[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 73 (Wednesday, May 22, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D492-D493]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 23, 2013

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Penny Pritzker, of Illinois, 
to be Secretary of Commerce, 11 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the extraction of gas from shale, focusing on current 
practices within the industry and environmental concerns to be 
addressed, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Allison M. Macfarlane, of Maryland, to be 
a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 9 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine United 
States-European Union economic relations, focusing on crisis and 
opportunity, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs 
and the Federal Workforce, to hold hearings to examine improving 
Federal health care in rural America, focusing on developing the 
workforce and building partnerships, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Patricia E. Campbell-Smith, of the District of 
Columbia, and Elaine D. Kaplan, of the District of Columbia, both to 
be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, and Charles 
R. Breyer, of California, Rachel Elise Barkow, of New York, and 
William H. Pryor, Jr., of Alabama, all to be a Member of the United 
States Sentencing Commission, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Derek Anthony West, of California, to be Associate Attorney General, 
Department of Justice, and Valerie E. Caproni, of the District of 
Columbia, and Vernon S. Broderick, both to be a United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 10:30 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 Armed Services, Subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land 
Forces, markup on H.R. 1960, the ``National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2014'', 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Readiness, markup on H.R. 1960, the ``National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2014'', 10:30 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.

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  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Examining Drug Compounding'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, markup on H.R. 
2052, the ``Global Investment in American Jobs Act of 2013'', 9 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets 
and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing on discussion drafts 
of the following legislation: H.R. 1135, the ``Burdensome Data 
Collection Act''; H.R. 1105, the ``Small Business Capital Access and 
Job Preservation Act''; and H.R. 1564, the ``Audit Integrity and Job 
Protection Act''; and legislation regarding Section 913 of the Dodd-
Frank Act, 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, 
hearing entitled ``U.S.-Mexico Security Cooperation: An Overview of 
the Merida Initiative 2008-Present'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on The Constitution and 
Civil Justice, hearing on H.R. 1797, the ``District of Columbia 
Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water and Power, 
hearing on H.R. 255, to amend certain definitions contained in the 
Provo River Project Transfer Act for purposes of clarifying certain 
property descriptions, and for other purposes; H.R. 745, to 
reauthorize the Water Desalination Act of 1996; and H.R. 1963, 
``Bureau of Reclamation Conduit Hydropower Development Equity and 
Jobs Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Environment, hearing entitled ``Restoring U.S. Leadership in Weather 
Forecasting'', 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Workforce, hearing entitled ``Building America: Challenges for Small 
Construction Contractors'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, 
hearing on the President's and Other Bipartisan Entitlements Reform 
Proposals, 9:30 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities'', 8:30 a.m., 
HVC-304. This is a closed hearing.