[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 169 (Monday, December 2, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                   Week of December 2 through 6, 2013

                             Senate Chamber

  Senate not in session.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Education and the Workforce, December 3, Subcommittee 
on Higher Education and Workforce Training, hearing entitled 
``Keeping College Within Reach: Strengthening Pell Grants for Future 
Generations'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  December 4, Subcommittee on Workforce Protection, hearing entitled 
``Examining Recent Actions by the Office of Federal Contract 
Compliance Programs'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, December 3, Subcommittee on 
Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, hearing entitled ``The FTC at 
100: Where Do We Go From Here?'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  December 4, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Medicare 
Advantage: What Beneficiaries Should Expect Under the President's 
Health Care Plan'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  December 5, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled 
``Evaluating the Role of FERC in a Changing Energy Landscape'', 9:30 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, December 4, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled 
``Examining Regulatory Relief Proposals for Community Financial 
Institutions'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, December 3, Subcommittee on Africa, 
Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations, 
hearing entitled ``The United States' Post-Typhoon Response in the 
Philippines'', 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  December 4, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of U.S. Policy Toward Burma'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  December 4, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, 
hearing entitled ``Transition at a Crossroads: Tunisia Three Years 
After the Revolution'', 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  December 5, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``Their 
Daughters Appeal to Beijing: `Let Our Fathers Go!' '', 11 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, December 4, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``GPO in 2023: Keeping America Informed in a Post-
Print World'', 10:30 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, December 3, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The President's Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute 
the Laws'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  December 3, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and 
Antitrust Law, hearing entitled ``The Bankruptcy Code and Financial 
Institution Insolvencies'', 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  December 4, Full Committee, markup on the ``Kilah Davenport Child 
Protection Act of 2013'', 1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, November 4, Full Committee, markup 
on the following measures: 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; H.R. 
1425, the ``Marine Debris Emergency Act of 2013''; H.R. 1491, to 
authorize the Administrator of the National

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Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to provide certain funds to 
eligible entities for activities undertaken to address the marine 
debris impacts of the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and subsequent 
tsunami, and for other purposes; H.R. 2208, the ``North American 
Wetlands Conservation Extension Act of 2013''; H.R. 2319, the 
``Native American Veterans' Memorial Amendments Act of 2013''; H.R. 
3286, the ``Protecting States, Opening National Parks Act''; H.R. 
3492, the ``River Paddling Protection Act''; and S. 230, 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.
  November 5, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing 
on H.R. 1604, the ``Map It Once, Use It Many Times Act''; and H.R. 
916, the ``Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2013'', 9:30 
a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, 
December 3, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service 
and the Census, hearing entitled ``Assessing Government's Use of 
Design-Build Contracts'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  December 4, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Roll Out of 
HealthCare.gov: The Limitations of Big Government'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, December 3, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 
3309, the ``Innovation Act''; and H.R. 1105, the ``Small Business 
Capital Access and Job Preservation Act'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, December 4, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Astrobiology: Search for Biosignatures 
in our Solar System and Beyond?'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  December 5, Full Committee, markup on the following measures: H.R. 
2413, the ``Weather Forecasting Improvement Act of 2013''; H.R. 
2431, the ``National Integrated Drought Information System 
Reauthorization Act of 2013''; H.R. 2981, the ``Technology and 
Research Accelerating National Security and Future Economic 
Resiliency Act of 2013''; and legislation regarding termination 
liability costs for certain National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration projects, and for other purposes, 9 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, December 3, Subcommittee on 
Investigations, Oversight and Regulations, hearing entitled 
``Regulatory Landscape: Burdens on Small Financial Institutions'', 
10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  December 4, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Health Care 
Law: The Effect of the Business Aggregation Rules on Small 
Employers,'' 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  December 5, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital 
Access, hearing entitled ``Where Are We Now? Examining the Post-
Recession Small Business Lending Environment'', 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, December 4, Subcommittee on 
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing entitled 
``Adjudicating VA's Most Complex Disability Claims: Ensuring 
Quality, Accuracy and Consistency on Complicated Issues'', 3 p.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, December 4, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing entitled ``The Status of the Implementation of the 
Affordable Care Act'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, December 5, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Intelligence Update'', 9:30 a.m., 304-
HVC. This is a closed hearing.

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                       Next Meeting of the SENATE
                       2 p.m., Monday, December 9

                               
                             Senate Chamber
Program for Monday: After the transaction of any morning business (not 
to extend beyond 4 p.m.), Senate will resume consideration of S. 1197, 
National Defense Authorization Act, and the Chairman and Ranking Member 
will provide a status update on the bill.
  At 5 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of the nomination of 
Patricia Ann Millett, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the District of Columbia Circuit, post-cloture, and vote on 
confirmation of the nomination at approximately 5:30 p.m.

              Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                      10 a.m., Tuesday, December 3

                               
                             House Chamber
Program for Tuesday: To be announced.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
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            Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
              HOUSE
  
Bishop, Sanford D., Jr., Ga., E1759
Camp, Dave, Mich., E1757
Coffman, Mike, Colo., E1761
Cohen, Steve, Tenn., E1763
Cotton, Tom, Ark., E1757
Farenthold, Blake, Tex., E1757
Garamendi, John, Calif., E1762
Garcia, Joe, Fla., E1759, E1761, E1763
Gardner, Cory, Colo., E1761
Gingrey, Phil, Ga., E1763
Hudson, Richard, N.C., E1757
Huffman, Jared, Calif., E1758
Jackson Lee, Sheila, Tex., E1764
Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E1759, E1762
Keating, William R., Mass., E1758
Lofgren, Zoe, Calif., E1759
Meehan, Patrick, Pa., E1762
Meeks, Gregory W., N.Y., E1764, E1766
Norton, Eleanor Holmes, D.C., E1761, E1763
Pallone, Frank, Jr., N.J., E1760
Posey, Bill, Fla., E1760, E1762
Renacci, James B., Ohio, E1764
Rice, Tom, S.C., E1760
Schneider, Bradley S., Ill., E1758
Sewell, Terri A., Ala., E1763
Thompson, Bennie G., Miss., E1760, E1762
Webster, Daniel, Fla., E1758