[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 88 (Wednesday, June 19, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D609]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JUNE 20, 2013

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to mark up proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, and Agricultural, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, 
10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: to receive a closed briefing on the 
National Security Agency's electronic surveillance programs, 2:45 
p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine water resource issues in the Klamath River Basin, 
9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Daniel R. Russel, of New York, to be Assistant 
Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 2:15 p.m., 
SD-419.
  Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on Syria, 3:30 p.m., 
SVC-217.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine developing a skilled workforce for a competitive 
economy, focusing on reauthorizing the ``Workforce Investment Act'', 
2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight, with the 
Subcommittee on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs 
and the Federal Workforce, to hold joint hearings to examine the 
workforce of the United States Intelligence Community and the role 
of private contractors, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 162, 
to reauthorize and improve the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and 
Crime Reduction Act of 2004, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine sequestration, focusing on small business contractors, 10 
a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power; and Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``U.S. Energy Abundance: Manufacturing 
Competitiveness and America's Energy Advantage'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``Ethiopia After Meles: The Future of Democracy and 
Human Rights'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs, hearing entitled ``Why Does 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Want to Expand the Boundaries of 
the Chickasaw and Lower Hatchie National Wildlife Refuges in 
Tennessee and at What Cost?'', 9:30 a.m.,1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy 
and Trade, hearing entitled ``The New Domestic Energy Paradigm: 
Potential Benefits for Small Businesses and the Economy'', 10 a.m., 
2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing entitled ``The Value of Education for Veterans 
at Public, Private and For-Profit Colleges and Universities'', 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.