[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 98 (Wednesday, July 10, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D686-D687]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 11, 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

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Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies, 
and the Legislative Branch, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: to receive a closed briefing on 
Department of Defense operations conducted pursuant to the 2001 
Authorization for Use of Military Force and the presidential policy 
guidance on counterterrorism, 9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine mitigating systemic risk through Wall Street reforms, 11 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1237, to improve the administration of programs in the 
insular areas, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
assessing the transition in Afghanistan, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Victoria Nuland, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for European 
and Eurasian Affairs, Douglas Edward Lute, of Indiana, to be United 
States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and 
Daniel Brooks Baer, of Colorado, to be U.S. Representative to the 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, with the rank 
of Ambassador, all of the Department of State, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Byron Todd Jones, of Minnesota, to be Director, 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and Stuart F. 
Delery, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General, both of the Department of Justice, Todd M. Hughes, of the 
District of Columbia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Federal Circuit, Colin Stirling Bruce, to be United States District 
Judge for the Central District of Illinois, Sara Lee Ellis, and 
Andrea R. Wood, both to be a United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Illinois, and Madeline Hughes Haikala, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 
11 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 Energy and Commerce,  Subcommittee on Environment and 
the Economy, hearing entitled ``Regulation of New Chemicals, 
Protection of Confidential Business Information, and Innovation'', 
9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing entitled 
``Improving FCC Process'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs,  Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``The State Department 2013 Trafficking in Persons 
Report'', 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, continued hearing 
entitled ``Assessing Attacks on the Homeland: From Fort Hood to 
Boston'', 9 a.m., HVC-301. This portion of the hearing is closed.
  Committee on the Judiciary,  Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, 
Commercial and Antitrust Law, hearing on the ``Responsibly and 
Professionally Invigorating Development (RAPID) Act of 2013'', 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources,  Subcommittee on Energy and 
Mineral Resources, hearing entitled ``America's Helium Supply: 
Options for Producing More Helium from Federal Lands'', 9:30 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulations, 
hearing entitled ``Wildfire and Forest Management'', 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology,  Subcommittee on 
Energy, hearing entitled ``Oversight and Management of Department of 
Energy National Laboratories and Science Activities'', 9:30 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,  Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities'', 9 a.m., HVC-
304. This is a closed hearing.