[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 7 (Monday, January 13, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D36-D39]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of January 14 through January 17, 2014

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 10 a.m., Senate will continue consideration of S. 
1845, Unemployment Benefits Extension, and vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on Reid (for Reed) Amendment No. 2631 to the bill, and the 
motion to invoke cloture on the bill at 2:30 p.m. The filing deadline 
for second-degree amendments to the bill is 11 a.m.
  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 Armed Services: January 14, Subcommittee on Emerging 
Threats and Capabilities, to receive a closed briefing on Department 
of Defense counterterrorism operations, 10:15 a.m., SVC-217.
  January 15, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on the 
situation in Iraq and Syria, 9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  January 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Madelyn R. Creedon, of Indiana, to be Principal 
Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, 
Department of Energy, and Brad R. Carson, to be Under Secretary of 
the Army, and William A. LaPlante, Jr., to be Assistant Secretary of 
the Air Force for Acquisition, both of the Department of Defense, 
9:30 a.m., SD-G50.

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  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: January 15, 
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, to 
hold hearings to examine regulating financial holding companies and 
physical commodities, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  January 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine a progress 
report on public transportation under the Moving Ahead for Progress 
in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: January 15, to 
hold hearings to examine the future of unmanned aviation in the 
United States economy, focusing on safety and privacy 
considerations, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  January 16, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the 
Internet, to hold hearings to examine locating 911 callers in a 
wireless world, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: January 16, business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., Room to be 
announced.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: January 16, to hold 
hearings to examine a review of the President's Climate Action Plan, 
9:15 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: January 15, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Sarah Bloom Raskin, of Maryland, to be Deputy 
Secretary of the Treasury, and Rhonda K. Schmidtlein, of Missouri, 
to be a Member of the United States International Trade Commission; 
to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nomination of 
R. Gil Kerlikowske, of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner 
of Customs, Department of Homeland Security, and L. Paige Marvel, of 
Maryland, and Tamara Wenda Ashford, of Virginia, both to be a Judge 
of the United States Tax Court, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  January 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine advancing 
Congress's trade agenda, focusing on the role of trade negotiating 
authority, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: January 15, business meeting to 
consider an original bill entitled, ``Support for United States-
Republic of Korea Civil Nuclear Cooperation Act'', and the 
nominations of 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 Democratic 
Republic of Sao Tome and Principe, Catherine Ann Novelli, of 
Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and the 
Environment, Tina S. Kaidanow, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador at Large, Michael A. Hammer, of the District of Columbia, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, Kevin Whitaker, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia, Daniel W. 
Yohannes, of Colorado, to be Representative of the United States of 
America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and 
Development, with the rank of Ambassador, Sarah Sewall, of 
Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary for Civilian Security, 
Democracy, and Human Rights, 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, Puneet Talwar, of the District 
of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Political-Military 
Affairs, Carlos Roberto Moreno, of California, to be Ambassador to 
Belize, Rose Eilene Gottemoeller, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary 
for Arms Control and International Security, Frank A. Rose, of 
Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary for Verification and 
Compliance, Adam M. Scheinman, of Virginia, to be Special 
Representative of the President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, 
Timothy M. Broas, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
the Netherlands, Donald Lu, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Albania, Robert A. Sherman, of Massachusetts, to be 
Ambassador to the Portuguese Republic, Karen Clark Stanton, of 
Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Timor-
Leste, Amy Jane Hyatt, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Palau, Tomasz P. Malinowski, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor, Crystal Nix-Hines, of California, for the rank of Ambassador 
during her tenure of service as the United States Permanent 
Representative to the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and 
Cultural Organization, John Hoover, of Massachusetts, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone, Thomas Frederick 
Daughton, of Arizona, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia, 
Dwight L. Bush, Sr., of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador 
to the Kingdom of Morocco, Matthew T. Harrington, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho, Janet L. Yellen, of 
California, to be United States Alternate Governor of the 
International Monetary Fund, and Charles Hammerman Rivkin, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Economic and 
Business Affairs, all of the Department of State, Catherine Ann 
Novelli, of Virginia, to be United States Alternate Governor of the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, United States 
Alternate Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank, and to be 
United States Alternate Governor of the European Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, Carolyn Hessler Radelet, of 
Virginia, to be Director of the Peace Corps, Michael G. Carroll, of 
New York, to be Inspector General, United States Agency for 
International Development, and Mark E. Lopes, of Arizona, to be 
United States Executive Director of the Inter-American Development; 
to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine implications of 
the crisis in Ukraine, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  January 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Robert C. Barber, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Iceland, George James Tsunis, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Norway, and Colleen Bradley Bell, of 
California, to be Ambassador to Hungary, all of the Department of 
State, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: January 16, 
to hold hearings to examine strengthening Federal access programs to 
meet 21st century needs, focusing on TRIO and the Global Education 
and Awareness Research Undergraduate Program (GEAR UP), 10 a.m., SD-
106.

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  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: January 
14, business meeting to consider the nominations of John Roth, of 
Michigan, to be Inspector General, and Suzanne Eleanor Spaulding, of 
Virginia, to be Under Secretary for National Protection and 
Programs, both of the Department of Homeland Security, and William 
Ward Nooter, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia; to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
examine conference and travel spending across the Federal 
government, 10:15 a.m., SD-342.
  January 14, Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight, 
to hold hearings to examine management of air traffic controller 
training tactics, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: January 14, to hold hearings to 
examine the report of the President's Review Group on Intelligence 
and Communications Technologies, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  January 16, 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, and the nominations of 
Carolyn B. McHugh, of Utah, and Nancy L. Moritz, of Kansas, both to 
be a United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, John B. 
Owens, of California, and Michelle T. Friedland, of California, both 
to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, David 
Jeremiah Barron, of Massachusetts, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the First Circuit, Jeffrey Alker Meyer, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Connecticut, Timothy L. Brooks, 
to be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Arkansas, James Donato, Beth Labson Freeman, and Vince Girdhari 
Chhabria, all to be a United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of California, Pedro A. Delgado Hernandez, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico, Pamela L. 
Reeves, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Tennessee, James Maxwell Moody, Jr., to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas, 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, M. Douglas Harpool, to 
be United States District Judge for the Western District of 
Missouri, Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr., and Edward G. Smith, both to be 
a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, 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, 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, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Maine, Theodore David Chuang, and George Jarrod 
Hazel, both to be a United States District Judge for the District of 
Maryland, and Peter Joseph Kadzik, of New York, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: January 16, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: January 15, to hold hearings to 
examine aging in comfort, focusing on assessing the special needs of 
America's Holocaust survivors, 2:15 p.m., SD-562.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: 
January 15, to hold hearings to examine strategies to counter the 
drug trade as United States troop drawdown continues, focusing on 
the future of United States counternarcotics efforts in Afghanistan, 
3 p.m., SD-138.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, January 16, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing entitled ``Future Recruiting Challenges in the 
Fiscally Constrained Environment'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, January 15, Subcommittee on 
Communications and Technology, hearing entitled ``#CommActUpdate: 
Perspectives from Former FCC Chairman'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  January 16, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``2014: Seeking PPACA Answers'', 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, January 15, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The Impact of the Volcker Rule on Job Creators, 
Part I'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, January 15, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``South Sudan's Broken Promise?'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  January 15, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``A Report 
on the G8 Dementia Summit'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  January 15, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled 
``NAFTA at Twenty: Accomplishments, Challenges, and the Way 
Forward'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  January 16, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, 
hearing entitled ``Water as a Geopolitical Threat'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, January 15, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``A False Narrative Endangers the Homeland'', 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  January 15, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, 
and Security Technologies, markup on H.R. 3696, the ``National 
Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection Act of 2013'', 2 
p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, January 15, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 7, the ``No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act'', 10:15 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, January 15, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Strengthening Agency Oversight: 
Empowering the Inspectors General Community'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.

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  January 16, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``HHS' Own Security 
Concerns about HealthCare.gov''; and business meeting to consider the 
release of deposition transcripts of former EPA official John C. Beale, 
9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, January 16, Full 
Committee, meeting on approval of amended Majority Subcommittee 
Roster, 9 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  January 16, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Healthcare.gov: 
Consequences of Stolen Identity'', 9:10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, January 15, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Power of Connection: Peer-to-Peer Businesses'', 1 
p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  January 16, Subcommittee on Investigation, Oversight and Regulations, 
hearing entitled ``SEC's Crowdfunding Proposal: Will it Work for Small 
Businesses?'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, January 15, 
Subcommittee on Railroad, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials, 
hearing entitled ``A Review of the Challenges Facing California High 
Speed Rail'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, January 15, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Vendors in the OR--
VA's Failed Oversight of Surgical Implants'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, January 16, Subcommittee on Social 
Security, hearing entitled ``Social Security Disability Fraud Scheme 
in New York'', 9 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, January 16, Full 
Committee hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities'', 9 
a.m., 304-HVC. This is a closed hearing.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: January 16, to hold hearings to examine 
income inequality in the United States, 10 a.m., SH-216.