[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 150 (Wednesday, November 28, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D975]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 29, 2012

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine Sandy and its impacts, focusing on a local perspective, 9:30 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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, 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.
  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, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Israel's Right to Defend Itself: Implications for Regional 
Security and U.S. Interests'', 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  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 Natural Resources, 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, 10:30 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
  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 Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.