[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 96 (Monday, June 25, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D650-D653]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 26 through June 29, 2012

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of the Reid motion to 
concur in the amendment of the House of Representatives to S. 3187, 
Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act, post-cloture.
On Tuesday, at 11:30 a.m., Senate will begin consideration of the 
nomination of Robin S. Rosenbaum, of Florida, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, and vote on 
confirmation of the nomination at approximately 12 p.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 26, to hold 
hearings to examine empowering and protecting servicemembers, 
veterans and their families in the consumer financial marketplace, 
focusing on a status update, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 28, to 
hold hearings to examine the need for privacy protections, focusing 
on industry self-regulation, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 27, Subcommittee 
on National Parks, to hold hearings to examine S. 1897, to amend 
Public Law 101-377 to revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg 
National Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station, S. 
2158, to establish the Fox-Wisconsin Heritage Parkway National 
Heritage Area, S. 2229, to authorize the issuance of right-of-way 
permits for natural gas pipelines in Glacier National Park, S. 2267, 
to reauthorize the Hudson Valley National Heritage Area, S. 2272, to 
designate a mountain in the State of Alaska as Mount Denali, S. 
2273, to designate the Talkeetna Ranger Station in Talkeetna, 
Alaska, as the Walter Harper Talkeetna Ranger Station, S. 2286, to 
amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments 
of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook in the State of Connecticut 
as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 
2316, to designate the Salt Pond Visitor Center at the Cape Cod 
National Seashore as the ``Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Salt Pond Visitor 
Center'', S. 2324, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate a segment of the Neches River in the State of Texas for 
potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic River System, S. 
2372, to authorize pedestrian and motorized vehicular access in Cape 
Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area, S. 3300, to establish 
the Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Oak Ridge, 
Tennessee, Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Hanford, Washington, and S. 
3078, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to install in the area 
of the World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia a suitable 
plaque or an inscription with the words that President Franklin D. 
Roosevelt prayed with the United States on June 6, 1944, the morning 
of D-Day, 3 p.m., SD-366.
  June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine innovative 
non-federal programs for financing energy efficient building 
retrofits, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 26, business meeting to 
consider S. 1039, to impose sanctions on persons responsible for the 
detention, abuse, or death of Sergei Magnitsky, for the conspiracy 
to defraud the Russian Federation of taxes on corporate profits 
through fraudulent transactions and lawsuits against Hermitage, and 
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other gross violations of human rights in the Russian Federation, 
2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  June 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Derek J. Mitchell, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to 
the Union of Burma, Department of State, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  June 27, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on Syria, 2 
p.m., SVC-217.
  June 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine The Law of 
the Sea Convention (Treaty Doc. 103-39), focusing on perspectives 
from business and industry, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  June 28, Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine economic statecraft, focusing on embracing Africa's market 
potential, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 27, 
business meeting to consider S. 2345, to amend the District of 
Columbia Home Rule Act to permit the Government of the District of 
Columbia to determine the fiscal year period, to make local funds of 
the District of Columbia for a fiscal year available for use by the 
District upon enactment of the local budget act for the year subject 
to a period of Congressional review, S. 2178, to require the Federal 
Government to expedite the sale of underutilized Federal real 
property, 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. 2234, to prevent human trafficking in 
government contracting, S. 2239, to direct the head of each agency 
to treat relevant military training as sufficient to satisfy 
training or certification requirements for Federal licenses, H.R. 
915, to establish a Border Enforcement Security Task Force program 
to enhance border security by fostering coordinated efforts among 
Federal, State, and local border and law enforcement officials to 
protect United States border cities and communities from trans-
national crime, including violence associated with drug trafficking, 
arms smuggling, illegal alien trafficking and smuggling, violence, 
and kidnapping along and across the international borders of the 
United States, and S. 3315, to repeal or modify certain mandates of 
the Government Accountability Office, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 28, business meeting to consider 
H.R. 443, to provide for the conveyance of certain property from the 
United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, 
Alaska, H.R. 1560, to amend the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and Alabama 
and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas Restoration Act to allow the 
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Tribe to determine blood quantum requirement 
for membership in that tribe, H.R. 1272, to provide for the use and 
distribution of the funds awarded to the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 
et al., by the United States Court of Federal Claims in Docket 
Numbers 19 and 188, S. 134, to authorize the Mescalero Apache Tribe 
to lease adjudicated water rights, S. 1065, to settle land claims 
within the Fort Hall Reservation, S. 2389, to deem the submission of 
certain claims to an Indian Health Service contracting officer as 
timely, and S. 3193, to make technical corrections to the legal 
description of certain land to be held in trust for the Barona Band 
of Mission Indians, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 26, to hold hearings to examine 
S. 1994, to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  June 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Frank Paul Geraci, Jr., to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of New York, Fernando M. Olguin, to 
be United States District Judge for the Central District of 
California, Malachy Edward Mannion, and Matthew W. Brann, both to be 
a United States District Judge for the Middle District of 
Pennsylvania, and Charles R. Breyer, of California, to be a Member 
of the United States Sentencing Commission, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  June 28, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 285, for 
the relief of Sopuruchi Chukwueke, S. 1744, to provide funding for 
State courts to assess and improve the handling of proceedings 
relating to adult guardianship and conservatorship, to authorize the 
Attorney General to carry out a pilot program for the conduct of 
background checks on individuals to be appointed as guardians or 
conservators, and to promote the widespread adoption of information 
technology to better monitor, report, and audit conservatorships of 
protected persons, and the nominations of Terrence G. Berg, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, 
Jesus G. Bernal, to be United States District Judge for the Central 
District of California, Lorna G. Schofield, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, and Danny 
Chappelle Williams, Sr., of Oklahoma, to be United States Attorney 
for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Department of Justice, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: June 27, to hold hearings to 
examine health and benefits legislation, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 26, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  June 28, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture: June 27, Full Committee, markup of 
Activity Report of the Committee on Agriculture for the 3rd Quarter 
of the 112th Congress, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations: June 27, Full Committee, markup of 
the adoption of the Semiannual Activities Report of the Committee on 
Appropriations; and Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Bill, FY 2013, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 27, Full Committee, markup of 
the Third Semiannual Report on the Activities of the Committee on 
Armed Services for the 112th Congress, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.

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  June 27, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing entitled ``The 
Creation and Implementation of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration'', 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget: June 27, Full Committee, markup of H.R. 
5872, the ``Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012'', 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce: June 27, Full Committee, 
markup of Report on the Activities of the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce for the third quarter of the 112th Congress, 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing entitled 
``Promoting Safe Workplaces Through Voluntary Protection Programs'', 
10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce: June 27, Subcommittee on 
Environment and the Economy, hearing on discussion draft of the 
``Increasing Manufacturing Competitiveness Through Improved 
Recycling Act of 2012''; and H.R. 2997, the ``Superfund Common Sense 
Act'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``The Future of Video'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing entitled 
``Promoting Safe Workplaces Through Voluntary Protection Programs'', 
10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled ``The 
American Energy Initiative: A Focus on the New Proposal to Tighten 
National Standards for Fine Particulate Matter'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled ``The 
American Energy Initiative: A Focus on EPA's Greenhouse Gas 
Regulations'', 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services: June 27, Full Committee, markup 
of Semiannual Report on Activities of the Committee on Financial 
Services of the House of Representatives During the 112th Congress; 
and H.R. 4367, to amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit 
the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to 
the screen of that machine, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy, hearing 
entitled ``Fractional Reserve Banking and the Federal Reserve: The 
Economic Consequences of High-Powered Money'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community 
Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Appraisal Oversight: The Regulatory 
Impact on Consumers and Businesses'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``The Future of Money: Where Do Mobile 
Payments Fit the Current Regulatory Structure?'', 9:30 a.m., 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs: June 27, Full Committee, markup of 
the ``Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2013'', 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 29, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights, 
hearing entitled ``The Tuareg Revolt and the Mali Coup'', 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security: June 28, Subcommittee on 
Counterterrorism and Intelligence, hearing entitled ``Economic 
Espionage: A Foreign Intelligence Threat to American Jobs and 
Homeland Security'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 27, Subcommittee on Intellectual 
Property, Competition and the Internet, hearing entitled 
``International IP Enforcement: Protecting Patents, Trade Secrets 
and Market Access'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 3356, 
the ``ACCESS (ADA Compliance for Customer Entry to Stores and 
Services) Act'', 1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 
hearing entitled ``Identity Theft and Income Tax Preparation 
Fraud'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources: June 27, Subcommittee on Water and 
Power, hearing entitled ``Mandatory Conditioning Requirements on 
Hydropower: How Federal Resource Agencies are Driving Up Electricity 
Costs and Decreasing the Original Green Energy'', 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, hearing 
entitled ``Authorization, standards, and procedures for whether, 
how, and when Indian tribes should be newly recognized by the 
federal government'', 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 28, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following measures: H.R. 5987, the ``Manhattan 
Project National Historical Park Act''; H.R. 624, the ``First State 
National Historic Park Act''; H.R. 3640, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to acquire not more than 18 acres of land and 
interests in land in Mariposa, California, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 4109, the ``Los Padres Conservation and Recreation Act of 
2012''; H.R. 4334, the ``Organ Mountains National Monument 
Establishment Act''; H.R. 4484, the ``Y Mountain Access Enhancement 
Act''; H.R. 5319, the ``Nashua River Wild and Scenic River Study 
Act''; H.R. 5958, to name the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor 
Contact Station of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge unit of Gateway 
National Recreation Area in honor of James L. Buckley, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: June 27, Full 
Committee, business meeting, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and 
Foreign Operations, hearing entitled ``Assessment of the Transition 
from a Military to a Civilian-Led Mission in Iraq'', 9:15 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailout of 
Public and Private Programs, hearing entitled ``The JOBS Act in 
Action Part II: Overseeing Effective Implementation of the JOBS Act 
at the SEC'', 9:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, 
Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform, hearing 
entitled, ``Mandate Madness: When Sue and Settle Just Isn't 
Enough'', 9 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: June 27, Subcommittee 
on Research and Science Education, hearing entitled ``The Role of 
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America's Future Prosperity: Challenges and Expectations'', 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight and 
Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, joint hearing entitled 
``Continuing Oversight of the Nation's Weather Satellite Programs: 
An Update on JPSS and GOES-R'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 28, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Strengthening the 
Scientific Backbone of the EPA: An Examination of Agency Practices 
and Foundations for Regulations Affecting the American Economy'', 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business: June 27, Full Committee, markup of 
Semiannual Report on the Activity of the Committee on Small 
Business; and Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Regulatory 
Flexibility Act Compliance: Is EPA Failing Small Businesses?'' 1 
p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, hearing 
entitled ``Unlocking Opportunities: Recidivism versus Fair 
Competition in Federal Contracting'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: June 27, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard & Maritime Transportation, hearing 
entitled ``A Review of Vessels Used To Carry Strategic Petroleum 
Reserve Drawdowns'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  June 28, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``A Review of the Delays 
and Problems Associated with TSA's Transportation Worker 
Identification Credential'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: June 27, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigation, markup of pending legislation, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 
Affairs, markup of pending legislation, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means: June 27, Subcommittee on Human 
Resources and Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measure, joint hearing 
entitled ``How Welfare and Tax Benefits Can Discourage Work'', 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing entitled 
``Securing the Future of the Disability Insurance Program'', 2 p.m., 
B-318 Rayburn.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: June 27, Full 
Committee, hearing on ongoing intelligence activities, 10 a.m., HVC-
304 Capitol.
  June 28, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 5949, the ``FISA 
Amendments Act Reauthorization Act of 2012''; and adoption of the 
Semiannual Committee Activity Report, 10 a.m., HVC-304 Capitol. A 
portion of this hearing will be closed.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: June 28, Senate Committee on Finance, to hold a 
joint hearing with the House Committee on Ways and Means to examine 
tax reform and the tax treatment of capital gains, 10 a.m., HVC-210.