[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 4]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 5724-5726]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily

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Digest will prepare this information for printing in the Extensions of 
Remarks section of the Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of 
each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, April 12, 2011 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                APRIL 13
     Time to be announced
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider any pending nominations.
                                              Room to be announced
     9 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting to consider S. 782, to amend the Public 
           Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to 
           reauthorize that Act, S. 680, to authorize the 
           Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of 
           real property in the District of Columbia to provide 
           for the establishment of a National Women's History 
           Museum, and S. 710, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal 
           Act to direct the Administrator of the Environmental 
           Protection Agency to establish a hazardous waste 
           electronic manifest system.
                                                            SD-406
     10 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine domestic 
           renewable fuels, focusing on ethanol and advanced 
           biofuels.
                                                            SD-406
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine perspectives on deficit 
           reduction.
                                                            SD-215
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine fulfilling our commitment to 
           support victims of crime.
                                                            SD-226
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the current materiel 
           readiness of U.S. Forces in review of the Defense 
           Authorization Request for fiscal year 2012 and the 
           Future Years Defense Program.
                                                           SR-232A
       Rules and Administration
         Business meeting to consider the nomination of William J. 
           Boarman, of Maryland, to be Public Printer, Government 
           Printing Office.
                                                            SR-301
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine veterans' employment, 
           focusing on improving the transition from the 
           battlefield to the workforce.
                                                            SR-418
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Department of Defense Subcommittee
         To receive a closed briefing on the proposed budget 
           estimates for fiscal year 2012 United States Pacific 
           Command (PACOM).
                                                    S-217, Capitol
     11 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider S. 679, to reduce the number 
           of executive positions subject to Senate confirmation, 
           S. 772, to protect Federal employees and visitors, 
           improve the security of Federal facilities and 
           authorize and modernize the Federal Protective Service, 
           S. 550, to improve the provision of assistance to fire 
           departments, S. 300, to prevent abuse of Government 
           charge cards, S. 498, to ensure objective, independent 
           review of task and delivery orders, S. 762, to improve 
           the Federal Acquisition Institute, S. 191, to direct 
           the Department of Homeland Security to undertake a 
           study on emergency communications, S. 514, to amend 
           chapter 21 of title 5, United States Code, to provide 
           that fathers of permanently disabled or deceased 
           veterans shall be included with mothers of such 
           veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in the 
           civil service, S. Res. 128, expressing the sense of the 
           Senate that public servants should be commended for 
           their dedication and continued service to the Nation 
           during Public Service Recognition Week, May 1 through 
           7, 2011, and the nomination of Rafael Borras, of 
           Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Homeland Security 
           for Management.
                                                            SD-342
     1:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Personnel Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Active, Guard, Reserve, 
           and civilian personnel programs in review of the 
           Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2012 and 
           the Future Years Defense Program.
                                                            SR-222
     2 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
           justification for fiscal year 2012 for the Army Corps 
           of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation.
                                                            SD-192
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine international development 
           policy priorities in the fiscal year 2012 budget.
                                                            SD-419
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine the Food and Drug 
           Administration (FDA) and the reform of the medical 
           device approval process.
                                                            SD-562
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Strategic Forces Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine ballistic missile defense 
           policies and programs in review of the Defense 
           Authorization request for fiscal year 2012 and the 
           Future Years Defense Program; with the possibility of a 
           closed session in SVC-217 following the open session.
                                                           SR-232A
     3 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Henry F. 
           Floyd, of South Carolina, to be United States Circuit 
           Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Nelva Gonzales Ramos, to 
           be United States District Judge for the Southern 
           District of Texas, Richard Brooke Jackson, to be United 
           States District Judge for the District of Colorado, 
           Sara Lynn Darrow, to be United States District Judge 
           for the Central District of Illinois, and Lisa O. 
           Monaco, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
           Attorney General, Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226

                                APRIL 14
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2012 for the Department of Commerce.
                                                            SD-192
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine issues for surface 
           transportation authorization.
                                                            SD-406
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine Federal regulation, focusing 
           on how to best advance the public interest.
                                                            SD-342
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 350, to require 
           restitution for victims of criminal violations of the 
           Federal Water Pollution Control Act, S. 623, to amend 
           chapter 111 of title 28, United States Code, relating 
           to protective orders, sealing of cases, disclosures of 
           discovery information in civil actions, and the 
           nominations of Bernice Bouie Donald, of Tennessee, to 
           be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, 
           and Virginia A. Seitz, of the District of Columbia, to 
           be an Assistant Attorney General, and Denise Ellen 
           O'Donnell, of New York, to be Director of the Bureau of 
           Justice Assistance, both of the Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226
     2 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2012 for the Department of Army and the 
           Department of Air Force.
                                                            SD-124
     2:15 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 636, to provide the 
           Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and Flood Protection, S. 
           703, to amend the Long-Term Leasing Act, and S. 546, to 
           extend the Federal recognition to the Little Shell 
           Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana.
                                                            SD-628
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
       African Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine assessing the fiscal year 
           2012 budget for Africa.
                                                            SD-419
       Appropriations
       Legislative Branch Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2012 for the Secretary of the Senate, the 
           Senate Sergeant at Arms, and the United States Capitol 
           Police.
                                                            SD-138
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219


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                                 MAY 4
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Department of Defense Subcommittee
         To receive a closed briefing on Intel.
                                                           SVC-217

                                 MAY 11
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Department of Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2012 for the Guard and Reserve.
                                                            SD-192
     10:15 a.m.
       Judiciary
       Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the AT&T/T-Mobile merger.
                                                            SD-226

                                 MAY 12
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Department of Defense Subcommittee
         To receive a closed briefing on the United States Special 
           Operations Command (SOCOM), and the United States 
           European Command (EUCOM).
                                                           SVC-217

                                 MAY 17
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Department of Defense Subcommittee
         To receive a closed briefing the United States Northern 
           Command (NORTHCOM) and the United States Southern 
           Command (SOUTHCOM).
                                                           SVC-217

                                 MAY 25
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Department of Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2012 for the Missile Defense Agency.
                                                            SD-192

                                 MAY 26
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Department of Defense Subcommittee
         To receive a closed briefing on the United States Central 
           Command (CENTCOM) and United States African Command 
           (AFRICOM).
                                                           SVC-217

                                JUNE 15
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Department of Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Secretary of Defense and 
           the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
                                                            SD-192

                             POSTPONEMENTS
                                APRIL 13
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request and oversight for fiscal year 2012 for 
           the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
           (NOAA).
                                                            SR-253

                                APRIL 14
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 343, to amend Title I of 
           PL 99-658 regarding the Compact of Free Association 
           between the Government of the United States of America 
           and the Government of Palau, to approve the results of 
           the 15-year review of the Compact, including the 
           Agreement Between the Government of the United States 
           of America and the Government of the Republic of Palau 
           Following the Compact of Free Association Section 432 
           Review, and to appropriate funds for the purposes of 
           the amended PL 99-658 for fiscal years ending on or 
           before September 30, 2024, to carry out the agreements 
           resulting from that review.
                                                            SD-366