[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 128 (Wednesday, September 25, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D909]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Rose Eilene Gottemoeller, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary for Arms Control and International Security, Frank A. 
Rose, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary for Verification 
and Compliance, and Adam M. Scheinman, of Virginia, to be Special 
Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, with 
the rank of Ambassador, all of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SH-
216.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Timothy M. Broas, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
the Netherlands, Donald Lu, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Albania, and Robert A. Sherman, of Massachusetts, to be 
Ambassador to the Portuguese Republic, all of the Department of 
State, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Children and Families, to hold hearings to examine how newborn 
screening saves lives, focusing on the past, present, and future of 
the newborn screening system, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine reforming and renewing the postal service, part 
II, focusing on promoting a 21st century workforce, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 42, to 
provide anti-retaliation protections for antitrust whistleblowers, 
S. 822, to protect crime victims' rights, to eliminate the 
substantial backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and 
convicted offenders, to improve and expand the DNA testing capacity 
of Federal, State, and local crime laboratories, to increase 
research and development of new DNA testing technologies, to develop 
new training programs regarding the collection and use of DNA 
evidence, to provide post conviction testing of DNA evidence to 
exonerate the innocent, to improve the performance of counsel in 
State capital cases, and the nominations of Robert Leon Wilkins, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, 
Brian J. Davis, to be United States District Judge for the Middle 
District of Florida, Timothy L. Brooks, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, James Donato, and Beth 
Labson Freeman, both to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of California, Pedro A. Delgado Hernandez, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, 
Patricia M. Wald, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, and Zachary Thomas 
Fardon, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of 
Illinois, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) legislation, 2 p.m., 
SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The 
Congressional Budget Office's Long-Term Budget Outlook'', 10 a.m., 
210 Cannon.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Western 
Hemisphere, hearing entitled ``A Closer Look at Cuba and its Recent 
History of Proliferation'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security,  Subcommittee on Border and 
Maritime Security, hearing entitled ``Fulfilling A Key 9/11 
Commission Recommendation: Implementing Biometric Exit'', 10:30 
a.m., 311 Cannon.