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Monday, September 17, 2012 

Daily Digest 

Senate 

Chamber Action 

The Senate met at 2:00:13 p.m. in pro forma session, and adjourned at 2:00:41 p.m. until 10 a.m., 

on Wednesday, September 19, 2012. 

Committee Meetings 

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No committee meetings were held. 

House of Representatives 

Chamber Action 

The House was not in session today. The House 

is scheduled to meet at 12 noon on Tuesday, September 18, 2012 in pro forma session. 

Joint Meetings 

No joint committee meetings were held. 

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY, 

SEPTEMBER 18, 2012 

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) 

Senate 

No meetings/hearings scheduled. 

House 

No hearings are scheduled. 

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CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD 

Week of September 18 through 

September 21, 2012 

Senate Chamber 

On Wednesday, at approximately 10 a.m., Senate 

will resume consideration of S. 3457, Veterans Jobs 

Corps Act, with a vote on the motion to waive the 

Budget Act with respect to Reid (for Murray) 

Amendment No. 2789, at approximately 12:00 p.m. 

At 2:15 p.m., Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of H.J. Res. 117, Continuing Appropriations 

Resolution. 

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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 20, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment, to hold hearings to examine computerized trading, 10 a.m., SD–538. 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 19, to hold hearings to examine five years of the 

‘‘America COMPETES Act’’, focusing on progress, challenges, and next steps, 2:30 p.m., SR–253. 

September 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine business practices in the household goods moving 

industry, 10 a.m., SR–253. 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 

19, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings 

to examine S. 3265, to amend the Federal Power Act to 

remove the authority of the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission to collect land use fees for land that has been 

sold, exchanged, or otherwise transferred from Federal 

ownership but that is subject to a power site reservation, 

H.R. 2842, to authorize all Bureau of Reclamation conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal 

Reclamation law, S. 3464, to amend the Mni Wiconi 

Project Act of 1988 to facilitate completion of the Mni 

Wiconi Rural Water Supply System, and S. 3483, to 

amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to adjust the 

Crooked River boundary, to provide water certainty for 

the City of Prineville, Oregon, 9:30 a.m., SD–366. 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 

20, to hold hearings to examine the ‘‘Water Resources 


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Development Act’’, focusing on growing the economy 

and protecting public safety, 10 a.m., SD–406. 

Committee on Finance: September 20, to hold a joint 

hearing with the House Committee on Ways and Means 

to examine tax reform and the tax treatment of capital 

gains, 10 a.m., HVC–210. 

Committee on Foreign Relations: September 19, to hold 

hearings to examine the nomination of Robert Stephen 

Beecroft, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic 

of Iraq, Department of State, 9:30 a.m., SD–419. 

September 19, Full Committee, business meeting to 

consider S. 2215, to create jobs in the United States by 

increasing United States exports to Africa by at least 200 

percent in real dollar value within 10 years, S. 2318, to 

authorize the Secretary of State to pay a reward to combat 

transnational organized crime and for information concerning foreign nationals wanted by international criminal tribunals, S. 3310, to direct the President, in consultation with the Department of State, United States 

Agency for International Development, Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the Department of Defense, to establish guidelines for United States foreign assistance programs, S. 3331, to provide for universal intercountry 

adoption accreditation standards, S. 3341, to require a 

quadrennial diplomacy and development review, S. Con. 

Res. 50, expressing the sense of Congress regarding actions to preserve and advance the multistakeholder governance model under which the Internet has thrived, S. 

Res. 516, expressing the sense of the Senate on the restitution of or compensation for property seized during the 

Nazi and Communist eras, S. Res. 466, calling for the release from prison of former Prime Minister of Ukraine 

Yulia Tymoshenko, S. Res. 543, to express the sense of 

the Senate on international parental child abduction, the 

nominations of Richard G. Olson, of New Mexico, to be 

Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Joseph 

E. Macmanus, of New York, to be Representative of the 

United States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be 

Representative of the United States of America to the Vienna Office of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, Walter North, of Washington, to be Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently 

and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 

the Solomon Islands and Ambassador to the Republic of 

Vanuatu, Sharon English Woods Villarosa, of Texas, to be 

Ambassador to the Republic of Mauritius, and to serve 

concurrently and without additional compensation as 

Ambassador to the Republic of Seychelles, Dawn M. 

Liberi, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 

Burundi, and Stephen D. Mull, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Poland, all of the Department 

of State, and John Hardy Isakson, of Georgia, and Patrick 

J. Leahy, of Vermont, both to be a Representative of the 

United States of America to the Sixty-seventh Session of 

the General Assembly of the United Nations, and lists in 

the Foreign Service, 2:15 p.m., S–116, Capitol. 

September 20, Full Committee, to receive a closed 

briefing on the security of United States diplomatic and 

consular missions, 8:30 a.m., SVC–217. 

September 20, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 

Affairs, to hold hearings to examine maritime territorial 

disputes and sovereignty issues in Asia, 2 p.m., SD–419. 

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 19, business meeting to consider S. 3391, to 

amend section 353 of the Public Health Service Act with 

respect to suspension, revocation, and limitation of laboratory certification, an original bill entitled, ‘‘Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act of 2012’’, S. 1440, to reduce 

preterm labor and delivery and the risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and to 

reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity, and nomination lists in the Public Health Service, 10 a.m., 

SD–430. 

September 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pension modernization for a 21st century workforce, 10 a.m., SD–430. 

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 

September 19, to hold hearings to examine homeland 

threats and agency responses, 10 a.m., SD–342. 

September 19, Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine investing 

in an effective Federal workforce, 2:30 p.m., SD–342. 

September 20, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine offshore profit shifting 

and the U.S. tax code, 2 p.m., SD–G50. 

Committee on Indian Affairs: September 20, business 

meeting to consider S. 65, to reauthorize the programs of 

the Department of Housing and Urban Development for 

housing assistance for Native Hawaiians, S. 2024, to 

make technical amendment to the T’uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act, S. 3546, to amend the Native 

American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize a provision to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, S. 3548, to clarify certain provisions of the Native American Veterans’ Memorial Establishment Act of 1994, H.R. 2467, to take certain Federal 

lands in Mono County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Bridgeport Indian Colony, to be immediately 

followed by an oversight hearing to examine advancing 

the Federal-tribal relationship through self-governance 

and self-determination, 2:15 p.m., SD–628. 

Committee on the Judiciary: September 19, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Katherine Polk Failla, 

to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, Pamela Ki Mai Chen, to be United 

States District Judge for the Eastern 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, and Mark A. Barnett, of Virginia, to 

be a Judge of the United States Court of International 

Trade, 10 a.m., SD–226. 

September 19, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 

Civil Rights and Human Rights, to hold hearings to examine hate crimes and the threat of domestic extremism, 

2:30 p.m., SH–216. 

September 20, Full Committee, business meeting to 

consider H.R. 2471, to amend section 2710 of title 18, 

United States Code, to clarify that a video tape service 


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provider may obtain a consumer’s informed, written consent on an ongoing basis and that consent may be obtained through the Internet, S. 3486, to implement the 

provisions of the Hague Agreement and the Patent Law 

Treaty, S. 1894, to deter terrorism, provide justice for 

victims, S. 3250, to amend the DNA Analysis Backlog 

Elimination Act of 2000 to provide for Debbie Smith 

grants for auditing sexual assault evidence backlogs and 

to establish a Sexual Assault Forensic Evidence Registry, 

S. 3523, Innovative Design Protection Act, and the nomination of William Joseph Baer, of Maryland, to be an 

Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, 10 

a.m., SD–226. 

Select Committee on Intelligence: September 20, to hold 

closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 

2:30 p.m., SH–219. 

Special Committee on Aging: September 19, to hold hearings to examine eliminating waste and fraud in Medicare, 

focusing on an examination of prior authorization requirements for power mobility devices, 2:30 p.m., SD–562. 

House Committees 

Committee on Appropriations, September 20, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled 

‘‘Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS) 

Program’’, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn. 

September 20, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing entitled ‘‘Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization’’, 10 a.m., 2362–A Rayburn. 

Committee on Armed Services, September 20, Full Committee, hearing on Department of Defense Plans for Sequestration: The Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012 

Report and the Way Forward, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn. 

Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 20, 

Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce 

Training, hearing entitled ‘‘Assessing College Data: Helping to Provide Valuable Information to Students, Institutions and Taxpayers’’, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn. 

Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 20, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled ‘‘The 

American Energy Initiative: A Focus on H.R. 6172’’, 10 

a.m., 2322 Rayburn. 

September 21, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ‘‘The LightSquared Network: 

An Investigation of the FCC’s Role’’, 9:30 a.m., 2123 

Rayburn. 

Committee on Financial Services, September 20, Full Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘The Semi-Annual Report of the 

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’’, 10 a.m., 2128 

Rayburn. 

September 21, Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary 

Policy and Technology, hearing entitled ‘‘The Price of 

Money: Consequences of the Federal Reserve’s Zero Interest Rate Policy’’, 9:30 a.m., 2129 Rayburn. 

Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 19, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights, 

‘‘Examining the Role of Rwanda in the DRC Insurgency’’, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. 

September 20, Full Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘The 

Future of U.S.-Egypt Relations’’, 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn. 

September 20, Subcommittee on the Middle East and 

South Asia, hearing entitled ‘‘Safeguarding Israel’s Security in a Volatile Region’’, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn. 

Committee on Homeland Security, September 20, Full 

Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘The Department of Homeland Security: An Assessment of the Department and a 

Roadmap for its Future’’ 10 a.m., 311 Cannon. 

September 21, Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Management, hearing entitled ‘‘DHS Acquisition Management Challenges: Solutions for Saving Taxpayer Dollars’’, 9 a.m., 311 Cannon. 

Committee on the Judiciary, September 20, Full Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘Regulation Nation: The Obama 

Administration’s Regulatory Expansion vs. Jobs and Economic Recovery’’, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn. 

September 20, Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, 

Competition, and the Internet, hearing entitled ‘‘International IP Enforcement: Opening Markets Abroad and 

Protecting Innovation’’, 2 p.m. 2141 Rayburn. 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, September 

19, Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management hearing entitled ‘‘Trade 

Adjustment Assistance for U.S. Firms: Evaluating Program Effectiveness and Recommendations’’, 11 a.m., 

2247 Rayburn. 

September 20, Full Committee, business meeting to 

approve ‘‘A Citizen’s Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and the Privacy Act of 1974 to Request 

Government Records’’; and hearing entitled ‘‘IG Report: 

The Department of Justice’s Office of the Inspector General Examines the Failures of Operation Fast and Furious’’, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. 

September 20, Subcommittee on Health Care, District 

of Columbia, Census and the National Archives; hearing 

entitled ‘‘Examining the Administration’s Failure to Prevent and End Medicaid Overpayments’’, 2 p.m., 2154 

Rayburn. 

September 20, Subcommittee on National Security, 

Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations, hearing entitled ‘‘SIGAR Report: Document Destruction and Millions 

of Dollars Unaccounted for at the Department of Defense, 

Part II’’, 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn. 

Committee on Rules, September 19, Full Committee, 

hearing on H.R. 3409, the ‘‘Coal Miner Employment and 

Domestic Energy Infrastructure Protection Act’’; and H. 

J. Res. 118 providing for congressional disapproval under 

chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Office of Family Assistance of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of 

Health and Human Services relating to waiver and expenditure authority under section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) with respect to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, 5 p.m., 

H–313, Capitol. 

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, September 20, 

Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight, hearing 

entitled ‘‘The Impact of International Technology Transfer on American Research and Development’’, 2 p.m., 

2318 Rayburn. 

Committee on Small Business, September 20, Full Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘Sequestration: The Threat to 


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Small Businesses, Jobs, and the Industrial Base’’, 1 p.m., 

2360 Rayburn. 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 

20, Full Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘A Review of Amtrak Operations, Part III: Examining 41 Years of Taxpayer Subsidies’’, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. 

September 20, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and 

Maritime Transportation, hearing entitled ‘‘A Review of 

the Challenges Maintaining Legacy Assets Pose to United 

States Coast Guard Mission Performance’’, 2 p.m., 2167 

Rayburn. 

September 20, Subcommittee on Water Resources and 

Environment, hearing entitled ‘‘Forty Years after the 

Clean Water Act: Is it Time for the States to Implement 

Section 404 Permitting?’’, 10 a.m., 2253 Rayburn. 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, September 20, Full Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘Veterans Affairs in the 112th 

Congress: Reviewing VA’s Performance and Accountability’’, 10:15 a.m., 334 Cannon. 

September 20, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing entitled ‘‘Examining the Re-Design of the 

Transition Assistance Program (TAP)’’, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon. 

September 21, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance 

and Memorial Affairs, hearing entitled ‘‘Breaking 

Through the Backlog: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the 

New State Strike Force Team’’, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon. 

Committee on Ways and Means, September 20, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing entitled ‘‘Benefits of Expanding U.S. Services Trade Through an International 

Services Agreement’’, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth. 

September 21, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ‘‘Examining the Current Status of the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program and other Health Plans’’, 9:30 

a.m., 1100 Longworth. 

Joint Meetings 

Joint Hearing: September 20, Senate Committee on Finance, to hold a joint hearing with the House Committee 

on Ways and Means to examine tax reform and the tax 

treatment of capital gains, 10 a.m., HVC–210. 


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