[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 105 (Monday, July 22, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D739-D741]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JULY 23, 2013

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Krysta L. Harden, of Georgia, 
to be Deputy Secretary, and Robert Bonnie, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, both of the 
Department of Agriculture, 10:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services 
and General Government, business meeting to mark up proposed 
legislation making appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for Financial 
Services and General Government, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 
business meeting to mark up proposed legislation making 
appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 10:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, to hold hearings to 
examine financial holding companies, focusing on if banks should 
control power plants, warehouses, and oil refineries, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment, to hold 
hearings to examine creating a housing finance system built to last, 
focusing on ensuring access for community institutions, 3 p.m., SD-
538.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the impact of 
sequestration on national security and the economy, 10:30 a.m., SD-
608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to hold hearings 
to examine New England and mid-Atlantic perspectives on ``Magnuson-
Stevens Act'' reauthorization, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to resume hearings to 
examine S. 1273, to establish a partnership between States that 
produce energy onshore and offshore for our country with the Federal 
Government, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Kenneth J. Kopocis, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water, James J. Jones, of 
the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Administrator for Toxic 
Substances, and Avi Garbow, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, all 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to receive a closed briefing on 
nuclear employment, 10:15 a.m., SVC-217.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Joseph Y. Yun, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to Malaysia, Daniel A. 
Clune, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic 
Republic, and Morrell John Berry, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
Australia, all of the Department of State, 9 a.m., SD-419.

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  Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. Res. 156, 
expressing the sense of the Senate on the 10-year anniversary of 
NATO Allied Command Transformation, embassy security legislation, 
and 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., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine National Labor Relations Board nominees, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the 90/10 rule, focusing on improving 
educational outcomes for our military and veterans, 10:30 a.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition 
Policy and Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine pay-for-
delay deals, focusing on competition and consumers, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Bankruptcy and the Courts, to hold hearings to 
examine how sequestration is effecting the courts, 3 p.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 Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, public hearing entitled ``The Future of the 
CFTC: Commission Perspectives'', 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment 
and Related Agencies, markup on the Interior, Environment and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2014, 10 a.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Health, 
Employment, Labor, and Pensions; and Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections, joint subcommittee hearing entitled ``The Employer 
Mandate: Examining the Delay and Its Effect on Workplaces'', 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, markup 
on Committee print to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act 
to reform the sustainable growth rate and Medicare payment for 
physicians' services, and for other purposes, 1:30 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of Incentive Auction Implementation'', 10:30 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled ``Overview of 
the Renewable Fuel Standard: Stakeholder Perspectives'', 9:45 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, markup on 
legislation regarding the ``Protecting American Taxpayers and 
Homeowners Act of 2013'', 10:15 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific, hearing entitled ``Asia: The Cyber Security Battleground'', 
2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and 
Maritime Security, hearing entitled ``A Study in Contrasts: House 
and Senate Approaches to Border Security'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and Border 
Security, hearing entitled ``Addressing the Immigration Status of 
Illegal Immigrants Brought to the United States as Children'', 2 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing entitled ``War on Jobs: Examining the Operations 
of the Office of Surface Mining and the Status of the Stream Buffer 
Zone Rule'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation, hearing 
on the following: H.R. 163, the ``Sleeping Bear Dunes National 
Lakeshore Conservation and Recreation Act''; H.R. 361, the ``Alpine 
Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie 
Rivers Protection Act''; H.R. 433, the ``Pine Forest Range 
Recreation Enhancement Act of 2013''; H.R. 706, the ``Blackstone 
River Valley National Historical Park Establishment Act''; H.R. 908, 
the ``Green Mountain Lookout Heritage Protection Act''; H.R. 930, 
the ``New Philadelphia, Illinois, Study Act''; H.R. 1025, the 
``Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area Act''; H.R. 
1808, the ``Maine Coastal Islands Wilderness Act of 2013'', 10 a.m., 
1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, hearing on the 
following: H.R. 1103, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act to provide that Alexander Creek, Alaska, is and shall be 
recognized as an eligible Native village under that Act, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 1225, the ``Samish Indian Nation Homelands Act 
of 2013''; H.R. 2319, the ``Native American Veterans' Memorial 
Establishment Act of 2013''; H.R. 2388, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to take certain Federal lands located in El Dorado 
County, California, into trust for the benefit of the Shingle 
Springs Band of Miwok Indians, and for other purposes; H.R. 2455, 
the ``Nevada Native Nations Lands Act''; and H.R. 2650, the ``Fond 
du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Non-Intercourse Act of 2013'', 
2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 2218, the 
``Coal Residuals Reuse and Management Act of 2013''; and H.R. 1582, 
the ``Energy Consumers Relief Act of 2013'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highway and Transit, hearing entitled ``How the Financial Status of 
the Highway Trust Fund Impacts Surface Transportation Programs'', 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Health, markup on 
the following: H.R. 2726, to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter into contracts 
and agreements for the transfer of veterans to non-Department 
medical foster

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homes for certain veterans who are unable to live independently; 
H.R. 1443, the ``Tinnitus Research and Treatment Act of 2013''; H.R. 
1612, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to convey a parcel 
of land in Tuskegee, Alabama, to Tuskegee University, and for other 
purposes; H.R. 2065, the ``Safe Housing for Homeless Veterans Act''; 
and H.R. 2072, the ``Demanding Accountability for Veterans Act of 
2013'', 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.