[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 110 (Monday, July 23, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D758-D761]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 24 through July 27, 2012

                             Senate Chamber

  Cloture was filed on the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 
3412, Middle Class Tax Cut Act. If no agreement is reached, the cloture 
vote on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill will occur 
on Wednesday.
  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 26, to 
hold hearings to examine S. 3239, to provide for a uniform national 
standard for the housing and treatment of egg-laying hens, 9:30 
a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: July 25, Subcommittee on Departments 
of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine the impact of sequestration on 
education, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings to examine the proper size of the nuclear weapons stockpile 
to maintain a credible U.S. deterrent, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 24, to hold 
hearings to examine housing partnerships in Indian country, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Protection, to hold hearings to examine private student loans, 
focusing on providing flexibility and opportunity to borrowers, 2:30 
p.m., SD-538.
  July 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Financial 
Stability Oversight Council's annual report to Congress, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 24, to 
hold hearings to examine the Cable Act at 20, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.

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  July 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
International Space Station, focusing on research, collaboration, 
and discovery, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  July 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine short-supply 
prescription drugs, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 24, to hold 
hearings to examine assessing the opportunities for, current level 
of investment in, and barriers to the expanded usage of natural gas 
as a fuel for transportation, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the role of water use efficiency and its impact 
on energy use, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 24, with the 
Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health, to hold 
a joint oversight hearing to examine Environmental Protection Agency 
authorities and actions to control exposures to toxic chemicals, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  July 25, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 847, to 
amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to ensure that risks from 
chemicals are adequately understood and managed, S. 357, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to identify and declare 
wildlife disease emergencies and to coordinate rapid response to 
those emergencies, S. 810, to prohibit the conducting of invasive 
research on great apes, S. 1494, to reauthorize and amend the 
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation Establishment Act, S. 2071, to 
grant the Secretary of the Interior permanent authority to authorize 
States to issue electronic duck stamps, S. 2156, to amend the 
Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp Act to permit the 
Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with the Migratory Bird 
Conservation Commission, to set prices for Federal Migratory Bird 
Hunting and Conservation Stamps and make limited waivers of stamp 
requirements for certain users, S. 2282, to extend the authorization 
of appropriations to carry out approved wetlands conservation 
projects under the North American Wetlands Conservation Act through 
fiscal year 2017, S. 3370, to authorize the Administrator of General 
Services to convey a parcel of real property in Albuquerque, New 
Mexico, to the Amy Biehl High School Foundation, S. 2251, to 
designate the United States courthouse located at 709 West 9th 
Street, Juneau, Alaska, as the Robert Boochever United States 
Courthouse, S. 2326, to designate the new United States courthouse 
in Buffalo, New York, as the ``Robert H. Jackson United States 
Courthouse'', S. 1735, to approve the transfer of Yellow Creek Port 
properties in Iuka, Mississippi, the nomination of Major General 
John Peabody, United States Army, to be a Member and President of 
the Mississippi River Commission, proposed resolutions relating to 
the General Services Administration, and proposed resolutions in the 
Corps Study, city of Norfolk, Virginia and Port Fourchon, Louisiana, 
10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 25, to hold hearings to examine 
education tax incentives and tax reform, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 24, to receive a closed 
briefing on an intelligence update on Syria, 10 a.m., SVC-217.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian 
Affairs, to hold hearings to examine Iran's support for terrorism in 
the Middle East, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  July 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S. 2215, to 
create jobs in the United States by increasing United States exports 
to Africa by at least 200 percent in real dollar value within 10 
years, focusing on economic statecraft, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  July 26, 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), 
9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 26, 
Subcommittee on Children and Families, to hold hearings to examine 
the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) reauthorization, 
focusing on helping to meet the child care needs of American 
families, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 25, 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine assessing grants management practices at Federal 
agencies, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 26, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine the regulation of tribal gaming, focusing on brick and 
mortar to the internet, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 24, Subcommittee on Immigration, 
Refugees and Border Security, to hold hearings to examine 
strengthening the student visa system, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 24, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human 
Rights, to hold hearings to examine responding to Citizens United 
and Super PACs, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  July 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine ensuring 
judicial independence through civics education, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  July 26, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 225, to 
permit the disclosure of certain information for the purpose of 
missing child investigations, S.J. Res. 44, granting the consent of 
Congress to the State and Province Emergency Management Assistance 
Memorandum of Understanding, and 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, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  July 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of William Joseph Baer, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, Department of Justice, 1 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 24, to hold a closed markup 
session to consider certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

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  July 26, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: July 25, to hold hearings to examine 
enhancing women's retirement security, 2 p.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, July 25, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the Swaps and Futures Markets: Recent Events 
and Impending Regulatory Reforms'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, July 26, Full Committee, hearing on 
the Department of Homeland Security--Chemical Facility Anti-
Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 24, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing on Afghan National Security Forces and 
Security Lead Transition: The Assessment Process, Metrics, and 
Efforts to Build Capability, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  July 25, Committee on Armed Services and Committee on Veterans' 
Affairs, joint hearing on Back from the Battlefield: DOD and VA 
Collaboration to Assist Service Members Returning to Civilian Life, 
10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn,
  July 25, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, 
hearing on Digital Warriors: Improving Military Capabilities for 
Cyber Operations, 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on Civilian Workforce 
Requirements--Now and Across the Future Years Defense Program, 11:30 
a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 24, Subcommittee on 
Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, hearing 
entitled ``Education Reforms: Discussing the Value of Alternative 
Teacher Certification Programs'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, 
hearing entitled ``Examining Proposals to Strengthen the National 
Labor Relations Act'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 24, Subcommittee on 
Environment and the Economy and Subcommittee on Energy and Power, 
joint hearing entitled ``NRC Policy and Governance Oversight'', 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, begin markup of the 
``No More Solyndras Act'', 4 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, continue markup of the 
``No More Solyndras Act'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 24, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled 
``Examining Consumer Credit Access Concerns, New Products and 
Federal Regulations,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn
  July 24, Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community 
Opportunity, hearing entitled ``The Impact of Dodd-Frank's Insurance 
Regulations on Consumers, Job Creators, and the Economy,'' 2 p.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  July 25, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Annual Report of 
the Financial Stability Oversight Council'', 9:30 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, hearing entitled ``The 
10th Anniversary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act'', 9:30 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 24, Subcommittee on Europe and 
Eurasia, hearing entitled ``U.S. Engagement in Central Asia'', 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 25, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Investigating the 
Chinese Threat, Part Two: Human Rights Abuses, Torture and 
Disappearances'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, July 24, Subcommittee on 
Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies, 
hearing entitled ``Securing Federal Facilities: An Examination of 
FPS Progress in Improving Oversight and Assessing Risk'', 10 a.m., 
311 Cannon.
  July 25, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Understanding the 
Homeland Threat Landscape'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, 
and Security Technologies, hearing entitled ``Preventing Nuclear 
Terrorism: Does DHS have an Effective and Efficient Nuclear 
Detection Strategy?'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 24, Full Committee, hearing on 
H.R. 3179, the ``Marketplace Equity Act of 2011'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, 
hearing entitled ``The Aftermath of Fraud by Immigration 
Attorneys'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, 
hearing entitled ``Beyond the Streets: America's Evolving Gang 
Threat'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and 
the Internet, hearing entitled ``Cloud Computing: An Overview of the 
Technology and the Issues facing American Innovators'', 12:30 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on the U.S. 
Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, 9:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, July 24, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Impact of Catastrophic Forest Fires and Litigation on 
People and Endangered Species: Time for Rational Management of our 
Nation's Forests'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, hearing 
on the following: H.R. 726, to amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act 
to make technical corrections, and for other purposes; H.R. 3319, to 
allow the Pascua Yaqui Tribe to determine the requirements for 
membership in that tribe; and legislation to provide for the 
addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz 
Tribe in the State of Oregon; and H.R. 6141, to provide for the 
addition of certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz 
Tribe in the State of Oregon, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 25, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Investigation of 
President Obama's Gulf Drilling Moratorium:

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Questioning of Key Department of the Interior Officials'', 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, July 24, 
Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign 
Operations, hearing entitled ``Dawood National Military Hospital, 
Afghanistan: What Happened and What Went Wrong?'', 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services and Bailouts of 
Public and Private Programs, hearing entitled ``Credit Crunch: Is 
the CFPB Restricting Consumer Access to Credit?'', 10 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, Census 
and the National Archives, hearing entitled ``Meth Revisited: Review 
of State and Federal Efforts to Solve the Domestic Methamphetamine 
Production Resurgence'', 9:30 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
  July 25, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``GAO Report: The Obama 
Administration's $8 Billion Extralegal Healthcare Spending 
Project'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, July 25, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Drought Forecasting, Monitoring and 
Decision-making: A Review of the National Integrated Drought 
Information System'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing entitled 
``Review of DOE Vehicle Technologies Program Management and 
Activities: Assuring Appropriate and Effective Use of Taxpayer 
Funding'', 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 25, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Tales of Resilience: Small Business Survival in the 
Recession'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  July 26, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade, hearing 
entitled ``Market Closed: Foreign Trade Barriers Facing Small 
Agriculture Exporters'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 24, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 
Emergency Management, hearing entitled ``A Review of Building Codes 
and Mitigation Efforts to Help Minimize the Costs Associated with 
Natural Disasters'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
entitled ``Integrated Planning and Permitting, Part 2: An 
Opportunity for EPA to Provide Communities with Flexibility to Make 
Smart Investments in Water Quality'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 24, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on physician organization efforts to promote high quality 
care and implications for Medicare physician payment reform, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  July 25, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on Public Charity 
Organizational Issues, Unrelated Business Income Tax, and the 
Revised Form 990, 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  July 25, Full Committee held a hearing on SSI financial 
eligibility requirements and the use of technology to improve their 
administration, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 26, Full 
Committee, hearing on ongoing intelligence activities, 9 a.m., HVC-
304. This is a closed hearing.