[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 155 (Monday, November 4, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1621-E1622]
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, November 5, 2013 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                               NOVEMBER 6
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Finance
         To hold hearings to examine health insurance exchanges, 
           focusing on an update from the Administration.
                                                            SD-215
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider S. 994, to expand the 
           Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 
           2006 to increase accountability and transparency in 
           Federal spending, S. 1611, to require certain agencies 
           to conduct assessments of data centers and develop data 
           center consolidation and optimization plans, S. 1499, 
           to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
           Service located at 278 Main Street in Chadron, 
           Nebraska, as the ``Sergeant Cory Mracek Memorial Post 
           Office'', S. 1512, to designate the facility of the 
           United States Postal Service located at 1335 Jefferson 
           Road in Rochester, New York, as the ``Specialist 
           Theodore Matthew Glende Post Office'', and the 
           nominations of William Ward Nooter, to be an Associate 
           Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
           Columbia, and Tony Hammond, of Missouri, and Nanci E. 
           Langley, of Hawaii, both to be a Commissioner of the 
           Postal Regulatory Commission.
                                                            SD-342
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Bureau of 
           Prisons and cost-effective strategies for reducing 
           recidivism.
                                                            SD-226
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Sloan D. 
           Gibson, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy 
           Secretary, Linda A. Schwartz, of Connecticut, to be 
           Assistant Secretary for Policy and Planning, and 
           Constance B. Tobias, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the 
           Board of Veterans' Appeals, all of the Department of 
           Veterans Affairs.
                                                            SR-418
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Carolyn 
           Hessler Radelet, of Virginia, to be Director of the 
           Peace Corps, and Michael G. Carroll, of New York, to be 
           Inspector General, United States Agency for 
           International Development.
                                                            SD-419
     2:15 p.m.
       Special Committee on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine transportation, focusing on 
           independence for seniors.
                                                            SD-562
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the ``America Creating 
           Opportunities to Meaningfully Promote Excellence in 
           Technology, Education, and Science Act'' (America 
           COMPETES), focusing on science and the United States 
           economy.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental 
           Relations, and the District of Columbia
         To hold hearings to examine the ongoing recovery from 
           Hurricane Sandy one year later.
                                                            SD-342
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Michelle 
           T. Friedland, of California, to be United States 
           Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Christopher Reid 
           Cooper, to be United States District Judge for the 
           District of Columbia, Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr., and 
           Edward G. Smith, both to be a United States District 
           Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and M. 
           Douglas Harpool, to be United States District Judge for 
           the Western District of Missouri.
                                                            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
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Draft 
           Regional Recommendation regarding the Columbia River 
           Treaty.
                                                            SD-366
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine housing finance reform, 
           focusing on essential elements to provide affordable 
           options for housing.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and 
           Insurance
         To hold hearings to examine patent assertion entities, 
           focusing on demand letters and consumer protection.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine Social Security disability 
           benefits, focusing on if judges, doctors, and lawyers 
           abused programs, part II.
                                                            SD-342
     11 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Heather 
           Anne Higginbottom, of the District of Columbia, to be 
           Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, Sarah 
           Sewall, of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary for 
           Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights, and 
           Richard Stengel, of New York, to be Under Secretary for 
           Public Diplomacy, all of the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
     1:30 p.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
       Subcommittee on Oversight, Federal Rights and Agency Action
         To hold hearings to examine rules delayed on auto safety 
           and mental health.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                              NOVEMBER 13
     10 a.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
       Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law
         To hold hearings to examine ``The Surveillance 
           Transparency Act of 2013''.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the current economic outlook.
                                                            SH-216

                              NOVEMBER 14
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Steven 
           Croley, of Michigan, to be General Counsel, and 
           Christopher Smith, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary 
           for Fossil Energy, both of the Department of Energy, 
           and Esther Puakela Kia`aina, of Hawaii, to be Assistant 
           Secretary of the Interior for Insular Areas.
                                                            SD-366


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                              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 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