[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 56 (Wednesday, April 18, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D368-D369]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             APRIL 19, 2012

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to consider adoption 
of the fiscal year 2013 302(b) allocations and to markup proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2013 for Commerce, Justice, Science 
and related agencies, and Transportation, Housing, and Urban 
Development and related agencies, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2013 for the Food and Drug 
Administration, 2 p.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold 
hearings to examine Navy shipbuilding programs in review of the 
Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the Future 
Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the impacts of sea level rise on domestic energy and water 
infrastructure, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine Syria, 
focusing on United States policy options, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine delays in OSHA's standard-setting process and 
the impact on worker safety, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine S. 1684, 
to amend the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination 
Act of 2005, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of William J. Kayatta, Jr., of Maine, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, John Thomas Fowlkes, 
Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Tennessee, Kevin McNulty, and Michael A. Shipp, both to be a United 
States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, Stephanie 
Marie Rose, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Iowa, Michael P. Shea, of Connecticut, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Connecticut, Gonzalo P. 
Curiel, of California, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of California, and Robert J. Shelby, of Utah, to 
be United States District Judge for the District of Utah, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.

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                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, markup of Appropriations Bill FY 2013, 9:30 a.m., H-140 
Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing on Recent 
Developments in the Middle East: The Security Situation in the 
Syrian Arab Republic, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Environment and 
the Economy, hearing on H.R. 4345, the ``Domestic Fuels Protection 
Act of 2012'', 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, hearing 
entitled ``Where the Jobs Are: Can American Manufacturing Thrive 
Again?'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Budget Hearing--the Office of 
Financial Research'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, 
Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies, hearing 
entitled ``The DHS and DOE National Labs: Finding Efficiencies and 
Optimizing Outputs in Homeland Security Research and Development'', 
10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``The Prosecution of Former 
Senator Ted Stevens'', 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources,  Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs, hearing on H.R. 4043, the 
``Military Readiness and Southern Sea Otter Conservation Act'', 9:30 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, hearing entitled 
``Bureau of Land Management's Hydraulic Fracturing Rule's Impact on 
Indian Tribal Energy Development'', 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management, 
hearing entitled ``Problems at the Internal Revenue Service: Closing 
the Tax Gap and Preventing Identity Theft'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,  Subcommittee on 
Investigations and Oversight; and Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, joint hearing entitled ``Impact of Tax Policies on the 
Commercial Application of Renewable Energy and Technology'', 9:30 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax 
and Capital Access, hearing entitled ``Equity Finance: Catalyst for 
Small Business Growth'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing entitled ``Use of Technology to Better Target Benefits and 
Eliminate Waste, Fraud, and Abuse'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.