 
to examine the European debt crisis and its implications, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: 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: 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 Foreign Relations: Business meeting to consider an 
original resolution condemning violence by the Government of Syria 
against the Syrian people, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Global 
Narcotics Affairs, to hold hearings to examine Iran's influence and 
activity in Latin America; to be immediately followed by a full 
committee closed briefing in SVC-217, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 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.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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: To hold an oversight hearing to 
examine energy development in Indian country, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on 
FY 2013 budget request for the Department of Defense, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, hearing on Quality of Life in the Military, 10 
a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, 
hearing on FY 2013 budget request for the Department of the 
Interior, 1:30 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, 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.
  Full Committee, hearing on FY 2013 National Defense Authorization 
Budget Request from the Department of the Navy, 1 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The 
President's Fiscal Year 2013 Revenue and Economic Policy 
Proposals'', 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Full Committee, hearing 
on the following: 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, Subcommittee on Communications 
and Technology, hearing entitled ``The Budget and Spending of 
Federal Communications Commission'', 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  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, Full Committee, markup on the 
following: H.R. 3606, the ``Reopening American Capital Markets to 
Emerging Growth Companies Act of

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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, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Egypt at a Crossroads'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights; and 
Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, joint hearing entitled 
``Further Human Rights Violations in Castro's Cuba: The Continued 
Abuse of Political Prisoners'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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.
  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.
  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, 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.
  Full Committee, markup of H.R. 3541, the ``Susan B. Anthony and 
Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2011'', 1 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup of the 
following: H.R. 1837, the ``San Joaquin Valley Water Reliability 
Act'' and H.R. 4019, the ``Federal Forest County Revenue, Schools, 
and Jobs Act of 2012'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
  Committee on Small Business, 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, Subcommittee on Disability 
Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on FY 2013 budget request 
for the Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing on ongoing intelligence activities, 10 a.m., HVC-304. This 
is a closed hearing.