[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 59 (Tuesday, April 24, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D391-D393]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             APRIL 25, 2012

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business 
meeting to consider the 2012 Farm Bill, 9 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of 
Defense, to hold closed hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2013 for national and military 
intelligence programs, 10:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  Subcommittee on Financial Service and General Government, to hold 
hearings to examine expanding broadband access, promoting 
innovation, and protecting consumers in a communications revolution, 
focusing on fiscal year 2013 resource needs for the Federal 
Communications Commission, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel, to resume 
hearings to examine the Active, Guard, Reserve, and civilian 
personnel programs in review of the Defense Authorization request 
for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program, 2 p.m., 
SD-106.
  Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold hearings 
to examine current readiness of U.S. forces 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 Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to examine 
ballistic missile defense policies and programs 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 
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Development, to hold hearings to examine helping homeowners save 
money through refinancing, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine tax reform, 
focusing on what it means for state and local tax and fiscal policy, 
10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider an original bill entitled ``Food and Drug 
Administration Safety and Innovation Act'', and the nominations of 
Deborah S. Delisle, of South Carolina, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Education for Elementary and Secondary Education, Bonnie L. Bassler, 
of New Jersey, to be a Member of the National Science Board, 
National Science Foundation, and Adam Gamoran, of Wisconsin, Judith 
D. Singer, of Massachusetts, Hirokazu Yoshikawa, of Massachusetts, 
and David James Chard, of Texas, all to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences, 10 a.m., SH-
216.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 2218, to reauthorize the United States Fire 
Administration, and for other purposes, S. 241, to expand 
whistleblower protections to non-Federal employees whose disclosures 
involve misuse of Federal funds, S. 2061, to provide for an exchange 
of land between the Department of Homeland Security and the South 
Carolina State Ports Authority, S. 1673, establish the Office of 
Agriculture Inspection within the Department of Homeland Security, 
which shall be headed by the Assistant Commissioner for Agriculture 
Inspection, and for other purposes, S. 2170, to amend the provisions 
of title 5, United States Code, which are commonly referred to as 
the ``Hatch Act'' to eliminate the provision preventing certain 
State and local employees from seeking elective office, clarify the 
application of certain provisions to the District of Columbia, and 
modify the penalties which may be imposed for certain violations 
under subchapter III of chapter 73 of that title, S. 1998, to obtain 
an unqualified audit opinion, and improve financial accountability 
and management at the Department of Homeland Security, H.R. 3902, to 
amend the District of Columbia Home Rule Act to revise the timing of 
special elections for local office in the District of Columbia, H.R. 
2668, to designate the station of the United States Border Patrol 
located at 2136 South Naco Highway in Bisbee, Arizona, as the 
``Brian A. Terry Border Patrol Station'', S. Res. 419, expressing 
the sense of the Senate that public servants should be commended for 
their dedication and continued service to the United States during 
Public Service Recognition week, H.R. 298, to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 500 East Whitestone 
Boulevard in Cedar Park, Texas, as the ``Army Specialist Matthew 
Troy Morris Post Office Building'', H.R. 1423, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 115 4th 
Avenue Southwest in Ardmore, Oklahoma, as the ``Specialist Micheal 
E. Phillips Post Office'', H.R. 2079, to designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 10 Main Street in East 
Rockaway, New York, as the ``John J. Cook Post Office'', H.R. 2213, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 801 West Eastport Street in Iuka, Mississippi, as the 
``Sergeant Jason W. Vaughn Post Office'', H.R. 2244, to designate 
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 67 
Castle Street in Geneva, New York, as the ``Corporal Steven Blaine 
Riccione Post Office'', H.R. 2660, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 122 North Holderrieth 
Boulevard in Tomball, Texas, as the ``Tomball Veterans Post 
Office'', H.R. 2767, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 8 West Silver Street in Westfield, 
Massachusetts, as the ``William T. Trant Post Office Building'', 
H.R. 3004, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 260 California Drive in Yountville, California, 
as the ``Private First Class Alejandro R. Ruiz Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 3246, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 15455 Manchester Road in Ballwin, 
Missouri, as the ``Specialist Peter J. Navarro Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 3247, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 1100 Town and Country Commons in 
Chesterfield, Missouri, as the ``Lance Corporal Matthew P. Pathenos 
Post Office Building'', H.R. 3248, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 112 South 5th Street in 
Saint Charles, Missouri, as the ``Lance Corporal Drew W. Weaver Post 
Office Building'', and the nominations of Tony Hammond, of Missouri, 
to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission, Mark A. 
Robbins, of California, to be a Member of the Merit Systems 
Protection Board, and Roy Wallace McLeese III, to be an Associate 
Judge of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, 9:30 a.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of Homeland Security, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold hearings to examine 
S. 219, to require Senate candidates to file designations, 
statements, and reports in electronic form, 9:30 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
Veterans' Affairs mental health care, focusing on evaluating access 
and assessing care, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Rural Development, 
Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing entitled 
``Formulation of the 2012 Farm Bill: Rural Development Programs'', 
2:30 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations: Full Committee, markup of Energy and 
Water Appropriations Bill FY 2013; and report on the suballocation 
of Budget Allocations for FY 2013, 1 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget: Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Replacing the Sequester'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce: Full Committee, markup of the 
``Gasoline Regulations Act of 2012''; and the ``Strategic Energy 
Production Act of 2012''; and proposed matters for inclusion in 
reconciliation recommendations, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets 
and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Oversight 
of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission'', 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs: Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``LRA, Boko Haram, al-Shabaab, AQIM and Other Sources of Instability 
in Africa'', 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing entitled 
``Confronting Damascus: U.S. Policy Toward the Evolving Situation in 
Syria, Part II'', 1:30 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled ``Western 
Hemisphere Budget Review 2013: What Are U.S. Priorities?'', 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled ``Oversight 
of U.S. Policy Toward Burma'', 2:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, hearing on H.R. 3361, the ``Utilizing DNA 
Technology to Solve Cold Cases Act of 2011'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing 
on H.R. 4377, the ``Responsibly And Professionally Invigorating 
Development Act of 2012'', 12 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, markup of Committee Print of Material to be 
Transmitted to the Committee on the Budget Pursuant to Section 201 
of H. Con. Res. 112; and H.R. 365, the ``National Blue Alert Act of 
2011'', 1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources,  Full Committee, markup of the 
following measures: H.R. 460, the ``Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower 
Facilitation Act''; H.R. 919, the ``Mohave Valley Land Conveyance 
Act of 2011''; H.R. 1237, to provide for a land exchange with the 
Trinity Public Utilities District of Trinity County, California, 
involving the transfer of land to the Bureau of Land Management and 
the Six Rivers National Forest in exchange for National Forest 
System land in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 1272, the ``Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Judgment Fund 
Distribution Act of 2011''; H.R. 1818, the ``Mt. Andrea Lawrence 
Designation Act of 2011''; H.R. 2467, the ``Bridgeport Indian Colony 
Land Trust, Health, and Economic Development Act of 2011''; H.R. 
2489, the ``American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments Act 
of 2011''; H.R. 2621, the ``Chimney Rock National Monument 
Establishment Act''; H.R. 3874, the ``Black Hills Cemetery Act''; 
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''; H.R. 
4222, to provide for the conveyance of certain land inholdings owned 
by the United States to the Tucson Unified School District and to 
the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, and for other purposes; S. 363, 
to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to convey property of the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to the City of 
Pascagoula, Mississippi, and for other purposes; and S. 925, the 
``Mt. Andrea Lawrence Designation Act of 2011'', 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform:  Subcommittee on 
Health Care, District of Columbia, Census and National Archives; and 
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and 
Government Spending, joint hearing entitled ``Is Government 
Adequately Protecting Taxpayers from Medicaid Fraud?'', 9:30 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules: Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 3523, the 
``Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011'', 3 p.m., 
H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on 
Investigations and Oversight; and Subcommittee on Healthcare and 
Technology of the Small Business Committee, joint hearing entitled 
``How the Report on Carcinogens Uses Science to Meet its Statutory 
Obligations, and its Impact on Small Business Jobs'', 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing entitled ``A Review of Aviation Safety in the 
United States'', 9 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing entitled ``Moving from Unemployment Checks to Paychecks: 
Implementing Recent Reforms'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing entitled ``Impact of 
Limitations on the Use of Tax-Advantaged Accounts for the Purchase 
of Over-the-Counter Medication'', 2:30 p.m., 1100 Longworth.