A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take actions to implement the Agreement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States Concerning Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico.

Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in executive session on Wednesday, September 18, 2013, at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to mark-up S. 1086, The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2013, the Committee Funding Resolution for the 113th Congress, the nominations of Richard F. Griffin, Jr., to serve as General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board, and Scott Dahl, to serve as Inspector General of the US Department of Labor, as well as any additional nominations cleared for action.

For further information regarding this meeting, please contact the Committee at (202) 224-5375.

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in open session on Thursday, September 19, 2013. at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``The Triad: Promoting a System of Shared Responsibility. Issues for Reauthorization of the Higher Education Act''

For further information regarding this meeting, please contact the Committee at (202) 224-5501.

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in open session on Tuesday, September 24, 2013. at 10 a.m. in room 430 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled ``U.S. Efforts to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections''

For further information regarding this meeting, please contact the Committee at (202) 224-7675.

committee on indian affairs

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing will be held on Tuesday, October 1, 2013, at 9:30 a.m., in room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

The purpose of this hearing is to consider the following legislation:

S. 812, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to take actions to implement the Agreement between the United States of America and the United Mexican States Concerning Transboundary Hydrocarbon Reservoirs in the Gulf of Mexico; and,

H.R. 1613, a bill to amend the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act to provide for the proper Federal management and oversight of transboundary hydrocarbon reservoirs, and for other purposes.

Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may testify

by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written testimony for the hearing record may do so by sending it to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Washington, D.C. 20510-6150, or by e-mail to Lauren_Goldschmidt@ energy.senate.gov.

For further information, please contact Abigail Campbell at (202) 224-4905 or Lauren Goldschmidt at (202) 224-5488.

Mr. President, I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on September 18, 2013, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct a business meeting to authorize expenditures by the Committee through February of 2015.

Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs Committee at (202) 224-2251.

committee on energy and natural resources

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the Energy Committee be discharged from further consideration of S. 812 and the Senate proceed to its consideration.

I ask unanimous consent the bill be read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be laid on the table, with no intervening action or debate.