[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 62 (Monday, May 6, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D399-D403]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of May 7 through May 10, 2013

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 11 a.m., Senate will begin consideration 
of the nomination of David Medine, of Maryland, to be Chairman and 
Member of the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, with a vote 
on confirmation of the nomination, at approximately 12 p.m.
  On Tuesday, at 2:15 p.m., Senate will begin consideration of S. 601, 
Water Resources Development 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: May 7, Subcommittee on Legislative 
Branch, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2014 for the Library of Congress and the Open World 
Leadership Center, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  May 7, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2014 for the United States Agency for International 
Development, 10:15 a.m., SD-192.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, 
and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the Department of the Interior, 
10:30 a.m., SD-124.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the Air 
Force, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, 
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2014 for the Department of the Treasury and the Internal 
Revenue Service, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 
for the Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation, 2:30 
p.m., SD-192.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine an 
overview of the Federal Housing Administration, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  May 9, 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 
Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the Departments of Defense and 
Navy, 2 p.m., SD-124.

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  Committee on Armed Services: May 7, to hold hearings to examine 
the Department of the Air Force in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  May 7, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine National Nuclear Security Administration management of its 
National Security Laboratories in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  May 8, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to hold hearings to examine Navy 
shipbuilding programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 
a.m., SR-232A.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine Army 
modernization in review of the Defense Authorization Request for 
fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., 
SR-222.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine strategic forces programs of the National Nuclear Security 
Administration and the Department of Energy's Office of 
Environmental Management in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
2:30 p.m., SR-232A.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine ballistic missile defense policies and programs 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, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 7, to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Fred P. Hochberg, of New York, 
to be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 
10:15 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 7, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance, 
to hold hearings to examine credit reports, focusing on what 
accuracy and errors mean for consumers, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  May 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the role of 
immigrants in America's innovation economy, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 7, to hold hearings 
to examine H.R. 527, to amend the Helium Act to complete the 
privatization of the Federal helium reserve in a competitive market 
fashion that ensures stability in the helium markets while 
protecting the interests of American taxpayers, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  May 8, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 306, to 
authorize all Bureau of Reclamation conduit facilities for 
hydropower development under Federal Reclamation law, S. 545, to 
improve hydropower, S. 761, to promote energy savings in residential 
and commercial buildings and industry, H.R. 267, to improve 
hydropower, and H.R. 678, to authorize all Bureau of Reclamation 
conduit facilities for hydropower development under Federal 
Reclamation law, 11:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 9, business meeting 
to consider the nomination of Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to 
be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, 9:15 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 7, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of James Knight, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Chad, and Deborah Kay Jones, of New Mexico, to be 
Ambassador to Libya, both of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 8, 
business meeting to consider the nomination of Thomas Edward Perez, 
of Maryland, to be Secretary of Labor, and any pending nominations, 
4 p.m., SD-430.
  May 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine pharmaceutical 
compounding, focusing on a proposed legislative solution, 10 a.m., 
SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: May 7, to 
hold hearings to examine border security, focusing on S. 744, to 
provide for comprehensive immigration reform, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  May 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine curbing Federal 
agency waste and fraud, focusing on new steps to strengthen the 
integrity of Federal payments, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental 
Relations, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
the role of the private sector in preparedness and emergency 
response, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 8, to hold hearings to examine S. 
434, to authorize and implement the water rights compact among the 
Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation and the State of 
Montana, and S. 611, to make a technical amendment to the T'uf Shur 
Bien Preservation Trust Area Act, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 8, Subcommittee on Crime and 
Terrorism, to hold hearings to examine cyber threats, focusing on 
law enforcement and private sector responses, 9 a.m., SD-226.
  May 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations 
of Patricia E. Campbell-Smith, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, and William H. 
Pryor, Jr., of Alabama, and Rachel Elise Barkow, of New York, both 
to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.
  May 9, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 744, to 
provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and the nominations of 
Srikanth Srinivasan, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the District of Columbia Circuit, Raymond T. Chen, of Maryland, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, and 
Jennifer A. Dorsey, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Nevada, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: May 8, to hold 
hearings to examine strengthening the entrepreneurial ecosystem for 
minority women, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: May 9, to hold hearings to examine 
pending health care legislation, 10 a.m., SR-418.

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  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 7, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  May 9, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, May 8, Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment and Related Agencies, hearing on Environmental 
Protection Agency Budget, 1 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on Army Budget, 1 p.m., H-
140 Capitol.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on Air Force Budget, 9:30 
a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, May 8, Full Committee, hearing on 
National Defense Priorities from Members for the FY 2014 National 
Defense Authorization Act, 12:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  May 8, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on Fiscal Year 
2014 National Defense Authorization Budget Request for Missile 
Defense Programs, 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on Fiscal Year 
2014 Budget Request for Atomic Energy Defense Activities and Nuclear 
Forces Programs, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 9, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Power, hearing entitled ``American Energy Security and 
Innovation: Grid Reliability Challenges in a Shifting Energy 
Resource Landscape'', 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, May 8, Subcommittee on Monetary 
Policy and Trade, hearing entitled ``Reauthorizing the Defense 
Production Act'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 8, Subcommittee on Europe, 
Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, hearing entitled ``The Threat of 
China's Unsafe Consumables'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, 
and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``Resolving 
International Parental Child Abductions to Non-Hague Convention 
Countries'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, May 8, Subcommittee on 
Transportation Security, hearing entitled ``TSA Procurement Reform: 
Saving Taxpayer Dollars Through Smarter Spending Practices'', 1:30 
p.m., 311 Cannon.
  May 9, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Boston Bombings: A 
First Look'', 9 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Natural Resources, May 8, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``DOI Hydraulic Fracturing Rule: A Recipe for Government 
Waste, Duplication and Delay'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation, 
hearing on legislation to direct Federal public land management 
officials to exercise their authority under existing law to 
facilitate use of and access to Federal public lands for fishing, 
sport hunting, and recreational shooting, and for other purposes; 
H.R. 586, the ``Denali National Park Improvement Act''; H.R. 995, 
the ``Organ Mountains National Monument Establishment Act''; and 
H.R. 1411, the ``California Coastal National Monument Expansion Act 
of 2013'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, May 8, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Benghazi: Exposing Failure and 
Recognizing Courage'', 11:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Government Operations hearing entitled 
``Federal Government Approaches to Issuing Biometric IDs'', 9 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and 
the Census, hearing entitled ``Is OPM Processing Federal Worker 
Pension Claims on Time?'', 9:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, May 9, Subcommittee 
on Space; and Subcommittee on Research, hearing entitled ``Exoplanet 
Discoveries: Have We Found Other Earths?'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 8, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Retrospective Review: Have Existing Regulatory Burdens on 
Small Businesses Been Reduced?'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Health and Technology, hearing entitled 
``The Health Insurance Fee: Impact on Small Businesses'', 10 a.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 9, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 3, the ``Northern Route Approval Act''; 
and H.R. 1092, to designate the air route traffic control center 
located in Nashua, New Hampshire, as the ``Patricia Clark Boston Air 
Route Traffic Control Center'', 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 8, Full Committee, markup on 
the following legislation: H.R. 671, the ``Ruth Moore Act of 2013''; 
H.R. 1405, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to include an appeals form in any 
notice of decision issued for the denial of a benefit sought; H.R. 
570, the ``American Heroes COLA Act''; H.R. 1412, the ``Improving 
Job Opportunities for Veterans Act of 2013''; H.R. 357, the ``GI 
Bill Tuition Fairness Act of 2013''; and H.R. 602, the ``Veterans 
2nd Amendment Protection Act'', 9 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 8, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing entitled ``Internal Revenue Service's Colleges and 
Universities Compliance Project'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  May 9, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing entitled ``Letting 
Kids Be Kids: Balancing Safety with Opportunity for Foster Youth'', 
9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 9, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities, 9 
a.m., HVC-304. This is a closed hearing.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: May 7, to hold hearings to examine 
immigration and its contribution to our economic strength, 9:30 
a.m., SD-562.

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  Joint Economic Committee: May 8, to continue hearings to examine 
immigration and its contribution to our economic strength, 2 p.m., 
SH-216.
  Joint Committee on the Library: May 7, with the Joint Committee on 
Printing, organizational business meeting to consider committee's 
rules of procedure and budget for the 113th Congress, 10 a.m., SC-
04, Capitol.
  Joint Committee on Printing: May 7, with the Joint Committee on 
the Library, organizational business meeting to consider committee's 
rules of procedure and budget for the 113th Congress, 10 a.m., SC-
04, Capitol.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: May 8, to hold 
hearings to examine Ukraine's leadership of the Organization for 
Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), focusing on finding new 
ways to address protracted regional conflicts, energy security, and 
human dimension issues such as human trafficking, tolerance, media 
freedom, democratic elections and election observation, and efforts 
to improve implementation of commitments regarding fundamental human 
rights and freedom, 2 p.m., SD-562.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanying report. A total of 33 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 49 reports have been filed in the House.

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