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Daily Digest Committee Meetings/Hearings Schedule

This document provides a brief description of each committee meeting and hearing scheduled to take place today, and on days thereafter. The time and location of each meeting/hearing is identified. Meetings that have been canceled or postponed are also noted.

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Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2012

10:00 am
    Finance: Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure
         Hearings to examine tax reform and Federal energy policy, focusing on incentives to promote energy efficiency.
SD-215        
    
10:00 am
    Judiciary
         Hearings to examine the nominations of Shelly Deckert Dick, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Louisiana, Andrew Patrick Gordon, to be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada, Ketanji Brown Jackson, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, and Beverly Reid O'Connell, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California.
SD-226        
    
10:00 am
    Veterans' Affairs
         Hearings to examine the nominations of Keith Kelly, of Montana, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and Training, and William S. Greenberg, of New Jersey, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.
SR-418        
    
2:00 pm
    Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights
         Hearings to examine ending the school-to-prison pipeline.
SH-216        
    

Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012

10:00 am
    Finance
         Hearings to examine improving care for dually-eligible beneficiaries, focusing on a progress update.
SD-215        
    
10:00 am
    Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs
         Hearings to examine terrorist networks in Pakistan and proliferation of improvised explosive devices (IEDs); to be immediately followed by a closed hearing in SVC-217.
SD-419        
    
10:00 am
    Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S.1223, to address voluntary location tracking of electronic communications devices, and S.1560, to enhance access to controlled substances for residents of institutional long-term care facilities.
SD-226        
    
10:00 am
    Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         Hearings to examine Hurricane Sandy, focusing on assessing the Federal response and small business recovery efforts.
SR-428A        
    
2:00 pm
    Foreign Relations
         To receive a closed briefing on attacks in Benghazi.
SVC-217        
    
2:30 pm
    Intelligence
         A closed business meeting to consider certain intelligence matters.
SH-219        
    

Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2012

Time to be announced.
    Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
SR-253        
    
9:30 am
    Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment
         Hearings to examine computerized trading venues, focusing on what should the rules of the road be.
SD-538        
    
2:30 pm
    Intelligence
         Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters.
SH-219        
    

Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012

10:00 am
    Judiciary
         Hearings to examine the state of the right to vote after the 2012 election.
SD-226        
    

Thursday, Dec. 20, 2012

2:30 pm
    Intelligence
         Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters.
SH-219        
    
 
  

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