[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 112 (Wednesday, July 25, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D778-D779]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 26, 2012

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: 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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: To hold hearings 
to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council's annual report 
to Congress, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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), 
S. 3341, to require a quadrennial diplomacy and development review, 
and the nominations of Gene Allan Cretz,

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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, Alexander Mark Laskaris, of Maryland, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Guinea, 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, and lists in the Foreign Service, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-G50.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 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 Indian Affairs: 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-G50.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.
  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: To hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Full Committee, hearing on the 
Department of Homeland Security--Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism 
Standards (CFATS) Program, 10:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on 
Civilian Workforce Requirements--Now and Across the Future Years 
Defense Program, 11:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce,  Subcommittee on Environment and 
the Economy, markup of S. 710, the ``Hazardous Waste Electronic 
Manifest Establishment Act'', 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services,  Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
hearing entitled ``The 10th Anniversary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act'', 
9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
hearing on the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, 
9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules,  Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 6169, the 
Pathway to Job Creation through a Simpler, Fairer Tax Code Act of 
2012'', 9:30 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, 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,  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, Full Committee, 
markup of the following: H.R. 4278, the ``Preserving Rural Resources 
Act of 2012''; H.R. 5961, the ``Farmer's Privacy Act of 2012''; H.R. 
2541, ``Silviculture Regulatory Consistency Act''; H.R. 3158, the 
``Farmers Undertake Environmental Land Stewardship Act''; H.R. 5797, 
the ``Mille Lacs Lake Freedom To Fish Act of 2012''; and General 
Services Administration Capitol Investment and Leasing Program 
Resolutions, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, markup of H.R. 6156, 
``The Russia and Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal Act of 2012'', 9:45 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing on ongoing intelligence activities, 9 a.m., HVC-304. This is 
a closed hearing.