[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 107 (Wednesday, July 24, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D766-D767]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             JULY 25, 2013

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Krysta L. Harden, of Georgia, 
to be Deputy Secretary, and Robert Bonnie, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary Natural Resources and Environment, both of the Department 
of Agriculture, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to markup proposed 
legislation making appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Programs and Financial Services and 
General Government, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Stephen Woolman Preston, of the District of Columbia, 
to be General Counsel, Jon T. Rymer, of Tennessee, to be Inspector 
General, Susan J. Rabern, of Kansas, to be Assistant Secretary of 
the Navy for Financial Management and Comptroller, and Dennis V. 
McGinn, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
Energy, Installations, and Environment, all of the Department of 
Defense, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, to hold hearings to 
examine the state of wireline communications, 10:15 a.m., SR-253.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine improving cyber 
security, focusing on the partnership between National Institute of 
Standards and Technology (NIST) and the private sector, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine supplemental funding options to support the National Park 
Service's efforts to address deferred maintenance and operational 
needs, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power, to hold hearings to examine the 
issues associated with aging water resource infrastructure in the 
United States, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider the nominations 
of Michael B. Thornton, of Virginia, and Joseph W. Nega, of 
Illinois, both to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court, and F. 
Scott Kieff, of Illinois, to be a Member of the United States 
International Trade Commission, Time to be announced, Room to be 
announced.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
crisis in Egypt, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
David D. Pearce, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Greece, John B. 
Emerson, of California, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of 
Germany, John Rufus Gifford, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to 
Denmark, Denise Campbell Bauer, of California, to be Ambassador to 
Belgium, and James Costos, of California, to be Ambassador to Spain 
and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
Ambassador to Andorra, all of the Department of State, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Alejandro Nicholas Mayorkas, 
of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland 
Security, 11 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 987, 
to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing 
conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by 
certain persons connected with the news media, and the nominations 
of Patricia Ann Millett, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, Gregory Howard Woods, to 
be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New 
York, Elizabeth A. Wolford, to be United States District Judge for 
the Western District of New York, and Debra M. Brown, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi, 9:30 
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 Armed Services, Subcommittee on Seapower and 
Projection Forces, hearing entitled ``Acquisition and Development 
Challenges Associated with the Littoral Combat Ship'', 9:30 a.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications 
and Technology, markup on the ``Federal Communications Commission 
Process Reform Act of 2013''; and the ``Federal Communications 
Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2013'', 9 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and 
Emerging Threats, hearing entitled ``Emerging Threat of Resource 
Wars'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual 
Property and the Internet, hearing entitled ``Innovation in America: 
The Role of Copyrights'', 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing on the ``Protecting States' Rights to Promote 
American Energy Security Act'', 9:30 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs, 
hearing on H.R. 358, the ``Strategic Response to Asian Carp Invasion 
Act''; H.R. 709, the ``Upper Mississippi Conservation and River 
Protection Act of 2013'';

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H.R. 1818, the ``Polar Bear Conservation and Fairness Act of 2013''; 
H.R. 2158, the ``Expedited Departure of Certain Snake Species Act''; 
and H.R. 2463, the ``Target Practice and Marksmanship Training 
Support Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Government Operations, hearing entitled ``Data Centers and the 
Cloud, Part II: The Federal Government's Take on Optimizing New 
Information Technologies Opportunities to Save Taxpayers Money'', 
9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Energy, hearing entitled ``The Future of Coal: Utilizing America's 
Abundant Energy Resources'', 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Investigation, 
Oversight and Regulations, hearing entitled ``Examining the Small 
Business Investment Company Program'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities'', 9 a.m., HVC-
304.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine improving cyber security, focusing on the partnership 
between National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and 
the private sector, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.