[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 121 (Monday, September 16, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1318]
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                       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 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 Tuesday, September 17, 2013 may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              SEPTEMBER 18
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Stevan 
           Eaton Bunnell, of the District of Columbia, to be 
           General Counsel, and Suzanne Eleanor Spaulding, of 
           Virginia, to be Under Secretary for National Protection 
           and Programs, both of the Department of Homeland 
           Security.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine implementing Moving Ahead for 
           Progress in the 21st Century's (MAP-21) provisions to 
           accelerate project delivery.
                                                            SD-406
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S. 1086, to reauthorize and 
           improve the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 
           of 1990, an original resolution authorizing 
           expenditures by the committee during the 113th 
           Congress, the nominations of Richard F. Griffin, Jr., 
           of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of 
           the National Labor Relations Board, Chai Rachel 
           Feldblum, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member 
           of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and 
           Scott S. Dahl, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, 
           Department of Labor, and any pending nominations.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine reevaluating the 
           effectiveness of Federal mandatory minimum sentences.
                                                            SD-226
       Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine closing the wealth gap, 
           focusing on empowering minority owned businesses to 
           reach their full potential for growth and job creation.
                                                           SR-428A
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community 
           Development
         To hold hearings to examine recovering from Superstorm 
           Sandy, focusing on assessing the progress, continuing 
           needs, and rebuilding strategy.
                                                            SD-538
     2 p.m.
       Special Committee on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine older Americans, focusing on 
           the changing face of HIV/AIDS in America.
                                                            SD-562
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Subcommittee on Economic Policy
         To hold hearings to examine implementation of the 
           ``Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Act of 2012'', 
           focusing on one year after enactment.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider an original resolution 
           authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 
           113th Congress.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider an original resolution 
           authorizing expenditures by the committee from October 
           1, 2013, through February 28, 2015.
                                                            SD-628
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the economic costs of debt-
           ceiling brinkmanship.
                                                            SH-216

                              SEPTEMBER 19
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Deborah 
           Lee James, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Air 
           Force, Jessica Garfola Wright, of Pennsylvania, to be 
           Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, and Marcel 
           J. Lettre II, of Maryland, to be Principal Deputy Under 
           Secretary for Intelligence, all of the Department of 
           Defense, Frank G. Klotz, of Virginia, to be Under 
           Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security, and Kevin A. 
           Ohlson, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States 
           Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
                                                            SD-G50
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine wildlife management authority 
           within the State of Alaska under the Alaska National 
           Interest Lands Act and the Alaska Native Claims 
           Settlement Act.
                                                            SD-366
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Jo Emily 
           Handelsman, of Connecticut, and Robert Michael Simon, 
           of Maryland, both to be an Associate Director of the 
           Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Kathryn D. 
           Sullivan, of Ohio, to be Under Secretary of Commerce 
           for Oceans and Atmosphere.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine promoting a system of shared 
           responsibility, focusing on issues for reauthorization 
           of the ``Higher Education Act''.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine reforming and renewing the 
           postal service, part I, focusing on maintaining 
           services, reducing costs and increasing revenue through 
           innovation and modernization.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                              SEPTEMBER 24
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Eunice S. 
           Reddick, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador 
           to the Republic of Niger, John Hoover, of 
           Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
           Sierra Leone, Michael Stephen Hoza, of Washington, to 
           be Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon, Mark Bradley 
           Childress, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the United 
           Republic of Tanzania, Thomas Frederick Daughton, of 
           Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia, 
           Matthew T. Harrington, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
           the Kingdom of Lesotho, and Dwight L. Bush, Sr., of the 
           District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom 
           of Morocco, all of the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419

                               OCTOBER 1
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 812, to authorize the 
           Secretary of the Interior to take actions to implement 
           the Agreement between the United States of America and 
           the United Mexican States Concerning Transboundary 
           Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico, and H.R. 
           1613, to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to 
           provide for the proper Federal management and oversight 
           of transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs.
                                                            SD-366