[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 160 (Tuesday, November 12, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1073-D1075]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of November 13 through November 15, 2013

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, at approximately 11 a.m., Senate will continue 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 3204, 
Drug Quality and Security Act, post-cloture.
  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 Appropriations: November 13, Subcommittee on 
Department of Defense, to hold hearings to examine sequestration and 
the defense industrial base, 11 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: November 14, to 
hold hearings to examine the nomination of Janet L. Yellen, of 
California, to be Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: November 13, 
to hold hearings to examine the role of manufacturing hubs in a 21st 
century innovation economy, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  November 14, Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and 
Coast Guard, to hold hearings to examine Southeast regional 
perspective on ``Magnuson-Stevens Act'' reauthorization, 10:30 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: November 14, business 
meeting to consider S. 753, to provide for national security 
benefits for White Sands Missile Range and Fort Bliss, S. 1169, to 
withdraw and reserve certain public land in the State of Montana for 
the Limestone Hills Training Area, and S. 1309, to withdraw and 
reserve certain public land under the jurisdiction of the Secretary 
of the Interior for military uses; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing 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 Affairs, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: November 14, business meeting to 
consider S. 1271, to direct the President to establish guidelines 
for the United States foreign assistance programs, an original bill 
entitled, ``Naval Vessel Transfer Act of 2013'', and the nominations 
of Daniel W. Yohannes, of Colorado, to be Representative to the 
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank 
of Ambassador, Anthony Luzzatto Gardner, of New York, to be 
Representative to the European Union, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador, Amy Jane Hyatt, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Palau, and Elizabeth Frawley Bagley, of the District of 
Columbia, Theodore Strickland, of Ohio, and

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Stephen N. Zack, of Florida, all to be an Alternate Representative 
of the United States of America to the Sixty-eighth Session of the 
General Assembly of the United Nations, all of the Department of 
State, 11:15 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  November 14, Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine the Eastern Partnership, focusing on the outlook for 
Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Belarus, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, 2:30 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: November 14, 
to hold hearings to examine ensuring access to higher education, 
focusing on simplifying Federal student aid for today's college 
student, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: November 
13, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Jeh Charles 
Johnson, of New Jersey, to be Secretary of Homeland Security, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  November 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine threats 
to the homeland, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: November 14, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine contract support costs and sequestration, 
focusing on Indian country, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: November 13, Subcommittee on Privacy, 
Technology and the Law, to hold hearings to examine ``The 
Surveillance Transparency Act of 2013'', 10 a.m., SD-226.
  November 13, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Nancy L. Moritz, of Kansas, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, Sheryl H. Lipman, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, Stanley 
Allen Bastian, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Washington, and Manish S. Shah, of Illinois, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 
2 p.m., SD-226.
  November 14, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 619, 
to amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent unjust and 
irrational criminal punishments, S. 1410, to focus limited Federal 
resources on the most serious offenders, S. 1675, to reduce 
recidivism and increase public safety, S. 975, to provide for the 
inclusion of court-appointed guardianship improvement and oversight 
activities under the Elder Justice Act of 2009, and the nominations 
of 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, Vince Girdhari 
Chhabria, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of California, James Maxwell Moody, Jr., to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, and 
Peter Joseph Kadzik, of New York, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General, Peter C. Tobin, to be United States Marshal for the 
Southern District of Ohio, and Amos Rojas, Jr., of Florida, to be 
United States Marshal for the Southern District of Florida, all of 
the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  November 14, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and 
Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine cartel prosecution, 
focusing on stopping price fixers and protecting consumers, 2:30 
p.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: November 13, to 
hold hearings to examine a review of programs for veteran 
entrepreneurs, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: November 14, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Education and the Workforce, November 14, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``The Effects of the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act on Schools, Colleges, and Universities'', 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, November 14, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``Obamacare Implementation Problems: More 
than Just a Broken Website'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  November 14, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``The Impact of Patent Assertion Entities on Innovation and 
the Economy'', 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  November 14, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled 
``EPA's Proposed GHG Standards for New Power Plants''; and a measure 
regarding the Whitfield-Manchin legislation, 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  November 15, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Our Nation of Builders: Training the Builders of 
the Future'', 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  November 15, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Reviewing 
FDA's Implementation of FDASIA'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, November 14, Full Committee, 
markup on the following legislation: H.R. 3329, to enhance the 
ability of community financial institutions to foster economic 
growth and serve their communities, boost small businesses, increase 
individual savings, and for other purposes; legislation regarding 
the ``Credit Union Share Insurance Fund Parity Act''; H.R. 1800, the 
``Small Business Credit Availability Act''; H.R. 2274, the ``Small 
Business Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, and Brokerage Simplification 
Act of 2013''; and legislation regarding the ``Small Cap Liquidity 
Reform Act of 2013'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, November 14, Subcommittee on 
Transportation Security, hearing entitled ``TSA's SPOT Program and 
Initial Lessons From the LAX Shooting'', 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  November 15, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency, 
hearing entitled ``DHS Financial Management: Investigating DHS's 
Stewardship of Taxpayer Dollars'', 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, November 14, Over-Criminalization Task 
Force, hearing on Regulatory Crime: Solutions, 10:30 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
  November 15, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and 
Antitrust Law, hearing on Oversight of the Antitrust Enforcement 
Agencies, 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, November 14, Full Committee markup 
on the following legislation: H.R. 1308, the ``Endangered Salmon and 
Fisheries Predation

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Prevention 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. 2824, the ``Preventing Government Waste and Protecting Coal 
Mining Jobs in America''; H.R. 3008, to provide for the conveyance 
of a small parcel of National Forest System land in Los Padres 
National Forest in California, and for other purposes; H.R. 3188, 
the ``Yosemite Rim Fire Emergency Salvage Act''; and H.R. 3189, the 
``Water Rights Protection Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, November 14, 
Subcommittee on Government Operations, hearing entitled ``Reviewing 
Alternatives to Amtrak's Annual Losses in Food and Beverage 
Service'', 9:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  November 14, Subcommittee on National Security, hearing entitled 
``Border Security Oversight, Part III: Border Crossing Cards and B1/
B2 Visas'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, November 14, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 
3350, the ``Keep Your Health Plan Act of 2013'', 3 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, November 14, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Strengthening Transparency and 
Accountability within the Environmental Protection Agency'', 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, November 14, Subcommittee on Health 
and Technology, hearing entitled ``Self-Insurance and Health 
Benefits: An Affordable Option for Small Business?'', 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, November 14, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Progress Report: Hurricane Sandy 
Recovery--One Year Later'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, November 14, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``Addressing Operational Challenges to 
Ensure Accurate and Optimal VA Third Party Collections'', 10 a.m., 
334 Cannon.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: November 13, 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., 1100, 
Longworth Building.
  Joint Economic Committee: November 13, to hold hearings to examine 
the current economic outlook, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.