Senate and House hearings and bill markups of interest this week

House hearings listed chronologically with links to hearing details on Committee web pages and to relevant bills being marked up.  There are no key Senate hearings or markups this week.

• House Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on U.S. Forest Service and USDA farm bill conservation programs Tuesday, April 5, 10 AM, room 2362-A Rayburn House Office Building
• House Natural Resources Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee hearing on Bureau of Land Management and Forest Service fiscal 2012 budget proposal impacts on mineral development and jobs; Tuesday, April 5,10 AM, room 1324 Longworth House Office Building 
• House Natural Resources Water and Power Subcommittee hearing on reforms to federal regulations regarding water and power supplies; Tuesday, April 5, 2 PM, room 1324 Longworth House Office Building 
• House Financial Services Committee markup of proposed bill to extend the authorization of and reform the national flood insurance program ("Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2011"); Wednesday, April 6, 10 AM 2128 Rayburn House Office Building 
• House Natural Resources Committee Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs Subcommittee markup of proposed bill to improve accounting and management of the federal Chesapeake Bay restoration effort ("Chesapeake Bay Accountability and Recovery Act of 2011"); Thursday, April 7, 10 AM, room 1334 Longworth House Office Building 
• House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on bill ("Transparency in Regulatory Analysis of Impacts on the Nation Act of 2011") providing for a panel to explore the economic impacts of EPA air and water pollution rules; Thursday, April 7, 1 PM, room 2322 Rayburn House Office Building