[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 66 (Monday, May 13, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D432-D435]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of May 14 through May 17, 2013

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 11 a.m., Senate will resume 
consideration of S. 601, Water Resources Development Act. If an 
agreement cannot be reached, Senate will vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the bill, at approximately 12 p.m.
  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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: May 14, 
business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, 
``Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013'', 10 a.m., SR-
328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 14, Subcommittee on Department of 
Homeland Security, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the Coast Guard, 2:30 p.m., SD-
138.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold closed 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 
for National and Military Intelligence programs, 10 a.m., SVC-217.
  May 15, 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 the Air 
Force and Army, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 
for the Department of Energy, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  May 15, 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 
National Institutes of Health, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2014 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation; to be 
immediately followed by a closed session in SVC-217, 10 a.m., SD-
192.
  May 16, 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 various 
agencies within the Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: May 14, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to 
hold hearings to examine Marine Corps 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 14, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on the 
situation in Syria, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  May 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the law of 
armed conflict, the use of military force, and the 2001 
Authorization for Use of Military Force, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 14, 
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment, to hold 
hearings to examine returning private capital to mortgage markets, 
focusing on housing finance reform, 3:15 p.m., SD-538.
  May 15, Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade 
and Finance, to hold hearings to examine improving cross border 
resolution to better protect taxpayers and the economy, 2 p.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on the Budget: May 16, to hold hearings to examine 
effective strategies for government reorganization, focusing on silo 
busting, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 14, 
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, to 
hold hearings to examine the state of video, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  May 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine advanced 
vehicle technology and its implications, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Science and Space, to hold hearings to 
examine partnerships to advance the business of space, 10 a.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 14, to hold 
hearings to examine what the next applications are for natural gas 
and how this new demand will be met, focusing on pipeline 
infrastructure and increased use of natural gas in the 
transportation sector, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  May 16, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 27, to 
clarify authority granted under the Act entitled ``An Act to define 
the exterior boundary of the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation in 
the State of Utah'', S. 28, to provide for the conveyance of a small 
parcel of National Forest System land in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache 
National Forest in Utah to Brigham Young University, S. 59, to 
designate a Distinguished Flying Cross National Memorial at the 
March Field Air Museum in Riverside, California, S. 155, to 
designate a mountain in the State of Alaska as Denali, S. 156, to 
allow for the harvest of gull eggs by the Huna Tlingit people within 
Glacier Bay National Park in the State of Alaska, S. 211, to amend 
certain definitions contained in the Provo River Project Transfer 
Act for purposes of clarifying certain property descriptions, S. 
225, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study 
of alternatives for commemorating and interpreting the role of the 
Buffalo Soldiers in the early years of the National Parks, S. 241, 
to establish the Rio Grande del Norte National Conservation Area in 
the State of New Mexico, S. 256, to amend Public Law 93-435 with 
respect to the Northern Mariana Islands, providing parity with Guam, 
the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa, S. 284, to transfer certain 
facilities, easements, and rights-of-way to Fort Sumner Irrigation 
District, New Mexico, S. 305, to authorize the acquisition of core 
battlefield land at Champion Hill, Port Gibson, and Raymond for 
addition to Vicksburg National Military Park, S. 312, to adjust the 
boundary of the Carson National Forest, New Mexico, S. 342, to 
designate the Pine Forest Range Wilderness area in Humboldt County, 
Nevada, S. 349, to amend the Wild and Scenic

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Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Beaver, Chipuxet, Queen, 
Wood, and Pawcatuck Rivers in the States of Connecticut and Rhode 
Island for study for potential addition to the National Wild and 
Scenic Rivers System, S. 363, to expand geothermal production, S. 
368, to reauthorize the Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act, 
S. 371, to establish the Blackstone River Valley National Historical 
Park, to dedicate the Park to John H. Chafee, S. 447, to provide for 
the conveyance of certain cemeteries that are located on National 
Forest System land in Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota, S. 
476, to amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to 
extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park 
Commission, S. 486, to authorize pedestrian and motorized vehicular 
access in Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area, S. 507, 
to establish the Manhattan Project National Historical Park in Oak 
Ridge, Tennessee, Los Alamos, New Mexico, and Hanford, Washington, 
S. 609, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
Federal land in San Juan County, New Mexico, S. 659, to reauthorize 
the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, 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, S. 736, to 
establish a maximum amount for special use permit fees applicable to 
certain cabins on National Forest System land in the State of 
Alaska, S. 757, to provide for the implementation of the 
multispecies habitat conservation plan for the Virgin River, Nevada, 
and Lincoln County, Nevada, to extend the authority to purchase 
certain parcels of public land, S. 783, to amend the Helium Act to 
improve helium stewardship, 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, and H.R. 316, to reinstate and 
transfer certain hydroelectric licenses and extend the deadline for 
commencement of construction of certain hydroelectric projects, 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 16, business 
meeting to consider the nomination of Regina McCarthy, of 
Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, 12 noon, SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: May 14, to hold hearings to examine Medicare 
physicians payments, focusing on advancing reform, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 14, business meeting to 
consider S. 793, to support revitalization and reform of the 
Organization of American States, S. 579, to direct the Secretary of 
State to develop a strategy to obtain observer status for Taiwan at 
the triennial International Civil Aviation Organization Assembly, 
and 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, 2:15 p.m., S-
116, Capitol.
  May 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United States 
Policy toward Iran; to be immediately followed by a closed briefing 
on an intelligence update on Iran in SH-219, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 14, to 
hold hearings to examine the ADA and entertainment technologies, 
focusing on improving accessibility from the movie screen to your 
mobile device, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  May 16, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Thomas Edward Perez, of Maryland, to be Secretary of 
Labor, and any pending nominations, 9:15 a.m., SD-430.
  May 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Mark Gaston Pearce, of New York, to be Chairman, and 
Richard F. Griffin, Jr., of the District of Columbia, Sharon Block, 
of the District of Columbia, Harry I. Johnson III, of Virginia, and 
Philip Andrew Miscimarra, of Illinois, all to be a Member, all of 
the National Labor Relations Board, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: May 15, 
to hold hearings to examine performance management and congressional 
oversight, focusing on 380 recommendations to reduce overlap and 
duplication, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  May 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Robert D. Okun, and Michael Kenny O'Keefe, both to be 
an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 15, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine the views and priorities of Interior Secretary Jewell 
with regard to matters of Indian affairs, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 14, business meeting to continue 
consideration of 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, 10 a.m., SDG-50.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: May 16, to hold 
hearings to examine the effects of mandatory e-verify on American's 
small businesses, 10:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: May 15, to hold hearings to 
examine pending benefits legislation, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 14, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  May 16, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, May 15, Full Committee, markup to 
consider the 2013 Farm Bill, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, May 15, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, markup on FY 
2014 Military Construction,

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Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, 11 a.m., 
H-140 Capitol.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, markup on FY 2014 
Homeland Security Appropriations Bill, 10:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, May 16, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 1911, the ``Smarter Solutions for Students Act''; and 
H.R. 1949, the ``Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students 
Act'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 15, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 271, ``Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability 
Conflicts Act of 2013''; H.R. 1407, Animal Drug User Fee Amendments 
of 2013, as amended by the Subcommittee on Health; and H.R. 1919, 
the ``Safeguarding America's Pharmaceuticals Act of 2013'', 10 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Fraud on the Elderly: A Growing Concern for a 
Growing Population'', 9:45 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Energy and Power and Subcommittee on 
Environment and the Economy, hearing entitled ``The Fiscal Year 2014 
Environmental Protection Agency Budget'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 17, Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, hearing on 
the following legislation: ``Federal and State Partnership for 
Environmental Protection Act of 2013''; ``Reducing Excessive 
Deadline Obligations Act of 2013''; and ``Federal Facility 
Accountability Act of 2013'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, May 15, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Who Is Too Big to Fail: Does 
Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act Enshrine Taxpayer-Funded Bailouts?'', 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 16, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the SEC's 
Agenda, Operations, and FY 2014 Budget Request'', 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, hearing entitled 
``Sustainable Housing Finance: The Government's Role in Multifamily 
and Health Care Facilities Mortgage Insurance and Reverse 
Mortgages''; 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 15, Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``Recent Developments in the Investigation of the 
Murder of Human Rights Attorney Patrick Finucane'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  May 15, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, markup on the following 
measures: to promote freedom and democracy in Vietnam; to ensure 
compliance with the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of 
International Child Abduction by countries with which the United 
States enjoys reciprocal obligations, to establish procedures for 
the prompt return of children abducted to other countries, and for 
other purposes; and H. Res. 131, concerning the ongoing conflict in 
the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the need for international 
efforts toward long-term peace, stability, and observance of human 
rights, 11:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 15, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Preventing a Nuclear 
Iran'', 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled 
``Assessing U.S. Foreign Assistance Priorities in East Asia and the 
Pacific'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 17, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``The U.S. 
Contribution to the Fight Against Malaria'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, May 15, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 1417, the ``Border Security Results Act of 2013'', 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, 
and Security Technologies, hearing entitled ``Facilitating Cyber 
Threat Information Sharing and Partnering with the Private Sector to 
Protect Critical Infrastructure: An Assessment of DHS 
Capabilities'', 9 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 15, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the United States Department of Justice'', 1 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, hearing 
on H.R. 306, for the relief of Corina de Chalup Turcinovic; H.R. 
977, for the relief of Esther Njeri Karinge; H.R. 1023, for the 
relief of Maria Carmen Castro Ramirez and J. Refugio Carreno Rojas; 
H.R. 1207 for the relief of Allan Bolor Kelley; H.R. 1772, the 
``Legal Workforce Act''; and H.R. 1773, the ``Agricultural 
Guestworker Act'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the 
Internet, hearing entitled ``Case Study for Consensus Building: The 
Copyright Principles Project'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 17, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Eyes in the Sky: The Domestic Use 
of Unmanned Aerial Systems'', 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, May 15, Full Committee, markup on 
the following measures: H.R. 687, the ``Southeast Arizona Land 
Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013''; H.R. 761, the ``National 
Strategic and Critical Minerals Production Act of 2013''; H.R. 819, 
``Preserving Access to Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational 
Area Act''; H.R. 910, the ``Sikes Act Reauthorization Act of 2013''; 
H.R. 957, the ``American Soda Ash Competitiveness Act''; H.R. 981, 
the ``Resource Assessment of Rare Earths Act of 2013''; H.R. 1063, 
the ``National Strategic and Critical Minerals Policy Act of 2013''; 
H.R. 1080, to amend the Sikes Act to promote the use of cooperative 
agreements under such Act for land management related to Department 
of Defense readiness activities and to amend title 10, United States 
Code, to facilitate interagency cooperation in conservation programs 
to avoid or reduce adverse impacts on military readiness activities; 
H.R. 1169, the ``Naval Air Station Fallon Housing and Safety 
Development Act''; H.R. 1299, the ``White Sands Missile Range 
Security Enhancement Act''; H.R. 1300 to amend the Fish and Wildlife 
Act of 1956 to reauthorize the volunteer programs and community

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partnerships for the benefit of national wildlife refuges; H.R. 
1384, the ``Wildlife Refuge System Conservation Semipostal Stamp Act 
of 2013''; H.R. 1574, to amend the Dayton Aviation Heritage 
Preservation Act of 1992 to rename a site of the park; H.R. 1613, 
the ``Outer Continental Shelf Transboundary Hydrocarbon Agreements 
Authorization Act''; H.R. 1672, ``Limestone Hills Training Area 
Withdrawal Act''; H.R. 1673, to provide for the transfer of certain 
public land currently administered by the Bureau of Land Management 
to the administrative jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy for 
inclusion in Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake, California; H.R. 
1676, the ``Johnson Valley National Off-Highway Vehicle Recreation 
Area Establishment Act''; and H.R. 1691, the ``Chocolate Mountain 
Aerial Gunnery Range Transfer Act of 2013''; 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation, 
hearing entitled ``Invasive Species Management on Federal Lands'', 
10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, hearing 
on H.R. 623, the ``Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Land 
Transfer Act''; H.R. 740, the ``Southeast Alaska Native Land 
Entitlement Finalization and Jobs Protection Act''; H.R. 841, to 
amend the Grand Ronde Reservation Act to make technical corrections, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 931, to provide for the addition of 
certain real property to the reservation of the Siletz Tribe in the 
State of Oregon; H.R. 1306, the ``Southeast Alaska Native Land 
Conveyance Act''; and H.R. 1410, the ``Keep the Promise Act of 
2013''; 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular 
Affairs, hearing entitled ``The 2008 Lacey Act Amendments'', 10 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, May 16, Subcommittee 
on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements, hearing entitled 
``Opportunities Lost: Constraints on Oil and Gas Production on 
Federal Lands and Waters'', 10:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, May 15, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 1062, 
the ``SEC Regulatory Accountability Act''; and H.R. 45, to repeal 
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-
related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation 
Act of 2010, 1 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, May 16, Subcommittee 
on Oversight, hearing entitled ``Espionage Threats at Federal 
Laboratories: Balancing Scientific Cooperation while Protecting 
Critical Information'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 15, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Patent Reform Implementation and New Challenges for Small 
Businesses'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade, hearing 
entitled ``If You Build It: The Keystone XL Pipeline and Small 
Business Job Growth'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 15, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency 
Management, hearing entitled ``Saving Taxpayer Dollars: Freezing the 
Federal Real Estate Footprint'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 16, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 3, the ``Northern Route 
Approval Act''; 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''; and General 
Services Administration Capital Investment and Leasing Program 
Resolutions, 9:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing entitled ``Review of the 
FAA's Progress in Implementing the FAA Modernization and Reform 
Act'', 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 15, Subcommittee on Select 
Revenue Measures, hearing entitled ``Small Business and Pass-Through 
Entity Tax Reform'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  May 16, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing entitled ``U.S.-EU Trade 
and Investment Partnership Negotiations'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  May 17, Full Committee, hearing on Internal Revenue Service 
targeting conservative groups, 9 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 16, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities'', 10 
a.m., HVC-304. This is a closed hearing.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: May 15, to hold hearings to examine 
women in manufacturing, 10 a.m., SH-216.