HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SCHEDULE for WEEK OF 07/23/2012

THE LEADER'S WEEKLY SCHEDULE
WEEK OF JULY 23, 2012

MONDAY, JULY 23RD
On Monday, the House will meet at 12:00 p.m. for morning hour and 2:00 p.m. for legislative business. Votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m.

Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules:

1) H.R. 1237 - To provide for a land exchange with the Trinity Public Utilities District of Trinity County, California, involving the transfer of land to the Bureau of Land Management and the Six Rivers National Forest in exchange for National Forest System land in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, and for other purposes, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Wally Herger / Natural Resources Committee)

2) H.R. 4484 - Y Mountain Access Enhancement Act (Sponsored by Rep. Jason Chaffetz / Natural Resources Committee)

3) H.R. 2467 - Bridgeport Indian Colony Land Trust, Health, and Economic Development Act of 2011, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Buck McKeon / Natural Resources Committee)

4) H.R. 2362 - Indian Tribal Trade and Investment Demonstration Project Act of 2011(Sponsored by Rep. Tom Cole / Natural Resources Committee)

5) H.R. 3388 - Wood-Pawcatuck Watershed Protection Act (Sponsored by Rep. James Langevin / Natural Resources Committee)

6) H.R. 5958 - To name the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge Visitor Contact Station of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge unit of Gateway National Recreation Area in honor of James L. Buckley(Sponsored by Rep. Bob Turner / Natural Resources Committee)

7) H.R. 4400 - To designate the Salt Pond Visitor Center at Cape Cod National Seashore as the "Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr. Salt Pond Visitor Center", and for other purposes (Sponsored by Rep. Edward Markey / Natural Resources Committee)

8) H.R. 5859 - To repeal an obsolete provision in title 49, United States Code, requiring motor vehicle insurance cost reporting (Sponsored by Rep. Gregg Harper / Energy and Commerce Committee)

9) S. 1335 - Pilot's Bill of Rights (Sponsored by Sen. James Inhofe / Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)

10) H.R. 4347 - To designate the United States courthouse located at 709 West 9th Street in Juneau, Alaska, as the "Robert Boochever United States Courthouse" (Sponsored by Rep. Don Young / Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)

11) H.R. 3356 - To designate the new United States courthouse in Buffalo, New York, as the "Robert H. Jackson United States Courthouse" (Sponsored by Rep. Brian Hggins / Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)

12) H.R. 3742 - To designate the United States courthouse located at 100 North Church Street in Las Cruces, New Mexico, as the "Edwin L. Mechem United States Courthouse” (Sponsored by Rep. Steve Pearce / Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)

13) S. 2039 - A bill to allow a State or local government to construct levees on certain properties otherwise designated as open space lands (Sponsored by Sen. John Hoeven / Transportation and Infrastructure Committee)

14) H.R. 3870 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6083 Highway 36 West in Rose Bud, Arkansas, as the "Nicky 'Nick' Daniel Bacon Post Office"(Sponsored by Rep. Tim Griffin / Oversight and Government Reform Committee)

15) H.R. 5788 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 Center Street West in Eatonville, Washington, as the "National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson Post Office" (Sponsored by Rep. Dave Reichert / Oversight and Government Reform Committee)

16) H.R. 3593 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, as the "National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office" (Sponsored by Rep. Nan Hayworth / Oversight and Government Reform Committee)

17) H.R. 3477 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 133 Hare Road in Crosby, Texas, as the Army First Sergeant David McNerney Post Office Building(Sponsored by Rep. Ted Poe / Oversight and Government Reform Committee)

18) H.R. 2896 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, as the "Judge Shirley A. Tolentino Post Office Building" (Sponsored by Rep. Donald Payne / Oversight and Government Reform Committee)

19) H.R. 1369 - To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1021 Pennsylvania Avenue in Hartshorne, Oklahoma, as the "Warren Lindley Post Office"
(Sponsored by Rep. Dan Boren / Oversight and Government Reform Committee)

TUESDAY, JULY 24TH, AND THE BALANCE OF THE WEEK
On Tuesday and Wednesday, the House will meet at 10:00 a.m. for morning hour and 12:00 p.m. for legislative business.

On Thursday, the House will meet at 9:00 a.m. for legislative business. Last votes expected no later than 3:00 p.m.

On Friday, the House is not in session.

Legislation Considered Under Suspension of the Rules:

1) H.R. 459 - Federal Reserve Transparency Act of 2011 (Sponsored by Rep. Ron Paul / Oversight and Government Reform Committee)

2) H.R. 4157 - Preserving America's Family Farms Act, as amended (Sponsored by Rep. Tom Latham / Education and the Workforce Committee)

3) H.R. 5986 - To amend the African Growth and Opportunity Act to extend the third-country fabric program and to add South Sudan to the list of countries eligible for designation under that Act, to make technical corrections to the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States relating to the textile and apparel rules of origin for the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement, to approve the renewal of import restrictions contained in the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003, and for other purposes (Sponsored by Rep. Dave Camp / Ways and Means Committee)

H.R. 6002 - Congressional Replacement of President Obama's Energy-Restricting and Job-Limiting Offshore Drilling Plan, Rules Committee Print (Subject to a Rule) (Sponsored by Rep. Doc Hastings / Natural Resources Committee)

H.R. 4078 - Red Tape Reduction and Small Business Job Creation Act, Rules Committee Print (Subject to a Rule) (Sponsored by Rep. Tim Griffin / Oversight and Government Reform Committee / Judiciary Committee)

COMMITTEE ACTIVITY OF THE WEEK
Natural Resources Committee Hearing on “Investigation of President Obama's Gulf Drilling Moratorium: Questioning of Key Department of the Interior Officials” (Wednesday, July 25th, at 10:00 a.m.)

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