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        <date>18-MAY-2013 12:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Today</day_of_week>
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        <matter>No committee hearings scheduled</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSAP08</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/">Appropriations</committee>
        <sub_cmte>Legislative Branch Subcommittee</sub_cmte>
        <date>21-MAY-2013 09:30 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Tuesday  </day_of_week>
        <time>09:30 am</time>
        <room>SD-138</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the Government Accountability Office, Government Printing Office, and the Congressional Budget 
Office.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSGA01</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/">Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</committee>
        <sub_cmte>Investigations Subcommittee</sub_cmte>
        <date>21-MAY-2013 09:30 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Tuesday  </day_of_week>
        <time>09:30 am</time>
        <room>SD-106</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine offshore profit shifting and the United States tax code, part 
2.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSAP20</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/">Appropriations</committee>
        <sub_cmte>State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs </sub_cmte>
        <date>21-MAY-2013 10:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Tuesday  </day_of_week>
        <time>10:00 am</time>
        <room>SD-192</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine a review of United States foreign assistance for children in 
adversity.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSBK00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.banking.senate.gov/">Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs</committee>
        <date>21-MAY-2013 10:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Tuesday  </day_of_week>
        <time>10:00 am</time>
        <room>SD-538</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council annual report to 
Congress.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSCM20</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.commerce.senate.gov/">Commerce, Science, and Transportation</committee>
        <sub_cmte>Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance </sub_cmte>
        <date>21-MAY-2013 10:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Tuesday  </day_of_week>
        <time>10:00 am</time>
        <room>SR-253</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine S.921, to amend chapter 301 of title 49, United States Code, to prohibit the rental of motor vehicles that contain a defect related to motor vehicle 
safety.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSEG00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.energy.senate.gov/">Energy and Natural Resources</committee>
        <date>21-MAY-2013 10:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Tuesday  </day_of_week>
        <time>10:00 am</time>
        <room>SH-216</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine what the next applications are for natural gas and how this new demand will be met, focusing on domestic supply and natural gas 
exports.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSFI00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.finance.senate.gov/">Finance</committee>
        <date>21-MAY-2013 10:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Tuesday  </day_of_week>
        <time>10:00 am</time>
        <room>SD-215</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine a review of criteria used by the IRS to identify 501 (c)(4) applications for greater 
scrutiny.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSBU00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.budget.senate.gov/">Budget</committee>
        <date>21-MAY-2013 10:30 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Tuesday  </day_of_week>
        <time>10:30 am</time>
        <room>SD-608</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine the nomination of Brian C. Deese, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSFR00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.foreign.senate.gov/">Foreign Relations</committee>
        <date>21-MAY-2013 02:00 PM</date>
        <day_of_week>Tuesday  </day_of_week>
        <time>02:00 pm</time>
        <room>SD-419</room>
        <matter>
Business meeting to consider an original bill relating the the situation in Syria, and an original resolution entitled, "World Press Freedom 
Day".
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SLIN00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.intelligence.senate.gov/">Intelligence</committee>
        <date>21-MAY-2013 02:30 PM</date>
        <day_of_week>Tuesday  </day_of_week>
        <time>02:30 pm</time>
        <room>SH-219</room>
        <matter>
Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
matters.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>JCSE00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="">Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe</committee>
        <date>21-MAY-2013 02:30 PM</date>
        <day_of_week>Tuesday  </day_of_week>
        <time>02:30 pm</time>
        <room>SVC-210/212</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Office for Democratic Institutions and Humans Rights, focusing on accomplishments and challenges, including crackdowns on civil society in Russia and other countries 
of the former Soviet Union, anti-Semitism and discrimination in the OSCE region, challenges faced by Roma in various countries, recent and upcoming election observations, and protecting human rights in the fight against 
terrorism.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSFR07</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.foreign.senate.gov/">Foreign Relations</committee>
        <sub_cmte>Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs </sub_cmte>
        <date>21-MAY-2013 02:45 PM</date>
        <day_of_week>Tuesday  </day_of_week>
        <time>02:45 pm</time>
        <room>SD-419</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine the prospect for Afghanistan's 2014 
elections.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSGA00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/">Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</committee>
        <date>22-MAY-2013 12:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>Time to be announced.</time>
        <room>S-216</room>
        <matter>
Business meeting to consider the nominations of Brian C. Deese, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Michael Kenny O'Keefe, and Robert D. Okun, both to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSAP17</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/">Appropriations</committee>
        <sub_cmte>Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies </sub_cmte>
        <date>22-MAY-2013 09:30 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>09:30 am</time>
        <room>SD-124</room>
        <matter>
to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the United States Forest 
Service.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSAP02</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/">Appropriations</committee>
        <sub_cmte>Department of Defense Subcommittee</sub_cmte>
        <date>22-MAY-2013 10:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>10:00 am</time>
        <room>SD192</room>
        <matter>
Closed hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the 
Army.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSFI00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.finance.senate.gov/">Finance</committee>
        <date>22-MAY-2013 10:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>10:00 am</time>
        <room>SD-215</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine S.662, to reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and 
activities.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSGA00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/">Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</committee>
        <date>22-MAY-2013 10:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>10:00 am</time>
        <room>SD-342</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine performance management and congressional oversight, focusing on 380 recommendations to reduce overlap and 
duplication.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSHR00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.help.senate.gov/">Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions</committee>
        <date>22-MAY-2013 10:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>10:00 am</time>
        <room>SD-430</room>
        <matter>
Business meeting to consider  an original bill entitled, "Pharmaceutical Compounding Quality and Accountability Act", an original bill entitled, "Drug Supply Chain Security Act", the nominations of Mark Gaston Pearce, of New York, Richard F. 
Griffin, Jr., of the District of Columbia, Sharon Block, of the District of Columbia, Harry I. Johnson III, of Virginia, and Philip Andrew Miscimarra, of Illinois, all to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, and any pending 
nominations.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSSB00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.sbc.senate.gov/">Small Business and Entrepreneurship</committee>
        <date>22-MAY-2013 10:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>10:00 am</time>
        <room>SR-428A</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine how the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Pipeline can develop a high-skilled American workforce for small business, focusing on bridging the skills 
gap.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>JSEC00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.jec.senate.gov/">Joint Economic Committee</committee>
        <date>22-MAY-2013 10:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>10:00 am</time>
        <room>SH-216</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine the current economic outlook.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSFR12</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.foreign.senate.gov/">Foreign Relations</committee>
        <sub_cmte>International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, International Environmental Protection, and Peace Corps </sub_cmte>
        <date>22-MAY-2013 10:30 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>10:30 am</time>
        <room>SD-419</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine different perspectives on international 
development.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSJU00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/">Judiciary</committee>
        <date>22-MAY-2013 12:30 PM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>12:30 pm</time>
        <room>SD-226</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine certain nominations.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSGA00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/">Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</committee>
        <date>22-MAY-2013 02:00 PM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>02:00 pm</time>
        <room>SD-342</room>
        <matter>
An oversight hearing to examine business practices of durable medical equipment 
companies.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SPAG00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.aging.senate.gov">Aging</committee>
        <date>22-MAY-2013 02:00 PM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>02:00 pm</time>
        <room>SD-366</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine the Medicare prescription drug program, focusing on 10 years 
later.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSBU00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.budget.senate.gov/">Budget</committee>
        <date>22-MAY-2013 02:30 PM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>02:30 pm</time>
        <room>SD-608</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine supporting broad-based economic growth and fiscal responsibility through tax 
reform.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSCM00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.commerce.senate.gov/">Commerce, Science, and Transportation</committee>
        <date>22-MAY-2013 02:30 PM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>02:30 pm</time>
        <room>SR-253</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine the nomination of Anthony Renard Foxx, of North Carolina, to be Secretary of 
Transportation.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSEV15</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.epw.senate.gov/">Environment and Public Works</committee>
        <sub_cmte>Water and Wildlife Subcommittee</sub_cmte>
        <date>22-MAY-2013 02:30 PM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>02:30 pm</time>
        <room>SD-406</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine nutrient trading and water 
quality.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSFR00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.foreign.senate.gov/">Foreign Relations</committee>
        <date>22-MAY-2013 03:00 PM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>03:00 pm</time>
        <room>SD-419</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine the nominations of Tulinabo Salama Mushingi, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso, and Catherine M. Russell, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador at Large for Global Women's Issues, both of the Department of 
State.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSAP01</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/">Appropriations</committee>
        <sub_cmte>Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies </sub_cmte>
        <date>23-MAY-2013 10:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Thursday </day_of_week>
        <time>10:00 am</time>
        <room>SD-124</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for various agencies within the Department of 
Agriculture.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSFR00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.foreign.senate.gov/">Foreign Relations</committee>
        <date>23-MAY-2013 10:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Thursday </day_of_week>
        <time>10:00 am</time>
        <room>SD-419</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine United States-European Union economic relations, focusing on crisis and 
opportunity.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSGA16</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/">Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</committee>
        <sub_cmte>Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs and the Federal Workforce </sub_cmte>
        <date>23-MAY-2013 10:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Thursday </day_of_week>
        <time>10:00 am</time>
        <room>SD-342</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine improving Federal health care in rural America, focusing on developing the workforce and building 
partnerships.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSCM00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.commerce.senate.gov/">Commerce, Science, and Transportation</committee>
        <date>23-MAY-2013 11:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Thursday </day_of_week>
        <time>11:00 am</time>
        <room>SR-253</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine the nomination of Penny Pritzker, of Illinois, to be Secretary of 
Commerce.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SLIN00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.intelligence.senate.gov/">Intelligence</committee>
        <date>23-MAY-2013 02:30 PM</date>
        <day_of_week>Thursday </day_of_week>
        <time>02:30 pm</time>
        <room>SH-219</room>
        <matter>
Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
matters.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSCM26</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.commerce.senate.gov/">Commerce, Science, and Transportation</committee>
        <sub_cmte>Communications, Technology, and the Internet </sub_cmte>
        <date>04-JUN-2013 02:30 PM</date>
        <day_of_week>Tuesday  </day_of_week>
        <time>02:30 pm</time>
        <room>SR-253</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine the state of wireless 
communications.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSVA00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.veterans.senate.gov/">Veterans' Affairs</committee>
        <date>05-JUN-2013 10:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>10:00 am</time>
        <room>SR-418</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine pending benefits legislation.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSAS14</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/">Armed Services</committee>
        <sub_cmte>Airland Subcommittee</sub_cmte>
        <date>11-JUN-2013 09:30 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Tuesday  </day_of_week>
        <time>09:30 am</time>
        <room>SD-G50</room>
        <matter>
Business meeting to markup those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
2014.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSAS15</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/">Armed Services</committee>
        <sub_cmte>Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee</sub_cmte>
        <date>11-JUN-2013 11:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Tuesday  </day_of_week>
        <time>11:00 am</time>
        <room>SD-G50</room>
        <matter>
Business meeting to markup those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
2014.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSAS17</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/">Armed Services</committee>
        <sub_cmte>Personnel Subcommittee</sub_cmte>
        <date>11-JUN-2013 02:00 PM</date>
        <day_of_week>Tuesday  </day_of_week>
        <time>02:00 pm</time>
        <room>SD-G50</room>
        <matter>
Business meeting to markup those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
2014.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSAS16</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/">Armed Services</committee>
        <sub_cmte>Strategic Forces Subcommittee</sub_cmte>
        <date>11-JUN-2013 03:30 PM</date>
        <day_of_week>Tuesday  </day_of_week>
        <time>03:30 pm</time>
        <room>SR-232A</room>
        <matter>
Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
2014.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSAS20</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/">Armed Services</committee>
        <sub_cmte>Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee</sub_cmte>
        <date>11-JUN-2013 06:00 PM</date>
        <day_of_week>Tuesday  </day_of_week>
        <time>06:00 pm</time>
        <room>SR-232A</room>
        <matter>
Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
2014.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSAS13</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/">Armed Services</committee>
        <sub_cmte>SeaPower Subcommittee</sub_cmte>
        <date>12-JUN-2013 09:30 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>09:30 am</time>
        <room>SR-222</room>
        <matter>
Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
2014.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSAS00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/">Armed Services</committee>
        <date>12-JUN-2013 02:30 PM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>02:30 pm</time>
        <room>SR-222</room>
        <matter>
Closed business meeting to markup the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
2014.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSAS00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/">Armed Services</committee>
        <date>13-JUN-2013 09:30 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Thursday </day_of_week>
        <time>09:30 am</time>
        <room>SR-222</room>
        <matter>
Closed business meeting to continue to markup the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
2014.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSAS00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.armed-services.senate.gov/">Armed Services</committee>
        <date>14-JUN-2013 09:30 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Friday   </day_of_week>
        <time>09:30 am</time>
        <room>SR-222</room>
        <matter>
Closed business meeting to continue to markup the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
2014.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSEG00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.energy.senate.gov/">Energy and Natural Resources</committee>
        <date>20-JUN-2013 10:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Thursday </day_of_week>
        <time>10:00 am</time>
        <room>SD-366</room>
        <matter>
An oversight hearing to examine water resource issues in the Klamath River 
Basin.
</matter>
    </meeting>
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