[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 178 (Monday, December 16, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1199-D1201]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of December 17 through December 20, 2013

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 10 a.m., Senate will vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the Reid motion to concur in the amendment of the House to 
the amendment of the Senate to H.J. Res. 59, Bipartisan Budget Act.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: December 17, 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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: December 18, 
to hold hearings to examine what information data brokers have on 
consumers, and how they use it, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: December 17, 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.
  December 19, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 37, 
to sustain the economic development and recreational use of National 
Forest System land and other public land in the State of Montana, to 
add certain land to the National Wilderness Preservation System, to 
release certain wilderness study areas, to designate new areas for 
recreation, S. 404, to preserve the Green Mountain Lookout in the 
Glacier Peak Wilderness of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National 
Forest, S. 974, to provide for certain land conveyances in the State 
of Nevada, S. 1237, to improve the administration of programs in the 
insular areas, S. 1300, to amend the Healthy Forests Restoration Act 
of 2003 to provide for the conduct of stewardship end result 
contracting projects, S. 1301, to provide for the restoration of 
forest landscapes, protection of old growth forests, and management 
of national forests in the eastside forests of the State of Oregon, 
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. 1491, 
to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to improve 
United States-Israel energy cooperation, H.R. 1158, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to continue stocking fish in certain lakes 
in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation 
Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area, and H.R. 2337, to 
provide for the conveyance of the Forest Service Lake Hill 
Administrative Site in Summit County, Colorado, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.

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  Committee on Environment and Public Works: December 17, 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, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: December 18, Subcommittee on Social 
Security, Pensions, and Family Policy, to hold hearings to examine 
the role of Social Security, defined benefits, and private 
retirement accounts in relation to retirement crisis, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: December 17, 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.
  December 17, 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.
  December 18, 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, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  December 18, Full Committee, business meeting to consider an 
original bill entitled, ``Egypt Assistance Reform Act of 2013'', S. 
653, to provide for the establishment of the Special Envoy to 
Promote Religious Freedom of Religious Minorities in the Near East 
and South Central Asia, S. Res. 314, commemorating and supporting 
the goals of World AIDS Day, S. Res. 288, supporting enhanced 
maritime security in the Gulf of Guinea and encouraging increased 
cooperation between the United States and West and Central African 
countries to fight armed robbery at sea, piracy, and other maritime 
threats, S. Res. 312, calling on the government of Iran to fulfill 
their promises of assistance in this case of Robert Levinson, one of 
the longest held United States civilians in our Nation's history, S. 
Res. 75, condemning the Government of Iran for its state-sponsored 
persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued violation of 
the International Covenants on Human Rights, S. Res. 318, expressing 
the sense of the Senate regarding the critical need for political 
reform in Bangladesh, S. Res. 317, expressing the sense of the 
Senate on the continuing relationship between the United States and 
Georgia, an original resolution entitled, ``in support of the 
Ukrainian people in light of President Yanukovych's decision not to 
sign an Association Agreement with the European Union'', and the 
nominations of Dana J. Hyde, of Maryland, to be Chief Executive 
Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Mark E. Lopes, of 
Arizona, to be United States Executive Director of the Inter-
American Development Bank for a term of three years, and Keith 
Michael Harper, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his 
tenure of service as United States Representative to the UN Human 
Rights Council, Department of State, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: December 18, 
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, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: December 
17, to hold hearings to examine the Navy Yard tragedy, focusing on 
the physical security for Federal facilities, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  December 18, Full Committee, 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'', 10 a.m., SD-342.
  December 19, Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight, 
to hold hearings to examine the Inspector General of the Department 
of Homeland Security, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: December 18, business meeting to 
consider S. 1352, to reauthorize the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996, and the nomination of 
Vincent G. Logan, of New York, to be Special Trustee, Office of 
Special Trustee for American Indians, Department of the Interior, 
2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: December 17, to hold hearings to 
examine protecting small businesses and promoting innovation by 
limiting patent troll abuse, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  December 17, 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.
  December 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Daniel D. Crabtree, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Kansas, Cynthia Ann Bashant, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of California, Jon 
David Levy, of Maine, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Maine, and Theodore David Chuang, and George

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Jarrod Hazel, both to be a United States District Judge for the 
District of Maryland, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  December 19, Full Committee, 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, Nancy L. Moritz, of Kansas, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Tenth Circuit, David Jeremiah Barron, of 
Massachusetts, to be United States Circuit Judge for the First 
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, Sheryl H. Lipman, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, Stanley 
Allen Bastian, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Washington, Manish S. Shah, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, 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.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: December 18, 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, 2 p.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: December 17, 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.
  December 19, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: December 18, to hold hearings to 
examine the future of long-term care policy, focusing on continuing 
the conversation, 2:15 p.m., SD-562.