[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 100 (Monday, July 15, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D698-D701]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 16 through July 19, 2013

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 11 a.m., Senate should anticipate a vote on the motion 
to invoke cloture on the nomination of Richard Cordray, of Ohio, to be 
Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.
  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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: July 17, to 
hold hearings to examine reauthorization of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Appropriations: July 16, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, business meeting to markup 
proposed legislation making appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for 
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security, business 
meeting to markup proposed legislation making appropriations for 
fiscal year 2014 for Homeland Security, 10:30 a.m., SD-138.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold hearings 
to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the 
Missile Defense Agency, 9 a.m., SD-192.
  July 18, Full Committee, business meeting to markup proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies and the Department of Homeland 
Security, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 16, to receive a closed briefing 
on the situation in Syria, 9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  July 17, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to receive a closed briefing on 
the major threats facing Navy forces and the Navy's current and 
projected capabilities to meet those threats, 9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold closed hearings 
to examine revisions to the nuclear employment strategy, 2:30 p.m., 
SVC-217.
  July 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of General Martin E. Dempsey, USA for reappointment to 
the grade of general and reappointment as Chairman of the Joint 
Chiefs of Staff, and Admiral James A. Winnefeld, Jr., USN for 
reappointment to the grade of admiral and reappointment as Vice 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of 
Defense, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 16, 
business meeting to consider 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, 
Michael Sean Piwowar, of Virginia, and Mary Jo White, of New York, 
all 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; to be immediately followed by an 
oversight hearing to examine the ``Defense Production Act'', 
focusing on issues and opportunities for reauthorization, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Protection, to hold hearings to examine the consumer debt industry, 
10 a.m., SD-538.
  July 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, 10:30 a.m., SD-538.

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  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 17, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance, 
to hold hearings to examine the expansion of internet gambling, 
focusing on assessing consumer protection concerns, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine E-Rate 2.0, 
focusing on connecting every child to technology, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 16, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine how United States gasoline and fuel 
prices are being affected by the current boom in domestic oil 
production and the restructuring of the United States refining 
industry and distribution system, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to 
examine the Bureau of Reclamation's Colorado River Basin Water 
Supply and Demand Study, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  July 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the current 
state of clean energy finance in the United States and opportunities 
to facilitate greater investment in domestic clean energy technology 
development and deployment, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 18, to hold 
hearings to examine climate change, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 18, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of F. Scott Kieff, of Illinois, to be a Member of the 
United States International Trade Commission, 2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 16, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 980, to provide for enhanced embassy security, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Samantha Power, of Massachusetts, to be the 
Representative to the United Nations, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador and the Representative in the Security Council of the 
United Nations, and to be Representative to the Sessions of the 
General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service 
as Representative to the United Nations, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Catherine M. Russell, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Ambassador at Large for Global Women's Issues, Department of 
State, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 16, to 
hold hearings to examine pooled retirement plans, focusing on 
closing the retirement plan coverage gap for small businesses, 2:30 
p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 16, 
Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight, to hold 
hearings to examine implementation of wartime contracting reforms, 
9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  July 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Katherine Archuleta, of Colorado, to be Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management, 3:30 p.m., SD-342.
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Department of Homeland Security at 10 years, focusing on harnessing 
science and technology to protect national security and enhance 
government efficiency, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 17, to hold hearings to examine 
working together to restore the protections of the ``Voting Rights 
Act'', focusing on Selma and Shelby County, 1 p.m., SD-226.
  July 18, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of 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, 
Madeline Hughes Haikala, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Alabama, and James B. Comey, Jr., of 
Connecticut, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: July 17, to hold 
hearings to examine small business tax reform, focusing on making 
the tax code work for entrepreneurs and startups, 3 p.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: July 17, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 16, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  July 18, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, July 17, Full Committee, markup on 
the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Bill for FY 2014; and Financial Services and General Government 
Appropriations Bill for FY 2014, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  July 18, Full Committee, markup on the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Bill for FY 2014, 11 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 17, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Security Situation in the Syrian Arab Republic--
Implications for U.S. National Security and U.S. Policy Options'', 
10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 17, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 1582, the ``Energy Consumers Relief Act 2013''; H.R. 1900, 
the ``Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act''; H.R. 83, a bill 
to require the Secretary of the Interior to develop an action plan 
to address the energy needs of the insular areas of the United 
States and the Freely Associated States; H.R. 2094, the ``School 
Access to Emergency Epinephrine Act''; H.R. 698, the ``HIV Organ 
Policy Equity Act''; and H.R. 2052, the ``Global Investment in 
American Jobs Act of 2013'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Reporting Data Breaches: Is Federal Legislation 
Needed to Protect Consumers?'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Patient Protection and Affordable

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Care Act: Implementation in the Wake of Administrative Delay'', 1:30 
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 17, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy'', 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  July 18, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``A Legislative Proposal 
to Protect American Taxpayers and Homeowners by Creating a 
Sustainable Housing Finance System'', 1 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 18, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Benghazi: Progress on State Department Accountability?'', 
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Global al-Qaeda: Affiliates, Objectives, and 
Future Challenges'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``Is There 
an African Resource Curse?'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, July 17, Subcommittee on 
Transportation Security, hearing entitled ``Stakeholder Perspectives 
on TSA Acquisition Reform'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, 
and Security Technologies; and the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform's Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and 
Entitlements, joint hearing entitled ``Evaluating Privacy, Security, 
and Fraud Concerns with ObamaCare's Information Sharing Apparatus'', 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, 
and Security Technologies, hearing entitled ``Oversight of Executive 
Order 13636 and Development of the Cybersecurity Framework'', 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, July 17, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Collections Stewardship at the Smithsonian'', 
10:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 17, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the Administration's use of FISA 
Authorities'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 17, Full Committee markup on H.R. 2655, the ``Lawsuit Abuse 
Reduction Act of 2013'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, 
hearing entitled ``The Voting Rights Act after the Supreme Court's 
Decision in Shelby County'', 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 19, Over-criminalization Task Force, hearing entitled ``Mens 
Rea: The Need for a Meaningful Intent Requirement in Federal 
Criminal Law'', 9 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, July 17, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Department of the Interior Operations, Management, 
and Rulemakings'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing entitled ``A 
Washington, DC-Based Bureaucratic Invention with Potential Water 
Conservation and Property Rights Impacts: The National Blueways 
Order'', 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular 
Affairs, hearing entitled ``Why should Americans have to comply with 
the laws of foreign nations?'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental 
Regulation, hearing on the following: H.R. 587, the ``Niblack and 
Bokan Mountain Mining Area Roads Authorization Act''; H.R. 1168, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau of 
Land Management, to convey to the City of Carlin, Nevada, in 
exchange for consideration, all right, title, and interest of the 
United States, to any Federal land within that city that is under 
the jurisdiction of that agency, and for other purposes; H.R. 1170, 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Bureau 
of Land Management and the Bureau of Reclamation, to convey, by 
quitclaim deed, to the City of Fernley, Nevada, all right, title, 
and interest of the United States, to any Federal land within that 
city that is under the jurisdiction of either of those agencies; 
H.R. 1684, the ``Ranch A Consolidation and Management Improvement 
Act''; H.R. 2068, the ``Federal Land Transaction Facilitation Act 
Reauthorization of 2013''; H.R. 2095, the ``Land Disposal 
Transparency and Efficiency Act''; H.R. 2337, ``Lake Hill 
Administrative Site Affordable Housing Act''; H.R. 2395, to provide 
for donor contribution acknowledgments to be displayed at projects 
authorized under the Commemorative Works Act, and for other 
purposes; S. 130, the ``Powell Shooting Range Land Conveyance Act''; 
S. 304, the ``Natchez Trace Parkway Land Conveyance Act of 2013''; 
and S. 459, the ``Minuteman Missile National Historic Site Boundary 
Modification Act'', 9 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, July 17, 
Subcommittee on National Security, hearing entitled ``Border 
Security Oversight, Part Ill: Examining Asylum Requests'', 10:15 
a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  July 17, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``A Path Forward on 
Postal Reform'', 1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 18, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The IRS's Systematic 
Delay and Scrutiny of Tea Party Applications'', 11 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and 
Regulatory Affairs, hearing entitled ``Regulatory Burdens: The 
Impact of Dodd-Frank on Community Banking'', 8:30 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and 
Entitlements, hearing entitled ``Examining the Obama 
Administration's Social Cost of Carbon Estimates'', 2:30 p.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, July 17, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 5, 
the ``Student Success Act''; H.R. 2610, the ``Transportation, 
Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations 
Act, 2014''; and H.R. 2397, the ``Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2014'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, July 18, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 2687, the ``National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Authorization Act of 2013'', 9:15 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 17, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Internal Revenue Service and Small

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Businesses: Ensuring Fair Treatment'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade, hearing 
entitled ``The President's Climate Action Plan: What Is the Impact 
on Small Businesses?'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 17, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing entitled ``Causes of Delays to the 
FAA's NextGen Program'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 17, Full Committee, 
legislative hearing on the following: H.R. 813, the ``Putting 
Veterans Funding First Act of 2013''; H.R. 806, to amend title 38, 
United States Code, to make permanent the requirement for annual 
reports on Comptroller General reviews of the accuracy of Department 
of Veterans Affairs medical budget submissions, and for other 
purposes; and a Draft Discussion Bill ``To amend title 38, United 
States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit 
to Congress a Future-Years Veterans Program and a quadrennial 
veterans review, to establish in the Department of Veterans Affairs 
a Chief Strategy Officer, and for other purposes'', 10:15 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 
Affairs, markup on pending legislation, 2:30 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  July 18, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, markup on the 
following legislation: 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''; 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. 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. 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''; and H.R. 2481, 
the ``Veterans G.I. Bill Enrollment Clarification Act of 2013'', 11 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  July 19, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Safety for Survivors: 
Care and Treatment for Military Sexual Trauma, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, July 17, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on the Obama Administration's recent decision to delay the 
information reporting requirements and penalties associated with the 
employer mandate in the Affordable Care Act until 2015, 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing entitled ``What 
Really Works: Evaluating Current Efforts to Help Families Support 
their Children and Escape Poverty'', 4 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  July 18, Full Committee, hearing on President Obama's trade policy 
agenda with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman, 9 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 16, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities'', 5 
p.m., HVC-304. This is a closed hearing.
  July 17, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence 
Activities'', 3:30 p.m., HVC-304. This is a closed hearing.
  July 18, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence 
Activities'', 10 a.m., HVC-304. This is a closed hearing.
  July 19, 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: July 16, to 
receive a briefing on growing authoritarianism in Azerbaijan, 
focusing on current events in Azerbaijan and the prospect for a free 
and fair election, 2 p.m., SVC-201-00.