[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 90 (Friday, June 21, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D620-D623]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 24 through June 28, 2013

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at approximately 12 p.m., Senate will resume consideration 
of S. 744, Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration 
Modernization Act, with a vote on the motion to invoke cloture on Leahy 
Modified Amendment No. 1183, at 5:30 p.m. The filing deadline for 
second-degree amendments to Leahy Modified Amendment No. 1183, is at 4 
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 Appropriations: June 25, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Water Development, business meeting to mark up proposed legislation 
making appropriations for

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fiscal year 2014 for Energy and Water Development, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, business meeting to mark up 
proposed legislation making appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for 
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies, 
12 noon, SD-124.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2014 for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission 
and the Securities and Exchange Commission, 3 p.m., SD-138.
  June 27, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies and Energy and Water 
Development, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 26, Subcommittee on Strategic 
Forces, to receive a closed briefing on the Defense Science Board 
Task Force Report, ``Resilient Military Systems and the Advanced 
Cyber Threat'', 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 25, to hold 
hearings to examine private student loans, focusing on regulatory 
perspectives, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  June 27, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Melvin L. Watt, of North Carolina, to be Director of 
the Federal Housing Finance Agency, Jason Furman, of New York, to be 
a Member and Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, Kara 
Marlene Stein, of Maryland, and Michael Sean Piwowar, of Virginia, 
both to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and 
Richard T. Metsger, of Oregon, to be a Member of the National Credit 
Union Administration Board, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: June 26, to hold hearings to examine the 
impact of Federal budget decisions on children, focusing on 
investing in our future, 10:30 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 26, to 
hold hearings to examine advancing the science and standards of 
forensics, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 25, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the challenges and opportunities for 
improving forest management on Federal lands, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Energy, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine S. 717, to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a 
pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations for the 
purpose of retrofitting nonprofit buildings with energy-efficiency 
improvements, S. 1084, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act to establish the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy as the lead Federal agency for coordinating Federal, State, 
and local assistance provided to promote the energy retrofitting of 
schools, S. 1191, to facilitate better alignment, cooperation, and 
best practices between commercial real estate landlords and tenants 
regarding energy efficiency in buildings, S. 1199, to improve energy 
performance in Federal buildings, S. 1200, to amend the Energy 
Policy and Conservation Act to promote energy efficiency and energy 
savings in residential buildings, S. 1205, to reduce energy waste, 
strengthen energy system resiliency, increase industrial 
competitiveness, and promote local economic development by helping 
public and private entities to assess and implement energy systems 
that recover and use waste heat and local renewable energy 
resources, S. 1206, to encourage benchmarking and disclosure of 
energy information for commercial buildings, S. 1209, to establish a 
State Energy Race to the Top Initiative to assist energy policy 
innovation in the States to promote the goal of doubling electric 
and thermal energy productivity by January 1, 2030, and S. 1213, to 
reauthorize the weatherization and State energy programs, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 27, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine Federal risk management and emergency 
planning programs to prevent and address chemical threats, including 
the events leading up to the explosions in West, Texas and Geismar, 
Louisiana, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 25, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine recovery audit contractors, focusing on program integrity, 
10 a.m., SD-215.
  June 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine health care 
quality, focusing on the path forward, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 25, business meeting to 
consider S. 718, to create jobs in the United States by increasing 
United States exports to Africa by at least 200 percent in real 
dollar value within 10 years, S. 559, to establish a fund to make 
payments to the Americans held hostage in Iran, and to members of 
their families, who are identified as members of the proposed class 
in case number 1:08-CV-00487 (EGS) of the United States District 
Court for the District of Columbia, S. Res. 144, concerning the 
ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the 
need for international efforts supporting long-term peace, 
stability, and observance of human rights, S. Res. 167, reaffirming 
the strong support of the United States for the peaceful resolution 
of territorial, sovereignty, and jurisdictional disputes in the 
Asia-Pacific maritime domains, S. Res. 165, calling for the release 
from prison of former Prime Minister of Ukraine Yulia Tymoshenko in 
light of the recent European Court of Human Rights ruling, S. Res. 
166, commemorating the 50th anniversary of the founding of the 
Organization of African Unity (OAU) and commending its successor, 
the African Union, and any pending nominations, 3 p.m., S-116, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 25, to 
hold hearings to examine 75 years of the Federal minimum wage, 2:30 
p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 24, 
to hold hearings to examine curbing drug abuse in Medicare, 3 p.m., 
SD-342.
  June 24, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Howard A. Shelanski, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget, and Daniel M. Tangherlini, of the 
District of Columbia,

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to be Administrator of General Services, 5:30 p.m., S-216, Capitol.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental 
Relations, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
measuring the impact of preparedness grants since 9/11, 10 a.m., SD-
342.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight, to 
hold hearings to examine contract management by the Department of 
Energy, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 25, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  June 27, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: June 26, to hold hearings to examine 
respecting patients' wishes and advance care planning, 2 p.m., SD-
124.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, June 26, Full Committee, markup on 
Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill, Fiscal Year 2014; 
and Revised Report on the Suballocation of the Budget Allocations 
for FY 2014, 10:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 28, Subcommittee on 
Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities, hearing entitled 
``Past, Present, and Future Irregular Warfare Challenges: Private 
Sector Perspectives'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, June 26, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``America's Energy Revolution: A New Path To Jobs And Economic 
Growth'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 26, Subcommittee on 
Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, hearing on H.R. 2346, the 
``Secret Ballot Protection Act''; and H.R. 2347, the 
``Representation Fairness Restoration Act'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and 
Secondary Education, hearing entitled ``School Meal Regulations: 
Discussing the Costs and Consequences for Schools and Students'', 10 
a.m. 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 26, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``A 21st Century Medicare: Bipartisan Proposals to 
Redesign the Program's Outdated Benefit Structure'', 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Challenges Facing America's Businesses Under the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Care Act'', 10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled 
``Overview of the Renewable Fuel Standard: Government 
Perspectives'', 1:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Commerce and Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``A Tangle of Trade Barriers: How India's 
Industrial Policy is Hurting U.S. Companies'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``Equipping Carriers and Agencies in the Wireless Era'', 
10:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Examining 
Reforms to Improve the Medicare Part B Drug Program for Seniors'', 
10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 26, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Examining How the Dodd-Frank Act Could Result in More 
Taxpayer-Funded Bailouts'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, hearing entitled 
``Evaluating How HUD's Moving-to-Work Program Benefits Public and 
Assisted Housing Residents'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 25, Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations; 
and Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, joint hearing 
entitled ``Religious Minorities in Syria: Caught in the Middle'', 3 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 26, Full Committee, hearing on Broadcasting Board of 
Governors: An Agency ``Defunct'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, 
hearing entitled ``Turkey at a Crossroads: What do the Gezi Park 
Protests Mean for Democracy in the Region?'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, 
markup on H.R. 1409, to amend the Export Enhancement Act of 1988 to 
further enhance the promotion of exports of United States goods and 
services, and for other purposes; and H.R. 1926, to further enhance 
the promotion of exports of United States goods and services, and 
for other purposes, 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  June 27, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 1897, the ``Vietnam Human 
Rights Act of 2013''; 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, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled 
``Addressing the Neglected Diseases Treatment Gap'', 2 p.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific; and Subcommittee on 
Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, joint hearing entitled 
``Next Steps in the U.S.-Republic of Korea Alliance'', 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 28, Subcommittee on Regulatory 
Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, hearing on legislation 
regarding the ``Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013'', 9 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 26, Subcommittee on Water and 
Power, hearing entitled ``The Power Marketing Administrations: A 
Ratepayer Perspective'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 27, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Management of Red 
Snapper in the Gulf of Mexico under the Magnusom-Stevens Fishery 
Conversation and Management Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental 
Regulation, hearing entitled ``Outdoor Recreation

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Opportunities on State, Local and Federal Lands'', 2 p.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 26, 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing entitled 
``The IRS Contracts with Strong Castle, Inc.'', 9 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service 
and the Census, hearing entitled ``The Combined Federal Campaign: 
Making Every Dollar Count'', 1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on National Security, hearing entitled 
``Border Security Oversight: Identifying and Responding to Current 
Threats'', 9 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and 
Entitlements, hearing entitled ``Oversight of Rising Social Security 
Disability Claims and the Role of Administrative Law Judges'', 9:30 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, June 25, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 1613, 
the ``Outer Continental Shelf Transboundry Hydrocarbon Agreements 
Authorization Act''; H.R. 2231, the ``Offshore Energy and Jobs 
Act''; and H.R. 2410, the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2014, 
5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, June 26, Subcommittee 
on Environment, hearing entitled ``Restoring U.S. Leadership in 
Weather Forecasting, Part 2'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Oversight; and Subcommittee on Energy, 
joint hearing entitled ``Green Buildings--An Evaluation of Energy 
Savings Performance Contracts'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 26, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Ready to Export: Small Business Policy Recommendations 
for USTR'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Health and Technology, hearing entitled 
``Mobile Medical App Entrepreneurs: Changing the Face of Health 
Care'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 26, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing 
entitled ``Coast Guard Readiness: Examining Cutter, Aircraft, and 
Communications Needs'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  June 26, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``How Logistics 
Facilitate an Efficient Freight Transportation System'', 1 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Railroad, Pipelines, and Hazardous 
Materials, hearing entitled ``National Rail Policy: Examining Goals, 
Objectives, and Responsibilities'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 26, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing on H.R. 331, to direct the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to permit the centralized reporting of veteran 
enrollment by certain groups, districts, and consortiums of 
educational institutions; H.R. 821, the ``Fair Wages for Workers 
with Disabilities Act of 2013''; H.R. 1357, to amend the VOW to Hire 
Heroes Act of 2011 to improve the Veterans Retraining Assistance 
Program by providing assistance under such program for certain 
training programs that are considered less than full-time; H.R. 
1796, the ``Troop Talent Act of 2013''; H.R. 1842, the ``Military 
Family Home Protection Act''; H.R. 2011, the ``Veterans' Advisory 
Committee on Education Improvement Act of 2013''; H.R. 2150, the 
``Homeless Veterans' Reintegration Programs Reauthorization Act of 
2013''; H.R. 2210, the ``Marine Gunnery Sergeant John David Fry 
Scholarship Improvements Act of 2013''; H.R. 2327, the ``Veterans 
Economic Opportunity Administration Act of 2013''; and draft 
legislation to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to make an alternative election on 
behalf of certain individuals who are subject to a bar to 
duplication of eligibility for educational assistance under the laws 
administered by the Secretary, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  June 27, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Assessing VA's Capital 
Investment Options to Provide Veterans' Care'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  June 27, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, markup on 
H.R. 1490, the ``Veterans' Privacy Act''; H.R. 1792, the 
``Infectious Disease Reporting Act''; and H.R. 1804, the ``Foreign 
Travel Accountability Act'', 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  June 28, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 
Affairs, hearing on H.R. 1288, the ``World War II Merchant Mariner 
Service Act''; H.R. 1494, the ``Blue Water Navy Ship Accountability 
Act''; H.R. 1623, the ``VA Claims Efficiency Through Information Act 
of 2013''; H.R. 1809, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide notice of 
average times for processing claims and percentage of claims 
approved, and for other purposes; H.R. 2086, the ``Pay As You Rate 
Act''; H.R. 2138, the ``Ending VA Claims Disability Backlog and 
Accountability Act''; H.R. 2189, to establish a commission or task 
force to evaluate the backlog of disability claims of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs; H.R. 2341, the ``Veterans Pension Protection 
Act''; H.R. 2382, the ``Prioritizing Urgent Claims for Veterans 
Act''; and H.R. 2423, to improve the authority of the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts with private physicians to 
conduct medical disability examinations; 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 27, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Status of Internal Revenue Service's Review of 
Taxpayer Targeting Practices'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: June 26, to hold hearings to examine 
reducing red tape through smarter regulations, 10 a.m., SD-G50.