[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 39 (Monday, March 18, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D232-D233]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             MARCH 19, 2013

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine U.S. 
European Command, U.S. Northern Command, and U.S. Southern 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., SH-
216.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to receive a 
briefing on cybersecurity threats in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years 
Defense Program; to be immediately followed by a closed briefing in 
SVC-217, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider 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; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine 
bipartisan solutions for housing finance reform, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment, to hold 
hearings to examine streamlining regulation, improving consumer 
protection and increasing competition in insurance markets, 3 p.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to hold hearings 
to examine developments and opportunities in United States fisheries 
management, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the options and challenges related to possible 
reauthorization and reform of two payment programs for local 
governments, focusing on the recently expired ``Secure Rural Schools 
and Community Self-Determination Act'' and the ``Payment in Lieu of 
Taxes'', 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the President's 
2013 trade agenda, 10:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and 
South and Central Asian Affairs, to hold hearings to examine Syria's 
humanitarian crisis, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine keeping savings in the retirement system, 2:30 
p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Gregory Alan Phillips, of Wyoming, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, and Karol Virginia 
Mason, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department 
of Justice, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, 
to hold hearings to examine the American Airlines/US Airways merger, 
focusing on consolidation, competition, and consumers, 10 a.m., SD-
226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, hearing on Department of Energy, Environmental 
Management, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, 
hearing on Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request for the U.S. House of 
Representatives Officers, 9:30 a.m., HT-2 Capitol.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services 
and General Government, hearing on General Services Administration 
Oversight, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, hearing on Top Management Challenges 
at the Department of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education: 
Perspective from the Inspector Generals, 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and 
Science, and Related Agencies, hearing on National Science 
Foundation Budget; and Youth Violence Research, 10 a.m., H-309 
Capitol.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State and Foreign 
Operation, and Related Programs, hearing for public and outside 
witnesses, 12:30 p.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, hearing on 
Indian Health Oversight, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, hearing on Quality of 
Life in the Military, 2 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and 
Science, and Related Agencies, hearing on Federal Bureau of 
Investigation Budget, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land 
Forces, hearing on Equipping, Modernizing, and Sustaining the 
National Guard and Reserve Components as an Operational Force in a 
time of Budget Uncertainty, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, 
hearing on the U.S. Nuclear Deterrent: What Are the Requirements for 
A Strong Deterrent in an Era of Defense Sequester?, 3:30 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, hearing entitled ``American Energy Security and Innovation: 
The Role of Regulators and Grid Operators in Meeting Natural Gas and 
Electric Coordination Challenges'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Communications 
and Technology, hearing entitled ``Health Information Technologies: 
Harnessing Wireless Innovation'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services: Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Sustainable Housing Finance: An Update from the Federal Housing 
Finance Agency on the GSE Conservatorships'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Middle East and 
North Africa; and Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, joint 
subcommittee hearing entitled ``After the Withdrawal: The Way 
Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan'' (Part I), 1 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Emergency 
Preparedness, Response, and Communications, hearing entitled 
``Homeland Security Grants: Measuring Our Investments'', 10 a.m., 
311 Cannon.
  Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Management Efficiency, hearing entitled ``DHS Information 
Technology: How Effectively Has DHS Harnessed IT to Secure Our 
Borders and Uphold Immigration Laws?'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, 
Homeland Security and Investigation, hearing entitled ``The 
Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Part 1'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The 
Release of Criminal Detainees by U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement: Policy or Politics?'', 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and 
Environment Regulations, hearing on H.R. 1126, to facilitate the 
completion of an appropriate national memorial to Dwight D. 
Eisenhower, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska 
Native Affairs, hearing entitled ``Authorization, standards, and 
procedures for whether, how, and when Indian tribes should be newly 
recognized by the federal government: Perspective of the Department 
of the Interior'', 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``DOD and DHS: Implementing Agency Watchdogs' 
Recommendations Could Save Taxpayers Billions'', 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on 
Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs and the 
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'', 1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on 
Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements entitled ``The 
Department of Energy's Strategy for Exporting Liquefied Natural 
Gas'', 3 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Threats from Space: A Review of U.S. Government 
Efforts to Track and Mitigate Asteroids and Meteors, Part 1'', 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Workforce; and Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, joint subcommittee hearing entitled 
``Consistently Inconsistent: Challenges for Service-Disabled 
Veteran-Owned Small Businesses'' 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Investigations and 
the Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, 
hearing entitled ``Consistently Inconsistent: Challenges for 
Service-Owned Small Businesses'', 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means: Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Tax Reform and Tax Provisions Affecting State and Local 
Governments'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine the trajectory of democracy in Hungary, focusing on 
Hungary's constitutional changes with a particular view to the 
independence of the judiciary, present-day Hungary's relationship to 
its Holocaust-era past, and the implications of Hungary's sweeping 
legal changes for civil society, including an independent media and 
religious organizations, 3 p.m., SVC-210.