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    <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 09:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>09:00 am</time>
        <room>SD-192</room>
        <matter>
Closed hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the 
Army.
</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>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 S.959, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to compounding drugs, S.957, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the pharmaceutical distribution supply chain, 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>SD-G50</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>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>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>SPAG00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.aging.senate.gov">Aging</committee>
        <date>22-MAY-2013 02:30 PM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>02:30 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>SSGA00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.hsgac.senate.gov/">Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</committee>
        <date>22-MAY-2013 05:00 PM</date>
        <day_of_week>Wednesday</day_of_week>
        <time>05:00 pm</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>SSEV00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.epw.senate.gov/">Environment and Public Works</committee>
        <date>23-MAY-2013 09:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Thursday </day_of_week>
        <time>09:00 am</time>
        <room>SD-406</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine the nomination of Allison M. Macfarlane, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission.
</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>SSEG00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.energy.senate.gov/">Energy and Natural Resources</committee>
        <date>23-MAY-2013 10:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Thursday </day_of_week>
        <time>10:00 am</time>
        <room>SH-216</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine the extraction of gas from shale, focusing on current practices within the industry and environmental concerns to be 
addressed.
</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>SSJU00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/">Judiciary</committee>
        <date>23-MAY-2013 10:00 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Thursday </day_of_week>
        <time>10:00 am</time>
        <room>SH-216</room>
        <matter>
Business meeting to consider S.744, to provide for comprehensive immigration reform, and the nominations of Patricia E. Campbell-Smith, of the District of Columbia, and Elaine D. Kaplan, of the District of Columbia, both to be a Judge of the United 
States Court of Federal Claims, and Charles R. Breyer, of California, Rachel Elise Barkow, of New York, and William H. Pryor, Jr., of Alabama, all to be a Member of the United States Sentencing 
Commission.
</matter>
    </meeting>
    <meeting>
        <cmte_code>SSJU00</cmte_code>
        <committee url="http://www.judiciary.senate.gov/">Judiciary</committee>
        <date>23-MAY-2013 10:30 AM</date>
        <day_of_week>Thursday </day_of_week>
        <time>10:30 am</time>
        <room>SD-226</room>
        <matter>
Hearings to examine the nominations of Derek Anthony West, of California, to be Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice, and Valerie E. Caproni, of the District of Columbia, and Vernon S. Broderick, both to be a United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of New York.
</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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