[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 50 (Monday, April 15, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D312-D315]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                Week of April 16 through April 19, 2013

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 11 a.m., Senate will resume 
consideration of S. 649, Safe Communities, Safe Schools 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 Appropriations: April 17, Subcommittee on Department 
of Defense, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2014 for the National Guard and Reserve, 9 a.m., SD-
192.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the 
Department of Education, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the Federal 
Aviation Administration, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the Food 
and Drug Administration, 10:30 a.m., SD-124.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  April 18, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2014 for the Department of State and Foreign Operations, 
2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: April 16, to hold hearings to examine 
the situation in Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  April 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2014

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and the Future Years Defense Program; to be immediately followed by 
a briefing on the situation in Syria, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine 
the Active, Guard, Reserve, and civilian personnel programs in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2014 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, 2 p.m., SR-232A.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine nuclear forces and policies in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years 
Defense Program; to be immediately followed by a closed session in 
SVC-217, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  April 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the current 
and future worldwide threats to the national security of the United 
States; with the possibility of a closed session in SVC-217 
following the open session, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to 
hold hearings to examine the role of the Department of Defense 
science and technology enterprise for innovation and affordability 
in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2014 
and the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to 
hold hearings to examine the current readiness of U.S. forces in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2014 and 
the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: April 17, 
Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, 
to hold hearings to examine helping homeowners harmed by 
foreclosures, focusing on ensuring accountability and transparency 
in foreclosure reviews, part 2, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  April 18, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), focusing on evaluating 
FHFA as regulator and conservator, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: April 16, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget and revenue request for fiscal year 
2014, 3 p.m., SD-608.
  April 17, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell, of West Virginia, to be 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: April 16, 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.
  April 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the future 
of passenger rail, focusing on what's next for the Northeast 
Corridor, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: April 16, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2014 for the Forest Service, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  April 16, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 211, to amend certain definitions contained in the Provo 
River Project Transfer Act for purposes of clarifying certain 
property descriptions, S. 284, a bill to transfer certain 
facilities, easements, and rights-of-way to Fort Sumner Irrigation 
District, New Mexico, S. 510, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to convey certain interests in Federal land acquired for 
the Scofield Project in Carbon County, Utah, S. 659, to reauthorize 
the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, S.J. 
Res. 12, to consent to certain amendments enacted by the legislature 
of the State of Hawaii to the Hawaiian Homes Commission, Act, 1920, 
H.R. 316, to reinstate and transfer certain hydroelectric licenses 
and extend the deadline for commencement of construction of certain 
hydroelectric projects, S. 684, to amend the Mni Wiconi Project Act 
of 1988 to facilitate completion of the Mni Wiconi Rural Water 
Supply System, S. 693, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and 
Groundwater Study and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to participate in the City of Hermiston, Oregon, water 
recycling and reuse project, and S. 715, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to use designated funding to pay for construction of 
authorized rural water projects, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  April 18, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Ernest J. Moniz, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of 
Energy, 9:45 a.m., SD-366.
  April 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2014 for the 
Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: April 16, to hold hearings to examine tax 
fraud and tax identity theft, focusing on moving forward with 
solutions, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  April 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2014, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: April 16, Subcommittee on African 
Affairs, to hold hearings to examine ongoing conflict in Eastern 
Congo, 9:45 a.m., SD-419.
  April 16, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 657, to 
eliminate conditions in foreign prisons and other detention 
facilities that do not meet primary indicators of health, 
sanitation, and safety, S. Res. 90, standing with the people of 
Kenya following their national and local elections on March 4, 2013, 
and urging a peaceful and credible resolution of electoral disputes 
in the courts, S. Res. 65, strongly supporting the full 
implementation of United States and international sanctions on Iran 
and urging the President to continue to strengthen enforcement of 
sanctions legislation, the nomination of Jacob J. Lew, of New York, 
to be United States Governor of the International Monetary Fund, 
United States Governor of the International Bank for Reconstruction 
and Development, United States Governor of the Inter-American 
Development Bank, and United States Governor of the European Bank 
for Reconstruction and Development, and lists in the Foreign 
Service, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  April 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine national 
security and foreign policy priorities in the fiscal year 2014 
International Affairs budget, 9:30 a.m., SD-562.

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  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: April 16, to 
hold hearings to examine college affordability, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  April 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Thomas Edward Perez, of Maryland, to be Secretary of 
Labor, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: April 17, 
business meeting to consider the nomination of Sylvia Mathews 
Burwell, of West Virginia, to be Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  April 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2014 for the 
Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: April 16, Subcommittee on Antitrust, 
Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine the enforcement of the antitrust laws, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  April 18, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Gregory Alan Phillips, of Wyoming, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, Karol Virginia Mason, of 
Georgia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, 
and 
S. 607, to improve the provisions relating to the privacy of 
electronic communications, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  April 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
comprehensive immigration reform legislation, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: April 17, to 
hold hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2014 for the Small Business Administration, 10 a.m., SR-
428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: April 16, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  April 18, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, April 17, Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, public and outside witness 
hearing day, 1 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and 
Related Agencies, hearing on USDA Research, Education, and Economic 
Budget, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, hearing on Customs 
and Border Protection Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, and Urban 
Development, hearing on Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Fiscal Year 2014 Request, 10 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science and 
Related Agencies, hearing on Federal Bureau of Prisons, 10:30 a.m., 
H-309 Capitol.
  April 17, Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations, hearing on 
Department of State Fiscal Year 2014 Budget, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 9:30 a.m., 
B-308 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA and 
Related Agencies, hearing on USDA Marketing and Regulatory Programs, 
10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on Central Command/
International Security Assistance Force, 10 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, hearing on Department of Veterans Affairs Budget, 10:30 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science, and 
Related Agencies, hearing on Department of Justice Budget Request, 2 
p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, April 17, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Recent Developments in Afghanistan'', 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land Forces, hearing 
entitled ``Fiscal Year 2014 Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force Combat 
Aviation Programs'', 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities, hearing entitled ``Fiscal Year 2014 National Defense 
Authorization Budget Request for U.S. Special Operations Command and 
U.S. Special Operations Forces'', 3:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, April 17, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 1406, the ``Working Families Flexibility 
Act of 2013'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, pril 18, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``A Financial Review of the Department of Health 
and Human Services and Its FY 2014 Budget'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing on discussion draft of the ``Global Investment in American 
Jobs Act of 2013'', 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, April 17, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Examining the SEC's 
Failure to Implement the JOBS Act and its Impact on Economic 
Growth'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, April 17, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Securing U.S. Interests Abroad: The FY 2014 Foreign 
Affairs Budget'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``Tier 
Rankings in the Fight Against Human Trafficking'', 1 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, April 18, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The President's FY 2014 Budget Request for the Department 
of Homeland Security'', 9 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, April 17, Full Committee, meeting to 
Authorize the Chairman to issue a subpoena to the Department of 
Justice, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Constitution and Civil Justice, hearing 
on the ``Private Property Rights Protection Act'', 9 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.

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  Committee on Natural Resources, April 17, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``State Lands vs. Federal Lands Oil and Gas Production: 
What State Regulators are doing right'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular 
Affairs, hearing entitled ``Spending for the National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, the Council on Environmental Quality, 
the Office of Insular Affairs, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
and the President's Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Request for these 
Agencies'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental 
Regulation, hearing on H.R. 657, the ``Grazing Improvement Act''; 
H.R. 696, the ``Lyon County Economic Development and Conservation 
Act''; H.R. 934, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act related to 
a segment of the Lower Merced River in California, and for other 
purposes; and H.R. 993, the ``Fruit Heights Land Conveyance Act'', 
10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, April 17, 
Subcommittee on National Security, hearing entitled ``Contracting to 
Feed U.S. Troops in Afghanistan: How did the Defense Department end 
up in Multi-Billion Dollar Billing Dispute?'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 17, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Options to Bring the 
Postal Service Back from Insolvency'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on National Security; and Subcommittee on 
Government Operations, hearing entitled ``Sequestration Oversight: 
Prioritizing Security over Administrative Costs at TSA'', 9:30 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, April 17, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``A Review of President's FY 2014 Budget 
Request for Science Agencies'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  April 17, Subcommittee on Research, hearing entitled ``An Overview 
of the National Science Foundation Budget for Fiscal Year 2014'', 2 
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Technology, hearing entitled ``An 
Overview of the Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Proposal at the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, April 17, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Health Care Law: Implementation and Small 
Businesses'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  April 18, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access, 
hearing entitled ``Innovation as a Catalyst for New Jobs'', 10 a.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, April 17, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``GAO Review: Are Additional Federal 
Courthouses Justified?'', 10:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, April 18, Subcommittee on Social 
Security, hearing on the President's and Other Bipartisan 
Entitlement Reform Proposals, 9:30 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, April 18, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities'', 9 
a.m., HVC-304. This is a closed hearing.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: April 18, to hold hearings to examine 
the Federal Reserve System at 100, focusing on monetary policy, 9:30 
a.m., SH-216.