[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 39 (Monday, March 18, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D233-D237]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of March 19 through March 22, 2013

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, Senate will continue consideration of H.R. 933, 
Department of Defense, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and 
Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act.
  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 19, 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.
  March 19, 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: March 19, 
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.

[[Page D234]]


  March 19, 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: March 19, 
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.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Science and Space, to hold hearings to 
examine assessing the risks, impacts, and solutions for space 
threats, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  March 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine aviation 
safety, focusing on the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) 
progress on key safety initiatives, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: March 19, 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.
  March 21, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Sarah Jewell, of Washington, to be Secretary of the 
Interior, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 20, business 
meeting to consider S. 601, to provide for the conservation and 
development of water and related resources, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Army to construct various projects for improvements 
to rivers and harbors of the United States, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: March 19, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's 2013 trade agenda, 10:30 a.m., SD-215.
  March 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine reforming 
the delivery system, focusing on the Center for Medicare and 
Medicaid Innovation, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 19, Subcommittee on Near 
Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine Syria's humanitarian crisis, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  March 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
counterterrorism policies and priorities, focusing on addressing the 
evolving threat, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  March 21, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, to hold 
hearings to examine Asia, focusing on democracy, good governance and 
human rights, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: March 19, to 
hold hearings to examine keeping savings in the retirement system, 
2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  March 20, Full Committee, business meeting to consider an original 
bill entitled, ``Animal Drug and Animal Generic Drug User Fee 
Reauthorization Act of 2013'', and S. 330, to amend the Public 
Health Service Act to establish safeguards and standards of quality 
for research and transplantation of organs infected with human 
immunodeficiency virus (HIV), 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: March 20, 
to hold hearings to examine Hurricane Sandy, focusing on getting the 
recovery right and the value of mitigation, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  March 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Department of Homeland Security at 10 years, focusing on a progress 
report on management, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 19, 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.
  March 19, Full Committee, 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.
  March 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the future 
of drones in America, focusing on law enforcement and privacy 
considerations, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  March 20, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine building an 
immigration system worthy of American values, 2 p.m., SD-226.
  March 21, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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 Veterans' Affairs: March 20, to hold hearings to 
examine Veterans Affairs mental health care, focusing on ensuring 
timely access to high-quality care, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 19, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  March 21, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, March 20, Full Committee, hearing on the 
following measures: H.R. 634, the ``Business Risk Mitigation and 
Price Stabilization Act of 2013''; H.R. 677, the ``Inter-Affiliate 
Swap Clarification Act''; H.R. 742, the ``Swap Data Repository and 
Clearinghouse Indemnification Correction Act of 2013''; H.R. 992, 
the ``Swaps Regulatory Improvement Act''; H.R. 1003, to improve 
consideration by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission of the 
costs and benefits of its regulations and orders; H.R. 1038, the 
``Public Power Risk Management Act of 2013''; and legislation 
regarding the ``Swap Jurisdiction Certainty Act,'' 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, March 19, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Water Development, hearing on Department of Energy, Environmental 
Management, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  March 19, 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.

[[Page D235]]


  March 19, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, hearing on General Services Administration Oversight, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 19, 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 
Inspectors General, 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  March 19, 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.
  March 19, Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operation, and Related 
Programs, hearing for public and outside witnesses, 12:30 p.m., 
2362-A Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Interior, hearing on Indian Health 
Oversight, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, hearing on Quality of Life in the 
Military, 2 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science, and 
Related Agencies, hearing on Federal Bureau of Investigation Budget, 
2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, hearing on Children's Mental Health, Oversight, 10 a.m., 
2358-C Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on National Guard and 
U.S. Army Reserve Oversight, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing on 
Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure, 10 a.m., H-405 Capitol. 
This is a closed hearing.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, hearing on 
Major Construction Projects of the Department of Energy Oversight, 
10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, hearing on Judiciary Oversight, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, hearing on Education: Perspective from the Inspectors 
General, 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Agriculture, hearing on Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science, and 
Related Agencies, hearing on National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Budget, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science, and 
Related Agencies, hearing for Members of Congress and outside 
witnesses, 9:30 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, hearing on Federal Transit Administration Oversight, 10 
a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and 
Related Agencies, hearing on USDA Inspector General Oversight, 10 
a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, March 19, 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.
  March 19, 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.
  March 20, Full Committee, hearing on the Posture of the U.S. 
Northern Command and U.S. Southern Command, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on an Update 
on Military Suicide Prevention, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, March 20, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 1120, the ``Preventing Greater Uncertainly 
in Labor-Management Relations Act'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 19, 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.
  March 19, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Health Information Technologies: Harnessing Wireless 
Innovation'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Health 
Information Technologies: How Innovation Benefits Patients'', 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing on ``Our Nation of Builders: The Strength of Steel'', 9:30 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Health Information Technologies: Administration 
Perspectives on Innovation and Regulation'', 9 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, March 19, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Sustainable Housing Finance: An Update from the Federal 
Housing Finance Agency on the GSE Conservatorships'', 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``State of Community Banking: Is the 
Current Regulatory Environment Adversely Affecting Community 
Financial Institutions?'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs,  March 19, 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.
  March 20, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Crisis in Syria: The 
U.S. Response'', 9:45 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, 
hearing on ``Hezbollah's Strategic Shift: A Global Terrorist 
Threat'', 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, 
hearing entitled ``Cyber Attacks: An

[[Page D236]]

Unprecedented Threat to U.S. National Security'' 9 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, March 19, Subcommittee on 
Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications, hearing 
entitled ``Homeland Security Grants: Measuring Our Investments'', 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  March 19, 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.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security, hearing 
entitled ``Measuring Outcomes to Understand the State of Border 
Security'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure 
Protection, and Security Technology, hearing entitled ``Cyber 
Threats from China, Russia and Iran: Protecting American Critical 
Infrastructure'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 19, Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigation, hearing entitled 
``The Electronic Communications Privacy Act, Part 1'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  March 19, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Release of 
Criminal Detainees by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement: 
Policy or Politics?'', 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and 
Antitrust Law, markup on H.R. 367, the ``Regulations From the 
Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2013''; and H.R. 982, the 
``Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency (FACT) Act of 2012'', 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the 
Internet, hearing entitled ``The Register's Call for Updates to U.S. 
Copyright Law'', 3:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, March 19, 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.
  March 19, 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.
  March 20, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 527, the ``Responsible 
Helium Administration and Stewardship Act''; H.R. 254, the 
``Bonneville Unit Clean Hydropower Facilitation Act''; H.R. 291, the 
``Black Hills Cemetery Act''; H.R. 507, the ``Pascua Yaqui Tribe 
Trust Land Act; H.R. 588, the ``Vietnam Veterans Donor 
Acknowledgment Act of 2013''; H.R. 678, the ``Bureau of Reclamation 
Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act''; 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; 
H.R. 1033, the ``American Battlefield Protection Program Amendments 
Act of 2013''; and H.R. 1159, the ``Cabin Fee Act of 2013'', 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular 
Affairs, hearing on H.R. 910, the ``Sikes Act Reauthorization Act of 
2013''; and H.R. 1080, to amend the Sikes Act to promote the use of 
cooperative agreements under such an Act for land management related 
to Department of Defense readiness activities and to amend title 10, 
United States Code, to facilitate inter-agency cooperation in 
conservation programs to avoid or reduce adverse impacts on military 
readiness activities, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing 
entitled ``America's Mineral Resources: Creating Mining and 
Manufacturing Jobs and Securing America''; H.R. 1063, the ``National 
Strategic and Critical Minerals Policy Act of 2013''; H.R. 687, the 
``Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013''; 
H.R. 697, the ``Three Kids Mine Remediation and Reclamation Act''; 
H.R. 761, the ``Critical and Strategic Minerals Production Act''; 
H.R. 767, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to modify the Pilot 
Project offices of the Federal Permit Streamlining Pilot Project; 
H.R. 957, the ``American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act''; and H.R. 
981, the ``Resource Assessment of Rare Earths Act of 2013'', 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, March 19, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``DOD and DHS: Implementing Agency 
Watchdogs' Recommendations Could Save Taxpayers Billions'', 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  March 19, 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.
  March 19, 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.
  March 20, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
following: legislation concerning the ``Federal Information 
Technology Acquisition and Reform Act''; H.R. 1211, the ``FOIA 
Oversight and Implementation Act of 2013''; H.R. 1163, the ``Federal 
Information Security Amendments Act of 2013''; H.R. 1162, the 
``Government Accountability Office Improvement Act''; legislation 
concerning Presidential and Federal records; H.R. 328, the ``Excess 
Federal Building and Property Disposal Act of 2013''; H.R. 1133, the 
``Presidential Library Donation Reform Act''; H.R. 1104, the 
``Federal Advisory Committee Reform Act''; H.R. 249, the ``Federal 
Employee Tax Accountability Act of 2013''; H.R. 882, the 
``Contracting and Tax Accountability Act of 2013''; H.R. 313, the 
``Government Spending Accountability Act of 2013''; and legislation 
concerning the ``DC CFO Act'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, March 19, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Threats from Space: A

[[Page D237]]

Review of U.S. Government Efforts to Track and Mitigate Asteroids 
and Meteors, Part 1'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Environment, hearing entitled 
``Improving EPA's Scientific Advisory Processes'', 10 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing entitled ``Examining 
the Effectiveness of NIST Laboratories'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, March 19, 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.
  March 20, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Entrepreneurial 
Assistance: Examining Inefficiencies and Duplication Across Federal 
Programs'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  March 21, Subcommittee on Health and Technology, hearing entitled, 
``Protecting Small Businesses Against Emerging and Complex Cyber-
Attacks,'' 10 a.m. 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, March 20, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Focusing on People: A Review of VA's Plans for Employee 
Training, Accountability, and Workload Management to Improve 
Disability Claims Processing'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.-
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 19, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Tax Reform and Tax Provisions Affecting State and Local 
Governments'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Social Security, hearing entitled 
``Challenges of Achieving Fair and Consistent Disability 
Decisions'', 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  March 20, Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, hearing 
entitled ``Financial Products Tax Reform'', 1:15 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 21, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities'', 9 
a.m., HVC-304. This is a closed hearing.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: March 19, 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.