[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 151 (Monday, October 28, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1586-E1588]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       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, October 29, 2013 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                               OCTOBER 30
     9:15 a.m.
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         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 Department 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.
                                                            SD-430
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       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.
                                                            SD-538
       Conferees
         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.
                                                              HC-5
     11 a.m.
       Committee on Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the Transatlantic Trade and 
           Investment Partnership.
                                                            SD-215
     1 p.m.
       Conferees
         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.
                                                         1100-LHOB
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine pending health care and 
           benefits legislation.
                                                            SR-418
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         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.
                                                         RHOB-2255
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         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.

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           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.
                                                            SD-628
       Committee on the Judiciary
         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.
                                                            SD-226

                               OCTOBER 31
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine housing finance reform, 
           focusing on a government guarantee for mortgage-backed 
           securities.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         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.
                                                            SD-419
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine attaining a quality degree, 
           focusing on innovations to improve student success.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine government clearances and 
           background checks, focusing on the Navy Yard tragedy.
                                                            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, 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.
                                                            SD-226
     10:15 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine Syria.
                                                            SD-419
     2 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
     2:15 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         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.
                                                            SD-419

                               NOVEMBER 6
     10 a.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Bureau of 
           Prisons and cost-effective strategies for reducing 
           recidivism.
                                                            SD-226

                               NOVEMBER 7
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the impact of sequestration 
           on the national defense; with the possibility of a 
           closed session in SVC-217, following the open session.
                                                            SD-G50

                              NOVEMBER 20
     3:30 p.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
       Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
         To hold hearings to examine S. 182, to provide for the 
           unencumbering of title to non-Federal land owned by the 
           city of Anchorage, Alaska, for purposes of economic 
           development by conveyance of the Federal reversion 
           interest to the City, S. 483, to designate the 
           Berryessa Snow Mountain National Conservation Area in 
           the State of California, S. 771, to provide to the 
           Secretary of the Interior a mechanism to cancel 
           contracts for the sale of materials CA-20139 and CA-
           22901, S. 776, to establish the Columbine-Hondo 
           Wilderness in the State of New Mexico, to provide for 
           the conveyance of certain parcels of National Forest 
           System land in the State, S. 841, to designate certain 
           Federal land in the San Juan National Forest in the 
           State of Colorado as wilderness, S. 1305, to provide 
           for the conveyance of the Forest Service Lake Hill 
           Administrative Site in Summit County, Colorado, S. 
           1341, to modify the Forest Service Recreation Residence 
           Program as the program applies to units of the National 
           Forest System derived from the public domain by 
           implementing a simple, equitable, and predictable 
           procedure for determining cabin user fees, S. 1414, to 
           provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in 
           the State of Oregon to the Confederated Tribes of Coos, 
           Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians, S. 1415, to provide 
           for the conveyance of certain Federal land in the State 
           of Oregon to the Cow Creek Band


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           of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, and S. 1479, to address the 
           forest health, public safety, and wildlife habitat 
           threat presented by the risk of wildfire, including 
           catastrophic wildfire, on National Forest System land 
           and public land managed by the Bureau of Land 
           Management by requiring the Secretary of Agriculture 
           and the Secretary of the Interior to expedite forest 
           management projects relating to hazardous fuels 
           reduction, forest health, and economic development.
                                                            SD-366