[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 101 (Monday, July 9, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D694-D697]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 10 through July 13, 2012

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 11:30 a.m., Senate will begin consideration of the 
nomination of John Thomas Fowlkes, Jr., of Tennessee, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, and vote 
on confirmation of the nomination at approximately 12:00 p.m.
  On Tuesday, at approximately 2:25 p.m., Senate will vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of 
S. 2237, Small Business Jobs and Tax Relief Act.
  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 Armed Services: July 10, to receive a closed briefing 
on ongoing counterterrorism operations, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 10, to hold 
hearings to examine developing the framework for safe and efficient 
mobile payments, part 2, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 12, to 
hold hearings to examine medication and performance enhancing drugs 
in horse racing, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 12, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine remediation of Federal legacy wells in 
the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 12, to hold 
hearings to examine the latest science on lead's impacts on 
children's development and public health, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 10, to hold hearings to examine 
boosting opportunities and growth through tax reform, focusing on 
helping more young people achieve the American dream, 2 p.m., SD-
215.
  July 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Medicare 
physician payments, focusing on perspectives from physicians, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 12, to hold hearings to 
examine the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 
(Treaty Doc. 112-7), 9 a.m., SD-G50.
  July 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Gene Allan Cretz, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Ghana, Deborah Ruth Malac, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Liberia, David Bruce Wharton, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, and 
Alexander Mark Laskaris, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Guinea, all of the Department of State, 2:15 p.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 12, to 
hold hearings to examine creating positive learning environments for 
all students, 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 11, 
to hold hearings to examine the future of Homeland Security, 
focusing on evolving and emerging threats, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  July 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the future of 
Homeland Security, focusing on the evolution of the Homeland 
Security Department's roles and missions, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  July 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Stephen Crawford, of Maryland, to be a Governor of the 
United States Postal Service, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.

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  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 12, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine Federal recognition, focusing on political and legal 
relationship between governments, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 11, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine the impact on competition of exclusion orders to enforce 
standard-essential patents, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  July 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Thomas M. Durkin, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Illinois, and Jon S. Tigar, and William 
H. Orrick III, of the District of Columbia, both to be a United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of California, 2 
p.m., SD-226.
  July 12, 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, S. 3276, to extend certain amendments made by the 
FISA Amendments Act of 2008, and the nominations of Terrence G. 
Berg, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Michigan, Jesus G. Bernal, and Fernando M. Olguin, both to be a 
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, Frank Paul Geraci, Jr., to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of New York, Malachy 
Edward Mannion, and Matthew W. Brann, both to be a United States 
District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Danny 
Chappelle Williams, Sr., to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of Oklahoma, Department of Justice, and Charles R. 
Breyer, of California, to be a Member of the United States 
Sentencing Commission, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 10, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  July 12, Full Committee, to hold a closed meeting to consider 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, July 11, Full Committee, business 
meeting to consider the 2012 Farm Bill, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 10, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Afghan National Military 
Hospital'', 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  July 11, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, 
hearing entitled ``The Future of U.S. Special Operations Forces'', 
3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  July 12, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing entitled ``Department 
of the Air Force aircraft force structure reductions'', 11 a.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 10, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Power, hearing entitled ``The American Energy Initiative'', 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 10, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the Federal Communications Commission'', 
10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 11, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``RIN Fraud: EPA's Efforts to Ensure Market Integrity in 
the Renewable Fuels Program'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 11, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Helping 
Veterans with Emergency Medical Training Transition to Civilian 
Service'', 10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 12, Subcommittee on Energy and Power; and Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations joint hearing, on discussion draft on 
``No More Solyndras Act''; and ``Smart Energy Act'', 9:15 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  July 12, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``The renewal of the Federal Trade Commission's 
authority to combat cross-border spam, spyware and fraud through 
reauthorization of the U.S. SAFE WEB Act of 2006'', 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 10, Subcommittee on Capital 
Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``The 
Impact of Dodd-Frank on Customers, Credit, and Job Creators'', 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 11, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``The Impact of Dodd-Frank's Home Mortgage 
Reforms: Consumer and Market Perspectives'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 9, Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Health, and Human Rights, hearing entitled ``Continued Human 
Rights Attacks on Families in China'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  July 10, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights, 
hearing entitled ``U.S. Policy Toward Nigeria: West Africa's 
Troubled Titan'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  July 10, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing 
entitled ``Chronic Kleptocracy: Corruption within the Palestinian 
Political Establishment'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, July 10, Subcommittee on Border 
and Maritime Security, hearing entitled ``Building a Secure 
Community: How Can DHS Better Leverage State and Local 
Partnerships?'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 10, Subcommittee on Transportation Security, ``Challenging 
the Status Quo at TSA: Perspectives on the Future of Transportation 
Security'', 12:30 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 11, Subcommittee on Transportation Security, hearing entitled 
``Has TSA Met the Deadline to Provide Expedited Screening to 
Military Service Members?'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 12, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, 
and Security Technologies, hearing entitled ``Securing Ammonium 
Nitrate: Using Lessons Learned in

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Afghanistan to Protect the Homeland from IEDs'', 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 10, Full Committee, markup of the 
following measures: H.R. 3796, the ``Adam Walsh Reauthorization Act 
of 2012''; H.R. 4362, the ``Stopping Tax Offenders and Prosecuting 
Identity Theft Act of 2012''; H.R. 6063, to amend title 18, United 
States Code, with respect to child pornography and child 
exploitation offenses; H.R. 6029, to amend title 18, United States 
Code, to provide for increased penalties for foreign and economic 
espionage, and for other purposes; the ``Intellectual Property 
Attache Act''; H.R. 6062, to reauthorize the Edward Byrne Memorial 
Justice Assistance Grant Program through fiscal year 2017; H.R. 
1950, to enact title 54, United States Code, ``National Park 
System'', as positive law; to make improvements in the enactment of 
title 41, United States Code, into a positive law title and to 
improve the Code; and H.R. 3803, the ``District of Columbia Pain-
Capable Unborn Child Protection Act'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 10, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and 
the Internet, hearing entitled ``The Dodd-Frank Act's Effects on 
Financial Services Competition'', 4 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 11, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 
hearing entitled ``National Security Leaks and the Law'', 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  July 12, Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative 
Law, hearing entitled ``Clearing the Way for Jobs and Growth: 
Retrospective Review to Reduce Red Tape and Regulations'', 9:30 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, July 10, Water and Power 
Subcommittee, hearing on H.R. 6060, the ``Endangered Fish Recovery 
Programs Extension Act of 2012'', 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 11, Full Committee, markup of the following measures: H.R. 
3641, the ``Pinnacles National Park Act''; H.R. 4100, the ``Illegal, 
Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2011''; H.R. 
4484, the ``Y Mountain Access Enhancement Act''; H.R. 4606, to 
authorize the issuance of right-of-way permits for natural gas 
pipelines in Glacier National Park, and for other purposes; 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; and H.R. 5987, the 
``Manhattan Project National Historical Park Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, July 10, 
Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census, and 
National Archives, hearing entitled ``Examining the Impact of 
ObamaCare on Doctors and Patients'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 10, Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services, and Bailouts of 
Public and Private Programs, hearing entitled ``The Administration's 
Auto Bailouts and the Delphi Pension Decisions: Who Picked the 
Winners and Losers?'', 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  July 10, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Examining the Impact 
of ObamaCare on Job Creators and the Economy'', 1:30 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, July 10, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 4402, 
the ``National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 
2012'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, July 12, Subcommittee 
on Space and Aeronautics, hearing entitled ``Spurring Economic 
Growth and Competitiveness Through NASA Derived Technologies'', 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 11, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Is FMCSA's CSA Program Driving Small Businesses Off the 
Road?'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  July 12, Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and 
Regulations, hearing entitled ``Sinking the Marine Industry: How 
Regulations are Affecting Today's Maritime Businesses'', 10 a.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 10, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing 
entitled ``A Review of Federal Maritime Domain Awareness Programs'', 
10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 11, Full Committee, markup of 
the following measures: H.R. 5948, the ''Veterans Fiduciary Reform 
Act of 2012''; H.R. 5747, the ``Military Family Home Protection 
Act'' and H.R. 4057, the ``Improving Transparency of Education 
Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2012'', 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 10, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Tax Ramifications of the Supreme Court's Ruling on the 
Democrats' Health Care Law'', 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


*These figures include all measures reported, even if there was no 
accompanying report. A total of 77 reports have been filed in the 
Senate, 216 reports have been filed in the House.                  
                  **Proceedings on Roll Call No. 327 were vacated 
by unanimous consent.

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