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Daily Digest Committee Meetings/Hearings Schedule

This document provides a brief description of each committee meeting and hearing scheduled to take place today, and on days thereafter. The time and location of each meeting/hearing is identified. Meetings that have been canceled or postponed are also noted.

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Wednesday, Jun. 19, 2013

9:30 am
    Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Defense
         Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for Joint Strike Fighter.
SD-192        
    
10:00 am
    Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Hearings to examine next steps in improving passenger and freight rail safety.
SR-253        
    
10:00 am
    Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging
         Hearings to examine reducing senior poverty and hunger, focusing on the role of the "Older Americans Act".
SD-430        
    
10:00 am
    Judiciary
         An oversight hearing to examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
SD-106        
    
2:00 pm
    Foreign Relations
         Hearings to examine the nominations of Geoffrey R. Pyatt, of California, to be Ambassador to Ukraine, and Tulinabo Salama Mushingi, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso, both of the Department of State.
SD-419        
    
2:00 pm
    Aging
         Hearings to examine paperless Social Security payments, focusing on protecting seniors from fraud and confusion.
SD-366        
    
2:30 pm
    Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
         Hearings to examine airline industry consolidation.
SR-253        
    
3:00 pm
    Judiciary
         Hearings to examine the nominations of Todd M. Hughes, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, Colin Stirling Bruce, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of Illinois, Sara Lee Ellis, and Andrea R. Wood, both to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, and Madeline Hughes Haikala, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama.
SD-226        
    

Thursday, Jun. 20, 2013

9:30 am
    Energy and Natural Resources
         An oversight hearing to examine water resource issues in the Klamath River Basin.
SD-366        
    
10:00 am
    Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S.162, to reauthorize and improve the Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Act of 2004.
SD-226        
    
10:00 am
    Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         Hearings to examine sequestration, focusing on small business contractors.
SR-428A        
    
10:30 am
    Appropriations
         Business meeting to markup proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, and Agricultural, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies.
SD-106        
    
2:15 pm
    Foreign Relations
         Hearings to examine the nomination of Daniel R. Russel, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs.
SD-419        
    
2:30 pm
    Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight: Subcommittee on Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal Programs and the Federal Workforce
         Joint hearings to examine the workforce of the United States Intelligence Community and the role of private contractors.
SD-342        
    
2:30 pm
    Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Hearings to examine developing a skilled workforce for a competitive economy, focusing on reauthorizing the "Workforce Investment Act".
SD-430        
    
2:30 pm
    Intelligence
         Closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters.
SH-219        
    
2:45 pm
    Armed Services
         To receive a closed briefing on the National Security Agency's electronic surveillance programs.
SVC-217        
    

Monday, Jun. 24, 2013

3:00 pm
    Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Hearings to examine curbing drug abuse in Medicare.
SD-342        
    
5:30 pm
    Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider the nominations of Howard A. Shelanski, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, and Daniel M. Tangherlini, of the District of Columbia, to be Administrator of General Services.
S-216        
    

Tuesday, Jun. 25, 2013

10:00 am
    Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Hearings to examine private student loans, focusing on regulatory perspectives.
SD-538        
    
10:00 am
    Energy and Natural Resources
         An oversight hearing to examine the challenges and opportunities for improving forest management on Federal lands.
SD-366        
    
10:00 am
    Finance
         An oversight hearing to examine recovery audit contractors, focusing on program integrity.
SD-215        
    
10:00 am
    Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental Relations, and the District of Columbia
         Hearings to examine measuring the impact of preparedness grants since 9/11.
SD-342        
    
12:00 pm
    Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
         Business meeting to markup proposed legislation making appropriations for fiscal year 2014 for Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies.
SD-124        
    
2:30 pm
    Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy
         An oversight hearing to examine S.1084, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to establish the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy as the lead Federal agency for coordinating Federal, State, and local assistance provided to promote the energy retrofitting of schools, S.717, to direct the Secretary of Energy to establish a pilot program to award grants to nonprofit organizations for the purpose of retrofitting nonprofit buildings with energy-efficiency improvements, and other pending energy efficiency legislation.
SD-366        
    
2:30 pm
    Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Hearings to examine 75 years of the Federal minimum wage.
SD-430        
    
3:00 pm
    Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
         Hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2014 for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission.
SD-138        
    

Thursday, Jun. 27, 2013

10:30 am
    Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight
         Hearings to examine contract management by the Department of Energy.
SD-342        
    

Tuesday, Jul. 16, 2013

2:30 pm
    Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power
         Hearings to examine the Bureau of Reclamation's Colorado River Basin Water Supply and Demand Study.
SD-366        
    
 
  

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