[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 21, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D286-D287]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 22, 2012

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  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: 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: to hold hearings 
to examine international harmonization of Wall Street reform, 
focusing on orderly liquidation, derivatives, and the Volcker Rule, 
9:45 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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 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: 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: Subcommittee on Health Care, to hold 
hearings to examine prescription drug abuse, focusing on how 
Medicare and Medicaid are adapting to the challenge, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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: to hold 
hearings to examine stay-at-work and back-to-work strategies, 
focusing on lessons from the private sector, 10:15 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
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: 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: 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: 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: 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.

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  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 budget issues, 9 
a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, 
hearing on FY 2013 budget issues, 9:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  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.
  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.
  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, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on 
the Navy's readiness posture, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on hazing in the 
military, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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, 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 Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
Investigations, and Management, hearing entitled ``Building One DHS: 
Why is Employee Morale Low?'', 9 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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.
  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 Small Business, 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''; H.R. 4206, the ``Contracting Oversight for Small Business 
Jobs Act of 2012''; and H.R. 4203, the ``Women's Procurement Program 
Improvement Act of 2012'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing 
entitled ``Internal Revenue Service Operations and the 2012 Tax 
Return Filing Season'', 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing on ongoing intelligence activities, 9 a.m., HVC-304. This is 
a closed hearing.