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3. Section 5 of the rule provides that each day during the period addressed by section 3 shall not constitute a calendar day for purposes of section 7 of the 

War Powers Resolution (50 U.S.C. 1546). Section 6 

of the rule provides that each day during the period 

addressed by section 3 shall not constitute a legislative day for purposes of clause 7 of rule XIII. Section 

7 or the rule provides that each day during the period addressed by section 3 shall not constitute a calendar or legislative day for purposes of clause 7(c)(1) 

of rule XXII (motions to instruct). Testimony was 

heard from Chairmen Camp, Kline, and Hastings 

(WA), and Representatives Levin, Andrews, Markey, 

Rush, Whitfield, Lankford, and Boswell. 

Joint Meetings No joint committee meetings were held. 

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, 

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) 

Senate 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment, to 

hold hearings to examine computerized trading, 10 a.m., 

SD–538. 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to 

hold hearings to examine business practices in the household goods moving industry, 10 a.m., SR–253. 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to examine the ‘‘Water Resources Development 

Act’’, focusing on growing the economy and protecting 

public safety, 10 a.m., SD–406. 

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. 

Committee on Foreign Relations: 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: to 

hold hearings to examine pension modernization for a 

21st century workforce, 10 a.m., SD–430. 

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 

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: 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, and 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 Federaltribal relationship through self-governance and self-determination, 2:15 p.m., SD–628. 

Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider 

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

States Code, to clarify that a video tape service 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: to hold closed hearings to 

examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH–219. 

House 

Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ‘‘Chemical Facility AntiTerrorism Standards (CFATS) Program’’, 10 a.m., 2359 

Rayburn. 

Subcommittee on Defense, hearing entitled ‘‘Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization’’, 10 a.m., 

2362–A Rayburn. 

Committee on Armed Services, 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, 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, Full Committee, continued markup of H.R. 1206, the ‘‘Access to Professional 

Health Insurance Advisors Act of 2011’’; and H.R. 1063, 

the ‘‘Strengthening Medicare and Repaying Taxpayers Act 

of 2011’’, 11:45 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. 

Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled 

‘‘The American Energy Initiative: A Focus on H.R. 

6172’’, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn. 

Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing 

entitled ‘‘The Semi-Annual Report of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’’, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn. 

Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing entitled ‘‘Safeguarding 

Israel’s Security in a Volatile Region’’, 1:30 p.m., 2172 

Rayburn. 

Committee on Homeland Security, 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. 


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Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing entitled ‘‘Regulation Nation: The Obama Administration’s 

Regulatory Expansion vs. Jobs and Economic Recovery’’, 

10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn. 

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, 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. 

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. 

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 Small Business, Full Committee, hearing 

entitled ‘‘Sequestration: The Threat to Small Businesses, 

Jobs, and the Industrial Base’’, 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn. 

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

Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public 

Buildings, and Emergency Management, hearing on H.R. 

6430, the ‘‘Public Buildings Reform Act of 2012’’, 1:30 

p.m., 2253 Rayburn. 

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. 

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, Full Committee, hearing 

entitled ‘‘Veterans Affairs in the 112th Congress: Reviewing VA’s Performance and Accountability’’, 10 a.m., 334 

Cannon. 

Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing entitled ‘‘Examining the Re-Design of the Transition Assistance Program (TAP)’’, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon. 

Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade, 

hearing entitled ‘‘Benefits of Expanding U.S. Services 

Trade Through an International Services Agreement’’, 2 

p.m., 1100 Longworth. 

Joint Meetings 

Joint Hearing: 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. 

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold 

hearings to examine Georgia’s parliamentary election, focusing on how free and fair has the campaign been, and 

how the United States government should respond, including the election’s fairness during the run-up to the 

vote and the vote count, human rights issues connected 

to the election, and United States policy in response, 

12:30 p.m., 2255, Rayburn Building. 


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