[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 178 (Monday, December 16, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1892-E1893]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       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 Tuesday, December 17, 2013 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              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 in 
           relation to retirement crisis.
                                                            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.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         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.
                                                             S-116
       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 Indian Affairs
         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.
                                                            SD-628
       Committee on the Judiciary
         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 Jarrod Hazel, both to 
           be a United States District Judge for the District of 
           Maryland.
                                                            SD-226

                              DECEMBER 19
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         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.
                                                            SD-366
     10 a.m.
       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, 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

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           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.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight
         To hold hearings to examine the Inspector General of the 
           Department of Homeland Security.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219