[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 45 (Monday, March 19, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D263-D267]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of March 20 through March 23, 2012

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 11 a.m., Senate will continue 
consideration of H.R. 3606, Reopening American Capital Markets to 
Emerging Growth Companies Act, with a vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on Reid (for Reed) Amendment No. 1833, at approximately 11:30, 
with the possibility of two more votes on the motion to invoke cloture 
on Reid (for Cantwell) Amendment No. 1836 (to the language proposed to 
be stricken by Amendment No. 1833), and the motion to invoke cloture on 
the bill.
  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 Appropriations: March 21, Subcommittee on Department 
of Homeland Security, to hold hearings to examine balancing 
prosperity and security, focusing on challenges for United States 
air travel in a 21st century global economy, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold hearings 
to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2013 for the 
Department of the Army, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, to hold hearings to examine strengthening market 
oversight and integrity, focusing on fiscal year 2013 resource needs 
of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2013 
for the National Nuclear Security Administration, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Commerce, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2013 for the 
Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms and the U.S. Capitol 
Police, 2:30 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 20, to hold hearings to examine 
the Department of the Air Force in review of the Defense 
Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years 
Defense Program; with the possibility of a closed session in SVC-217 
following the open session, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to 
hold hearings to examine cybersecurity research and development in 
review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and 
the Future Years Defense Program; with the possibility of a closed 
session in SVC-217 following the open session, 3 p.m., SR-232A.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to 
hold hearings to examine military construction, environmental, and 
base closure programs in review of the Defense Authorization request 
for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program, 10 a.m., 
SR-232A.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine military space programs in review of the Defense 
Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  March 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
situation in Afghanistan; 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: March 20, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Jerome H. Powell, of 
Maryland, and Jeremy C. Stein, of Massachusetts, both to be a Member 
of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Jeremiah 
O'Hear Norton, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors 
of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation for the remainder of 
the term expiring July 15, 2013, and Richard B. Berner, of 
Massachusetts, to be Director, Office of Financial Research, and 
Christy L. Romero, of Virginia, to be Special Inspector General for 
the Troubled Asset Relief Program, both of the Department of the 
Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  March 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
international harmonization of Wall Street reform, focusing on 
orderly liquidation, derivatives, and the Volcker Rule, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 20, 
Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, to hold 
an oversight hearing to examine commercial airline safety, 2:45 
p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 20, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Adam E. Sieminski, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the Energy Information 
Administration, Department of Energy, Marcilynn A. Burke, of North 
Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior, and Anthony 
T. Clark, of North Dakota, and John Robert Norris, of Iowa, both to 
be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., 
SD-366.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 303, to amend the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1993 to require the

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Bureau of Land Management to provide a claimant of a small miner 
waiver from claim maintenance fees with a period of 60 days after 
written receipt of 1 or more defects is provided to the claimant by 
registered mail to cure the 1 or more defects or pay the claim 
maintenance fee, S. 1129, to amend the Federal Land Policy and 
Management Act of 1976 to improve the management of grazing leases 
and permits, S. 1473, to amend Public Law 99-548 to provide for the 
implementation of the multispecies habitat conservation plan for the 
Virgin River, Nevada, and to extend the authority to purchase 
certain parcels of public land, S. 1492, to provide for the 
conveyance of certain Federal land in Clark County, Nevada, for the 
environmental remediation and reclamation of the Three Kids Mine 
Project Site, S. 1559, to establish the San Juan Islands National 
Conservation Area in the San Juan Islands, Washington, S. 1635, to 
designate certain lands in San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan Counties, 
Colorado, as wilderness, S. 1687, to adjust the boundary of Carson 
National Forest, New Mexico, S. 1774, to establish the Rocky 
Mountain Front Conservation Management Area, to designate certain 
Federal land as wilderness, and to improve the management of noxious 
weeds in the Lewis and Clark National Forest, S. 1788, to designate 
the Pine Forest Range Wilderness area in Humboldt County, Nevada, S. 
1906, to modify the Forest Service Recreation Residence Program as 
the program applies to units of the National Forest System derived 
from the public domain by implementing a simple, equitable, and 
predictable procedure for determining cabin user fees, S. 2001, to 
expand the Wild Rogue Wilderness Area in the State of Oregon, to 
make additional wild and scenic river designations in the Rogue 
River area, to provide additional protections for Rogue River 
tributaries, S. 2015, to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain Federal land to the Powell Recreation District in the 
State of Wyoming, and S. 2056, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain interests in Federal land acquired for 
the Scofield Project in Carbon County, Utah, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 20, Subcommittee 
on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Environmental Protection Agency's Mercury and Air Toxics 
Standards (MATS) for power plants, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  March 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013 for the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: March 20, Subcommittee on Fiscal 
Responsibility and Economic Growth, to hold hearings to examine tax 
fraud by identity theft, part 2, focusing on status, progress, and 
potential solutions, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 20, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Carlos Pascual, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Energy Resources, John 
Christopher Stevens, of California, to be Ambassador to Libya, and 
Jacob Walles, of Delaware, to be Ambassador to the Tunisian 
Republic, all of the Department of State, 2:45 p.m., SD-419.
  March 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Tracey Ann Jacobson, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo, Richard B. Norland, of 
Iowa, to be Ambassador to Georgia, Kenneth Merten, of Virginia, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, Mark A. Pekala, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, and Jeffrey D. 
Levine, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, 
all of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  March 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Scott H. DeLisi, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Uganda, Michael A. Raynor, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, and Makila James, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Swaziland, 
all of the Department of State, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 22, to 
hold hearings to examine stay-at-work and back-to-work strategies, 
focusing on lessons from the private sector, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: March 20, 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
a review of the Office of Special Counsel and Merit Systems 
Protection Board, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  March 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine retooling 
government for the 21st century, focusing on the President's 
reorganization plan and reducing duplication, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  March 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013 for the 
Department of Homeland Security, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold a 
joint hearing with the House Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency, and 
Financial Management to examine problems in Army military pay, 10 
a.m., 2154, Rayburn Building.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: March 22, to hold hearings to examine 
S. 1898, to provide for the conveyance of certain property from the 
United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, 
Alaska, and H.R. 1560, to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and 
Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to 
allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe to determine blood quantum 
requirement for membership in that tribe, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 20, Subcommittee on 
Administrative Oversight and the Courts, to hold hearings to examine 
student debt, focusing on providing fairness for struggling 
students, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  March 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine convicting 
the guilty and exonerating the innocent, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and 
Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine Verizon and cable 
deals, 2 p.m., SD-226.

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  March 22, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2159, to 
extend the authorization of the Drug-Free Communities Support 
Program through fiscal year 2017, and the nominations of Richard 
Gary Taranto, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Federal Circuit, Robin S. Rosenbaum, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of Florida, Gershwin A. Drain, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 
and Gregory K. Davis, to be United States Attorney for the Southern 
District of Mississippi, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: March 22, to 
hold hearings to examine small business investment companies and 
their role in the entrepreneurship ecosystem, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 21, to hold joint hearings 
to examine the legislative presentations of the Military Order of 
the Purple Heart, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), 
Non Commissioned Officers Association, American Ex-Prisoners of War, 
Vietnam Veterans of America, Wounded Warrior Project, National 
Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, and The Retired 
Enlisted Association, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  March 22, Full Committee, to hold joint hearings to examine the 
legislative presentations of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, Air 
Force Sergeants Association, Blinded Veterans Association, American 
Veterans (AMVETS), Gold Star Wives, Fleet Reserve Association, 
Military Officers Association of America, and the Jewish War 
Veterans, 10 a.m., 345, Cannon Building.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 20, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  March 22, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, March 21, Subcommittee on Rural 
Development, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture, 
hearing entitled ``To Identify Duplicative Federal Rural Development 
Programs'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, March 20, Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request 
for the Smithsonian Institution, 9:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget 
Request Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request for the Department of 
Commerce, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request for National Archives, 
10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  March 20, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request for U.S. Mission to the 
United Nations, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request 
for the National Institutes of Health, 10:30 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request for National Park 
Service, 1 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and 
Related Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request for Department 
of Energy, Office of Science, 2 p.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request for Office of 
Management and Budget, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request for National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, 2:30 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
  March 21, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Projects, hearing on the FY 2013 Budget for Department of State, 
Near Eastern Affairs, 8:30 a.m., HVC-301. This is a closed hearing.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request for National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request 
for Veterans Employment and Training Programs, 10 a.m., 2358-C 
Rayburn.
  March 21, 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.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on FY 2013 Budget 
Request for the U.S. Central Command and the International Security 
Assistance Force, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol. This is a closed hearing.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and 
Related Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request for the 
Department of Energy, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request, 2 p.m., H-
140 Capitol.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing on Department 
of Homeland Security Facilities, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request 
for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., 2358-A 
Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Issues, 1 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.

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  March 21, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request for Small Business 
Administration, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs 
and Related Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request Department 
of Veterans Affairs, 2 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 budget issues, 9 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 budget issues, 9:30 a.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education, and Related Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request 
for the Department of Education, 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request 
for the Department of Transportation Major Modes, 10 a.m., 2358-A 
Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget 
Request for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 10:30 a.m., 
2362-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, March 20, Full Committee, hearing on 
the recent developments in Afghanistan, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, 
hearing on the Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request for Information 
Technology and Cyber Operations Programs, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Force, hearing on 
Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force tactical aviation programs, 3 p.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on the 
Defense Health Program budget overview, 3 p.m. 2212 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on the Navy's 
readiness posture, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on hazing in 
the military, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, March 21, Full Committee, markup of the 
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2013, 10:30 
a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, March 20, Subcommittee 
on Workforce Protections, hearing entitled ``Ensuring Regulations 
Protect Access to Affordable and Quality Companion Care'', 10 a.m. 
2175 Rayburn.
  March 21, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Reviewing the 
President's Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Proposals for the U.S. 
Department of Labor'', 10 a.m. 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 20, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Power, hearing entitled ``The American Energy Initiative: A 
Focus on the Future of Energy Technology with an Emphasis on 
Canadian Oil Sands'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled `` The Center for Consumer Information and Insurance 
Oversight and the Anniversary of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Motor Vehicle Safety Provisions in House and 
Senate Highway Bills'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, March 20, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Hearing to Receive the Annual Testimony of the Secretary 
of the Treasury on the State of the International Financial 
System'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored 
Enterprise, hearing entitled the ``Swap Data and Clearing House 
Indemnification Correction Act of 2012'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigation, business 
meeting to consider a motion authorizing the issuance of a subpoena 
ad testificandum for the appearance of Edith O'Brien, 2 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``The Future of Money: How Mobile Payments 
Could Change Financial Services'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 20, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Fiscal year 2013 Budget: A Review of U.S. Foreign 
Assistance Amidst Economic Uncertainty'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 21, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Russia 2012: 
Increased Repression, Rampant Corruption, Assisting Rogue Regimes'', 
10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing 
entitled ``Halting the Descent: U.S. Policy toward the Deteriorating 
Situation in Iraq'', 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, March 20, Subcommittee on 
Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, hearing 
entitled ``Ensuring the Transparency, Efficiency, and Effectiveness 
of Homeland Security Grants'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  March 21, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Iran, Hezbollah, and 
the Threat to the Homeland'', 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and 
Management, hearing entitled `` Building One DHS: Why is Employee 
Morale Low?'' 9 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 20, Full Committee, markup of 
the following: H.R. 3534, the ``Security in Bonding Act of 2011''; 
H.R. 4078, the ``Regulatory Freeze for Jobs Act of 2012''; and H.R. 
3862, the ``Sunshine for Regulatory Decrees and Settlements Act of 
2012'', 10:40 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 
hearing entitled ``Secure Identification: The REAL ID Act's Minimum 
Standards for Driver's Licenses and Identification Cards'', 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative 
Law, hearing entitled ``The Office of Information and Regulatory 
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and Regulatory Reform under the Obama Administration'', 1:30 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, March 20, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Mineral Resources, hearing entitled ``Effects of the President's 
FY 2013 Budget and Legislative Proposals for the Bureau of Land 
Management and the U.S. Forest Service's Energy and Minerals 
Programs on Private Sector Job Creation, Domestic Energy and 
Minerals Production and Deficit Reduction'', 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, 
hearing on the following: H.R. 4027, to clarify authority granted 
under the Act entitled ``An Act to define the exterior boundary of 
the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in the State of Utah, and 
for other purposes''; and H.R. 4194, to amend the Alaska Native 
Claims Settlement Act to provide that Alexander Creek, Alaska, is 
and shall be recognized as an eligible Native village under that 
Act, and for other purposes, 10 a.m. 1334 Longworth.
  March 20, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forest and Public Lands, 
hearing entitled ``Proposed Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial'', 10 a.m. 
1324 Longworth.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing entitled 
``Examining the Proposed Fiscal Year 2013 Spending, Priorities and 
the Missions of the Bureau of Reclamation, the U.S. Geological 
Survey's Water Resources program and the Four Power Marketing 
Administrations'', 2 p.m. 1334 Longworth.
  March 21, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Harnessing American 
Resources to Create Jobs and Address Rising Gasoline Prices: 
Families and Cost-of-Life Impacts'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing 
entitled ``Effect of the President's FY 2013 Budget for the U.S. 
Geological Survey on Private Sector Job Creation, Hazard Protection, 
Mineral Resources and Deficit Reduction'', 9:30 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular 
Affairs, hearing entitled `` Empty Hooks: The National Ocean Policy 
is the Latest Threat to Access for Recreational and Commercial 
Fisherman'', 9:30 a.m. 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, March 20, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Department of 
Energy's Stimulus Spending'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  March 21, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Europe's Sovereign 
Debt Crisis: Causes, Consequences for the United States and Lessons 
Learned'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn,
  March 21, Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, 
Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform, hearing entitled 
``FOIA in the 21st Century: Using Technology to Improve Transparency 
in Government'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, March 20, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 5, 
the ``Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare 
(HEALTH) Act of 2011'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, March 20, 
Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing entitled ``An 
Overview of the Office of Commercial Space Transportation Budget for 
Fiscal Year 2013'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, March 21, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``A Job Creation Roadmap: How America's Entrepreneurs Can 
Lead Our Economic Recovery'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  March 22, Full Committee, markup of the following: H.R. 3985, the 
``Building Better Business Partnerships Act of 2012''; H.R. 3987, 
the ``Small Business Protection Act of 2012''; H.R. 4081, the 
``Contractor Opportunity Protection Act of 2012''; the ``Contracting 
Oversight for Small Business Jobs Act of 2012''; and the ``Women's 
Procurement Program Improvement Act of 2012'', 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 21, 
Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing entitled 
``Review of Innovative Financing Approaches for Community Water 
Infrastructure Projects--Part II'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 20, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources, hearing on no-cost improvements to the child support 
enforcement (CSE) program, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing on how 
disability is decided, 10:30 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  March 22, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on the Internal 
Revenue System (IRS), 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 22, Full 
Committee, hearing on ongoing intelligence activities, 9 a.m., HVC-
304. This is a closed hearing.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: March 21, to 
hold hearings to examine prerequisites for progress in Northern 
Ireland, focusing on the 1998 Good Friday Agreement, and the current 
challenges to full implementation of the agreement and the action 
that is necessary for continued confidence and progress in the peace 
process, 2 p.m., 2247, Rayburn Building.