[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 151 (Monday, October 28, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1017-D1019]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of October 29 through November 1, 2013

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 10 a.m., Senate will begin consideration 
of the motion to proceed to consideration of S.J. Res. 26, relating to 
the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to increase 
the debt limit. At 2:15 p.m., Senate will vote on adoption of the 
motion to proceed to consideration of S.J. Res. 26, to be followed by a 
vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Richard F. 
Griffin, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of the 
National Labor Relations Board.
  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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 29, to 
hold hearings to examine housing finance reform, focusing on the 
essentials of a functioning housing finance system for consumers, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  October 30, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment, 
to hold hearings to examine the ``JOBS Act'' at a year and a half, 
focusing on assessing progress and unmet opportunities, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
  October 31, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Wanda Felton, of New York, to be First Vice President 
of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and Katherine M. 
O'Regan, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine 
housing finance reform, focusing on a government guarantee for 
mortgage-backed securities, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 29, 
Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet, to 
hold hearings to examine broadband adoption, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: October 30, to hold hearings to examine the 
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, 11 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: October 31, business meeting to 
consider S. Res. 268, condemning the September 2013 terrorist attack 
at the Westgate Mall in Nairobi, Kenya, and reaffirming United 
States support for the people and Government of Kenya, and the 
nominations of Gregory B. Starr, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Diplomatic Security, 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, 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, Tomasz P. Malinowski, of the District 
of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, 
and Labor, Crystal Nix-Hines, of California, for the rank of 
Ambassador during her tenure of service as the United States 
Permanent Representative to the United Nations Educational, 
Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Pamela K. Hamamoto, of 
Hawaii, to be Representative to the Office of the United Nations and 
Other International Organizations in Geneva, with the rank of 
Ambassador, Philip S. Goldberg, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines, Robert O. Blake, Jr., 
of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, Karen 
Clark Stanton, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Democratic 
Republic of Timor-Leste, 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, Robert A. 
Sherman, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Portuguese 
Republic, Anne W. Patterson, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Near Eastern Affairs, Adam M. Scheinman, of Virginia, to be 
Special Representative of the President for Nuclear 
Nonproliferation, with the rank of Ambassador, 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, Dwight L. Bush, 
Sr., of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Morocco, James Walter Brewster, Jr., of Illinois, to be Ambassador 
to the Dominican Republic, Brian A. Nichols, of Rhode Island, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Peru, and Carlos Roberto Moreno, of 
California, to be Ambassador to Belize, all of the Department of 
State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  October 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Syria, 
10:15 a.m., SD-419.
  October 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Daniel W. Yohannes, of Colorado, to be Representative 
of the United States of America to the Organization for Economic 
Cooperation and Development, with the rank of Ambassador, Department 
of State, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: October 30, 
business meeting to consider S. 1562, to reauthorize the Older 
Americans Act of 1965, S. 1557, to amend the Public Health Service 
Act to reauthorize support for graduate medical education programs 
in children's hospitals, S. 1561, to amend the Public Health Service 
Act to improve provisions relating to the sanctuary system for 
surplus chimpanzees, H.R. 2094, to amend the Public Health Service 
Act to increase the preference given, in awarding certain asthma-
related grants, to certain States (those allowing trained school 
personnel to administer epinephrine and meeting other related 
requirements), S. 1302, to amend the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
provide for cooperative and small employer charity pension plans, 
H.R. 2747, to amend title 40, United States Code, to transfer 
certain functions from the Government Accountability Office to the 
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of Labor relating to the processing of claims for the payment of 
workers who were not paid appropriate wages under certain provisions 
of such title, and the nominations of Michael Keith Yudin, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Special 
Education and Rehabilitative Services, and James Cole, Jr., of New 
York, to be General Counsel, both of the Department of Education, 
and Chai Rachel Feldblum, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and any 
pending nominations, 9:15 a.m., SD-430.
  October 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine attaining 
a quality degree, focusing on innovations to improve student 
success, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: October 
31, to hold hearings to examine government clearances and background 
checks, focusing on the Navy Yard tragedy, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: October 30, business meeting to 
consider 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. 611, to make a technical 
amendment to the T'uf Shur Bien Preservation Trust Area Act, and S. 
920, to allow the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in the 
State of Minnesota to lease or transfer certain land; to be 
immediately followed by a hearing to examine S. 1074, to extend 
Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the 
Chickahominy Indian Tribe-Easter Division, the Upper Mattaponi 
Tribe, the Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and 
the Nansemond Indian Tribe, S. 1132, to provide for the recognition 
of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and S. 161, to extend the 
Federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 
Montana, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: October 29, Subcommittee on the 
Constitution, Civil Rights and Human Rights, to hold hearings to 
examine ``Stand Your Ground'' laws, focusing on civil rights and 
public safety implications of the expanded use of deadly force, 10 
a.m., SH-216.
  October 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of John B. Owens, of California, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Matthew Frederick Leitman, 
Judith Ellen Levy, Laurie J. Michelson, and Linda Vivienne Parker, 
all to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Michigan, and Peter Joseph Kadzik, of New York, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, Department of Justice, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  October 31, Full Committee, 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, Beth 
Labson Freeman, and Vince Girdhari Chhabria, all to be a 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, Carolyn B. McHugh, of Utah, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, Pamela L. Reeves, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, 
and James Maxwell Moody, Jr., to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Arkansas, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: October 30, to hold hearings to 
examine pending health care and benefits legislation, 2 p.m., SR-
418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: October 29, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  October 31, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, October 30, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``PPACA Implementation Failures: Answers from 
HHS'', 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, October 30, Subcommittee on Europe, 
Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, hearing entitled ``China's Maritime 
and other Geographic Threats'', 10 a.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  October 30, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa; and 
Subcommittee on Africa, Global Human Rights, and International 
Organizations, hearing entitled ``Establishing a Syrian War Crimes 
Tribunal?'', 1:30 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, October 30, Subcommittee on 
Emergency Preparedness, Response, and Communications; and 
Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and 
Security Technologies, hearing entitled ``Cyber Incident Response: 
Bridging the Gap Between Cybersecurity and Emergency Management'', 9 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  October 30, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency, 
hearing entitled ``Facility Protection: Implications of the Navy 
Yard Shooting on Homeland Security'', 9:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, October 30, Over-Criminalization Task 
Force, meeting entitled ``Regulatory Crime: Identifying the Scope of 
the Problem'', 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, October 30, Full Committee, markup 
on the following legislation: H.R. 298, to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the 
significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield located in Pulaski and 
Wayne Counties, Kentucky, and the feasibility of its inclusion in 
the National Park System, and for other purposes; H.R. 585,

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the ``Anchorage Land Conveyance Act of 2013''; H.R. 1308, the 
``Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Preservation Act''; H.R. 
1846, the ``Lower East Side Tenement National Historic Site 
Amendments Act''; H.R. 2798, to amend Public Law 106-206 to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to 
require annual permits and assess annual fees for commercial filming 
activities on Federal land for film crews of 5 persons or fewer; 
H.R. 2799, to establish the Wildlife and Hunting Heritage 
Conservation Council Advisory Committee to advise the Secretaries of 
the Interior and Agriculture on wildlife and habitat conservation, 
hunting, recreational shooting, and for other purposes; and H.R. 
2954, to authorize Escambia County, Florida, to convey certain 
property that was formerly part of Santa Rosa Island National 
Monument and that was conveyed to Escambia County subject to 
restrictions on use and reconveyance; 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, October 30, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``A Culture of Mismanagement and 
Wasteful Conference Spending at the Department of Veterans' 
Affairs'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, October 30, 
Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``Providing the Tools for 
Scientific Discovery and Basic Energy Research: The Department of 
Energy Science Mission'', 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, October 30, Subcommittee on 
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing entitled 
``Focused Issues on Dignified Burials: A National Cemetery Update'', 
10 a.m., 334 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: October 30, meeting of conferees on H.R. 2642, to 
provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other 
programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal year 2018, 
1 p.m., 1100-LHOB.
  Conference: October 30, meeting of conferees on S. Con. Res. 8, a 
concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the 
United States Government for fiscal year 2014, revising the 
appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2013, and setting forth 
the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2015 through 2023, 
10 a.m., HC-5, Capitol.
  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: October 30, to 
receive a briefing on the U.S. Civil Rights Movement, focusing on 
how the movement has impacted Europe and the continuing work of the 
United States in advancing human rights for minorities in Europe, 2 
p.m., 2255, Rayburn Building.