Each week while Congress is in session the Office of Advocacy will post a highlights schedule of congressional hearings and committee markups that we think will be of interest to stakeholders in the small business community. For further information on the hearings in question please contact the relevant congressional committee.
THIS WEEK
The House and the Senate are both in session this week. The conference committee on the payroll tax cuts is scheduled to meet today. On Monday, the Senate passed the FAA Reauthorization and sent it to the President’s desk for the first time in a decade. The Senate is also expected to take up the surface transportation reauthorization package today. The House plans to take up the Senate’s insider-trading bill and they also plan to have votes on line-item veto, the budget process and reusing unneeded federal property.
HEARING AND MARKUP SCHEDULE
Wednesday, February 8th
9:00 a.m. Full Committee Hearing
House Ways and Means Committee will hold a series of hearings on the interaction of tax policies and financial accounting rules, as well as the burden that businesses face in dealing with tax accounting.
Location: 1100 Longworth Bldg.
Webcast: http://waysandmeans.house.gov/
10:00 a.m. Subcommittee Hearing
Energy and Power Subcommittee of House Energy and Commerce Committee will hold a series of hearings titled “The American Energy Initiative.”
Location: 2123 Rayburn Bldg.
Webcast: http://energycommerce.house.gov/
10:00 a.m. Subcommittee Hearing
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee of House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on legislation concerning accountability and transparency at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB).
Location: 2318 Rayburn Bldg.
Legislation: HR 1355 — Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability and Transparency Act of 2011
HR 2081 — A bill to amend the Federal Deposit Insurance Act to replace the director of the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection with the chairman of the board of governors of the Federal Reserve System as a member of the board of directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
HR 3871 — Proprietary Information Protection Act of 2012
Webcast: http://financialservices.house.gov/
1:00 p.m. Full Committee Hearing
House Small Business Committee will hold a hearing titled “Placing Federal Tax Dollars at Risk: How the Small Business Administration Mismanages the Modernization of Its Information Technology.”
Location: 2360 Rayburn Bldg.
Witnesses: Marie Johns, deputy administrator, Small Business Administration
David Powner, director, Information Technology Management Issues, Government Accountability Office
Webcast: http://smallbusiness.house.gov/
2:00 p.m. Subcommittee Hearing
Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee (Chairman Garrett, R-N.J.) of House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on legislative proposals that would limit the extraterritorial impact of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (PL 111-203).
Location: 2128 Rayburn Bldg.
Webcast: http://financialservices.house.gov/
Thursday February 9th
10:00 a.m. Subcommittee Hearing
Contracting and Workforce Panel of House Small Business Committee will hold a hearing titled “Construction Contracting: Barriers to Small Business Participation.”
Location: 2360 Rayburn Bldg.
Webcast: http://smallbusiness.house.gov/
10:00 a.m. Subcommittee Hearing
Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of House Veterans’ Affairs Committee will hold a hearing titled “Reforming VA’s Flawed Fiduciary System.”
Location: 334 Cannon Bldg.
Webcast: http://veterans.house.gov/
10:00 a.m. Subcommittee Hearing
Health Subcommittee 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.
Location: 2123 Rayburn Bldg.
Webcast: http://energycommerce.house.gov/
10:00 a.m. Subcommittee Hearing
Immigration Policy and Enforcement Subcommittee of House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing titled “Regional Perspectives on Agricultural Guestworker Programs.”
Location: 2141 Rayburn Bldg.
Webcast: http://judiciary.house.gov/