[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 98 (Wednesday, June 27, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D672-D673]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 28, 2012

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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: 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: 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.
  Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold hearings to examine 
economic statecraft, focusing on embracing Africa's market 
potential, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: 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: 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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

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                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Full Committee, continued markup of 
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 
2013, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on 
Workforce Protections, hearing entitled ``Promoting Safe Workplaces 
Through Voluntary Protection Programs'', 9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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'', 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity, 
hearing entitled ``Appraisal Oversight: The Regulatory Impact on 
Consumers and Businesses'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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,  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Identity Theft and Income Tax 
Preparation Fraud'', 9:45 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Full Committee markup of H.R. 1860, the ``Digital Goods and 
Services Tax Fairness Act of 2011''; H.R. 823, for the relief of 
Maria Carmen; H.R. 316, for the relief of Esther Karinge; H.R. 794, 
for the relief of Allan Bolor Kelley; H.R. 357, for the relief of 
Corina de Chalup Turcinovic; H.R. 824, for the relief of Daniel 
Wachira; H.R. 1857, for the relief of Bartosz Kumor; H.R. 3120, the 
``Student Visa Reform Act''; and the ``Juvenile Accountability Block 
Grant Reauthorization and the Bullying Prevention and Intervention 
Act''; and the Third Semiannual Activity Report of the Committee on 
the Judiciary for the 112th Congress, 12 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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, 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.
  Subcommittee of 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.
  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 Rules,  Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 5856, the 
``Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2013''; H.R. 6020 the 
``Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 
2013''; and adoption of Rules Committee Activity Report for the 3rd 
Quarter of the 112 Congress, 2 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Strengthening the Scientific Backbone of the EPA: 
An Examination of Agency Practices and Foundations for Regulations 
Affecting the American Economy'', and adoption of the 3rd Semiannual 
Report of the Activities of the Science, Space, and Technology 
Committee, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Small Business,  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, 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, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, markup of H.R. 4115, the ``Helping Iraq and Afghanistan 
Veterans Return to Employment at Home Act''; H.R. 3524, the 
``Disabled Veterans Employment Protection Act''; H.R. 4057, the 
``Improving Transparency of Education Opportunities for Veterans Act 
of 2012''; H.R. 4740, the ``Fairness for Military Homeowners Act of 
2012''; and H.R. 5747, the ``Military Family Home Protection Act'', 
10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing on H.R. 5949, the ``FISA Amendments Act Reauthorization Act 
of 2012''; and adoption of the Semiannual Committee Activity Report, 
9 a.m. HVC-304 Capitol. A portion of this hearing will be closed.