[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 49 (Monday, March 26, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D299-D300]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             MARCH 27, 2012

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2013 for the 
Department of Defense and the Department of the Army, 10 a.m., SD-
124.
  Committee on Armed Services: To hold hearings to examine U.S. 
Strategic Command and U.S. Cyber Command 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-106.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to hold 
hearings to examine the Department of Defense's role in 
implementation of the National Strategy for Counterterrorism and the 
National Strategy to Combat Transnational Organized Crime in review 
of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  Subcommittee on Airland, to hold a hearing to examine Army 
modernization in review of the Defense Authorization request for 
fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program, 3:30 p.m., 
SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing, Transportation and Community Development, to hold hearings 
to examine the choice neighborhoods initiative, focusing on a new 
community development model, 10:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Green 
Jobs and the New Economy, with the Subcommittee on Oversight, to 
hold a joint oversight hearing to examine the Environmental 
Protection Agency's (EPA) work with other Federal entities to reduce 
pollution and improve environmental performance, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, 
and Infrastructure, to hold hearings to examine renewable energy tax 
incentives, focusing on how have the recent and pending expirations 
of key incentives affected the renewable energy industry in the 
United States, 2:45 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Business meeting to consider S. 
Res. 356, expressing support for the people of Tibet, S. Res. 395, 
expressing the sense of the Senate in support of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization and the NATO summit to be held in Chicago, 
Illinois from May 20 through 21, 2012, S. Res. 397, promoting peace 
and stability in Sudan, S. Res. 80, condemning the Government of 
Iran for its state-sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and 
its continued violation of the International Covenants on Human 
Rights, S. Res. 391, condemning violence by the Government of Syria 
against journalists, and expressing the sense of the Senate on 
freedom of the press in Syria, S. Res. 344, supporting the 
democratic aspirations of the Nicaraguan people and calling 
attention to the deterioration of constitutional order in Nicaragua, 
the nominations of Julissa Reynoso, of New

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York, to be Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Gina K. 
Abercrombie-Winstanley, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Malta, Frederick D. Barton, of Maine, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Conflict and Stabilization Operations, and to be Coordinator for 
Reconstruction and Stabilization, William E. Todd, of Virginia, to 
be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia, Pamela A. White, of Maine, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Haiti, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, 
of Louisiana, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, Carlos 
Pascual, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Energy Resources, John Christopher Stevens, of California, to be 
Ambassador to Libya, Jacob Walles, of Delaware, to be Ambassador to 
the Tunisian Republic, Tracey Ann Jacobson, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo, Mark A. 
Pekala, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, 
Richard B. Norland, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to Georgia, Kenneth 
Merten, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, 
and Jeffrey D. Levine, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Estonia, all of the Department of State, and Sara 
Margalit Aviel, of California, to be United States Alternate 
Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development, and lists in the Foreign Service, 2:15 p.m., S-116, 
Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees 
and Border Security, to hold hearings to examine the economic 
imperative for promoting international travel to the United States, 
10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: To hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine monetary 
policy going forward, focusing on why a sound dollar boosts growth 
and employment, 2 p.m., SH-216.