[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 91 (Monday, June 24, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D628-D629]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JUNE 25, 2013

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, business meeting to mark up proposed legislation making 
appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for Energy and Water 
Development, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  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.
  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.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine private student loans, focusing on regulatory 
perspectives, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the challenges and opportunities for improving 
forest management on Federal lands, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  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 Finance: to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
recovery audit contractors, focusing on program integrity, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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

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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, S. Res. 151, urging the 
Government of Afghanistan to ensure transparent and credible 
presidential and provincial elections in April 2014 by adhering to 
internationally accepted democratic standards, establishing a 
transparent electoral process, and ensuring security for voters and 
candidates, and the nominations of Geoffrey R. Pyatt, of California, 
to be Ambassador to Ukraine, and Tulinabo Salama Mushingi, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso, both of the Department 
of State, 3 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 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: 
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.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Foreign Affairs, 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.
  Committee on Rules, 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 Fiscal 
Year 2014, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.