[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 107 (Wednesday, July 24, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1130-E1132]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and 
purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and

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any cancellations or changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, July 25, 2013 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 30
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Admiral 
           Cecil E.D. Haney, USN for reappointment to the grade of 
           admiral and to be Commander, United States Strategic 
           Command, and Lieutenant General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, 
           USA to be general and Commander, United Nations 
           Command/Combined Forces Command/United States Forces 
           Korea, both of the Department of Defense.
                                                            SD-G50
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine mitigating systemic risk in 
           financial markets through Wall Street reforms.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
       Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
         To hold hearings to examine S. 37, to sustain the 
           economic development and recreational use of National 
           Forest System land and other public land in the State 
           of Montana, to add certain land to the National 
           Wilderness Preservation System, to release certain 
           wilderness study areas, to designate new areas for 
           recreation, S. 343, to provide for the conveyance of 
           certain Federal land in Clark County, Nevada, for the 
           environmental remediation and reclamation of the Three 
           Kids Mine Project Site, S. 364, to establish the Rocky 
           Mountain Front Conservation Management Area, to 
           designate certain Federal land as wilderness, and to 
           improve the management of noxious weeds in the Lewis 
           and Clark National Forest, S. 404, to preserve the 
           Green Mountain Lookout in the Glacier Peak Wilderness 
           of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, S. 753, 
           to provide for national security benefits for White 
           Sands Missile Range and Fort Bliss, S. 1169, to 
           withdraw and reserve certain public land in the State 
           of Montana for the Limestone Hills Training Area, S. 
           1294, to designate as wilderness certain public land in 
           the Cherokee National Forest in the State of Tennessee, 
           S. 1300, to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act 
           of 2003 to provide for the conduct of stewardship end 
           result contracting projects, S. 1301, to provide for 
           the restoration of forest landscapes, protection of old 
           growth forests, and management of national forests in 
           the eastside forests of the State of Oregon, S. 1309, 
           to withdraw and reserve certain public land under the 
           jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for 
           military uses, H.R. 507, to provide for the conveyance 
           of certain land inholdings owned by the United States 
           to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, H.R. 862, to 
           authorize the conveyance of two small parcels of land 
           within the boundaries of the Coconino National Forest 
           containing private improvements that were developed 
           based upon the reliance of the landowners in an 
           erroneous survey conducted in May 1960, and H.R. 876, 
           to authorize the continued use of certain water 
           diversions located on National Forest System land in 
           the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the 
           Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in the State of Idaho.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on the Judiciary
       Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer 
           Rights
         To hold hearings to examine standard essential patent 
           disputes and antitrust law.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
       Subcommittee on Department of Defense
         Business meeting to markup proposed legislation making 
           appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for the Department 
           of Defense.
                                                            SD-192
       Committee on the Budget
         To hold hearings to examine containing health care costs, 
           focusing on recent progress and remaining challenges.
                                                            SD-608
     2:15 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider the nomination of Joseph Y. 
           Yun, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to Malaysia, 
           Department of State; to be immediately followed by a 
           hearing to examine the nominations of Steve A. Linick, 
           of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Matthew Winthrop 
           Barzun, of Kentucky, to be Ambassador to the United 
           Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Liliana 
           Ayalde, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Federative 
           Republic of Brazil, Kirk W.B. Wagar, of Florida, to be 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore, and Daniel A. 
           Sepulveda, of Florida, to be Deputy Assistant Secretary 
           for International Communications and Information Policy 
           in the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs 
           and U. S. Coordinator for International Communications 
           and Information Policy, all of the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider S. 134, to arrange for the 
           National Academy of Sciences to study the impact of 
           violent video games and violent video programming on 
           children, S. Res. 157, expressing the sense of the 
           Senate that telephone service must be improved in rural 
           areas of the United States and that no entity may 
           unreasonably discriminate against telephone users in 
           those areas, S. 267, to prevent, deter, and eliminate 
           illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing through 
           port State measures, S. 269, to establish uniform 
           administrative and enforcement authorities for the 
           enforcement of the High Seas Driftnet Fishing 
           Moratorium Protection Act and similar statutes, S. 376, 
           to reauthorize the National Integrated Drought 
           Information System, S. 839, to reauthorize the Coral 
           Reef Conservation Act of 2000, S. 921, to amend chapter 
           301 of title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the 
           rental of motor vehicles that contain a defect related 
           to motor vehicle safety, S. 1068, to reauthorize and 
           amend the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
           Administration Commissioned Officer Corps Act of 2002, 
           S. 1072, to ensure that the Federal Aviation 
           Administration advances the safety of small airplanes 
           and the continued development of the general aviation 
           industry, S. 1144, to prohibit unauthorized third-party 
           charges on wireline telephone bills, S. 1254, to amend 
           the Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and 
           Control Act of 1998, S. 1317, to authorize the programs 
           of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
           for fiscal years 2014 through 2016, S. 1344, to promote 
           research, monitoring, and observation of the Arctic, an 
           original bill entitled, ``Cyber'', the nominations of 
           Jannette Lake Dates, of Maryland, Bruce M. Ramer, of 
           California, Brent Franklin Nelsen, of South Carolina, 
           Howard Abel Husock, of New York, and Loretta Cheryl 
           Sutliff, of Nevada, all to be a Member of the Board of 
           Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 
           Thomas C. Carper, of Illinois, to be a Director of the 
           Amtrak Board of Directors, Thomas Edgar Wheeler, of the 
           District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal 
           Communications Commission, Mark E. Schaefer, of 
           California, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
           Oceans and Atmosphere, and nominations for promotion in 
           the United States Coast Guard.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1240, to establish a new 
           organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a 
           consensual process for siting nuclear waste facilities, 
           ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear waste.
                                                            SD-366
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                JULY 31
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, 
           ``Workforce Investment Act of 2013'', and any pending 
           nominations.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, 
           ``Federal Real Property Asset Management Reform Act'', 
           an original bill entitled, ``Improper Payments Agency 
           Cooperation Enhancement Act of 2013'', S. 994, to 
           expand the Federal Funding Accountability and 
           Transparency Act of 2006 to increase accountability and 
           transparency in Federal spending, an original bill 
           entitled, ``BETTER Border Act'', S. 1276, to increase 
           oversight of the Revolving Fund of the Office of 
           Personnel Management, strengthen the authority to 
           terminate or debar employees and contractors involved 
           in misconduct affecting the integrity of security 
           clearance background investigations, enhance 
           transparency regarding the criteria utilized by Federal 
           departments and agencies to determine when a security

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           clearance is required, H.R. 1162, to amend title 31, 
           United States Code, to make improvements in the 
           Government Accountability Office, S. 1348, to 
           reauthorize the Congressional Award Act, S. 573 and 
           H.R. 1171, bills to amend title 40, United States Code, 
           to improve veterans service organizations access to 
           Federal surplus personal property, S. 643, to 
           strengthen employee cost savings suggestions programs 
           within the Federal Government, S. 1045, to amend title 
           5, United States Code, to provide that persons having 
           seriously delinquent tax debts shall be ineligible for 
           Federal employment, S. 233, to designate the facility 
           of the United States Postal Service located at 815 
           County Road 23 in Tyrone, New York, as the ``Specialist 
           Christopher Scott Post Office Building'', S. 668, to 
           designate the facility of the United States Postal 
           Service located at 14 Main Street in Brockport, New 
           York, as the ``Staff Sergeant Nicholas J. Reid Post 
           Office Building'', S. 796, to designate the facility of 
           the United States Postal Service located at 302 East 
           Green Street in Champaign, Illinois, as the ``James R. 
           Burgess Jr. Post Office Building'', S. 885, to 
           designate the facility of the United States Postal 
           Service located at 35 Park Street in Danville, Vermont, 
           as the ``Thaddeus Stevens Post Office'', S. 1093, to 
           designate the facility of the United States Postal 
           Service located at 130 Caldwell Drive in Hazlehurst, 
           Mississippi, as the ``First Lieutenant Alvin Chester 
           Cockrell, Jr. Post Office Building'', and the 
           nominations of John H. Thompson, of the District of 
           Columbia, to be Director of the Census, Department of 
           Commerce, and Katherine Archuleta, of Colorado, to be 
           Director of the Office of Personnel Management.
                                                            SD-342
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine strengthening privacy rights 
           and national security, focusing on oversight of the 
           Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) 
           surveillance programs.
                                                            SD-226
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine preserving the rights of 
           servicemembers, veterans, and their families in the 
           financial marketplace.
                                                            SR-418
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental 
           Relations, and the District of Columbia
         To hold hearings to examine how prepared the National 
           Capital Region is for the next disaster.
                                                            SD-342
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine implications for economic 
           development in Central Asia, focusing on if the 
           government can create the necessary conditions for more 
           trade and exchange, including infrastructure 
           development, efficient customs regimes and reliable 
           transportation networks.
                                                          CHOB-340
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine how tax reform can boost 
           economic growth, focusing on lessons from Reagan.
                                                            SD-G50
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine energy drinks, focusing on 
           exploring concerns about marketing to youth.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
       Subcommittee on National Parks
         To hold hearings to examine S. 398, to establish the 
           Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a 
           National Women's History Museum, S. 524, to amend the 
           National Trails System Act to provide for the study of 
           the Pike National Historic Trail, S. 618, to require 
           the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain 
           special resource studies, S. 702, to designate the 
           Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage 
           Corridor as ``The Last Green Valley National Heritage 
           Corridor'', S. 781, to modify the boundary of Yosemite 
           National Park, S. 782, to amend Public Law 101-377 to 
           revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National 
           Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station, 
           S. 869, to establish the Alabama Black Belt National 
           Heritage Area, S. 925, to improve the Lower East Side 
           Tenement National Historic Site, S. 995, to authorize 
           the National Desert Storm Memorial Association to 
           establish the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield 
           Memorial as a commemorative work in the District of 
           Columbia, S. 974, to provide for certain land 
           conveyances in the State of Nevada, S. 1044, to direct 
           the Secretary of the Interior to install in the area of 
           the World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia a 
           suitable plaque or an inscription with the words that 
           President Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed with the United 
           States on D-Day, June 6, 1944, S. 1071, to authorize 
           the Secretary of the Interior to make improvements to 
           support facilities for National Historic Sites operated 
           by the National Park Service, S. 1138, to reauthorize 
           the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area S. 1151, 
           to reauthorize the America's Agricultural Heritage 
           Partnership in the State of Iowa, S. 1157, to 
           reauthorize the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, 
           the Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area, the 
           Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, and the 
           Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area, S. 
           1168, to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
           Act of 1978 to limit overbroad surveillance requests 
           and expand reporting requirements, S. 1252, to amend 
           the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of 
           the Missisquoi River and the Trout River in the State 
           of Vermont, as components of the National Wild and 
           Scenic Rivers System, S. 1253, to amend the Wild and 
           Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the 
           Farmington River and Salmon Brook in the State of 
           Connecticut as components of the National Wild and 
           Scenic Rivers System, H.R. 674, to authorize the 
           Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
           feasibility of designating prehistoric, historic, and 
           limestone forest sites on Rota, Commonwealth of the 
           Northern Mariana Islands, as a unit of the National 
           Park System, H.R. 885, to expand the boundary of the 
           San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, H.R. 
           1033 and S. 916, bills to authorize the acquisition and 
           protection of nationally significant battlefields and 
           associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War 
           of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection 
           Program, and H.R. 1158, to direct the Secretary of the 
           Interior to continue stocking fish in certain lakes in 
           the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National 
           Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation 
           Area.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on Finance
       Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and 
           Infrastructure
         To hold hearings to examine principles for energy tax 
           reform.
                                                            SD-215
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 235, to provide for the 
           conveyance of certain property located in Anchorage, 
           Alaska, from the United States to the Alaska Native 
           Tribal Health Consortium, S. 920, to allow the Fond du 
           Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in the State of 
           Minnesota to lease or transfer certain land, and S. 
           1352, the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-
           determination Reauthorization Act of 2013.
                                                            SD-628

                                AUGUST 1
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the November 6, 2012 
           referendum on the political status of Puerto Rico and 
           the Administration's response.
                                                            SD-366
     2:30 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                              SEPTEMBER 11
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
       Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
           justification for fiscal year 2014 for the Federal 
           Communications Commission.
                                                            SD-138