[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 125 (Monday, September 17, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D870-D873]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                      Week of September 18 through
                           September 21, 2012

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, at approximately 10 a.m., Senate will resume 
consideration of S. 3457, Veterans Jobs Corps Act, with a vote on the 
motion to waive the Budget Act with respect to Reid (for Murray) 
Amendment No. 2789, at approximately 12:00 p.m. At 2:15 p.m., Senate 
will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to 
consideration of H.J. Res. 117, Continuing Appropriations Resolution.
  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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 20, 
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment, to hold 
hearings to examine computerized trading, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 19, 
to hold hearings to examine five years of the ``America COMPETES 
Act'', focusing on progress, challenges, and next steps, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-253.
  September 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine business 
practices in the household goods moving industry, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 19, 
Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to examine S. 
3265, to amend the Federal Power Act to remove the authority of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to collect land use fees for 
land that has been sold, exchanged, or otherwise transferred from 
Federal ownership but that is subject to a power site reservation, 
H.R. 2842, to authorize all Bureau of Reclamation conduit facilities 
for hydropower development under Federal Reclamation law, S. 3464, 
to amend the Mni Wiconi Project Act of 1988 to facilitate completion 
of the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply System, and S. 3483, to amend 
the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to adjust the Crooked River boundary, 
to provide water certainty for the City of Prineville, Oregon, 9:30 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 20, to hold 
hearings to examine the ``Water Resources

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Development Act'', focusing on growing the economy and protecting 
public safety, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: September 20, to hold a joint hearing with 
the House Committee on Ways and Means to examine tax reform and the 
tax treatment of capital gains, 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 19, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Robert Stephen Beecroft, of California, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq, Department of State, 9:30 
a.m., SD-419.
  September 19, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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, S. 2318, to authorize the Secretary of State 
to pay a reward to combat transnational organized crime and for 
information concerning foreign nationals wanted by international 
criminal tribunals, S. 3310, to direct the President, in 
consultation with the Department of State, United States Agency for 
International Development, Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the 
Department of Defense, to establish guidelines for United States 
foreign assistance programs, S. 3331, to provide for universal 
intercountry adoption accreditation standards, S. 3341, to require a 
quadrennial diplomacy and development review, S. Con. Res. 50, 
expressing the sense of Congress regarding actions to preserve and 
advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the 
Internet has thrived, S. Res. 516, expressing the sense of the 
Senate on the restitution of or compensation for property seized 
during the Nazi and Communist eras, S. Res. 466, calling for the 
release from prison of former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia 
Tymoshenko, S. Res. 543, to express the sense of the Senate on 
international parental child abduction, the nominations of Richard 
G. Olson, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of 
Pakistan, Joseph E. Macmanus, of New York, to be Representative of 
the United States of America to the International Atomic Energy 
Agency, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be Representative of the 
United States of America to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, 
with the rank of Ambassador, 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, 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, Dawn M. Liberi, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Burundi, and Stephen D. 
Mull, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Poland, all 
of the Department of State, and John Hardy Isakson, of Georgia, and 
Patrick J. Leahy, of Vermont, both to be a Representative of the 
United States of America to the Sixty-seventh Session of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations, and lists in the Foreign Service, 
2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  September 20, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on the 
security of United States diplomatic and consular missions, 8:30 
a.m., SVC-217.
  September 20, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to 
hold hearings to examine maritime territorial disputes and 
sovereignty issues in Asia, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 19, 
business meeting to consider S. 3391, to amend section 353 of the 
Public Health Service Act with respect to suspension, revocation, 
and limitation of laboratory certification, an original bill 
entitled, ``Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act of 2012'', S. 1440, to 
reduce preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related 
deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to reduce infant 
mortality caused by prematurity, and nomination lists in the Public 
Health Service, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  September 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pension 
modernization for a 21st century workforce, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 
19, to hold hearings to examine homeland threats and agency 
responses, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  September 19, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, 
the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold 
hearings to examine investing in an effective Federal workforce, 
2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  September 20, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine offshore profit shifting and the U.S. tax code, 
2 p.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 20, business meeting to 
consider S. 65, to reauthorize the programs of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development for housing assistance for Native 
Hawaiians, S. 2024, to make technical amendment to the T'uf Shur 
Bien Preservation Trust Area Act, S. 3546, to amend the Native 
American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize a provision to ensure 
the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, 
S. 3548, to clarify certain provisions of the Native American 
Veterans' Memorial Establishment Act of 1994, H.R. 2467, to take 
certain Federal lands in Mono County, California, into trust for the 
benefit of the Bridgeport Indian Colony, to be immediately followed 
by an oversight hearing to examine advancing the Federal-tribal 
relationship through self-governance and self-determination, 2:15 
p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 19, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Katherine Polk Failla, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, Pamela 
Ki Mai Chen, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of New York, Troy L. Nunley, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of California, Sheri Polster 
Chappell, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District 
of Florida, and Mark A. Barnett, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the 
United States Court of International Trade, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  September 19, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and 
Human Rights, to hold hearings to examine hate crimes and the threat 
of domestic extremism, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  September 20, Full Committee, business meeting to consider H.R. 
2471, to amend section 2710 of title 18, United States Code, to 
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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: September 20, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: September 19, to hold hearings to 
examine eliminating waste and fraud in Medicare, focusing on an 
examination of prior authorization requirements for power mobility 
devices, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, September 20, Subcommittee on 
Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Chemical Facility Anti-
Terrorism Standards (CFATS) Program'', 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  September 20, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing entitled ``Joint 
Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization'', 10 a.m., 2362-A 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, September 20, Full Committee, hearing 
on Department of Defense Plans for Sequestration: The Sequestration 
Transparency Act of 2012 Report and the Way Forward, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 20, 
Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training, hearing 
entitled ``Assessing College Data: Helping to Provide Valuable 
Information to Students, Institutions and Taxpayers'', 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 20, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Power, hearing entitled ``The American Energy Initiative: 
A Focus on H.R. 6172'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 21, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing entitled ``The LightSquared Network: An Investigation of the 
FCC's Role'', 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 20, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The Semi-Annual Report of the Consumer Financial 
Protection Bureau'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  September 21, Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and 
Technology, hearing entitled ``The Price of Money: Consequences of 
the Federal Reserve's Zero Interest Rate Policy'', 9:30 a.m., 2129 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 19, Subcommittee on 
Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights, ``Examining the Role of 
Rwanda in the DRC Insurgency'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 20, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Future of 
U.S.-Egypt Relations'', 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 20, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, 
hearing entitled ``Safeguarding Israel's Security in a Volatile 
Region'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, September 20, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The Department of Homeland Security: An 
Assessment of the Department and a Roadmap for its Future'' 10 a.m., 
311 Cannon.
  September 21, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and 
Management, hearing entitled ``DHS Acquisition Management 
Challenges: Solutions for Saving Taxpayer Dollars'', 9 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 20, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Regulation Nation: The Obama Administration's Regulatory 
Expansion vs. Jobs and Economic Recovery'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  September 20, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition, 
and the Internet, hearing entitled ``International IP Enforcement: 
Opening Markets Abroad and Protecting Innovation'', 2 p.m. 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, September 19, 
Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial 
Management hearing entitled ``Trade Adjustment Assistance for U.S. 
Firms: Evaluating Program Effectiveness and Recommendations'', 11 
a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  September 20, Full Committee, business meeting to approve ``A 
Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the 
Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government Records''; and hearing 
entitled ``IG Report: The Department of Justice's Office of the 
Inspector General Examines the Failures of Operation Fast and 
Furious'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 20, Subcommittee on Health Care, District of Columbia, 
Census and the National Archives; hearing entitled ``Examining the 
Administration's Failure to Prevent and End Medicaid Overpayments'', 
2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 20, 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, Part II'', 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, September 19, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 
3409, the ``Coal Miner Employment and Domestic Energy Infrastructure 
Protection Act''; and H. J. Res. 118 providing for congressional 
disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the 
rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the 
Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health 
and Human Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority 
under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) with 
respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, 5 
p.m., H-313, Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, September 20, 
Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing entitled ``The 
Impact of International Technology Transfer on American Research and 
Development'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, September 20, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Sequestration: The Threat to

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Small Businesses, Jobs, and the Industrial Base'', 1 p.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 20, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``A Review of Amtrak Operations, Part 
III: Examining 41 Years of Taxpayer Subsidies'', 9:30 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  September 20, 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'', 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  September 20, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, 
hearing entitled ``Forty Years after the Clean Water Act: Is it Time 
for the States to Implement Section 404 Permitting?'', 10 a.m., 2253 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 20, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Veterans Affairs in the 112th Congress: Reviewing 
VA's Performance and Accountability'', 10:15 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  September 20, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing 
entitled ``Examining the Re-Design of the Transition Assistance 
Program (TAP)'', 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  September 21, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 
Affairs, hearing entitled ``Breaking Through the Backlog: Evaluating 
the Effectiveness of the New State Strike Force Team'', 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 20, Subcommittee on Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Benefits of Expanding U.S. Services Trade Through 
an International Services Agreement'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  September 21, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Examining 
the Current Status of the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program and other 
Health Plans'', 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: September 20, Senate Committee on Finance, to hold 
a joint hearing with the House Committee on Ways and Means to 
examine tax reform and the tax treatment of capital gains, 10 a.m., 
HVC-210.