[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 164 (Monday, November 18, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1698-E1699]
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 19, 2013 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              NOVEMBER 20
     9:30 a.m.
       Conferees
         Meeting of conferees on H.R. 3080, to provide for 
           improvements to the rivers and harbors of the United 
           States, to provide for the conservation and development 
           of water and related resources.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Sarah 
           Bloom Raskin, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of 
           the Treasury, and Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, of Missouri, 
           to be a Member of the United States International Trade 
           Commission.
                                                            SD-215
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging
         To hold hearings to examine health relating to social and 
           economic status.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider the nomination of Jeh 
           Charles Johnson, of New Jersey, to be Secretary of 
           Homeland Security.
                                                            SD-342
       Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine Affordable Care Act 
           implementation, focusing on how to achieve a successful 
           rollout of the small business exchanges.
                                                            SR-428
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Subcommittee on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal 
           Programs and the Federal Workforce
         To hold hearings to examine the national security 
           workforce.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine soldiers as consumers, 
           focusing on business practices relating to the military 
           community.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Foreign Relations
       Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine rebalance to Asia IV, 
           focusing on economic engagement in the Asia-Pacific 
           region.
                                                            SD-419
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Carcieri, 
           focusing on bringing certainty to trust land 
           acquisitions.
                                                            SD-628
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of David 
           Jeremiah Barron, of Massachusetts, to be United States 
           Circuit Judge for the First Circuit.
                                                            SD-226
     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, 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, and S. 339, to facilitate the 
           efficient extraction of mineral resources in southeast 
           Arizona by authorizing and directing an exchange of 
           Federal and non-Federal land.
                                                            SD-366

                              NOVEMBER 21
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider S. 258, to amend the Federal 
           Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 to improve the 
           management of grazing leases and permits, S. 364, to 
           establish the Rocky Mountain Front Conservation 
           Management Area, to designate certain Federal land as 
           wilderness, and to improve the management of noxious 
           weeds in the Lewis and Clark National Forest, S. 715, 
           to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to use 
           designated funding to pay for construction of 
           authorized rural water projects, S. 782, to amend 
           Public Law 101-377 to revise the boundaries of the 
           Gettysburg National Military Park to include the 
           Gettysburg Train Station, S. 974, to provide for 
           certain land conveyances in the State of Nevada, S. 
           995, to authorize the National Desert Storm Memorial 
           Association to establish the National Desert Storm and 
           Desert Shield Memorial as a commemorative work in the 
           District of Columbia, S. 1044, to direct the Secretary 
           of the Interior to install in the area of the World War 
           II Memorial in the District of Columbia a suitable 
           plaque or an inscription with the words that President 
           Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed with the United States on 
           D-Day, June 6, 1944, S. 1252, to amend the Wild and 
           Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the 
           Missisquoi River and the Trout River in the State of 
           Vermont, as components of the National Wild and Scenic 
           Rivers System, H.R. 507, to provide for the conveyance 
           of certain land inholdings owned by the United States 
           to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, H.R. 697, to 
           provide for the conveyance of certain Federal land in 
           Clark County, Nevada, for the environmental remediation 
           and reclamation of the Three Kids Mine Project Site, 
           H.R. 862, to authorize the conveyance of two small 
           parcels of land within the boundaries of the Coconino 
           National Forest containing private improvements that 
           were developed based upon the reliance of the 
           landowners in an erroneous survey conducted in May 
           1960, H.R. 876, to authorize the continued use of 
           certain water diversions located on National Forest 
           System land in the Frank Church-River of No Return 
           Wilderness and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in the 
           State of Idaho, and H.R. 1033, to authorize the 
           acquisition and protection of nationally significant 
           battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary 
           War and the War of 1812 under the American Battlefield 
           Protection Program.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the Convention on the Rights 
           of Persons with Disabilities.
                                                            SD-G50
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Business meeting to consider the nomination of Janet L. 
           Yellen, of California, to be Chairman of the Board of 
           Governors of the Federal Reserve System; to be 
           immediately followed by a hearing to examine housing 
           finance reform, focusing on powers and structure of a 
           strong regulator.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on the Judiciary
         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

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           provide for the inclusion of court-appointed 
           guardianship improvement and oversight activities under 
           the Elder Justice Act of 2009, and the nominations of 
           John B. Owens, of California, and Michelle T. 
           Friedland, of California, both to be a 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, 
           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, M. Douglas Harpool, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, 
           and Peter Joseph Kadzik, of New York, to be an 
           Assistant Attorney General, Robert L. Hobbs, to be 
           United States Marshal for the Eastern District of 
           Texas, and Gary Blankinship, to be United States 
           Marshal for the Southern District of Texas, all of the 
           Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226
     10:15 a.m.
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
       Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
         To hold a joint oversight hearing to examine the Nuclear 
           Regulatory Commission's (NRC) implementation of the 
           Fukushima Near-Term Task Force recommendations and 
           other actions to enhance and maintain nuclear safety.
                                                            SD-406
     2:15 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
       Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian 
           Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the political, economic, and 
           security situation in North Africa.
                                                            SD-419
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Paul 
           Nathan Jaenichen, Sr., of Kentucky, to be Administrator 
           of the Maritime Administration, and Debra L. Miller, of 
           Kansas, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation 
           Board, both of the Department of Transportation, and 
           Arun Madhavan Kumar, of California, to be Assistant 
           Secretary of Commerce for Trade Promotion and Director 
           General of the United States and Foreign Commercial 
           Service.
                                                            SR-253
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                              NOVEMBER 22
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine housing finance reform, 
           focusing on developing a plan for a smooth transition.
                                                            SD-538

                              DECEMBER 11
     2:15 p.m.
       Special Committee on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine protecting seniors from 
           medication labeling mistakes.
                                                            SD-562

                              DECEMBER 18
     2:15 p.m.
       Special Committee on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine the future of long-term care 
           policy, focusing on continuing the conversation.
                                                            SD-562

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                              NOVEMBER 20
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
           Protection
         To hold hearings to examine regulating financial holding 
           companies and physical commodities.
                                                            SD-G50