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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 Thursday, July 21, 2011 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.
MEETINGS SCHEDULED
JULY 229:30 a.m.
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
To hold hearings to examine minority at risk, focusing on
Coptic Christian in Egypt and renewed concerns over reports of disappearance, forced conversions and forced marriages of Coptic Christian women and girls.
210, Cannon Building
JULY 269:30 a.m.
Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of General
Martin E. Dempsey, USA for reappointment to the grade of general and to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
SD-10610 a.m.
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Martin J.
Gruenberg, of Maryland, to be Chairperson and to be a
Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, Thomas J. Curry, of
Massachusetts, to be Comptroller of the Currency,
Department of the Treasury, and S. Roy Woodall, Jr., of
Kentucky, to be a Member of the Financial Stability
Oversight Council.
SD-538
Finance
To hold hearings to examine perspectives on deficit reduction, focusing on a review of key issues.
SD-215
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine building a ladder of opportunity, focusing on what's working to make the
American dream a reality for middle class families.
SD-430
Judiciary
Immigration, Refugees and Border Security Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine the economic imperative for enacting immigration reform.
SD-226
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine small business contracts, focusing on how oversight failures and regulatory loopholes allow large businesses to get and keep small business contracts.
SD-342
Intelligence
To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Matthew G.
Olsen, of Maryland, to be Director of the National
Counterterrorism Center, Office of the Director of
National Intelligence.
SD-5622 p.m.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine Federal workers' compensation.
SD-3422:30 p.m.
Foreign Relations
Business meeting to consider S. 1280, to amend the Peace
Corps Act to require sexual assault risk-reduction and response training, and the development of sexual assault protocol and guidelines, the establishment of victims advocates, the establishment of a Sexual
Assault Advisory Council, S. Res. 216, encouraging women's political participation in Saudi Arabia, S.
Con. Res. 147, expressing the sense of Congress that
Taiwan should be accorded observer status in the
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), S.
Res. 227, calling for the protection of the Mekong
River Basin and increased United States support for delaying the construction of mainstream dams along the
Mekong River, S. Res. 175, expressing the sense of the
Senate with respect to ongoing violations of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia and the importance of a peaceful and just resolution to the conflict within Georgia's internationally recognized borders, Treaty between the Government of the United
States of America and the Government of the Republic of
Rwanda Concerning the Encouragement and Reciprocal
Protection of Investment, signed at Kigali on February
19, 2008 (Treaty Doc. 110-23), Convention between the
Government of the United States of America and the
Government of the Republic of Hungary for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, signed on February 4,
2010, at Budapest (the ``proposed Convention'') and a related agreement effected by an exchange of notes on
February 4, 2010 (Treaty Doc. 111-07), Protocol
Amending the Convention between the Government of the
United States of America and the Government of the
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for the Avoidance of Double
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with
Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital, signed on May
20, 2009, at Luxembourg (the ``proposed Protocol'') and a related agreement effected by the exchange of notes also signed on May 20, 2009 (Treaty Doc. 111-08),
Protocol Amending the Convention between the United
States of America and the Swiss Confederation for the
Avoidance of Double Taxation with Respect to Taxes on
Income, signed at Washington on October 2, 1996, signed on September 23, 2009, at Washington, as corrected by an exchange of notes effected November 16, 2010 and a related agreement effected by an exchange of notes on
September 23, 2009 (Treaty Doc. 112-01) and the nominations of Jonathan Don Farrar, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, Derek J.
Mitchell, of Connecticut, to be Special Representative and Policy Coordinator for Burma, with the rank of
Ambassador, Frankie Annette Reed, of Maryland, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of the Fiji Islands, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of
Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Republic of Kiribati, Paul D.
Wohlers, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Macedonia, William H. Moser, of North
Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova,
Thomas M. Countryman, of Washington, to be an Assistant
Secretary for International Security and Non-
Proliferation, Jeffrey DeLaurentis, of New York, to be
Alternate Representative of the United States of
America for Special Political Affairs in the United
Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be an
Alternate Representative of the United States of
America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the
United Nations, during his tenure of service as
Alternate Representative of the United States of
America for Special Political Affairs in the United
Nations, all of the Department of State.
S-116, Capitol
Intelligence
To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters.
SH-219
JULY 2710 a.m.
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
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-21610:30 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-2532 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 certain nominations.
SD-226
JULY 281:30 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 Building2:15 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-6282:30 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, S. 1134, to authorize the St. Croix River Crossing Project with appropriate mitigation measures to promote river values, and S. 1235, to recognize the memorial at the
Navy UDT-SEAL Museum in Fort Pierce, Florida, as the official national memorial of Navy SEALS and their predecessors.
SD-366
Intelligence
Closed business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
SH-219
AUGUST 310 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-2262:30 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
