[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 8]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 12012-12013]
[From the U.S. 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, July 23, 2013 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 24
     9 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Linda 
           Thomas-Greenfield, of Louisiana, to be Assistant 
           Secretary for African Affairs, James F. Entwistle, of 
           Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of 
           Nigeria, Patricia Marie Haslach, of Oregon, to be 
           Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of 
           Ethiopia, Stephanie Sanders Sullivan, of New York, to 
           be Ambassador to the Republic of the Congo, Patrick 
           Hubert Gaspard, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of South Africa, and Reuben Earl Brigety, II, 
           of Florida, to be Representative of the United States 
           of America to the African Union, with the rank and 
           status of Ambassador, all of the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
     9:30 a.m.
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine America's crumbling 
           infrastructure, and how to fix it.
                                                            SD-628
     9:50 a.m.
       Committee on Rules and Administration
         Business meeting to consider S. 375, to require Senate 
           candidates to file designations, statements, and 
           reports in electronic form, and the nomination of 
           Davita Vance-Cooks, of Virginia, to be Public Printer, 
           Government Printing Office.
                                                            SR-301
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the ``Federal Housing 
           Administration (FHA) Solvency Act of 2013''.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Mark E. 
           Schaefer, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of 
           Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine implementation of 
           Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century's (MAP-
           21) ``Transportation Infrastructure Finance and 
           Innovation Act'' (TIFIA) program enhancements.
                                                            SD-406
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider the nominations of Kent 
           Yoshiho Hirozawa, of New York, and Nancy Jean Schiffer, 
           of Maryland, both to be a Member of the National Labor 
           Relations Board, and any pending nominations.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Cornelia 
           T. L. Pillard, to be United States Circuit Judge for 
           the District of Columbia Circuit, Landya B. McCafferty, 
           to be United States District Judge for the District of 
           New Hampshire, Brian Morris, and Susan P. Watters, both 
           to be a United States District Judge for the District 
           of Montana, and Jeffrey Alker Meyer, to be United 
           States District Judge for the District of Connecticut.
                                                            SD-226
       Committee on Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Ann Miller 
           Ravel, of California, and Lee E. Goodman, of Virginia, 
           both to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission.
                                                            SR-301
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Finance
         To hold hearings to examine health information 
           technology, focusing on using it to improve care.
                                                            SD-215
     10:45 a.m.
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         Business meeting to markup pending legislation.
                                                            SR-418
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
       Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health
         To hold hearings to examine cleaning up and restoring 
           communities for economic revitalization.
                                                            SD-406
       Committee on Foreign Relations
       Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine rebalance to Asia III, 
           focusing on protecting the environment and ensuring 
           food and water security in East Asia and the Pacific.
                                                            SD-419
       Committee on the Judiciary
       Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Human 
           Rights
         To hold hearings to examine closing Guantanamo, focusing 
           on the national security, fiscal, and human rights 
           implications.
                                                            SD-226
       Special Committee on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine payday loans.
                                                            SD-562
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine cruise industry oversight, 
           focusing on the need for a stronger focus on consumer 
           protection.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine implementation of the 
           ``Affordable Care Act'', focusing on understanding 
           small business concerns.
                                                            SR-428

                                JULY 25
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Stephen 
           Woolman Preston, of the District of Columbia, to be 
           General Counsel, Jon T. Rymer, of Tennessee, to be 
           Inspector General, Susan J. Rabern, of Kansas, to be 
           Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial 
           Management and Comptroller, and Dennis V. McGinn, of 
           Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
           Energy, Installations, and Environment, all of the 
           Department of Defense.
                                                            SH-216
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine supplemental funding options 
           to support the National Park Service's efforts to 
           address deferred maintenance and operational needs.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on the Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 987, to maintain the free 
           flow of information to the public by providing 
           conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of 
           information by certain persons connected with the news 
           media.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
         Business meeting to markup proposed legislation making 
           appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for State, Foreign 
           Operations, and Related Programs and Financial Services 
           and General Government.
                                                            SD-106
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the 
           Internet
         To hold hearings to examine the state of wireline 
           communications.
                                                            SR-253
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the crisis in Egypt.
                                                            SD-419

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     11 a.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Alejandro 
           Nicholas Mayorkas, of the District of Columbia, to be 
           Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security.
                                                            SD-342
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
       Subcommittee on Water and Power
         To hold hearings to examine the issues associated with 
           aging water resource infrastructure in the United 
           States.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of David D. 
           Pearce, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Greece, John 
           B. Emerson, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
           Federal Republic of Germany, John Rufus Gifford, of 
           Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Denmark, Denise 
           Campbell Bauer, of California, to be Ambassador to 
           Belgium, and James Costos, of California, to be 
           Ambassador to Spain, all of the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine improving cyber security, 
           focusing on the partnership between National Institute 
           of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the private 
           sector.
                                                            SR-253

                                JULY 30
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
       Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
         To hold hearings to examine 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. 343, to provide for the conveyance of 
           certain Federal land in Clark County, Nevada, for the 
           environmental remediation and reclamation of the Three 
           Kids Mine Project Site, S. 364, to establish the Rocky 
           Mountain Front Conservation Management Area, to 
           designate certain Federal land as wilderness, and to 
           improve the management of noxious weeds in the Lewis 
           and Clark National Forest, S. 404, to preserve the 
           Green Mountain Lookout in the Glacier Peak Wilderness 
           of the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, S. 753, 
           to provide for national security benefits for White 
           Sands Missile Range and Fort Bliss, S. 1169, to 
           withdraw and reserve certain public land in the State 
           of Montana for the Limestone Hills Training Area, S. 
           1294, to designate as wilderness certain public land in 
           the Cherokee National Forest in the State of Tennessee, 
           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. 1309, 
           to withdraw and reserve certain public land under the 
           jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior for 
           military uses, H.R. 507, to provide for the conveyance 
           of certain land inholdings owned by the United States 
           to the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, H.R. 862, to 
           authorize the conveyance of two small parcels of land 
           within the boundaries of the Coconino National Forest 
           containing private improvements that were developed 
           based upon the reliance of the landowners in an 
           erroneous survey conducted in May 1960, and H.R. 876, 
           to authorize the continued use of certain water 
           diversions located on National Forest System land in 
           the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness and the 
           Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness in the State of Idaho.
                                                            SD-366
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1240, to establish a new 
           organization to manage nuclear waste, provide a 
           consensual process for siting nuclear waste facilities, 
           ensure adequate funding for managing nuclear waste.
                                                            SD-366

                                JULY 31
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
       Subcommittee on National Parks
         To hold hearings to examine S. 398, to establish the 
           Commission to Study the Potential Creation of a 
           National Women's History Museum, S. 524, to amend the 
           National Trails System Act to provide for the study of 
           the Pike National Historic Trail, S. 618, to require 
           the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain 
           special resource studies, S. 702, to designate the 
           Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage 
           Corridor as ``The Last Green Valley National Heritage 
           Corridor'', S. 781, to modify the boundary of Yosemite 
           National Park, S. 782, to amend Public Law 101-377 to 
           revise the boundaries of the Gettysburg National 
           Military Park to include the Gettysburg Train Station, 
           S. 869, to establish the Alabama Black Belt National 
           Heritage Area, S. 925, to improve the Lower East Side 
           Tenement National Historic Site, S. 995, to authorize 
           the National Desert Storm Memorial Association to 
           establish the National Desert Storm and Desert Shield 
           Memorial as a commemorative work in the District of 
           Columbia, S. 974, to provide for certain land 
           conveyances in the State of Nevada, S. 1044, to direct 
           the Secretary of the Interior to install in the area of 
           the World War II Memorial in the District of Columbia a 
           suitable plaque or an inscription with the words that 
           President Franklin D. Roosevelt prayed with the United 
           States on D-Day, June 6, 1944, S. 1071, to authorize 
           the Secretary of the Interior to make improvements to 
           support facilities for National Historic Sites operated 
           by the National Park Service, S. 1138, to reauthorize 
           the Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area S. 1151, 
           to reauthorize the America's Agricultural Heritage 
           Partnership in the State of Iowa, S. 1157, to 
           reauthorize the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, 
           the Lackawanna Valley National Heritage Area, the 
           Delaware and Lehigh National Heritage Corridor, and the 
           Schuylkill River Valley National Heritage Area, S. 
           1168, to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
           Act of 1978 to limit overbroad surveillance requests 
           and expand reporting requirements, S. 1252, to amend 
           the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of 
           the Missisquoi River and the Trout River in the State 
           of Vermont, as components of the National Wild and 
           Scenic Rivers System, S. 1253, to amend the Wild and 
           Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the 
           Farmington River and Salmon Brook in the State of 
           Connecticut as components of the National Wild and 
           Scenic Rivers System, H.R. 674, to authorize the 
           Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and 
           feasibility of designating prehistoric, historic, and 
           limestone forest sites on Rota, Commonwealth of the 
           Northern Mariana Islands, as a unit of the National 
           Park System, H.R. 885, to expand the boundary of the 
           San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, H.R. 
           1033 and S. 916, bills to authorize the acquisition and 
           protection of nationally significant battlefields and 
           associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War 
           of 1812 under the American Battlefield Protection 
           Program, and 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.
                                                            SD-366

                                AUGUST 1
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the November 6, 2012 
           referendum on the political status of Puerto Rico and 
           the Administration's response.
                                                            SD-366

                              SEPTEMBER 11
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
       Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
           justification for fiscal year 2014 for the Federal 
           Communications Commission.
                                                            SD-138