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“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2012-08-02” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D812-D813 on Aug. 28, 2012.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,
AUGUST 2, 2012
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to markup proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Defense and the Legislative Branch, 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment, to hold hearings to examine the tri-party repo market, focusing on the remaining challenges, 9 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, ``The Family and Business Tax Cut Certainty Act of 2012'', 10 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 225, to permit the disclosure of certain information for the purpose of missing child investigations, S.J. Res. 44, granting the consent of Congress to the State and Province Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding, S. 645, to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to establish a permanent background check system, and the nominations of Thomas M. Durkin, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, and Jon S. Tigar, and William H. Orrick, III, of the District of Columbia, both to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, 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 Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Afghan National Security Forces: Afghan Corruption and the Development of an Effective Fighting Force, 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled ``The American Energy Initiative'', 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the Consumer Product Safety Commission'', 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology, hearing entitled ``Sound Money: Parallel Currencies and the Roadmap to Monetary Freedom'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, hearing entitled ``The State Department's Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications: Mission, Operations, and Impact'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on the Constitution, hearing on H.R. 997, the ``English Language Unity Act of 2011'', 10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, hearing entitled
``Oversight of the Actions, Independence and Accountability of the Acting Inspector General of the Department of the Interior'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Subcommittee on National Park, Forests and Public Lands, hearing entitled ``Concession Contract Issues for Outfitters, Guides and Smaller Concessions'', 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, hearing entitled
``Indian lands: exploring resolutions to disputes concerning Indian tribes, state and local governments, and private landowners over land use and development'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``IRS: Enforcing ObamaCare's New Rules and Taxes'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``A Review of Amtrak Operations, Part I: Mismanagement of Food and Beverage Services'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity; and Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, joint hearing entitled ``Odyssey of the CVE'', 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
*These figures include all measures reported, even if there was no accompanying report. A total of 92 written reports have been filed in the Senate, 281 reports have been filed in the House.
**Proceedings on Roll Call No. 327 were vacated by unanimous consent.
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