[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 152 (Tuesday, October 29, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1026-D1027]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            OCTOBER 30, 2013

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  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, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the Transatlantic 
Trade and Investment Partnership, 11 a.m., SD-215.
  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

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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, 9:15 a.m., SD-430.
  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. 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-Eastern 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: 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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine pending 
health care and benefits legislation, 2 p.m., SR-418.


                                  House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``PPACA Implementation Failures: Answers from HHS'', 9 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and 
Emerging Threats, hearing entitled ``China's Maritime and other 
Geographic Threats'', 10 a.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  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, 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'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  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, Over-Criminalization Task Force, meeting 
entitled ``Regulatory Crime: Identifying the Scope of the Problem'', 9:30 
a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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, 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, 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, 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 Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing entitled ``Review of FAA's Certification Process: 
Ensuring an Efficient, Effective, and Safe Process'', 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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: meeting of conferees on S. Con. Res. 8, 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: 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.
  Conference: 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, 2:30 p.m., 1100, 
Longworth Building.