[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 69 (Tuesday, May 15, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D470-D471]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              MAY 16, 2012

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of the 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2013 for the 
Environmental Protection Agency, 10:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to receive a closed 
briefing on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2013 for 
Northern Command and Southern Command Programs, 10:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission, 
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Children's Health and Environmental Responsibility, to hold hearings 
to examine growing long-term value, focusing on corporate 
environmental responsibility and innovation, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Peter William Bodde, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, Piper Anne Wind Campbell, 
of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to Mongolia, and 
Dorothea-Maria Rosen, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Federated States of Micronesia, all of the Department of State, 2:30 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine identifying opportunities for health care 
delivery system reform, focusing on lessons from the front line, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 1910, to provide benefits to domestic 
partners of Federal employees, S. 1515, to permit certain members of 
the United States Secret Service and certain members of the United 
States Secret Service Uniformed Division who were appointed in 1984, 
1985, or 1986 to elect to be covered under the District of Columbia 
Police and Firefighter Retirement and Disability System in the same 
manner as members appointed prior to 1984, S. 2218, to reauthorize 
the United States Fire Administration, S. 1100, to amend title 41, 
United States Code, to prohibit inserting politics into the Federal 
acquisition process by prohibiting the submission of political 
contribution information as a condition of receiving a Federal 
contract, H.R. 2415, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 11 Dock Street in Pittston, Pennsylvania, 
as the ``Trooper Joshua D. Miller Post Office Building'', H.R. 3220, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 170 Evergreen Square SW in Pine City, Minnesota, as the 
``Master Sergeant Daniel L. Fedder Post Office'', H.R. 3413, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 1449 West Avenue in Bronx, New York, as the ``Private Isaac T. 
Cortes Post Office'', and the nomination of Joseph G. Jordan, of 
Massachusetts, to be Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, 
Executive Office of the President, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: to 
hold hearings to examine drug threats in West Africa, focusing on 
drug trafficking and United States efforts to counter emerging 
narcotics-related threats, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, hearing entitled ``Formulation of the 2012 Farm 
Bill: Commodity Programs and Crop Insurance'', public witness day, 
10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Full Committee, meeting to consider 
Revised Suballocation of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2013; 
Full Committee, markup Homeland Security Appropriations Bill for 
Fiscal Year 2013; and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Bill for FY 2013, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, hearing entitled 
``Exploring State Success in Expanding Parent and Student Options'', 
10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce,  Subcommittee on Communications 
and Technology, hearing entitled ``Broadband Loans and Grants'', 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, hearing 
entitled ``Where the Jobs Are: Promoting Tourism to America'', 10:15 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, markup of H.R. 4471, the ``Gasoline Regulations 
Act of 2012''; and H.R. 4480, the ``Strategic Energy Production Act 
of 2012'', 4 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions, hearing entitled ``The Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act: 
What It Means to be a Systemically Important Financial 
Institution'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's 
Structured Transaction Program'', 2 p.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade, hearing 
entitled ``Increasing Market Access for U.S. Financial Firms in 
China: Update on Progress of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue'', 
2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs,  Subcommittee on Middle East and 
South Asia, hearing entitled ``Assessing U.S. Foreign Policy 
Priorities and Needs Amidst Economic Challenges in South Asia'', 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Status of the Processing of the Camp Ashraf Residents'', 2:30 
p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation 
Security, hearing entitled ``Access Control Point Breaches at Our 
Nation's Airports: Anomalies or Systemic Failures?'' 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary,  Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Implementation of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act'', 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, markup of H.R. 5512, ``Divisional Realignment Act 
of 2012'' and H.R. 4377, the ``Responsibly And Professionally 
Invigorating Development Act of 2012'', 12:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources,  Full Committee, markup of the 
following measures: H.R. 1192, the ``Soda Ash Royalty Extension, Job 
Creation, and Export Enhancement Act of 2011''; H.R. 3973, the 
``Native American Energy Act''; H.R. 4043, the ``Military Readiness 
and Southern Sea Otter Conservation Act''; H.R. 4381, the ``Planning 
for American Energy Act of 2012''; H.R. 4382, the ``Providing 
Leasing Certainty for American Energy Act of 2012''; H.R. 4383, the 
``Streamlining Permitting of American Energy Act of 2012''; and H.R. 
4402, the ``National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act 
of 2012'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,  Subcommittee on 
Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus and Government Spending, hearing 
entitled ``The Obama Administration's Green Energy Gamble: What Have 
All the Taxpayer Subsidies Achieved?'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and Labor 
Policy, hearing entitled ``Hatch Act: Options for Reform'', 9:30 
a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules,  Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 4310, the 
``National Defense Authorization Act, FY 2013'' (amendment 
testimony), 2:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``U.S. Trade Strategy: What's Next for Small Business Exporters?'', 
1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Coast Guard and Maritime, hearing entitled ``Creating American Jobs 
and Assuring the Safety and Security of America's Waterways: A 
Review of the Coast Guard's 5-year Capital Improvement Plan'', 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs,  Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Optimizing Care for Veterans with Prosthetics'', 10 a.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Examining 
Executive Order #13607 and Its Impact and Schools and Veterans'', 2 
p.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means,  Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing 
entitled ``Examining Operations and Oversight of Tax-Exempt 
Organizations'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine how the 
taxation of labor and transfer payments affect growth and 
employment, 2 p.m., SD-G50.