[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 152 (Friday, November 30, 2012)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D988-D989]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of December 3 through December 7, 2012

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at approximately 2 p.m., Senate will resume consideration 
of S. 3254, National Defense Authorization Act. At 5 p.m., Senate will 
begin consideration of the nomination of Paul William Grimm, of 
Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Maryland. At approximately 5:30 p.m., Senate will vote on confirmation 
of the nomination of Paul William Grimm, of Maryland, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Maryland, to be followed by a 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture on S. 3254, National Defense 
Authorization Act.
  On Tuesday, at 12 noon, Senate will vote on the Resolution of Advice 
and Consent to Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons 
with Disabilities.
  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 Appropriations: December 5, Subcommittee on 
Department of Homeland Security, to hold hearings to examine 
Hurricane Sandy, focusing on response and recovery and progress and 
challenges, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: December 6, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Housing 
Administration, focusing on Housing and Urban Development's response 
to fiscal challenges, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: December 4, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Mark Doms, of Maryland, 
to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Economic Affairs, Polly Ellen 
Trottenberg, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Transportation 
for Policy, Mignon L. Clyburn, of South Carolina, to be a Member of 
the Federal Communications Commission,

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Joshua D. Wright, of Virginia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, 
and Christopher R. Beall, of Oklahoma, and Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, 
of California, both to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of 
Directors, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  December 6, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant 
Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, to hold hearings to 
examine superstorm Sandy, focusing on the devastating impact on the 
nation's largest transportation systems, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: December 6, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Ronald Lee Buch, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the 
United States Tax Court, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: December 5, Subcommittee on 
African Affairs, to hold hearings to examine assessing developments 
in Mali, focusing on restoring democracy and reclaiming the north, 9 
a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: December 5, 
business meeting to consider S. 3472, to amend the Family 
Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 to provide improvements 
to such Act, the nomination of Erica Lynn Groshen, of New York, to 
be Commissioner of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor, and any 
pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: December 6, business meeting to 
consider S. 1223, to address voluntary location tracking of 
electronic communications devices, 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, and Mark A. Barnett, to be a 
Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: December 4, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  December 6, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Financial Services, December 5, Subcommittee on 
Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing 
entitled ``Assessing the Economic and Market Implications of the 
Dodd-Frank Derivatives Title'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, December 5, Subcommittee on Europe 
and Eurasia, hearing entitled ``Iranian Influence in the South 
Caucasus and the Surrounding Region'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, December 4, Subcommittee on 
Counterterrorism and Intelligence, hearing entitled ``Terrorist 
Exploitation of Refugee Programs'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Natural Resources, December 4, Subcommittee on Indian 
and Alaska Native Affairs, hearing on S.3193, the ``Barona Band of 
Mission Indians Land Transfer Clarification Act of 2012'', 11 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, December 5, 
Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing entitled ``The 
Impact of International Technology Transfer on American Research and 
Development'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  December 6, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Future of NASA: 
Perspectives on Strategic Vision for America's Space Program'', 9:30 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, December 4, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``A Review of the Preparedness, Response 
To and Recovery From Hurricane Sandy'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  December 6, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``An Update on the 
High Speed and Intercity Passenger Rail Program: Mistakes Made and 
Lessons Learned'', 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, December 6, Full 
Committee, hearing on ongoing intelligence activities, 9 a.m., HVC-
304. This is a closed hearing.