Featured House hearings: From defense authorization to school lunches

A key committee meeting in the House next week will be held by the House Armed Services Committee on May 11, when it holds a markup of the fiscal 2012 National Defense Authorization Act.

House Foreign Affairs holds two meetings next week, one to examine U.S. export control policy, and another assessing the Peace Corps after 50 years.

Closer to home, the House Education and the Workforce Committee examines "federal overreach into school meals."

More details from featured House hearings appear below:

House Armed Services

May 11, markup of National Defense Authorization Act of FY 2012

10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn House Office Building

May 13, "Examining the Costs of Federal Overreach into School Meals"

10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn House Office Building

House Foreign Affairs

May 11, "Peace Corps at 50"

9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn House Office Building

May 12, "Export Controls, Arms Sales, and Reform: Balancing U.S. Interests, Part I"

10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn House Office Building

House Natural Resources

May 11, "American Energy Initiative: Identifying Roadblocks to Wind and Solar Energy on Public Lands and Waters"

10 a.m., 1324 Longworth House Office Building

House Small Business (jointly with Oversight and Government Reform)

May 12, "Politicizing Procurement: Will President Obama's Proposal Curb Free Speech and Hurt Small Business?"

1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn House Office Building

House Ways and Means

May 12, "The Need for Comprehensive Tax Reform to Help American Companies Compete in the Global Market and Create Jobs for American Workers"

9 a.m., 1100 Longworth House Office Building