[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 36 (Tuesday, March 6, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D198-D199]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 7, 2012

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: To hold 
hearings to examine healthy food initiatives, local production, and 
nutrition, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, to 
hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2013 for the Department of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., SD-
124.
  Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of 
the Navy, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: To hold hearings to examine the 
situation in Syria; with the possibility of a closed session in SVC-
217 following the open session, 9 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: To hold 
hearings to examine priorities, plans, and progress of the nation's 
space program, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to 
hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2013 for the Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on 
National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 29, to establish the 
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta National Heritage Area, S. 1150, to 
establish the Susquehanna Gateway National Heritage Area in the 
State of Pennsylvania, S. 1191, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to carry out a study regarding the suitability and 
feasibility of establishing the Naugatuck River Valley National 
Heritage Area in Connecticut, S. 1198, to reauthorize the Essex 
National Heritage Area, S. 1215, to provide for the exchange of land 
located in the Lowell National Historical Park, S. 1589, to extend 
the authorization for the Coastal Heritage Trail in the State of New 
Jersey, S. 1708, to establish the John H. Chafee Blackstone River 
Valley National Historical Park, H.R. 1141, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility 
of designating prehistoric, historic, and limestone forest sites on 
Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, as a unit of the 
National Park System, H.R. 2606, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to allow the construction and operation of natural gas 
pipeline facilities in the Gateway National Recreation Area, S. 
2131, to reauthorize the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, the 
Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area, and the Delaware and 
Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, and S. 2133, to reauthorize the 
America's Agricultural Heritage Partnership in the State of Iowa, 
2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: To hold hearings to examine the President's 
2012 trade agenda, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on the Judiciary: To hold hearings to examine lending 
discrimination practices and foreclosure abuses, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: To hold joint hearings to examine 
a legislative presentation from the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), 
10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Special Committee on Aging: To hold hearings to examine 
opportunities for savings, focusing on removing obstacles for small 
business, 2 p.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing on budget views 
and estimates letter of the Committee on Agriculture for the 
agencies and programs under jurisdiction of the Committee for FY 
2013, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request for 
the Federal Bureau of Investigations, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request for the 
Army, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget 
Request for the Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing on FY 2013 Budget 
Request for Federal Emergency Management Agency, 10 a.m., 2358-A 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request for Nuclear Energy and 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, 
hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request for the Bureau of Ocean Energy 
Management/Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Budget, 1 
p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, hearing on Installation, Environment, and BRAC, 2 
p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request for the U.S. Army Corps 
of Engineers, 2 p.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, hearing 
on Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request for the Treasury Inspector 
General, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing on the Fiscal 
Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Budget Requests from U.S. 
Central Command, U.S. Special Operations Command and U.S. 
Transportation Command, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, hearing on 
assessing mobility airlift capabilities and operational risks under 
the revised 2012 defense strategy, 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications 
and Technology, hearing entitled ``Cybersecurity: The Pivotal Role 
of Communications Networks'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled ``The American 
Energy Initiative: Rising Gasoline Prices'', 10:30 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capitol Markets 
and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``The 
Securities Investor Protection Corporation: Past, Present, and 
Future'' 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, markup of the 
following: H.R. 2106, the ``Syria Freedom Support Act''; H.R. 890, 
the ``Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2011''; H.R. 1410 
the ``Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2011''; H.R. 3783, the 
``Countering Iran in the Western Hemisphere Act of 2012''; H.R. 
4041, the ``Export Promotion Reform Act''; and S. Con. Res. 17, a 
concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that Taiwan 
should be accorded observer status in the International Civil 
Aviation Organization (ICAO), 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, hearing 
entitled ``The State Department's Reward Programs: Performance and 
Potential'', 2 p.m., 2127 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation 
Security, markup of H.R. 2179, to amend title 49, United States 
Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security 
(Transportation Security Administration) to transfer unclaimed money 
recovered at airport security checkpoints to United Service 
Organization, Incorporated, and for other purposes, 10:30 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``The Prescription Drug Epidemic 
in America'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, hearing on 
H.R. 3808, the ``Scott Gardner Act'', 1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Council on Environmental Quality's Fiscal Year 2013 Funding 
Request and the Effects on NEPA, National Ocean Policy and Other 
Federal Environmental Policy Initiatives'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``An Overview of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Budget for Fiscal Year 2013'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, markup of the 
following: Views and Estimates on the Small Business 
Administration's FY 2013 budget request; H.R. 3850, the ``Government 
Efficiency through Small Business Contracting Act of 2012''; H.R. 
3851, the ``Small Business Advocate Act of 2012''; H.R. 3893, the 
``Subcontracting Transparency and Reliability Act of 2012''; H.R. 
3980, the ``Small Business Opportunity Act of 2012''; H.R. 4118, the 
``Small Business Procurement Improvement Act of 2012''; and H.R. 
4121, the ``Early Stage Small Business Contracting Act of 2012'', 1 
p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing entitled 
``Protecting Maritime Jobs and Enhancing Marine Safety in the Post-
Budget Control Act Fiscal Environment: A Review of the 
Administration's Fiscal Year 2013 Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation Budget Request'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Closely-Held Businesses in the Context of Tax Reform'', 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.