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Congressional Record publishes “SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” on March 19, 2012

Volume 158, No. 45 covering the 2nd Session of the 112th Congress (2011 - 2012) was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E384-E385 on March 19, 2012.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

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 Tuesday, March 20, 2012 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.

MEETINGS SCHEDULED

MARCH 2110 a.m.

Foreign Relations

To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Tracey Ann

Jacobson, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo, Richard B. Norland, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to Georgia, Kenneth Merten, of

Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia,

Mark A. Pekala, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the

Republic of Latvia, and Jeffrey D. Levine, of

California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of

Estonia, all of the Department of State.

SD 419

Appropriations

Department of Homeland Security Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine balancing prosperity and security, focusing on challenges for United States air travel in a 21st century global economy.

SD 138

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

To hold hearings to examine retooling government for the

21st century, focusing on the President's reorganization plan and reducing duplication.

SD 342

Judiciary

To hold hearings to examine convicting the guilty and exonerating the innocent.

SD 226

Armed Services

Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine military construction, environmental, and base closure programs in review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program.

SR 232A

Veterans' Affairs

To hold joint hearings to examine the legislative presentations of the Military Order of the Purple

Heart, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA),

Non Commissioned Officers Association, American Ex-

Prisoners of War, Vietnam Veterans of America, Wounded

Warrior Project, National Association of State

Directors of Veterans Affairs, and The Retired Enlisted

Association.

SD G5010:30 a.m.

Appropriations

Department of Defense Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of the Army.

SD 1922 p.m.

Judiciary

Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights

Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine Verizon and cable deals.

SD 226

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

To hold hearings to examine prerequisites for progress in

Northern Ireland, focusing on the 1998 Good Friday

Agreement, and the current challenges to full implementation of the agreement and the action that is necessary for continued confidence and progress in the peace process.

2247, Rayburn Building2:30 p.m.

Appropriations

Energy and Water Development Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2013 for the National Nuclear Security

Administration.

SD 192

Appropriations

Financial Service and General Government Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine strengthening market oversight and integrity, focusing on fiscal year 2013 resource needs of the Commodity Futures Trading

Commission.

SD 138

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Homeland Security.

SD 342

Armed Services

Strategic Forces Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine military space programs in review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program.

SR 222

MARCH 229:30 a.m.

Armed Services

To hold hearings to examine the situation in Afghanistan; with the possibility of a closed session in SVC 217 following the open session.

SD G5010 a.m.

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

To hold hearings to examine international harmonization of Wall Street reform, focusing on orderly liquidation, derivatives, and the Volcker Rule.

SD 538

Appropriations

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Commerce.

SD 192

Environment and Public Works

To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013 for the

Environmental Protection Agency.

SD 406

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Federal Financial Management, Government Information,

Federal Services, and International Security

Subcommittee

To hold a joint hearing with the House Committee on

Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on

Government Organization, Efficiency, and Financial

Management to examine problems in Army military pay.

2154, Rayburn Building

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

To hold hearings to examine stay-at-work and back-to-work strategies, focusing on lessons from the private sector.

SD 430

Judiciary

Business meeting to consider S. 2159, to extend the authorization of the Drug-Free Communities Support

Program through fiscal year 2017, and the nominations of Richard Gary Taranto, of Maryland, to be United

States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, Robin S.

Rosenbaum, to be United States District Judge for the

Southern District of Florida, Gershwin A. Drain, to be

United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, and Gregory K. Davis, to be United States

Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi,

Department of Justice.

SD 226

Small Business and Entrepreneurship

To hold hearings to examine small business investment companies and their role in the entrepreneurship ecosystem.

SR 428A

Veterans' Affairs

To hold joint hearings to examine the legislative presentations of the Paralyzed Veterans of America, Air

Force Sergeants Association, Blinded Veterans

Association, American Veterans (AMVETS), Gold Star

Wives, Fleet Reserve Association, Military Officers

Association of America, and the Jewish War Veterans.

345, Cannon Building2:15 p.m.

Foreign Relations

To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Scott H.

DeLisi, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Uganda, Michael A. Raynor, of Maryland, to be

Ambassador to the Republic of Benin, and Makila James, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the

Kingdom of Swaziland, all of the Department of State.

SD 419

Indian Affairs

To hold hearings to examine S. 1898, to provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue,

Alaska, and H.R. 1560, to amend the Ysleta del Sur

Pueblo and Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas

Restoration Act to allow the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo

Tribe to determine blood quantum requirement for membership in that tribe.

SD 628 2:30 p.m.

Appropriations

Legislative Branch Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2013 for the Secretary of the Senate, the

Sergeant at Arms and the U.S. Capitol Police.

SD 124

Energy and Natural Resources

Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine S. 303, to amend the Omnibus

Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 to require the Bureau of Land Management to provide a claimant of a small miner waiver from claim maintenance fees with a period of 60 days after written receipt of 1 or more defects is provided to the claimant by registered mail to cure the 1 or more defects or pay the claim maintenance fee,

S. 1129, to amend the Federal Land Policy and

Management Act of 1976 to improve the management of grazing leases and permits, S. 1473, to amend Public

Law 99 548 to provide for the implementation of the multispecies habitat conservation plan for the Virgin

River, Nevada, and to extend the authority to purchase certain parcels of public land, S. 1492, to provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in Clark County,

Nevada, for the environmental remediation and reclamation of the Three Kids Mine Project Site, S.

1559, to establish the San Juan Islands National

Conservation Area in the San Juan Islands, Washington,

S. 1635, to designate certain lands in San Miguel,

Ouray, and San Juan Counties, Colorado, as wilderness,

S. 1687, to adjust the boundary of Carson National

Forest, New Mexico, S. 1774, to establish the Rocky

Mountain Front Conservation Management Area, to designate certain Federal land as wilderness, and to improve the management of noxious weeds in the Lewis and Clark National Forest, S. 1788, to designate the

Pine Forest Range Wilderness area in Humboldt County,

Nevada, S. 1906, to modify the Forest Service

Recreation Residence Program as the program applies to units of the National Forest System derived from the public domain by implementing a simple, equitable, and predictable procedure for determining cabin user fees,

S. 2001, to expand the Wild Rogue Wilderness Area in the State of Oregon, to make additional wild and scenic river designations in the Rogue River area, to provide additional protections for Rogue River tributaries, S.

2015, to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to the Powell Recreation

District in the State of Wyoming, and S. 2056, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain interests in Federal land acquired for the

Scofield Project in Carbon County, Utah.

SD 366

Intelligence

To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters.

SH 219

MARCH 279:30 a.m.

Armed Services

To hold hearings to examine U.S. Strategic Command and

U.S. Cyber Command in review of the Defense

Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the

Future Years Defense Program; with the possibility of a closed session in SVC 217 following the open session.

SD 1062:30 p.m.

Armed Services

Airland Subcommittee

To hold a hearing to examine Army modernization in review of the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year

2013 and the Future Years Defense Program.

SR 222

MARCH 289:30 a.m.

Armed Services

SeaPower Subcommittee

To receive a closed briefing on the Ohio-class

Replacement Program in review of the Defense

Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the

Future Years Defense Program.

SVC 21710 a.m.

Veterans' Affairs

To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Margaret

Bartley, of Maryland, and Coral Wong Pietsch, of

Hawaii, both to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

SR 4182 p.m.

Armed Services

Personnel Subcommittee

To resume hearings to examine the Active, Guard, Reserve, and civilian personnel programs in review of the

Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program.

SR 232A

Armed Services

Personnel Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine the Active, Guard, Reserve, and civilian personnel programs in review of the

Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2013 and the Future Years Defense Program.

SR 232A2:30 p.m.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Federal Financial Management, Government Information,

Federal Services, and International Security

Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine assessing efforts to combat waste and fraud in Federal programs.

SD 342

MARCH 2910 a.m.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Contracting Oversight Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine contractors, focusing on how much they are costing the government.

SD 342

CANCELLATIONS

MARCH 219:30 a.m.

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Securities, Insurance and Investment Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine investor risks in crowdfunding.

SD 538

POSTPONEMENTS

2 p.m.

Foreign Relations

Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Global Narcotics

Affairs Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine press freedom in Latin

America, focusing on the fourth estate under attack.

SD 419

SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 158, No. 45