[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 120 (Monday, September 10, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D833-D837]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

            Week of September 11 through September 14, 2012

                             Senate Chamber

   On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of the motion to 
proceed to consideration of S3457, Veterans Jobs Corps Act, with a vote 
on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed at 2:15 p.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.

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                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 13, to 
hold hearings to examine holding the Consumer Financial Protection 
Bureau (CFPB) accountable, focusing on a review of the semi-annual 
report to Congress, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 12, 
to hold hearings to examine the path from low-Earth orbit (LEO) to 
Mars, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 12, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 3469, to establish a new organization to 
manage nuclear waste, provide a consensual process for siting 
nuclear waste facilities, ensure adequate funding for managing 
nuclear waste, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 12, with the 
Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold a joint 
oversight hearing to examine the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's 
(NRC) implementation of recommendations for enhancing nuclear 
reactor safety in the 21st century, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 12, to receive a closed 
briefing on an intelligence update on Syria and Iran, 10 a.m., SVC-
217.
  September 12, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Joseph E. Macmanus, of New York, to be Representative 
to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the rank of 
Ambassador, and to be Representative to the International Atomic 
Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador, Sharon English Woods 
Villarosa, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, 
and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles, and Walter North, of 
Washington, to be Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
the Solomon Islands, and Ambassador to the Republic of Vanuatu, all 
of the Department of State, 2:45 p.m., SD-419.
  September 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations Stephen D. Mull, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Poland, and Dawn M. Liberi, of Florida, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Burundi, both of the Department of State, 10:30 
a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 13, 
to hold hearings to examine improving college affordability, 
focusing on a view from the states, 10:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 
12, to hold hearings to examine the future of the General Services 
Administration, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  September 13, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine issues related to the quality of disability 
benefit awards involving 300 case files of claimants under the 
Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplement Security 
Income (SSI) programs involving initial applications and subsequent 
levels of appeal, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 13, business meeting to 
consider S. 675, to express the policy of the United States 
regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians and 
to provide a process for the recognition by the United States of the 
Native Hawaiian governing entity, S. 1345, to provide for equitable 
compensation to the Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane 
Reservation for the use of tribal land for the production of 
hydropower by the Grand Coulee Dam, and S. 1684, to amend the Indian 
Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act of 2005, to be 
immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine the impacts 
of the Carcieri and Patchak decisions, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  September 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Kevin K. Washburn, of New Mexico, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 12, to hold hearings to 
examine the Citizens United court and the continuing importance of 
the ``Voting Rights Act'', 10 a.m., SD-226.
  September 13, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 645, 
to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a 
permanent background check system, H.R. 2471, to amend section 2710 
of title 18, United States Code, to clarify that a video tape 
service provider may obtain a consumer's informed, written consent 
on an ongoing basis and that consent may be obtained through the 
Internet, S. 3486, to implement the provisions of the Hague 
Agreement and the Patent Law Treaty, S. 1894, to deter terrorism, 
provide justice for victims, S. 3250, to amend the DNA Analysis 
Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to provide for Debbie Smith grants 
for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and to establish a 
Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry, S. 3523, Innovative 
Design Protection Act, and the nomination of William Joseph Baer, of 
Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of 
Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: September 12, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 13, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, September 11, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigation, on Navy shipbuilding and impacts on the 
defense industrial base in a time of fiscal uncertainly, 2 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  September 12, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Operational 
Support: Learning from the Past and Preparing for the Future'', 10 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, 
hearing on F-22 pilot physiological issues, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on the 
Federal Voting Assistance Program, 11:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.

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  September 13, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on Y-12 
Intrusion: Investigation, Response, and Accountability, 2 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing on Department of Defense Auditability Challenges, 9 a.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 12, 
Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pension; and 
Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, joint 
hearing entitled ``Expanding the Power of Big Labor: The NRLB's 
Growing Intrusion into Higher Education'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 11, Subcommittee on 
Environment and the Economy, hearing entitled ``The Chemical 
Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program--A Progress Report'', 10 
a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing on H.R. 
4255, the ``Accountability in Grants Act of 2012'', 10:15 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Health, markup of the following: 
H.R. 1206, the ``Access to Professional Health Insurance Advisors 
Act of 2011''; H.R. 6118, the ``Taking Essential Steps for Testing 
Act of 2012''; H.R. 1063, the ``Strengthening Medicare and Repaying 
Taxpayers Act of 2011''; H.R. 6163, the ``National Pediatric 
Research Network Act of 2012''; H.R. 4124, the ``Veteran Emergency 
Medical Technician Support Act of 2012''; and H.R. 733, the 
``Pancreatic Cancer Research and Education Act of 2012'', 2 p.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Where the Jobs Are: There's an App for That'', 
9:45 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing entitled ``DOE's Nuclear Weapons Complex: Challenges to 
Safety, Security, and Taxpayer Stewardship'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled 
``The American Energy Initiative'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, 
hearing entitled ``Creating Opportunities through Improved 
Government Spectrum Efficiency'', 10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled 
``The American Energy Initiative'', 9:45 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Title 
42--A Review of Special Hiring Authorities'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 11, Subcommittee on 
Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity, hearing entitled 
``TRIA at Ten Years: The Future of the Terrorism Risk Insurance 
Program'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 12, Full Committee, markup of H.R. 2827, to amend the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to clarify provisions relating to 
the regulation of municipal advisors, and for other purposes; and 
the ``Vulnerable Veterans Housing Reform Act of 2102'', 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``Examining the Uses of Consumer Credit 
Data'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Insurance, Housing and Community 
Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Housing for Heroes: Examining How 
Federal Programs Can Better Serve Veterans'', 9:30 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 12, Full Committee, markup 
of H.R. 6313, to promote peaceful and collaborative resolution of 
maritime territorial disputes in the South China Sea and its 
environs and other maritime areas adjacent to the East Asian 
mainland; and hearing entitled ``Beijing as an Emerging Power in the 
South China Sea'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations; and 
Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights, joint 
hearing entitled ``Organ Harvesting of Religious and Political 
Dissidents by the Chinese Communist Party'', 2:00 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
Trade, hearing entitled ``Combating the Haqqani Terrorist Network'', 
2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human 
Rights, hearing entitled ``Assessing U.S. Policy on Peacekeeping 
Operations in Africa'', 3 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing entitled ``Conditions at Camp Liberty: U.S. and Iraqi 
Failures'', 3 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, September 11, Subcommittee on 
Border and Maritime Security, hearing entitled ``Eleven Year Later: 
Preventing Terrorists from Coming to America'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Transportation Security, hearing 
entitled ``Eleven Years After 9/11 Can TSA Evolve To Meet the Next 
Terrorist Threat?'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity Infrastructure 
Protection, and Security Technologies, hearing entitled ``The EMP 
Threat: Examining the Consequences'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Emergency Prepardness, Response, and 
Communication, hearing entitled ``Resilient Communications: Current 
Challenges and Future Advancements'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Response, 
and Communications; and Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, 
Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies, joint hearing 
entitled ``BioWatch Present and Future: Meeting Mission Needs for 
Effective Biosurveillance?'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and 
Management, hearing entitled ``Lessons From Fort Hood: Improving our 
Ability to Connect the Dots'', 9 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 12, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Obama Administration's Abuse of Power'', 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Natural Resources, September 10, Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs, hearing on H.R. 
6040, the ``Continued Free Association with Palau Act of 2012''; and 
H.R. 6147, the Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone of the 
United States, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 11, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Chu 
Memorandum: Directives Could Increase Electricity Costs for over 40 
Million Families and Small Businesses'', 11:30 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 11, Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public 
Lands, hearing on the ``Frank Buckles World War I Memorial Act''; 
and H.R. 4969, the ``California Coastal National Monument Expansion 
Act of 2012'', 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 13, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Committee 
Oversight of Department of the Interior: Questioning of Key 
Department of the Interior Officials'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, 
hearing entitled ``Per Capita Act and Federal Treatment of Trust Per 
Capita Distributions'', 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, September 12, 
Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign 
Operations hearing entitled ``Dawood National Military Hospital 
Afghanistan: What Happened and What Went Wrong? Part II'', 9:45 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on TARP, Financial Services, and 
Bailouts of Public and Private Programs and the Committee on 
Financial Services' Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government 
Sponsored Enterprises, joint hearing entitled ``The JOBS Act: 
Importance of Prompt Implementation for Entrepreneurs, Capital 
Formation, and Job Creation'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense 
and Foreign Operations, hearing entitled ``SIGAR Report: Document 
Destruction and Millions of Dollars Unaccounted for at the 
Department of Defense'', 10 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, September 12, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 
6213, the ``No More Solyndras Act''; the ``National Security and Job 
Protection Act''; and ``Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013'', 3 
p.m., H-313, Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, September 11, Subcommittee on 
Healthcare and Technology, hearing entitled ``Medicare's Durable 
Medical Equipment Competitive Bidding Program: How are Small 
Suppliers Faring?'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  September 12, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``User Fees in the 
Aviation Industry: Turbulence Ahead'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Capital Access and 
Tax, hearing entitled ``Adding to Uncertainty: Small Businesses' 
Perspectives on the Tax Cliff'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, September 12, 
Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing entitled ``Examining 
NASA's Development of the Space Launch System and Orion Crew 
Capsule'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, 
hearing entitled ``Mismanagement of Funds at the National Weather 
Service and the Impact on the Future of Weather Forecasting'', 2 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  September 14, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Recent 
Developments in NASA's Commercial Crew Acquisition Strategy'', 9:30 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 11, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``A Review of Amtrak Operations Part 2: 
The High Cost of Amtrak's Monopoly Mentality in Commuter Rail 
Competitions'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation, hearing entitled ``Tenth Anniversary of the Maritime 
Transportation Security Act: Are We Safer?'', 9:30 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  September 13, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing 
entitled ``Evaluating the Effectiveness of DOT's Truck and Bus 
Safety Program'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime 
Transportation, hearing entitled ``A Review of the Challenges 
Maintaining Legacy Assets Pose to United States Coast Guard Mission 
Performance'', 9 a.m., 2243 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 14, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``VA Fee Basis Care: Flawed Policies not a 
Fix for a Flawed System'', 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 11, Subcommittee on 
Oversight, hearing entitled ``Internal Revenue Service's (``IRS'') 
implementation and administration of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act and Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act 
of 2010'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing entitled 
``Direct Deposit of Social Security Benefits'', 9 a.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  September 12, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled 
``Implementation of Health Insurance Exchanges and Related 
Provisions'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  September 14, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing entitled 
``Securing the Future of the Social Security Disability Insurance 
Program'', 9:30 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 13, 
Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Investigation of the Security 
Threat Posed by Chinese Telecommunications Companies Huawei and 
ZTE'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.


*These figures include all measures reported, even if there was no 
accompanying report. A total of 106 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 285 reports have been filed in the House.
  **Proceedings on Roll Call No. 327 were vacated by unanimous 
consent.

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