[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 15 (Monday, January 27, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D76-D77]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of January 28 through January 31, 2014

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 10 a.m., Senate will continue 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1926, 
Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability 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 Armed Services: January 28, to hold hearings to 
examine recent changes to the United States military retirement 
system, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: January 28, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine the reauthorization of the 
Export-Import Bank of the United States, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  January 29, Subcommittee on Economic Policy, to hold hearings to 
examine the annual report and oversight of the Office of Financial 
Research, 3:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: January 30, 
Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to 
hold hearings to examine West Coast and Western Pacific perspectives 
on Magnuson-Stevens Act reauthorization, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: January 28, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 1600, to facilitate the reestablishment of 
domestic, critical mineral designation, assessment, production, 
manufacturing, recycling, analysis, forecasting, workforce, 
education, research, and international capabilities in the United 
States, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  January 30, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine opportunities and challenges associated with lifting the ban 
on United States crude oil exports, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: January 30, with the 
Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety,

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to hold a joint oversight hearing to examine the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission's (NRC) implementation of the Fukushima Near-Term Task 
Force recommendations and other actions to enhance and maintain 
nuclear safety, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: January 30, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Karen Dynan, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of 
the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: January 28, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Max Sieben Baucus, of Montana, to be 
Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, Arnold A. Chacon, of 
Virginia, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, and Daniel 
Bennett Smith, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Intelligence and Research, all of the Department of State, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  January 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine civilian 
nuclear cooperation agreements, focusing on Section 123, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: January 29, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Michael Keith Yudin, 
of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Special 
Education and Rehabilitative Services, James Cole, Jr., of New York, 
to be General Counsel, James H. Shelton III, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Deputy Secretary, Theodore Reed Mitchell, of 
California, to be Under Secretary, and Ericka M. Miller, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education, all 
of the Department of Education, France A. Cordova, of New Mexico, to 
be Director of the National Science Foundation, David Weil, of 
Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division, 
Department of Labor, and Steven Joel Anthony, of Virginia, to be a 
Member of the Railroad Retirement Board, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: January 
28, Subcommittee on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal 
Programs and the Federal Workforce, to hold hearings to examine 
overtime at the Department of Homeland Security, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  January 29, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1486, 
to improve, sustain, and transform the United States Postal Service, 
10 a.m., SD-342.
  January 30, Subcommittee on Emergency Management, 
Intergovernmental Relations, and the District of Columbia, to hold 
hearings to examine Federal government closure impacts on the 
District of Columbia, focusing on the shutdown, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: January 29, business meeting to 
consider S. 1448, to provide for equitable compensation to the 
Spokane Tribe of Indians of the Spokane Reservation for the use of 
tribal land for the production of hydropower by the Grand Coulee 
Dam, 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; to be immediately followed by a hearing 
to examine S. 919, to amend the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act to provide further self-governance by 
Indian tribes, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: January 28, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Steven Paul Logan, John Joseph Tuchi, 
Diane J. Humetewa, Rosemary Marquez, Douglas L. Rayes, and James 
Alan Soto, all to be a United States District Judge for the District 
of Arizona, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  January 29, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  January 30, 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 Indira 
Talwani, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Massachusetts, James D. Peterson, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Wisconsin, Nancy J. Rosenstengel, to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois, 
and Debo P. Adegbile, of New York, and John P. Carlin, of New York, 
both to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: January 29, to hold 
hearings to examine S. 1728, to amend the Uniformed and Overseas 
Citizens Absentee Voting Act to improve ballot accessibility to 
uniformed services voters and overseas voters, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: January 28, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  January 29, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine worldwide 
threat, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  January 30, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Armed Services, January 29, Subcommittee on Military 
Personnel, hearing entitled ``Religious Accommodations in the Armed 
Services'', 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, January 29, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 938, to strengthen the strategic alliance between the United 
States and Israel, and for other purposes; and H.R. 447, supporting 
the democratic and European aspirations of the people of Ukraine, 
and their right to choose their own future free of intimidation and 
fear, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.