[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 84 (Wednesday, June 6, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D569-D571]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              JUNE 7, 2012

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

                                 Senate

  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean 
Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings to examine recommendations 
from the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future for a 
consent-based approach to siting nuclear waste storage and 
management facilities, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Global Narcotics Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine countering repression and strengthening civil 
society in Cuba, 10:45 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine Universal Service Fund Reform, focusing on ensuring a 
sustainable and connected future for native communities, 2:15 p.m., 
SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 250, 
to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the substantial 
backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and convicted 
offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity of 
Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase research 
and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop new 
training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA evidence, 
to provide post conviction testing of DNA evidence to exonerate the 
innocent, to improve the performance of counsel in State capital 
cases, S. 285, for the relief of Sopuruchi Chukwueke, and the 
nominations of Robert E. Bacharach, of Oklahoma, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, Paul William Grimm, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, John E. 
Dowdell, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Oklahoma, Mark E. Walker, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District

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of Florida, and Brian J. Davis, to be United States District Judge 
for the Middle District of Florida, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 11:30 a.m., SH-219.
  Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, markup of Transportation, Housing and 
Urban Development Appropriations Bill, FY 2013, 10 a.m., 2358-A 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, 
hearing entitled ``Military Resale Programs Overview'', 2 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Full Committee, markup 
of H.R. 4297, the ``Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012'', 
10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Manufacturing, and Trade, continued markup of H.R. 5865, the 
``American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2012''; and H.R. 
5859, to repeal an obsolete provision in title 49, United States 
Code, requiring motor vehicle insurance cost reporting, 9 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Power, markup of H.R. 4273, the 
``Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 
2012''; and H.R. 5892, the ``Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 
2012'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Insurance, 
Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Oversight of 
Federal Housing Administration's Multifamily Insurance Programs'', 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored 
Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Investor Protection: The Need to 
Protect Investors from the Government'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, markup of H.R. 4405, 
to impose sanctions on persons responsible for the detention, abuse, 
or death of Sergei Magnitsky, and for other gross violations of 
human rights in the Russian Federation, and for other purposes; H. 
Res. 506, calling upon the Government of Turkey to facilitate the 
reopening of the Ecumenical Patriarchate's Theological School of 
Halki without condition or further delay; H.R. 4141, to direct the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development to take appropriate actions to improve the nutritional 
quality, quality control, and cost effectiveness of United States 
food assistance, and for other purposes; H. Res. 526, expressing the 
sense of the House of Representatives with respect toward the 
establishment of a democratic and prosperous Republic of Georgia and 
the establishment of a peaceful and just resolution to the conflict 
with Georgia's internationally recognized borders; H. Res. 583, 
expressing support for robust efforts by the United States to see 
Joseph Kony, the leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, and his top 
commanders brought to justice and the group's atrocities permanently 
ended; and H. Res. 663, expressing support for the International 
Olympic Committee to recognize with a minute of silence at every 
future Olympics Opening Ceremony those who lost their lives at the 
1972 Munich Olympics, and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation 
Security, hearing entitled ``TSA's Efforts to Fix Its Poor Customer 
Service Reputation and Become a Leaner, Smarter Agency'', 10:00 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the United States Department of Justice'', 9:30 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee markup of the 
following measures: H.R. 1103, the ``American Memorial Park Tinian 
Annex Act''; H.R. 1171, ``Marine Debris Act Reauthorization 
Amendments of 2011''; H.R. 3065, the ``Target Practice and 
Marksmanship Training Support Act''; H.R. 3100, the ``San Antonio 
Missions National Historical Park Boundary Expansion Act''; H.R. 
3210, the ``RELIEF Act''; H.R. 3388, the ``Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed 
Protection Act''; H.R. 3685, to amend the Herger-Feinstein Quincy 
Library Group Forest Recovery Act to extend and expand the scope of 
the pilot forest management project required by that Act; H.R. 3706, 
to create the Office of Chief Financial Officer of the Government of 
the Virgin Islands, and for other purposes; H.R. 4039, the 
``Yerington Land Conveyance and Sustainable Development Act''; H.R. 
4073, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to accept the 
quitclaim, disclaimer, and relinquishment of a railroad right of way 
within and adjacent to Pike National Forest in El Paso County, 
Colorado, originally granted to the Mt. Manitou Park and Incline 
Railway Company pursuant to the Act of March 3, 1875; H.R. 4094, the 
``Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational 
Area Act''; H.R. 4171, the ``Freedom from Over-Criminalization and 
Unjust Seizures Act of 2012''; H.R. 4234, the ``Grazing Improvement 
Act of 2012''; H.R. 4400, to designate the Salt Pond Visitor Center 
at Cape Cod National Seashore as the ``Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Salt 
Pond Visitor Center'', and for other purposes; and S. 270, the ``La 
Pine Land Conveyance Act''; 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management, 
hearing entitled ``Assessing Medicare and Medicaid Program 
Integrity'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Workforce, hearing entitled ``Scheduling Success? Issues and 
Opportunities for Small Businesses on the GSA Schedules'', 2 p.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Full Committee 
markup of the following measures: H.R. 4965, to preserve existing 
rights and responsibilities with respect to waters of the United 
States, and for other purposes; H.R. 5887, the ``Coast Guard and 
Maritime Transportation Authorization Act of 2012''; H.R. 1171, the 
``Marine Debris Act Reauthorization Amendments of 2011'';

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H.R. 3742, to designate the United States courthouse located at 100 
North Church Street in Las Cruces, New Mexico, as the ``Edwin L. 
Mechem United States Courthouse''; H.R. 4347, to designate the 
United States courthouse located at 709 West 9th Street in Juneau, 
Alaska, as the ``Robert Boochever United States Courthouse''; 
General Services Administration Capital Investment and Leasing 
Program Resolutions; and Summary of Legislative and Oversight 
Activities Committee Report, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: To hold hearings to examine the current 
economic outlook, 10 a.m., SD-G50.