[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 108 (Wednesday, July 18, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D742-D743]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 19, 2012

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine 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 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine making college affordability a priority, 
focusing on promising practices and strategies, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: 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: 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.
  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 Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing on 
disclosures of national security information and impact on military 
operations, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn. This is a closed hearing.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, continue markup of the following: the ``U.S. Agricultural 
Sector Relief Act of 2012''; the ``Asthma Inhalers Relief Act of 
2012''; and the ``No More Solyndras Act'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, 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.
  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.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Health, and Human Rights, hearing entitled ``Poison Harvest: Deadly 
U.S. Mine Pollution in Peru'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  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.
  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, 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, Full Committee, markup of the 
following: H.R. 406, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 to permit candidates for election for Federal office to 
designate an individual who will be authorized to disburse funds of 
the authorized campaign committees of the candidate in the event of 
the death of the candidate; H.R. 6122, to revise the authority of 
the Librarian of Congress to accept gifts and bequests on behalf of 
the Library, and for other purposes; a concurrent resolution 
providing funding to ensure the printing and production of the 
authorized number of copies of the revised and updated version of 
the House document entitled ``Hispanic Americans in Congress'', and 
for other purposes; H.R. 1402, to authorize the Architect of the 
Capitol to establish battery recharging stations for privately owned 
vehicles in parking areas under the jurisdiction of the House of 
Representatives at no net cost to the Federal Government; and the 
``H.R. 1974, Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act'', 10 
a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing entitled ``Library of Congress: 
2012 Inspector General Report on Library-Wide Acquisitions'', 10:30 
a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the Department of Homeland Security'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, ``Status of Obama 
Administration's Rewrite of the Stream Buffer Zone Rule and 
Compliance with Committee Subpoenas'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  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.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
  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, 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, 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 Ways and Means, Full Committee, hearing on Tax Reform 
and the U.S. Manufacturing Sector, 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.