[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 17, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D870-D871]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  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, 10:30 a.m., SD-538.
  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, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine enhancing 
accountability and increasing financial transparency, 10 a.m., SD-608.

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  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business meeting to 
consider an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee 
during the 113th Congress, and the nominations of Gregory Dainard 
Winfree, of New York, to be Administrator of the Research and Innovative 
Technology Administration, Department of Transportation, and Christopher 
A. Hart, of Colorado, and Deborah A. P. Hersman, of Virginia, to be 
Chairman, both to be a Member of the National Transportation Safety 
Board; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nominations 
of Terrell McSweeny, of the District of Columbia, and Michael P. 
O'Rielly, of New York, both to be a Commissioner of the Federal 
Communications Commission, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  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, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider an original 
resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during the 113th 
Congress, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  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, and Scott S. Dahl, of 
Virginia, to be Inspector General, Department of Labor, and any pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  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, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider an original 
resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee from October 1, 
2013, through February 28, 2015, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine reevaluating 
the effectiveness of Federal mandatory minimum sentences, 10 a.m., 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, 10 
a.m., SR-428A.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine older 
Americans, focusing on the changing face of HIV/AIDS in America, 2 p.m., 
SD-562.


                                  House

  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing on Planning for 
Sequestration in Fiscal Year 2014 and Perspectives of the Military 
Services on the Strategic Choices and Management Review, 10 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Higher 
Education and Workforce Training, hearing entitled ``Keeping College 
Within Reach: Improving Access and Affordability through Innovative 
Partnerships'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, 
hearing entitled ``The Obama Administration's Climate Change Policies and 
Activities'', 10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, hearing entitled 
``Regulation of Existing Chemicals and the Role of Pre-Emption under 
Sections 6 and 18 of the Toxic Substances Control Act'', 2 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Examining the SEC's 
Money Market Fund Rule Proposal'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Benghazi: Where is the State Department Accountability'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, 
Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies, markup on H.R. 
2952, the ``Critical Infrastructure Research and Development Advancement 
Act of 2013''; legislation entitled the ``CIRDA Act of 2013''; and 
legislation entitled ``Homeland Security Cybersecurity Boots-on-the-
Ground Act'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, hearing entitled 
``Understanding the Threat to the Homeland from AQAP'', 2 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing on ``Oversight of 
the Administration's Use of FISA Authorities'', 10 a.m., 2140 Rayburn. 
This hearing is for Members and TS/SCI committee staff.
  Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``The Role of Voluntary Agreements in the U.S. 
Intellectual Property System'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Economic 
Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs; and Subcommittee on Energy 
Policy, Health Care and Entitlements, joint subcommittee hearing entitled 
``Federal Implementation of ObamaCare: Concerns of State Governments'', 
10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 687, the 
``Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2013''; H.R. 
3102, the ``Nutrition Reform and Work Opportunity Act of 2013'' and H.R. 
1526, the ``Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act'', 3 
p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on Research 
and Technology, hearing entitled ``Methamphetamine Addiction: Using 
Science to Explore Solutions'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 2542, the 
``Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act of 2013'', 1 p.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, hearing 
entitled ``FEMA Reauthorization: Recovering Quicker and Smarter'', 10 
a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, hearing 
entitled ``Internal Revenue Service's Exempt Organizations Division Post-
TIGTA Audit'', 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the economic 
costs of debt-ceiling brinkmanship, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.