[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 15, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D54-D55]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            JANUARY 16, 2014

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 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: 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: business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 9:30 a.m., Room to be announced.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine a review of the President's Climate Action Plan, 9:15 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: 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: 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: 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.
  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, 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,

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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: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, 
hearing entitled ``Future Recruiting Challenges in the Fiscally 
Constrained Environment'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``2014: Seeking PPACA Answers'', 
9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and 
Emerging Threats, hearing entitled ``Water as a Geopolitical 
Threat'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, business meeting 
to consider a motion to authorize the Chairman to issue subpoenas 
for the production of documents and to issue subpoenas to 
individuals to appear before the Committee on Natural Resources on 
matters within the Committee's jurisdiction, 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``HHS' Own Security Concerns about 
HealthCare.gov'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
meeting on approval of amended Majority Subcommittee Roster, 9 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Healthcare.gov: Consequences of 
Stolen Identity'', 9:10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, 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 Ways and Means, 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, Full Committee 
hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities'', 9 a.m., 304-
HVC. This is a closed hearing.


                             Joint Meetings

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