[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 178 (Monday, December 16, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1198-D1199]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                           DECEMBER 17, 2013

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  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, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  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 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, 
10 a.m., SD-366.
  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

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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, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs, 
to hold hearings to examine responding to the humanitarian, security 
and governance crisis in the Central Africa Republic, 2 p.m., SD-
419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Helen Meagher La Lime, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Angola, Larry Edward Andre, Jr., of Virginia, to 
be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Eric T. 
Schultz, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia, 
and Cynthia H. Akuetteh, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to the Gabonese Republic, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of the 
Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, all of the Department 
of State, 4 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the Navy Yard tragedy, focusing on the physical 
security for Federal facilities, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine protecting 
small businesses and promoting innovation by limiting patent troll 
abuse, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, 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, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  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, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.


                                 House

  No hearings are scheduled.