[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 179 (Tuesday, December 17, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1207]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           DECEMBER 18, 2013

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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 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, 10 a.m., 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, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  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: 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, and any pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  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, 2:30 p.m., 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, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  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, 2 p.m., SR-428A.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine the future 
of long-term care policy, focusing on continuing the conversation, 
2:15 p.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  No hearings are scheduled.