[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 34 (Monday, March 11, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D176-D179]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of March 12 through March 15, 2013

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate expects to begin consideration of H.R. 933, 
Continuing Appropriations.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Armed Services: March 12, to hold hearings to examine 
the U.S. Strategic Command and U.S. Cyber Command in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future 
Years Defense Program; with the possibility of a closed session in 
SVC-217 following the open session, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine 
sexual assaults in the military, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 12, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Richard Cordray, of 
Ohio, to be Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and 
Mary Jo White, of New York, to be a Member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: March 13, business meeting to consider 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2014, 2 
p.m., SD-608.
  March 14, Full Committee, business meeting to continue 
consideration of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 
year 2014, 9 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 12, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Communications 
Commission, 2:45 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 14, business 
meeting to consider S. 23, to designate as wilderness certain land 
and inland water within the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore 
in the State of Michigan, S. 25, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain Federal features of the electric 
distribution system to the South Utah Valley Electric Service 
District, S. 26, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
facilitate the development of hydroelectric power on the Diamond 
Fork System of the Central Utah Project, S. 112, to expand the 
Alpine Lakes Wilderness in the State of Washington, to designate the 
Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild and scenic 
rivers, S. 130, to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
certain Federal land to the Powell Recreation District in the State 
of Wyoming, S. 157, to provide for certain improvements to the 
Denali National Park and Preserve in the State of Alaska, S. 222, to 
amend the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 to 
clarify that uncertified States and Indian tribes have the authority 
to use certain payments for certain noncoal reclamation projects and 
acid mine remediation programs, S. 230, to authorize the Peace Corps 
Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in the 
District of Columbia and its environs, S. 241, to establish the Rio 
Grande del Norte National Conservation Area in the State of New 
Mexico, S. 244, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify the 
Pilot Project offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot 
Project, S. 247, to establish the Harriet Tubman National Historical 
Park in Auburn, New York, and the Harriet Tubman Underground 
Railroad National Historical Park in Caroline, Dorchester, and 
Talbot Counties, Maryland, S. 276, to reinstate and extend the 
deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric project 
involving the American Falls Reservoir, S. 304, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of Mississippi 2 
parcels of surplus land within the boundary of the Natchez Trace 
Parkway, S. 311, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study 
the suitability and feasibility of designating sites in the Lower 
Mississippi River Area in the State of Louisiana as a unit of the 
National Park System, S. 347, to establish the First State National 
Historical Park in the State of Delaware, S. 352, to provide for the 
designation of the Devil's Staircase Wilderness Area in the State of 
Oregon, to designate segments of Wasson and Franklin Creeks in the 
State of Oregon as wild rivers, S. 354, to modify the boundary of 
the Oregon Caves National Monument, S. 383, to amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit 
County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System, S. 393, to designate additional segments and 
tributaries of White Clay Creek, in the States of Delaware and 
Pennsylvania, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
System, and S. 459, to modify the boundary of the Minuteman Missile 
National Historic Site in the State of South Dakota, 10 a.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 13, to hold closed hearings 
to examine strategic counterterrorism, focusing on meeting current 
and emerging challenges, 10 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 12, 
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, to hold hearings to 
examine Job Corps budget shortfall, focusing on safeguarding 
workforce training for America's disconnected youth, 2:30 p.m., SD-
430.
  March 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine keeping up 
with a changing economy, focusing on indexing the minimum wage, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: March 13, 
to hold hearings to examine the costs and impacts of crisis 
budgeting, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  March 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine border 
security, focusing on measuring progress and addressing challenges, 
10 a.m., SD-342.
  March 15, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine JPMorgan Chase whale trades, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 12, business meeting to consider 
S. 150, to regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to 
keep and bear arms is not unlimited, S. 374, to ensure that all 
individuals who should be prohibited from buying a firearm are 
listed in the national instant criminal background check system and 
require a background check for every firearm sale, S. 146, to 
enhance the safety of America's schools, and the nomination

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of Kenneth John Gonzales, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of New Mexico, 10:15 a.m., SD-226.
  March 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine fulfilling 
the promise of open government five years after the ``OPEN 
Government Act'', 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  March 14, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 150, to 
regulate assault weapons, to ensure that the right to keep and bear 
arms is not unlimited, S. 374, to ensure that all individuals who 
should be prohibited from buying a firearm are listed in the 
national instant criminal background check system and require a 
background check for every firearm sale, S. 146, to enhance the 
safety of America's schools, and the nominations of Jane Kelly, of 
Iowa, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, and 
Kenneth John Gonzales, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of New Mexico, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: March 14, to 
hold hearings to examine helping small businesses weather economic 
challenges and natural disasters, focusing on a review of 
legislative proposals on access to capital and disaster recovery, 
10:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: March 13, to hold hearings to 
examine Veterans' Affairs (VA) claims process, focusing on a review 
of Veterans' Affairs transformation efforts, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 12, to hold hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  March 14, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: March 13, to hold hearings to examine 
Jamaican phone fraud targeting seniors, 2 p.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, March 13, Subcommittee on Conservation, 
Energy, and Forestry, hearing on National Forest Management and its 
Impacts on Rural Economies and Communities, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  March 14, Full Committee, hearing on Examining Legislative 
Improvements to Title VII of the Dodd-Frank Act, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, March 12, Subcommittee on Financial 
Services and General Government, hearing on Securities Exchange 
Commission Oversight, 3 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and Related 
Agencies, hearing on Water Infrastructure Financing Oversight, 9:30 
a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, hearing USDA Food and 
Nutrition Service Oversight, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing on FEMA 
Hurricane Sandy Funding Oversight, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, 
Education and Related Agencies, hearing for Public and Outside 
Witnesses, 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  March 13, Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, hearing 
on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Oversight, 11 
a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  March 13, Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs, hearing on Syria Oversight, 12 p.m., H-140 
Capitol. This is a closed hearing.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, hearing on 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and Hurricane Sandy Supplemental 
Implementation, 2:45 p.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, hearing on related agencies, 2 p.m., H-309 
Capitol.
  March 14, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, hearing for Public and Outside Witnesses, 9:30 a.m., HC-5 
Capitol.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, hearing on USDA Food and 
Nutrition Service, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, hearing on 
Department of Energy FY 2014 Budget Applied Energy Funding, 10 a.m., 
2362-B Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on the Department of Justice Oversight, 10 a.m., 
H-309 Capitol.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, Supreme Court of the United States Oversight, 10 a.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, hearing on Management Issues at Department of 
Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, 10 a.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, March 13, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing on the Impact of the Continuing Resolution, 
Sequestration, and Declining Operations and Maintenance Budgets on 
Military Personnel and Family Related Programs, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing entitled Information Technology and Cyber 
Operations: Modernization and Policy Issues to Support the Future 
Force, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing entitled ``Is Base 
Realignment and Closure (BRAC) Appropriate at this Time?'', 3:30 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 15, Full Committee, hearing on the posture of the U.S. 
European Command and U.S. Africa Command, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, March 13, Full Committee, markup on the 
Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2014, 10:30 
a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, March 13, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Keeping College Within Reach: 
Examining Opportunities to Strengthen Federal Student Loan 
Programs'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing entitled 
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Guest Worker Programs in Today's Economy'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 13, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``DOE Management and 
Oversight of Its Nuclear Weapons Complex: Lessons of the Y-12 
Security Failure'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Obamacare's 
Impact on Jobs'', 10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, hearing 
entitled ``The Chemical Facilities Anti-terrorism Standards (CFATS) 
Program: A Progress Update'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the First Responder Network Authority 
(FirstNet) and Emergency Communications'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Unaffordable: 
Impact of Obamacare on Americans' Health Insurance Premiums'', 9 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, March 13, Subcommittee on Housing 
and Insurance, hearing entitled ``Mortgage Insurance: Comparing 
Private Sector and Government-Subsidized Approaches'', 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Who is Too Big to Fail? GAO's Assessment of the Financial 
Stability Oversight Council and the Office of Financial Research'', 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 13, Subcommittee on Asia and 
the Pacific, hearing entitled ``The Rebalance to Asia: Why South 
Asia Matters'' (Part II), 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled 
``U.S. Energy Security: Enhancing Partnerships with Mexico and 
Canada'', 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, March 13, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``DHS Cybersecurity: Roles and Responsibilities to Protect 
the Nation's Critical Infrastructure'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Transportation Security, hearing 
entitled ``TSA's Efforts to Advance Risk-Based Security'', 3 p.m., 
311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 13, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution and Civil Justice, hearing entitled ``Examination of 
Litigation Abuses'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Investigating and Prosecuting 
21st Century Cyber Threats'', 11:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and 
Antitrust Law, hearing entitled ``Furthering Asbestos Claim 
Transparency (FACT) Act of 2013'', 2:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the 
Internet, hearing entitled ``Abusive Patent Litigation: The Impact 
on American Innovation and Jobs, and Potential Solutions'', 11:30 
a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, hearing 
entitled ``The Separation of Nuclear Families under U.S. Immigration 
Law'', 1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, March 13, Full Committee, hearing 
on the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation 
and Management Act, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing 
entitled ``America's Onshore Energy Resources: Creating Jobs, 
Securing America, and Lowering Prices'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environment Regulation, 
hearing on H.R. 588, the ``Vietnam Veterans Donor Acknowledgment Act 
of 2013''; H.R. 716, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain Federal land to the city of Vancouver, Washington, 
and for other purposes; and H.R. 819, the ``Preserving Access to 
Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area Act'', 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, March 13, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Addressing Transparency in the Federal 
Bureaucracy: Moving Toward A More Open Government'', 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and 
Regulatory Affairs; and Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. 
Postal Service and the Census, joint subcommittee hearing entitled 
``Sequestration Oversight: Understanding the Administration's 
Decisions on Spending Cuts and Furloughs'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, March 12, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 890, 
the ``Preserving Work Requirements for Welfare Act of 2013'', 5 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  March 13, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 803, the ``Supporting 
Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act'', 3 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, March 13, 
Subcommittee on Research, hearing entitled ``STEM Education: 
Industry and Philanthropic Initiatives'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``Federal 
Financial Support for Energy Technologies: Assessing Costs and 
Benefits'', 3 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 14, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 756, the ``Cybersecurity 
Enhancement Act of 2013''; and H.R. 967, the ``Advancing America's 
Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Act 
of 2013'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing entitled ``Top 
Challenges For Science Agencies: Reports from the Inspectors 
General--Part 2'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, March 14, Subcommittee on 
Investigations, Oversight and Regulations, hearing entitled 
``Regulating the Regulators-Reducing Burdens on Small Business'', 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 13, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 
Emergency Management, hearing entitled ``FBI Headquarters 
Consolidation'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.

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  March 14, Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing entitled 
``Implementing MAP-21: Progress Report from DOT Modal 
Administrators'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, March 13, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``Meeting Patient Care Needs: Measuring the Value 
of VA Physician Staffing Standards'', 10 a.m., 340 Cannon.
  March 13, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Gulf War: What Kind of Care are Veterans Receiving 20 
Years Later?'', 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing entitled 
``Lowering the Rate of Unemployment for the National Guard and 
Reserve: Are We Making Progress?'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Waiting for Care: Examining Patient Wait Times at VA'', 
1:30 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 13, Subcommittee on Trade, 
hearing entitled ``U.S.--India Trade Relations: Opportunities and 
Challenges'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  March 14, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing entitled 
``Financing Challenges Facing the Social Security Disability 
Insurance Program'', 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  March 15, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Medicare 
Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) annual March Report to the 
Congress'', 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 14, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities'', 10 
a.m., HVC-304. This is a closed hearing.
  March 14, Full Committee, business meeting on Member Access 
request, 9:30 a.m., HVC-304. Portions of this meeting may close.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: March 14, to hold hearings to examine 
solving the Federal debt crisis, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.