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Tuesday, February 7, 2012

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Time (EST)	Session
12:00 am	Hearing: "The NLRB Recess Appointments: Implications for America's Workers and Employers" Committee on Education and the Workforce: Full Committee
9:30 am	Hearing: Budget Hearing - Library of Congress / U.S. Government Accountability Office / U.S. Government Printing Office / Congressional Budget Office Committee on Appropriations: Legislative Branch
10:00 am	Markup: Markup of the Discussion Draft of H.R. ____, the Affordable Housing and Self-Sufficiency Improvement Act of 2012; Discussion Draft of H.R. ____, the FHA Emergency Fiscal Solvency Act of 2012; and HR 32, the Homeless Children and Youth Act of 2011 Committee on Financial Services: Insurance, Housing and Community Opportunity
10:00 am	Hearing: Chairman Herger Announces Hearing on Programs that Reward Physicians Who Deliver High Quality and Efficient Care Committee on Ways and Means: Health
10:00 am	Hearing: Oversight Hearing on "Water for Our Future and Job Creation: Examining Regulatory and Bureaucratic Barriers to New Surface Storage Infrastructure" Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power
10:00 am	Hearing: H.R. 3834 and H.R. 3199 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Committee
10:00 am	Hearing: Solutions Needed: Improper Payments Total $115 Billion in Federal Misspending Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Organization, Efficiency and Financial Management
10:00 am	Hearing: Export Controls, Arms Sales, and Reform: Balancing U.S. Interests, Part II Committee on Foreign Affairs: Full Committee
10:00 am	Hearing: Jobs for Wounded Warriors: Increasing Access to Contracts for Service Disabled Veterans Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform
10:00 am	Hearing: Balancing Maritime Security and Trade Facilitation Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security
1:45 pm	Markup: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act of 2011 Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee
2:00 pm	Hearing: Legislative Hearing on H.R. 3532 Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs
2:00 pm	Hearing: The U.S.-Philippines Alliance: Deepening the Security and Trade Partnership Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
2:00 pm	Hearing: Screening Partnership Program Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Transportation Security
2:30 pm	Hearing: Reauthorizing the Payroll Tax Cut Joint Economic Committee: JEC Full Committee

Legislative Day of February 7, 2012

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Time	Session
10:24 A.M. -	The Speaker announced that the House do now recess. The next meeting is scheduled for 12:00 P.M. today.
10:00 A.M. -	MORNING-HOUR DEBATE - The House proceeded with Morning-Hour Debate. At the conclusion of Morning-Hour, the House will recess until 12:00 p.m. for the start of the legislative day.
10:00 A.M. -	The Speaker designated the Honorable Todd C. Young to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
10:00 A.M. -	The House convened, starting a new legislative day.
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Roll	Date	Bill	Result	Title/Description
35	02-06	H R 1162	Passed	To provide the Quileute Indian Tribe Tsunami and Flood Protection, and for other purposes
34	02-06	H RES 537	Passed	Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1734) to decrease the deficit by realigning, consolidating, selling, disposing, and improving the efficiency of Federal buildings and other civilian real property, and for other purposes
33	02-03	H R 658	Passed	FAA Modernization and Reform Act
32	02-03	H R 3578	Passed	To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to reform the budget baseline
31	02-03	H R 3578	Failed	To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to reform the budget baseline

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