[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 83 (Wednesday, June 12, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D558-D559]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 13, 2013

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine crumbling infrastructure, focusing on outdated 
and overburdened highways and bridges, 10 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: closed business meeting to continue 
to markup the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
year 2014, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine lessons learned from the financial crisis regarding 
community banks, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs, 
with the Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, 
Human Rights, Democracy, and Global Women's Issues, to hold a joint 
hearing to examine Russia's human rights situation, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 394, 
to prohibit and deter the theft of metal, S. 162, to reauthorize and 
improve the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act 
of 2004, and 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, of 
New York, both to be a United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of New York, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: business meeting 
to consider S. 511, to amend the Small Business Investment Act of 
1958 to enhance the Small Business Investment Company Program, S. 
289, to extend the

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low-interest refinancing provisions under the Local Development 
Business Loan Program of the Small Business Administration, S. 537, 
to require the Small Business Administration to make information 
relating to lenders making covered loans publicly available, and S. 
415, to clarify the collateral requirement for certain loans under 
section 7(d) of the Small Business Act, to address assistance to 
out-of-State small business concerns, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Full Committee, markup on 
Agriculture, Rural Development FDA, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Bill, Fiscal Year 2014, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Higher 
Education and Workforce Training, hearing entitled ``Keeping College 
Within Reach: Discussing Program Quality through Accreditation'', 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, hearing entitled ``The Fiscal Year 2014 U.S. Department of 
Energy Budget'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, hearing entitled 
``Title I of the Toxic Substance Control Act: Understanding its 
History and Reviewing its Impact'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Monetary Policy 
and Trade, hearing entitled ``Assessing Reform at the Export-Import 
Bank'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, hearing entitled ``The 
Impact of International Regulatory Standards on the Competitiveness 
of U.S. Insurers'', 1 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing on Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 2278, the ``Strengthen and Fortify 
Enforcement Act'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Mining in America: The 
Administration's Use of Claim Maintenance Fees and Cleanup of 
Abandoned Mine Lands'', 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs, 
hearing on H.R. 553, to designate the exclusive economic zone of the 
United States as the ``Ronald Wilson Reagan Exclusive Economic Zone 
of the United States''; H.R. 1308, the ``Endangered Salmon and 
Fisheries Predation Prevention Act''; H.R. 1399, the ``Hydrographic 
Services Improvement Amendments Act of 2013''; H.R. 1425, the 
``Marine Debris Emergency Act of 2013''; H.R. 1491, to authorize the 
Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
to provide certain funds to eligible entities for activities 
undertaken to address the marine debris impacts of the March 2011 
Tohoku earthquake and subsequent tsunami, and for other purposes; 
and H.R. 2219, to reauthorize the Integrated Coastal and Ocean 
Observation System Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
National Security, hearing entitled ``Examining the Government's 
Record on Implementing the International Religious Freedom Act'', 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Workforce, hearing entitled ``Putting the Strategy in sourcing: 
Challenges and Opportunities for Small Business Contractors'', 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Tax Reform: Haven, Base Erosion and Profit Shifting'', 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities'', 10 a.m., HVC-
304. This is a closed hearing.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine Syrian refugees in the Organization for Security and 
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) region, focusing on the United States 
and international response to the humanitarian crisis that threatens 
to destabilize the entire region, 2 p.m., SD-562.