[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 50 (Tuesday, March 27, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D315-D317]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             MARCH 28, 2012

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  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 National Institutes of Health, 10 a.m., SD-124.

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  Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold hearings to examine 
Department of Defense health programs, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  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 the Navy and 
the Department of the Air Force, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2013 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2 
p.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, to hold 
hearings to examine enhancing economic growth, focusing on the 
Department of the Treasury's responses to the foreclosure crisis and 
mounting student loan debt, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2013 for the Army 
Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower, to receive 
a closed briefing on the Ohio-class Replacement Program in review of 
the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to examine 
Department of Defense nuclear forces and policies 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, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy, to hold hearings to examine retirement, focusing on 
examining the retirement savings deficit, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: To hold 
hearings to examine the science and standards of forensics, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: To hold hearings to examine United 
States policy on Iran, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine assessing efforts to combat waste and fraud in 
Federal programs, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: To hold hearings to examine the 
Special Counsel's report on the prosecution of Senator Ted Stevens, 
10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Michael P. Shea, to be United States District Judge for the District 
of Connecticut, Gonzalo P. Curiel, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of California, and Robert J. Shelby, 
to be United States District Judge for the District of Utah, 3 p.m., 
SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: To hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Margaret Bartley, of Maryland, and Coral Wong 
Pietsch, of Hawaii, both to be a Judge of the United States Court of 
Appeals for Veterans Claims, 9:45 a.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, hearing on H.R. 3283, the ``Swap Jurisdiction 
Certainty 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 the Swap Data 
Repository and Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2012, 
10:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations,  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies, hearing on American Manufacturing and 
Job Repatriation, 9 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, 
hearing for American Indian and Alaska Native Public Witnesses, 9:30 
a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, hearing 
on FY 2013 Budget Request for Treasury, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request for Department 
of Labor, 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request for Bureau of 
Reclamation, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request for 
National Guard and U.S. Army Reserve, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, hearing 
on FY 2013 Budget Request for U.S. Judicial Conference and U.S. 
Courts, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request for Loan Guarantee 
Program and Advanced Research Projects--Agency Energy, 2 p.m., 2362-
B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on FY 2013 Budget Request for 
U.S. Pacific Command and U.S. Forces--Korea, 2 p.m., H-140 Capitol. 
This is a closed hearing.
  Committee on Armed Services,  Full Committee, hearing on the 
security situation on the Korean Peninsula, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on the Army and Marine Corps 
Materiel Reset, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Reviewing the President's Fiscal Year 2013 Budget 
Proposal for the U.S. Department of Education'', 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, hearing entitled ``The American Energy Initiative: A Focus on 
Legislative Responses to Rising Gasoline Prices'', 9:45 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing entitled 
``Cybersecurity: Threats to Communications Networks and Public-
Sector Responses'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Financial Services,  Subcommittee on Capital Markets 
and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Accounting 
and Auditing Oversight: Pending Proposals and Emerging Issues 
Confronting Regulators, Standard Setters and the Economy'', 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``The Collapse of MF Global: Part 3'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, markup of H.R. 4240, 
to reauthorize the North Korean Human Rights Act of 2004, and for 
other purposes, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Investigating the Chinese 
Threat, Part One: Military and Economic Aggression'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``The Price of Public Diplomacy with China'', 2:30 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security,  Full Committee, 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 Organizations, Incorporated, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 2764, the ``WMD Intelligence and 
Information Sharing Act of 2011''; H.R. 3140, the ``Mass Transit 
Intelligence Prioritization Act''; and H.R. 3563, the ``Alert and 
Warning System Modernization Act of 2011'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Transportation Security, hearing entitled 
``Rightsizing TSA Bureaucracy and Workforce Without Compromising 
Security'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary,  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and 
Homeland Security, hearing entitled H.R. 4223, the ``Safe Doses 
Act''; H.R. 3668, the ``Counterfeit Drug Penalty Enhancement Act of 
2011''; and H.R. 4216, the ``Foreign Counterfeit Prevention Act'', 
10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, hearing 
entitled ``Holiday on ICE: The U.S. Department of Homeland 
Security's New Immigration Detention Standards'', 1:30 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, business meeting 
on a motion to authorize the Chairman to issue duces tecum subpoenas 
for the production of documents relating to investigations 
regarding: the Secretary of the Interior's decision and the process 
to rewrite the 2008 Stream Buffer Zone Rule under the Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Control Act; and the process used in the preparation 
of a Department of the Interior report on offshore oil and natural 
gas operations under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act that 
implied that peer reviewers from the National Academy of Engineers 
had endorsed an offshore oil and natural gas drilling moratorium in 
the Gulf of Mexico, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Securing the Promise of the International Space 
Station: Challenges and Opportunities'', 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing entitled ``To 
Observe and Protect: How NOAA Procures Data for Weather 
Forecasting'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Large and Small Businesses: How Partnerships Can Promote Job 
Growth'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing entitled ``A Review of the 
President's Fiscal Year 2013 Budget Request for the Environmental 
Protection Agency'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Disability and 
Memorial Affairs, hearing entitled ``Reevaluating the Transition 
from Service Member to Veteran: Honoring a Shared Commitment to Care 
for Those Who Defend Our Freedom'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, markup of H.R. 3670, to 
require the Transportation Security Administration to comply with 
the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act; H.R. 
4048, the ``Improving Contracting Opportunities for Veteran-Owned 
Small Businesses Act of 2012''; H.R. 4051, the ``TAP Modernization 
Act of 2012''; and H.R. 4072, the ``Consolidating Veteran Employment 
Services for Improved Performance Act of 2012'', 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, markup of H.R. 9, the 
``Small Business Tax Cut Act'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies--2012: 
Organizational business meeting to consider an original resolution 
authorizing expenditures for committee operations and committee's 
rules and procedure for the 112th Congress, 10:30 a.m., S-216, 
Capitol.