[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 175 (Wednesday, December 11, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1843]
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                       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 Thursday, December 12, 2013 may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              DECEMBER 13
     11 a.m.
       Committee on Finance
         Business meeting to consider the nominations of Sarah 
           Bloom Raskin, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary, and 
           John Andrew Koskinen, of the District of Columbia, to 
           be Commissioner of Internal Revenue, both of the 
           Department of the Treasury, and Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, 
           of Missouri, to be a Member of the United States 
           International Trade Commission.
                                                            SD-215
                              DECEMBER 17
     9 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider the nominations of Steven 
           Croley, of Michigan, to be General Counsel, and 
           Christopher Smith, of Texas, to be an Assistant 
           Secretary for Fossil Energy, both of the Department of 
           Energy, and Esther Puakela Kia'aina, of Hawaii, to be 
           an Assistant Secretary of the Interior; to be 
           immediately followed by a hearing to examine the 
           nominations of Franklin M. Orr, Jr., of California, to 
           be Under Secretary for Science, and Jonathan Elkind, of 
           Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary for 
           International Affairs, both of the Department of 
           Energy, and Rhea Sun Suh, of Colorado, to be Assistant 
           Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, and Tommy Port 
           Beaudreau, of Alaska, to be an Assistant Secretary, 
           both of the Department of the Interior.
                                                            SD-366
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Arun 
           Madhavan Kumar, of California, to be Assistant 
           Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the 
           United States and Foreign Commercial Service.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Janice 
           Marion Schneider, of New York, to be Assistant 
           Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, and Neil 
           Gregory Kornze, of Nevada, to be Director of the Bureau 
           of Land Management, both of the Department of the 
           Interior, and Marc A. Kastner, of Massachusetts, to be 
           Director of the Office of Science, and Ellen Dudley 
           Williams, of Maryland, to be Director of the Advanced 
           Research Projects Agency-Energy, both of the Department 
           of Energy.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine protecting small businesses 
           and promoting innovation by limiting patent troll 
           abuse.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the Navy Yard tragedy, 
           focusing on the physical security for Federal 
           facilities.
                                                            SD-342
     2 p.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the Federal Arbitration Act 
           and access to justice, focusing on if recent Supreme 
           Court decisions undermine the rights of consumers, 
           workers, and small businesses.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Rhea Sun 
           Suh, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
           Interior for Fish and Wildlife, Victoria Marie Baecher 
           Wassmer, of Illinois, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
           and Thomas A. Burke, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
           Administrator, both of Environmental Protection Agency, 
           and Roy K. J. Williams, of Ohio, to be Assistant 
           Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development.
                                                            SD-406
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Daniel 
           Bennett Smith, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary 
           of State for Intelligence and Research, and Caroline 
           Diane Krass, of the District of Columbia, to be General 
           Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency.
                                                            SD-106
                              DECEMBER 18
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Finance
         Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family 
           Policy
         To hold hearings to examine the role of Social Security, 
           defined benefits, and private retirement accounts.
                                                            SD-215
       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 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S. 1417, to amend the Public 
           Health Service Act to reauthorize programs under part A 
           of title XI of such Act, S. 1719, and H.R. 3527, bills 
           to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize 
           the poison center national toll-free number, national 
           media campaign, and grant program, and the nominations 
           of David Weil, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of 
           the Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor, France 
           A. Cordova, of New Mexico, to be Director of the 
           National Science Foundation, Steven Joel Anthony, of 
           the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
           Railroad Retirement Board, James H. Shelton III, of the 
           District of Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary of 
           Education, and any pending nominations.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider S. 1486, to improve, 
           sustain, and transform the United States Postal 
           Service, and an original bill entitled, ``Cybersecurity 
           Recruitment and Retention Act''.
                                                            SD-342
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine Small Business Innovation 
           Research and Small Business Technology Transfer, 
           focusing on measuring the effectiveness of the 
           reauthorization act and maximizing research dollars to 
           America's small businesses.
                                                           SR-428A
     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
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine what information data brokers 
           have on consumers, and how they use it.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine certain nominations.
                                                            SD-226
                              DECEMBER 19
     2:30 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219