[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 101 (Tuesday, July 16, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D708-D709]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JULY 17, 2013

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine reauthorization of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Appropriations: 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.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold closed hearings to 
examine revisions to the nuclear employment strategy, 2:30 p.m., 
SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, to hold hearings to 
examine the consumer debt industry, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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.
  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 Finance: to hold hearings to examine health 
information technology, focusing on quality health care, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: 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.
  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 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 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: 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.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: 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: business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, 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.
  Committee on Armed Services, 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, Full Committee, continued 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.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy'', 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation 
Security, hearing entitled ``Stakeholder Perspectives on TSA 
Acquisition Reform'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  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.
  Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Collections Stewardship at the Smithsonian'', 10:30 a.m., 
1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the Administration's use of FISA Authorities'', 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Full Committee markup on H.R. 2655, the ``Lawsuit Abuse Reduction 
Act of 2013'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Department of the Interior Operations, Management, and 
Rulemakings'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  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.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs, 
hearing entitled ``Why should Americans have

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to comply with the laws of foreign nations?'', 2 p.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
National Security, hearing entitled ``Border Security Oversight, 
Part III: Examining Asylum Requests'', 10:15 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``A Path Forward on Postal 
Reform'', 1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, 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 Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Internal Revenue Service and Small Businesses: Ensuring Fair 
Treatment'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing entitled ``Causes of Delays to the FAA's NextGen 
Program'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
  Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, markup 
on H.R. 2086, the ``Pay As You Rate Act''; H.R. 2189, to establish a 
commission or task force to evaluate the backlog of disability 
claims of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and H.R. 2423, the 
``Disabled Veterans' Access to Medical Exams Improvement Act'', 2:30 
p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
  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.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities'', 3:30 p.m., 
HVC-304. This is a closed hearing.