[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 166 (Wednesday, November 20, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1121-D1123]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 21, 2013

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  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, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  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

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of Commerce for Trade Promotion and Director General of the United 
States and Foreign Commercial Service, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  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, 9:30 a.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: with the 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, 10:15 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 9:30 a.m., 
SD-G50.
  Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs, 
to hold hearings to examine the political, economic, and security 
situation in North Africa, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  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 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, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
Manufacturing, and Trade, hearing on H.R. 2012, a bill to improve 
the integrity and safety of interstate horseracing, and for other 
purposes, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of FirstNet and the Advancement of Public Safety 
Wireless Communications'', 10:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, continued markup 
on H.R. 2385, the ``CFPB Pay Fairness Act of 2013''; H.R. 2446, the 
``Responsible Consumer Financial Protection Regulations Act of 
2013''; H.R. 2571, the ``Consumer Right to Financial Privacy Act of 
2013''; H.R. 3183, to provide consumers with a free annual 
disclosure of information the Bureau of Consumer Financial 
Protection maintains on them; H.R. 3193, the ``Consumer Financial 
Protection Safety and Soundness Improvement Act of 2013''; and H.R. 
3519, the ``Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection Accountability 
and Transparency Act of 2013'', 8:45 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored 
Enterprises, hearing on H.R. 3482, ``A Legislative Proposal to Amend 
the Securities Investor Protection Act'', 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, markup 
on H.R. 1777, the ``Increasing American Jobs Through Greater Exports 
to Africa Act of 2013'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and 
International Organizations, hearing entitled ``Global Challenge of 
Alzheimer's: The G-8 Dementia Summit and Beyond'', 10:15 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Public Lands and 
Environmental Regulation, hearing on the following measures: H.R. 
3286, the ``Protecting States, Opening National Parks Act''; H.R. 
3294, the ``State-Run Federal Lands Act''; H.R. 3311, the 
``Providing Access and Retain Continuity Act''; H.R. 3492, to 
provide for the use of hand-propelled vessels in Yellowstone 
National Park, Grand Teton National Park, and the National Elk 
Refuge, and for other purposes; H.R. 915, to authorize the Peace 
Corps Commemorative Foundation to establish a commemorative work in 
the District of Columbia and its environs, and for other purposes, 
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Workforce, hearing entitled ``Wrong Way: The Impact of FMCSA's Hours 
of Service Regulation on Small Businesses'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 3381, the ``Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2014''; and hearing on member access requests, 9:30 a.m., HVC-
304. Portions of this meeting may close.