[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 138 (Monday, October 7, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D958-D959]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

               Week of October 8 through October 11, 2013

                             Senate Chamber

  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Armed Services: October 10, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Michael D. Lumpkin, of California, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Special Operations and Low Intensity 
Conflict, Jamie Michael Morin, of Michigan, to be Director of Cost 
Assessment and Program Evaluation, and Jo Ann Rooney, of 
Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary of the Navy, all of the 
Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 9, to 
hold hearings to examine housing finance reform, focusing on 
essential elements of the multifamily housing finance system, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  October 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the impact 
of a default on financial stability and economic growth, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 11, to 
hold hearings to examine the impacts of the Government shutdown on 
economic security, Time to be announced, SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: October 8, business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Michael L. Connor, of New 
Mexico, to be Deputy Secretary of the

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Interior, and Elizabeth M. Robinson, of Washington, to be Under 
Secretary of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: October 10, to hold hearings to examine the 
debt limit, 8:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: October 8, Subcommittee on African 
Affairs, to hold hearings to examine security and governance in 
Somalia, focusing on consolidating gains, confronting challenges, 
and charting the path forward, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: October 
8, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of William Ward 
Nooter, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: October 10, closed business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, October 10, Subcommittee on 
Readiness, hearing entitled ``The Interpretation of HR 3210: `Pay 
Our Military Act' '', 11:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  October 10, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing entitled 
``Nuclear Weapons Modernization Program: Military, Technical, and 
Political Requirements for the B61 Life Extension Program and Future 
Stockpile Strategy'', 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  October 10, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, 
hearing on USAF, USN and USMC Development and Integration of Air/Sea 
Battle Strategy, Governance and Policy into the Services' Annual 
Program, Planning, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) Process, 3:30 
p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, October 9, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Haiti: Is U.S. Aid Effective?'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  October 10, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 3212, the ``Sean and 
David Goldman International Child Abduction Prevention and Return 
Act of 2013'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, October 9, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 3141, the ``Biometric Exit Improvement Act of 2013''; and 
H.R. 3202, the ``Essential Transportation Worker Identification 
Credential Assessment Act''; 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  October 9, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``From al-Shabaab to 
al-Nusra: How Westerners Joining Terror Groups Overseas Affect the 
Homeland'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  October 10, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency, 
hearing entitled ``DHS Financial Management: Investigating DHS's 
Stewardship of Taxpayer Dollars'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  October 11, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency, 
hearing entitled ``Facility Protection: Implications of the Navy 
Yard Shooting on Homeland Security'', 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, October 9, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Implementation of an Entry-Exit System: Still Waiting 
After All These Years'', 2:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, October 10, Subcommittee on Water 
and Power, hearing on H.R. 3176, to reauthorize the Reclamation 
States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991, and for other purposes; 
and H.R. 3189, to prohibit the conditioning of any permit, lease, or 
other use agreement on the transfer, relinquishment, or other 
impairment of any water right to the United States by the 
Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, October 9, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Examining the IRS's Role in 
Implementing and Enforcing ObamaCare'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, October 9, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``The Effects of the Health Law's Definition of 
Full-Time Employee on Small Businesses'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  October 10, Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, hearing 
entitled ``Bungling Bundling: How Contract Bundling and 
Consolidation Remain Challenges to Small Business Success'', 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, October 10, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing 
entitled ``Maritime Transportation Regulations: Impacts on Safety, 
Security, Jobs and the Environment, Part 2'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  October 10, Panel on 21st Century Freight Transportation will hold 
a hearing entitled ``Funding the Nation's Freight System'', 1 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, October 9, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Effect of Government Shutdown on VA Benefits and Services 
to Veterans'', 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  October 10, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Between 
Peril and Promise: Facing the Dangers of VA's Skyrocketing Use of 
Prescription Painkillers to Treat Veterans'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, October 10, Full 
Committee, meeting on Member Access Requests, 10 a.m., HVC-304. This 
hearing may close.
  October 10, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Ongoing 
Intelligence Activities'', 10:30 a.m., HVC-304. This is a closed 
hearing.