[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 105 (Friday, July 13, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D720-D723]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 16 through July 20, 2012

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 5 p.m., Senate will begin consideration of the 
nomination of Kevin McNulty, of New Jersey, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of New Jersey, and vote on confirmation 
of the nomination at approximately 5:30 p.m. Following disposition of 
the nomination, Senate will resume consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S. 3369, DISCLOSE Act, and vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed thereon.
  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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: July 17, to 
hold hearings to examine the ``Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and 
Consumer Protection Act'', focusing on two years later, 10 a.m., SR-
328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: July 17, Subcommittee on Financial 
Service and General Government, to hold hearings to examine if 
consumers are adequately protected

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from flammability of upholstered furniture, focusing on the 
effectiveness of furniture flammability standards and flame 
retardant chemicals, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 19, business meeting to consider 
the nominations of General Mark A. Welsh III, USAF for reappointment 
to the grade of general and to be Chief of Staff, United States Air 
Force, Lieutenant General John F. Kelly, USMC to be general and 
Commander, United States Southern Command, and Lieutenant General 
Frank J. Grass, ARNG to be general and Chief, National Guard Bureau, 
9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 17, to hold 
hearings to examine the semiannual Monetary Policy Report to 
Congress, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 18, 
Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, to hold 
hearings to examine the global competitiveness of the United States 
Aviation Industry, focusing on addressing competition issues to 
maintain United States leadership in the aerospace market, 3 p.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 17, to hold 
hearings to examine the status of action taken to ensure that the 
electric grid is protected from cyber attacks, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 17, to hold hearings to 
examine the next ten years in the fight against human trafficking, 
focusing on attacking the problem with the right tools, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-419.
  July 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Marcie B. Ries, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, John M. Koenig, of 
Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cyprus, Michael 
David Kirby, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Serbia, Thomas Hart Armbruster, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of the Marshall Islands, and Greta Christine Holtz, of 
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, all of the 
Department of State, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  July 19, Full Committee, business meeting to consider The 
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Adopted by 
the United Nations General Assembly on December 13, 2006, and Signed 
by the United States of America on June 30, 2009 (Treaty Doc 112-7), 
9 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 19, to 
hold hearings to examine making college affordability a priority, 
focusing on promising practices and strategies, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 17, 
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to 
examine United States vulnerabilities to money laundering, drugs, 
and terrorist financing, focusing on HSBC case history, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-106.
  July 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine improving the 
transparency of Federal spending, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine the census, focusing on planning ahead for 2020, 
2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 19, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine the impacts of environmental changes on treaty rights, 
traditional lifestyles, and tribal homelands, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 18, to hold hearings to examine 
improving forensic science in the criminal justice system, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law, to hold 
hearings to examine what facial recognition technology means for 
privacy and civil liberties, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  July 19, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 285, for 
the relief of Sopuruchi Chukwueke, S. 3276, to extend certain 
amendments made by the FISA Amendments Act of 2008, and 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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: July 18, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Thomas Skerik Sowers II, of Missouri, to 
be Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Public and 
Intergovernmental Affairs, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 17, to hold a closed markup 
to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  July 19, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: July 18, to hold hearings to examine 
Medicare and Medicaid coordination for dual-eligibles, 2 p.m., SH-
216.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, July 18, Subcommittee on Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, markup of the Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Bill, FY 
2013, 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 18, Full Committee, hearing on 
disclosures of national security information and impact on military 
operations, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  July 18, Full Committee, hearing on Sequestration Implementation 
Options and the Effects on National Defense: Industry Perspectives, 
10:10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Withdrawal from Afghanistan: Historical Lessons, 3 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  July 19, Full Committee, hearing on disclosures of national 
security information and impact on military operations, 10 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn. This is a closed hearing.

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  July 20, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on 
Nonproliferation and Disarmament: What's the connection and what 
does that mean for U.S. security and Obama Administration policy?, 
10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Navy shipbuilding and impacts on the defense industrial base in a 
time of fiscal uncertainty, 11 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 18, Subcommittee on 
Higher Education and Workforce Training, hearing entitled ``Keeping 
College Within Reach: Exploring State Efforts to Curb Costs'', 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 17, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Power, hearing entitled ``The American Energy Initiative'', 3 
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Using 
Innovation to Reform Medicare Physician Payment'', 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on discussion 
draft of the ``U.S. Agricultural Sector Relief Act of 2012''; and 
the ``Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 2012'', 10:15 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  July 19, Full Committee, begin markup of the following: H.R. 5865, 
the ``American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2012''; H.R. 
5859, a bill to repeal an obsolete provision of Title 49; H.R. 4273, 
the ``Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts Act of 
2012''; H.R. 5892, the ``Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act of 
2012''; H. Con. Res. 127; and the Semi-Annual Committee Activity 
Report, 4 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 20, Full Committee, continue markup of the following: H.R. 
5865, the ``American Manufacturing Competitiveness Act of 2012''; 
H.R. 5859, a bill to repeal an obsolete provision of Title 49; H.R. 
4273, the ``Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Conflicts 
Act of 2012''; H.R. 5892, the ``Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act 
of 2012''; H. Con. Res. 127; and the Semi-Annual Committee Activity 
Report, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Where the Jobs Are: Moving the Economy with 
Mobile Apps'', 9 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``DOE's Nuclear Weapons Complex: Challenges to Safety, 
Security, and Taxpayer Stewardship'', 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 18, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Monetary policy and the state of the economy'', 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Who's In Your Wallet? Dodd-Frank's Impact on Families, 
Communities and Small Businesses'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``The Impact of Dodd-Frank on Consumer 
Choice and Access to Credit'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored 
Enterprises, hearing entitled ``The Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act on 
Municipal Finance'', 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 17, Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Health, and Human Rights, hearing entitled ``Global 
Challenges in Diagnosing and Managing Lyme Disease--Closing 
Knowledge Gaps'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights, 
hearing entitled ``Poison Harvest: Deadly U.S. Mine Pollution in 
Peru'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  July 19, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Unfair Trading 
Practices Against the U.S.: Intellectual Property Rights 
Infringement, Property Expropriation, and Other Barriers'', 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``When Regimes Fall: The Challenge of Securing 
Lethal Weapons'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, July 18, Subcommittee on 
Transportation Security, hearing entitled ``A Decade After 9/11 
Could American Flight Schools Still Unknowingly Be Training 
Terrorists?'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and 
Management, hearing entitled ``Using Unmanned Aerial Systems Within 
the Homeland: Security Game Changer?'', 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, July 19, Full Committee hearing 
entitled ``Library of Congress: 2012 Inspector General Report on 
Library-Wide Acquisitions'', 10:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 18, Subcommittee on Intellectual 
Property, Competition and the Internet, hearing entitled ``The 
International Trade Commission and Patent Disputes'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.J. Res. 
110, an Amendment to the Constitution Concerning Parental Rights and 
Education, 12:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 18, Full Committee, markup of the following: H.R. 6062, the 
``Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program 
Reauthorization Act of 2012''; H.R. 3796, the ``Adam Walsh 
Reauthorization Act of 2012''; and H.R. 3803, the ``District of 
Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act'', 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  July 19, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the 
Department of Homeland Security'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Courts, Commercial and Administrative 
Law, hearing entitled ``The Supreme Court's Decision in Stern v. 
Marshall: Its Effects on Bankruptcy Administration and Possible 
Congressional Responses'', 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, July 18, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 6082, the ``Congressional Replacement of President Obama's 
Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan'', 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, ``Status of 
Obama Administration's Rewrite of the Stream Buffer Zone Rule and 
Compliance with Committee Subpoenas'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.

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  July 19, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular 
Affairs, hearing on the following measures: H.R. 3906, to amend the 
Atlantic Striped Bass Conservation Act to allow recreational fishing 
for Atlantic Striped Bass in the Block Island Sound transit zone; 
H.R. 6007, the ``North Texas Zebra Mussel Barrier Act of 2012''; and 
H.R. 6096, the ``Atlantic Fisheries Statutes Reauthorization Act of 
2012'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 20, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands, 
hearing on the following measures: H.R. 5744 the ``Catastrophic 
Wildfire Prevention Act of 2012''; H.R. 5960, the ``Depleting Risk 
from Insect Infestation, Soil Erosion, and Catastrophic Fire Act of 
2012''; and H.R. 6089, to address the bark beetle epidemic, drought, 
deteriorating forest health conditions, and high risk of wildfires 
on National Forest System land and land under the jurisdiction of 
the Bureau of Land Management in the United States by expanding 
authorities established in the Healthy Forest Restoration Act of 
2003 to provide emergency measures for high-risk areas identified by 
such States, to make permanent Forest Service and Bureau of Land 
Management authority to conduct good-neighbor cooperation with 
States to reduce wildfire risks, and for other purposes, 9 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  July 20, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing 
entitled ``Helium: Supply Shortages Impacting our Economy, National 
Defense and Manufacturing'', 9:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, July 18, 
Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs, Stimulus Oversight and 
Government Spending, hearing entitled ``The Administration's Bet of 
Abound Solar: Assessing the Costs to the American Taxpayers'', 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and 
Foreign Operations, hearing entitled ``Taking Care of Our Veterans: 
What is the Department of Veterans Affairs Doing to Eliminate the 
Claims Backlog?'', 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  July 19, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Continuing Oversight 
of Regulatory Impediments to Job Creation: Job Creators Still Buried 
by Red Tape'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census 
and the National Archives, hearing entitled ``Changes to the Heights 
Act: Shaping Washington, D.C., for the Future'', 1:30 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, July 19, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Keeping America Secure: The Science 
Supporting the Development of Threat Detection Technologies'', 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 18, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Digital Divide: Expanding Broadband Access to Small 
Businesses'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight and 
Regulations, ``Health Care Realignment and Regulation: The Demise of 
Small and Solo Medical Practices?'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 18, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing entitled ``A Review of the FAA's 
Contract Tower Program'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 18, Subcommittee on 
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing entitled 
``Invisible Wounds: Examining the Disability Compensation Benefits 
Process for Victims of Military Sexual Trauma'', 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 19, Full Committee, hearing on 
Tax Reform and the U.S. Manufacturing Sector, 9:30 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  July 20, Full Committee, hearing on SSI financial eligibility 
requirements and the use of technology to improve their 
administration, 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.