[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 1]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 546-547]
[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, January 14, 2014 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                               JANUARY 15
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To receive a closed briefing on the situation in Iraq and 
           Syria.
                                                           SVC-217
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Finance
         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.
                                                            SD-215
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
           Protection
         To hold hearings to examine regulating financial holding 
           companies and physical commodities.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         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

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           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.
                                                            SD-419
     2:15 p.m.
       Special Committee on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine aging in comfort, focusing on 
           assessing the special needs of America's Holocaust 
           survivors.
                                                            SD-562
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the future of unmanned 
           aviation in the United States economy, focusing on 
           safety and privacy considerations.
                                                            SR-253
     3 p.m.
       United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics 
           Control
         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.
                                                            SD-138

                               JANUARY 16
     9:15 a.m.
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine a review of the President's 
           Climate Action Plan.
                                                            SD-406
     9:30 a.m.
       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.
                                                            SD-G50
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                               TBA
     10 a.m.
       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).
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Finance
         To hold hearings to examine advancing Congress's trade 
           agenda, focusing on the role of trade negotiating 
           authority.
                                                            SD-215
       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).
                                                            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, 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.
                                                            SD-226
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine income inequality in the 
           United States.
                                                            SH-216
     10:30 a.m.
       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.
                                                            SR-253
     2:30 p.m.
       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.
                                                            SD-419
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219