[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 111 (Tuesday, July 24, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D768-D769]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JULY 25, 2012

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  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.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: To hold 
hearings to examine the International Space Station, focusing on 
research, collaboration, and discovery, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine short-supply 
prescription drugs, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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: 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: To hold hearings to examine education tax 
incentives and tax reform, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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.
  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.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
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 the Judiciary: To hold hearings to examine ensuring 
judicial independence through civics education, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Special Committee on Aging: To hold hearings to examine enhancing 
women's retirement security, 2 p.m., SD-562.

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                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the Swaps and Futures Markets: Recent Events and 
Impending Regulatory Reforms'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, 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.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, hearing on 
Digital Warriors: Improving Military Capabilities for Cyber 
Operations, 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce,  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, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, continue markup of the ``No More Solyndras Act'', 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services,  Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight Council'', 
9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Understanding the Homeland Threat Landscape'', 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary,  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Beyond the Streets: America's 
Evolving Gang Threat'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,  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,  Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Drought Forecasting, Monitoring and Decision-
making: A Review of the National Integrated Drought Information 
System'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Tales of Resilience: Small Business Survival in the Recession'', 1 
p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing on 
Public Charity Organizational Issues, Unrelated Business Income Tax, 
and the Revised Form 990, 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Full Committee, hearing on the Use of Technology to Improve the 
Administration of SSI's Financial Eligibility Requirements, 2 p.m., 
1100 Longworth.