HR 1173 — Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security
Act of 2011
Wednesday, Feb.
1
HR 1173 — Fiscal Responsibility and Retirement Security
Act of 2011
HR 3835 — A bill to extend the pay limitation for members
of Congress and federal employees.
H Res 496 — A resolution adjusting the amount provided
for the expenses of certain committees of the House of Representatives in the
One Hundred Twelfth Congress.
HR 3567 — A bill to amend Title IV of the Social Security
Act to require states to implement policies to prevent assistance under the
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program from being used in strip
clubs, casinos and liquor stores.
Thursday, Feb.
2
The chamber is expected to consider a bill (HR 3582) to
require the Congressional Budget Office to issue a supplemental report that
takes into account the effect that bills might have on economic growth.
HR 3582 — Pro-Growth Budgeting Act of 2011
Date Friday,
Feb. 3, 9 a.m.
Note The House
will reconvene at 9 a.m. for legislative business. The chamber is expected to
consider a bill (HR 3578) that would stop the Congressional Budget Office from
incorporating inflation increases into its projected spending baselines.
Agenda HR
3578 — Baseline Reform Act of 2011
SENATE FLOOR
Monday, Jan. 30
The Senate will reconvene at 2 p.m. on Jan. 30 and be in
a period of morning business until 4:30 p.m. After that, the Senate will resume
consideration of the motion to proceed to legislation regarding insider trading
by members of Congress (S 2038). At 5:30 p.m., the Senate will hold a cloture
vote on the motion to proceed.
S 2038 — Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge (STOCK)
Act of 2012
HOUSE COMMITTEES
Tuesday
Expedited
Legislative Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act
House Rules
Committee (Chairman Dreier, R-Calif.) will mark up on pending legislation over
which it has original jurisdiction.
Date Tuesday,
Jan. 31, 5 p.m.
Place H-313
Capitol Bldg.
HR 3521 — Expedited Line-Item Veto and Rescissions Act of
2011
Wednesday
Harbor Maintenance
Funding and Maritime Tax Issues
Oversight
Subcommittee (Chairman Boustany, R-La.) and Select Revenue Measures
Subcommittee (Chairman Tiberi, R-Ohio) of House Ways and Means Committee will
hold a joint hearing on harbor maintenance funding and maritime tax issues,
with a focus on the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and Harbor Maintenance Tax,
as well as the tax treatment of foreign shipping operations.
Date Wednesday,
Feb. 1, 9:30 a.m.
Place 1100
Longworth Bldg.
Impact of
Presidential Recess Appointments
House Oversight
and Government Reform Committee (Chairman Issa, R-Calif.) will hold a hearing
titled "Uncharted Territory: What are the Consequences of the President's
Unprecedented 'Recess Appointments'?"
Note: The House Education and the Workforces Committee
will hold a hearing on an NLRB recess appointment on Feb. 7.
Date Wednesday,
Feb. 1, 9:30 a.m.
Place 2154
Rayburn Bldg.
Report of
Commission on America's Nuclear Future
Environment and
the Economy Subcommittee (Chairman Shimkus, R-Ill.) of House Energy and
Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on the final report of Blue Ribbon
Commission on America's Nuclear Future.
Date Wednesday,
Feb. 1, 9:30 a.m.
Place 2322
Rayburn Bldg.
Note Room
changed to 2322 Rayburn Bldg. from 2123 Rayburn Bldg.
Panel
Lee Hamilton and Retired Air Force Gen. Brent Scowcroft,
co-chairmen, Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
Lake H. Barrett, president, L. Barrett Consulting
D. Warner North, president and principal scientist,
NorthWorks Inc.
Martin G. Malsch, Egan, Fitzpatrick, Malsch &
Lawrence PLLC
Edwin Lyman, senior scientist, Union for Concerned
Scientists
Thomas A. Schatz, president, Citizens Against Government
Waste
David A. Wright, president, National Association of
Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Job Creation
House Education
and the Workforce Committee (Chairman Kline, R-Minn.) will hold a hearing
titled "Expanding Opportunities for Job Creation."
Date Wednesday,
Feb. 1, 10 a.m.
Place 2175
Rayburn Bldg.
Medical Device and
Drug User Fee Programs
Health
Subcommittee (Chairman Pitts, R-Pa.) of House Energy and Commerce Committee
will hold a series of hearings on the reauthorization of various existing and
proposed federal medical device and drug user fee programs.
Topic Prescription
User Fee Act (expires Sept. 30, 2012)
Date Wednesday,
Feb. 1, 10 a.m.
Place 2123 Rayburn
Bldg.
Witnesses Margaret
Hamburg, commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
Budget and
Economic Outlook
House Budget
Committee (Chairman Ryan, R-Wis.) will hold a hearing on the budget and
economic outlook.
Date Wednesday,
Feb. 1, 10 a.m.
Place 210 Cannon
Bldg.
Witnesses Scheduled Douglas
W. Elmendorf, director, Congressional Budget Office
U.S. Energy
Production
House Natural
Resources Committee (Chairman Hastings, R-Wash.) will mark up the energy
provision in the American Energy Infrastructure and Jobs Act (HR 7).
Date Wednesday,
Feb. 1, 10 a.m.
Place 1324
Longworth Bldg.
HR 7 — American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act
(official title to be confirmed).
Job Creation and
Small Business Assessment
House Small
Business Committee (Chairman Graves, R-Mo.) will hold a hearing titled
"The Path to Job Creation: The State of American Small Businesses."
Date Wednesday,
Feb. 1, 1 p.m.
Place 2360
Rayburn Bldg.
Witnesses Scheduled
Dennis J. Jacobe, chief economist, Gallup
Peter Ferrara, senior fellow in entitlement and budget
policy, Heartland Institute, Chicago, Ill.
Michael J. Fredrich, president, Manitowoc Custom Molding,
Manitowoc, Wis.
Financial
Institutions Legislation
Financial
Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee (Chairwoman Capito, R-W.Va.) of
House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on the Financial
Institutions Examination Fairness and Reform Act.
Date Wednesday,
Feb. 1, 2 p.m.
Place 2128 Rayburn
Bldg.
HR 3461 — Financial Institutions Examination Fairness and
Reform Act
Witnesses
Panel
Kevin M. Bertsch, associate director, Division of Banking
Supervision and Regulation, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
Sandra L. Thompson, director, Division of Risk Management
Supervision, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
David M. Marquis, executive director, National Credit
Union Administration
Jennifer Kelly, senior deputy comptroller of the currency
for mid-size/community bank supervision, Office of the Comptroller of the
Currency
Panel
Albert C. Kelly Jr., president and CEO, SpiritBank,
representing American Bankers Association
Kenneth Watts, president and CEO, West Virginia Credit
Union League, representing Credit Union National Association
Noah Wilcox, president and CEO, Grand Rapids State Bank,
representing Independent Community Bankers of America
Jeanne Kucey, president and CEO, JetStream Federal Credit
Union, representing National Association of Federal Credit Unions
Thursday
Social Security
Death Records
Social Security
Subcommittee (Chairman Johnson, R-Texas) of House Ways and Means Committee will
hold a hearing on the accuracy and uses of the Death Master File maintained by
the Social Security Administration.
Date Thursday,
Feb. 2, 9 a.m.
Place B-318
Rayburn Bldg.
Surface
Transportation Authorization
House
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee (Chairman Mica, R-Fla.) will mark
up legislation that would reauthorize surface transportation programs.
Note: The House Natural Resources Committee will mark up
energy provisions of the bill Feb. 1. A surface transportation bill will be
marked up by the Senate Banking Committee on Feb. 2
Date Thursday,
Feb. 2, 9 a.m.
Place 2167
Rayburn Bldg.
HR 7 — American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act
(official title to be confirmed).
PBGC and Defined
Benefit Pension Plans
Health,
Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee (Chairman Roe, R-Tenn.) of House
Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a hearing titled "Examining
the Challenges Facing PBGC [Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation] and Defined
Benefit Pension Plans."
Date Thursday,
Feb. 2, 10 a.m.
Place 2175
Rayburn Bldg.
State of the U.S.
Economy
House Budget
Committee (Chairman Ryan, R-Wis.) will hold a hearing titled "The State of
the U.S. Economy."
Date Thursday,
Feb. 2, 10 a.m.
Place 210 Cannon
Bldg.
Witnesses Scheduled
Ben S. Bernanke - Federal Reserve chairman
Impact of Labor
Regulations on Small Business Producers
Agriculture,
Energy and Trade Subcommittee (Chairman Tipton, R-Colo.) of House Small
Business Committee will hold a hearing titled "The Future of the Family
Farm: The Effect of Proposed DOL [Department of Labor] Regulations on Small
Business Producers."
Date Thursday,
Feb. 2, 10 a.m.
Place 2360
Rayburn Bldg.
Panel Representative
of the Department of Labor
Panel
Bob Tabb, deputy commissioner, West Virginia Department
of Agriculture
Kent Schescke, director of strategic partnerships,
National Future Farmers of America
Chris Chinn, owner, Chinn Hog Farm, Clarence, Mo.,
representing American Farm Bureau
Friday
EPA Science
Assessment
Energy and
Environment Subcommittee (Chairman Harris, R-Md.) of House Science, Space and
Technology Committee will hold a series of hearings titled "Fostering
Quality Science at EPA."
Topic Part II -
Day Two: Perspectives on Common Sense Reform
Date Friday,
Feb. 3, 10 a.m.
Place 2318
Rayburn Bldg.
Note Part I
held Nov. 17; Part II - Day One held Nov. 30.
Witnesses
Daniel Greenbaum, president and CEO, Health Effects
Institute
Deborah Swackhamer, professor of environmental health
sciences, University of Minnesota, and chairwoman, Science Advisory Board, EPA
Michael Walls, vice president for regulatory and
technical affairs, American Chemistry Council
Richard Belzer, president, Regulatory Checkbook
Jerald Schnoor, professor of engineering, University of
Iowa
S. Stanley Young, assistant director for bioinformatics,
National Institute of Statistical Sciences
SENATE COMMITTEES
Tuesday
Extenders and Tax
Overhaul
Senate Finance
Committee (Chairman Baucus, D-Mont.) will hold a hearing titled "Extenders
and Tax Reform: Seeking Long-Term Solutions." The session will focus on
efforts to find a long-term solution for the tax provisions that require
frequent renewal, commonly called "tax extenders." Many provisions in
the tax code expire annually or biannually, but usually Congress passes
legislation that extends them. There are more than 50 of these tax extenders,
and the frequent threat of expiration causes uncertainty among taxpaying
businesses, families and individuals. In addition the hearing will evaluate
what role tax extenders should play in the tax overhaul reform process aimed at
broadening the tax base, lowering rates and making the tax code more fair,
efficient and simple.
Date Tuesday,
Jan. 31, 10 a.m.
Place 215
Dirksen Bldg.
Witnesses Scheduled
Rosanne Altshuler, professor and chairwoman, Economics
Department, Rutgers University
Jason J. Fichtner, senior research fellow, Mercatus
Center, George Mason University
Calvin H. Johnson, professor of law, University of Texas
School of Law
Caroline L. Harris, chief tax counsel and director of tax
policy, U.S Chamber of Commerce
Consumer Bureau
Oversight
Senate Banking,
Housing and Urban Affairs Committee (Chairman Johnson, D-S.D.) will hold a
hearing titled "Holding the CFPB [Consumer Financial Protection Bureau]
Accountable: Review of First Semi-annual Report
Date Tuesday,
Jan. 31, 10 a.m.
Place 538
Dirksen Bldg.
Witnesses Scheduled Richard
Cordray, director, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Wednesday
Federal Retirement
Processing Issues
Oversight of
Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia
Subcommittee (Chairman Akaka, D-Hawaii) of Senate Homeland Security and Governmental
Affairs Committee will hold a hearing titled "Federal Retirement
Processing: Ensuring Proper and Timely Payments."
Date Wednesday,
Feb. 1, 2:30 p.m.
Place 342
Dirksen Bldg.
Panel
John Berry, director, Office of Personnel Management
(OPM)
Patrick McFarland, inspector general, OPM
Valerie Melvin, director, Information Management and
Technology Resource Issues, Government Accountability Office
Panel
Joseph Beaudoin, president, National Active and Retired
Federal Employees Association
George Nesterczuk, president, Nesterczuk and Associates
Thursday
Report of
Commission on America's Nuclear Future
Senate Energy and
Natural Resources Committee (Chairman Bingaman, D-N.M.) will hold a hearing on
the final report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future.
Note: The House Energy and Commerce Committee Environment
and the Economy Subcommittee will hold a hearing on the report on Feb. 1 and
the House Science Committee will hold one on Feb. 8.
Date Thursday,
Feb. 2, 9:30 a.m.
Place 366
Dirksen Bldg.
Witnesses Scheduled Lee
Hamilton and Retired Air Force Gen. Brent Scowcroft , co-chairmen, Blue Ribbon
Commission on America's Nuclear Future
Budget and
Economic Outlook
Senate Budget
Committee (Chairman Conrad, D-N.D.) will hold a hearing on the budget and
economic outlook for the next ten years.
Note: The House Budget Committee will hold a hearing on
the same topic Feb. 1.
Date Thursday,
Feb. 2, 10 a.m.
Place 608
Dirksen Bldg.
Witnesses Scheduled Douglas
W. Elmendorf, director, Congressional Budget Office
Innovations in
College Affordability
Senate Health,
Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (Chairman Harkin, D-Iowa) will hold a
hearing titled "Innovations in College Affordability."
Date Thursday,
Feb. 2, 10 a.m.
Place 430 Dirksen
Bldg.
Judiciary Bills
and Nominations
Senate Judiciary
Committee (Chairman Leahy, D-Vt.) will mark up pending legislation and vote on
pending nominations.
Date Thursday,
Feb. 2, 10 a.m.
Place 226
Dirksen Bldg.
S 1925 — Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of
2011
Nominations
Paul J. Watford to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the 9th
Circuit
Dennis J. Erby to be U.S. Marshal for the Northern
District of Mississippi
