[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10855]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          NOTICES OF HEARINGS


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that an oversight hearing has 
been scheduled before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 
The hearing will be held on Thursday, July 12, 2012, at 9:30 a.m., in 
room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to provide oversight on Remediation of 
Legacy Wells in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may 
testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written 
testimony for the hearing record should send it to the Committee on 
Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, 304 Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, Washington, DC 20510-6150, or by email to 
Jake_McC[email protected].
  For further information, please contact Patricia Beneke (202) 224-
5451 or Jake McCook (202) 224-9313.


                      COMMITTEE ON INDIAN AFFAIRS

  Mr. AKAKA. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on July 
12, 2012, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:15 
p.m., to conduct a hearing entitled ``Federal Recognition: Political 
and Legal Relationship between Governments.''
  Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs 
Committee at (202) 224-2251.


          COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, AND PENSIONS

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in open session on 
Thursday, July 12, 2012 at 10:30 a.m. in 106 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``Beyond Seclusion and 
Restraint: Creating Positive Learning Environments for All Students.''
  For further information regarding this meeting, please contact 
Michael Gamel-McCormick of the committee staff on (202) 224-5501.


                PERMANENT SUBCOMMITTEE ON INVESTIGATIONS

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs has scheduled a hearing entitled, ``U.S. 
Vulnerabilities to Money Laundering, Drugs, and Terrorist Financing: 
HSBC Case History.'' The Subcommittee hearing will examine money 
laundering and terrorist financing vulnerabilities created when a 
global bank uses its U.S. affiliate to provide U.S. dollars, U.S. 
dollar services, and access to the U.S. financial system to high risk 
affiliates, high risk correspondent banks, and high risk clients, using 
HSBC as a case study. Witnesses will include representatives from HSBC 
and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. A witness list will 
be available Friday, July 13, 2012.
  The Subcommittee hearing has been scheduled for Tuesday, July 17, 
2012, at 9:30 a.m., in Room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. 
For further information, please contact Elise Bean of the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations at (202) 224-9505.

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