[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 122 (Wednesday, September 12, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D854-D855]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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 Foreign Relations: 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: 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: 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 Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs 
involving initial applications and subsequent levels of appeal, 9:30 
a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: 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.
  Committee on the Judiciary: 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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land 
Forces, hearing on F-22 pilot physiological issues, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on the Federal Voting 
Assistance Program, 11:30 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on Y-12 Intrusion: 
Investigation, Response, and Accountability, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Full Committee, markup 
of H.J. Res. 118, providing for congressional disapproval of the 
Administration's July 12, 2012 waiver of welfare work requirements, 
10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, hearing entitled ``The American Energy Initiative'', 10 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing entitled 
``Creating Opportunities through Improved Government Spectrum 
Efficiency'', 10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``Examining the 
Uses of Consumer Credit Data'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade, hearing entitled ``Combating the 
Haqqani Terrorist Network'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights, hearing 
entitled ``Assessing U.S. Policy on Peacekeeping Operations in 
Africa'', 3 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  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, 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.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Committee Oversight of Department of the Interior: Questioning of 
Key Department of the Interior Officials'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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

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for Entrepreneurs, Capital Formation, and Job Creation'', 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  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 Small Business, 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 Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing entitled ``Evaluating the 
Effectiveness of DOT's Truck and Bus Safety Program'', 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, markup of H.J. Res. 
118, providing for congressional disapproval of the Administration's 
July 12, 2012 waiver of welfare work requirements, 9:30 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Investigation of the Security Threat Posed by 
Chinese Telecommunications Companies Huawei and ZTE'', 10 a.m., HVC-
210.