[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 148 (Monday, November 26, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D964-D965]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of November 27 through November 30, 2012

                             Senate Chamber

  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 Environment and Public Works: November 29, to hold 
hearings to examine Sandy and its impacts, focusing on a local 
perspective, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: November 27, to receive a closed 
briefing on an update on arms control matters, 10 a.m., SVC-217.
  November 28, Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign 
Assistance, Economic Affairs and International Environmental 
Protection, to hold hearings to examine evaluating current United 
States global food security efforts and determining future United 
States leadership opportunities, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  November 28, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Robert F. Godec, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Kenya, and Deborah Ann McCarthy, of Florida, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, both of the Department of 
State, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: November 
29, to receive a closed briefing on the attack on the United States 
mission in Benghazi, 8:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: November 29, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine ``reclaiming our image and identity for the next 
seven generations'', 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: November 29, business meeting to 
consider 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, and the nominations of 
Katherine Polk Failla, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern 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

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States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Pamela Ki 
Mai Chen, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of New York, Mark A. Barnett, to be a Judge of the United 
States Court of International Trade, and Angela Tammy Dickinson, to 
be United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: November 29, to 
hold hearings to examine creating jobs and growing the economy, 
focusing on legislative proposals to strengthen the entrepreneurial 
ecosystem, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 27, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  November 29, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Energy and Commerce: November 28, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``Examining Options to Combat Health Care 
Waste, Fraud and Abuse'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  November 29, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, 
hearing entitled ``The Role of Receivers in a Spectrum Scarce 
World'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, November 29, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit; and Subcommittee on 
Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity joint hearing entitled 
``Examining the Impact of the Proposed Rules to Implement Basel III 
Capital Standards'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  November 29, Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and 
Technology, hearing entitled ``The Future of Money: Dollars and 
Sense'', 2 p.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, November 29, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Israel's Right to Defend Itself: Implications for 
Regional Security and U.S. Interests'', 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  November 29, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, markup on 
H.R. 1798, to prevent foreign states that do business, issue 
securities, or borrow money in the United States, and then fail to 
satisfy United States court judgments totaling $100,000,000 or more 
based on such activities, from inflicting further economic injuries 
in the United States, from undermining the integrity of United 
States courts, and from discouraging responsible lending to poor and 
developing nations by undermining the secondary and primary markets 
for sovereign debt, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, November 28, Subcommittee on 
Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet, hearing 
entitled ``Music Licensing Part One: Legislation in the 112th 
Congress'', 11:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, November 29, Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs, hearing on H.R. 
511, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the 
importation of various injurious species of constrictor snakes, 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, November 29, 
Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial 
Management, hearing entitled ``Identity Theft and Tax Fraud: Growing 
Problems for the Internal Revenue Services, Part 4'', 10 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  November 29, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``1 in 88 Children: 
A Look Into the Federal Response to Rising Rates of Autism'', 2 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, November 28, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 
6429, the ``STEM Jobs Act of 2012'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, November 28, 
Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing entitled ``National 
Priorities for Solar and Space Physics Research and Applications for 
Space Weather Prediction'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  November 30, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing 
entitled ``Tapping America's Energy Potential Through Research and 
Development'', 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, November 28, Full 
Committee hearing entitled ``Getting Back on Track: A Review of 
Amtrak's Structural Reorganization'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  November 29, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing entitled ``How Best 
to Improve our Nation's Airport Passenger Security System Though 
Common Sense Solutions'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, November 28, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``VA Conference Spending Accountability'', 10:15 
a.m., 334 Cannon.