[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 157 (2011), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 11978-11979]
[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 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, July 26, 2011 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 27
     10 a.m.
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine chief executive officer (CEO) 
           perspectives on how the tax code affects hiring, 
           businesses and economic growth.
                                                            SD-215
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine ten years after 9/11, 
           focusing on emergency communications.
                                                            SD-342
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine fulfilling our treaty 
           obligations and protecting Americans abroad.
                                                            SD-226
       Appropriations
       Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
           Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2012 for the Department of Education.
                                                            SD-124
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the lifetime costs of 
           supporting the newest generation of veterans.
                                                            SD-562
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine maximizing America's 
           prosperity, focusing on how fiscal rules can restrain 
           Federal overspending.
                                                            SH-216
     10:30 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine defending United States 
           economic interests in the changing arctic, focusing on 
           if there is a strategy.
                                                            SR-253
     2 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine financial management and 
           business transformation at the Department of Defense.
                                                           SR-232A
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine improving highway and vehicle 
           safety, focusing on reauthorization of the National 
           Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
                                                            SR-253
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Edgardo 
           Ramos, of Connecticut, Andrew L. Carter, Jr., and Jesse 
           M. Furman, all to be a United States District Judge for 
           the Southern District of New York, James Rodney 
           Gilstrap, to be United States District Judge for the 
           Eastern District of Texas, and Jennifer Guerin Zipps, 
           to be United States District Judge for the District of 
           Arizona.
                                                            SD-226

                                JULY 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Brian T. 
           Baenig, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
           Secretary of Agriculture; to be immediately followed by 
           a hearing to examine opportunities for specialty crops 
           and organics in the farm bill.
                                                            SD-G50
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Admiral 
           Jonathan W. Greenert, USN for reappointment to the 
           grade of admiral and to be Chief of Naval Operations, 
           and Lieutenant General Charles H. Jacoby, Jr., USA to 
           be general and to be Commander, United States Northern 
           Command, and Commander, North American Aerospace 
           Defense Command, both of the Department of Defense.
                                                            SD-106
     9:45 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine Food and Drug Administration 
           (FDA) user fees, focusing on advancing public health.
                                                            SD-430

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     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine aviation fuels, focusing on 
           needs, challenges, and alternatives.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Charles 
           DeWitt McConnell, of Ohio, to be Assistant Secretary of 
           Energy for Fossil Energy, and Rebecca R. Wodder, of 
           Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior for 
           Fish and Wildlife.
                                                            SD-366
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Janice 
           Eberly, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
           Treasury, and Juan F. Vasquez, of Texas, to be a Judge 
           of the United States Tax Court.
                                                            SD-215
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 401, to help Federal 
           prosecutors and investigators combat public corruption 
           by strengthening and clarifying the law, S. 657, to 
           encourage, enhance, and integrate Blue Alert plans 
           throughout the United States in order to disseminate 
           information when a law enforcement officer is seriously 
           injured or killed in the line of duty, S. 409, to ban 
           the sale of certain synthetic drugs, S. 605, to amend 
           the Controlled Substances Act to place synthetic drugs 
           in Schedule I, S. 839, to ban the sale of certain 
           synthetic drugs, and the nominations of Steve Six, of 
           Kansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth 
           Circuit, Morgan Christen, of Alaska, to be United 
           States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Scott 
           Wesley Skavdahl, to be United States District Judge for 
           the District of Wyoming, Sharon L. Gleason, to be 
           United States District Judge for the District of 
           Alaska, Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Northern District of California, 
           and Richard G. Andrews, to be United States District 
           Judge for the District of Delaware.
                                                            SD-226
     1:30 p.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine United States policy and the 
           Organization for Co-oporation in Europe, focusing on 
           making good on commitments and challenges, including 
           unresolved conflicts, ethnic tension, corruption and 
           lack of governance, racism and intolerance, and 
           trafficking in persons.
                                              210, Cannon Building
     2 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Financial Service and General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine Federal disaster assistance 
           budgeting, focusing on the role of the Federal 
           government in mitigating the economic impact of severe 
           weather events through long-term budgetary planning.
                                                            SD-138
     2:15 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine enforcing the 
           ``Indian Gaming Regulatory Act'', focusing on the role 
           of the National Indian Gaming Commission and tribes as 
           regulators.
                                                            SD-628
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Mark D. 
           Acton, of Kentucky, and Robert G. Taub, of New York, 
           both to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory 
           Commission.
                                                            SD-342
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 264, to direct the 
           Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of 
           Mississippi 2 parcels of surplus land within the 
           boundary of the Natchez Trace Parkway, S. 265, to 
           authorize the acquisition of core battlefield land at 
           Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond for addition to 
           Vicksburg National Military Park, S. 324, to amend the 
           Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend to 
           the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park 
           Commission, S. 764, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
           Act to make technical corrections to the segment 
           designations for the Chetco River, Oregon, S. 864, to 
           designate a Distinguished Flying Cross National 
           Memorial at the March Field Air Museum in Riverside, 
           California, S. 883, to authorize National Mall Liberty 
           Fund D.C. to establish a memorial on Federal land in 
           the District of Columbia to honor free persons and 
           slaves who fought for independence, liberty, and 
           justice for all during the American Revolution, S. 888, 
           to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a 
           segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit County, Washington, 
           as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
           System, S. 925, to designate Mt. Andrea Lawrence, S. 
           970, to designate additional segments and tributaries 
           of White Clay Creek, in the States of Delaware and 
           Pennsylvania, as a component of the National Wild and 
           Scenic Rivers System, S. 1063, to allow for the harvest 
           of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people within Glacier 
           Bay National Park in the State of Alaska, and S. 1134, 
           to authorize the St. Croix River Crossing Project with 
           appropriate mitigation measures to promote river 
           values.
                                                            SD-366
       Intelligence
         Closed business meeting to consider pending calendar 
           business.
                                                            SH-219

                                AUGUST 2
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine health reform and health 
           insurance premiums, focusing on empowering states to 
           serve consumers.
                                                            SD-430
     2:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Francis 
           Joseph Ricciardone, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, and Norman L. 
           Eisen, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
           the Czech Republic, both of the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419

                                AUGUST 3
     10 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Wendy Ruth 
           Sherman, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of State 
           for Political Affairs.
                                                            SD-419
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S. 958, to amend the Public 
           Health Service Act to reauthorize the program of 
           payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate 
           medical education programs, and S. 1094, to reauthorize 
           the Combating Autism Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-416), 
           an original bill entitled, ``Workforce Investment Act 
           Reauthorization of 2011'', and any pending nominations.
                                                            SD-430
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine cybercrime, focusing on 
           updating the ``Computer Fraud and Abuse Act'' to 
           protect cyberspace and combat emerging threats.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1024, to designate the 
           Organ Mountains and other public land as components of 
           the National Wilderness Preservation System and the 
           National Landscape Conservation System in the State of 
           New Mexico, S. 1090, to designate as wilderness certain 
           public land in the Cherokee National Forest in the 
           State of Tennessee, S. 1144, to amend the Soda Ash 
           Royalty Reduction Act of 2006 to extend the reduced 
           royalty rate for soda ash, S. 1149, to expand 
           geothermal production, and S. 1344, to direct the 
           Secretary of Agriculture to take immediate action to 
           recover ecologically and economically from a 
           catastrophic wildfire in the State of Arizona.
                                                            SD-366