[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 5, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D122-D123]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            FEBRUARY 6, 2014

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: with the Select Committee on 
Intelligence, to hold a closed joint hearing to examine 
counterterrorism policy in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider the nominations of Wanda Felton, of New York, to be 
First Vice President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, 
Katherine M. O'Regan, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of

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Housing and Urban Development, and Arun Madhavan Kumar, of 
California, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director 
General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service; to be 
immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine financial 
stability and data security, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1784, to improve timber management on Oregon and 
California Railroad and Coos Bay Wagon Road grant land, and S. 1966, 
to provide for the restoration of the economic and ecological health 
of National Forest System land and rural communities, 9:30 a.m., SD-
366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider H.R. 1206, to grant the Secretary of the Interior permanent 
authority to authorize States to issue electronic duck stamps, S. 
741, to extend the authorization of appropriations to carry out 
approved wetlands conservation projects under the North American 
Wetlands Conservation Act through fiscal year 2017, S. 212, to 
approve the transfer of Yellow Creek Port properties in Iuka, 
Mississippi, S. 864, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to 
reauthorize technical assistance to small public water systems, H.R. 
724, to amend the Clean Air Act to remove the requirement for dealer 
certification of new light-duty motor vehicles, S. 51, to 
reauthorize and amend the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation 
Establishment Act, S. 970, to amend the Water Resources Research Act 
of 1984 to reauthorize grants for and require applied water supply 
research regarding the water resources research and technology 
institutes established under the Act, S. 898, to authorize the 
Administrator of General Services to convey a parcel of real 
property in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to the Amy Biehl High School 
Foundation, S. 969, to amend the Neotropical Migratory Bird 
Conservation Act to reauthorize the Act, S. 1077, to amend the 
Chesapeake Bay Initiative Act of 1998 to provide for the 
reauthorization of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways and Watertrails 
Network, S. 1865, to amend the prices set for Federal Migratory Bird 
Hunting and Conservation Stamps and make limited waivers of stamp 
requirements for certain users, S. 1451, to provide for 
environmental restoration activities and forest management 
activities in the Lake Tahoe Basin, to amend title 18, United States 
Code, to prohibit the importation or shipment of quagga mussels, S. 
1080, to amend and reauthorize certain provisions relating to Long 
Island Sound restoration and stewardship, and the nominations of 
Victoria Marie Baecher Wassmer, of Illinois, to be Chief Financial 
Officer, Thomas A. Burke, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Administrator, and Kenneth J. Kopocis, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Administrator, all of the Environmental Protection Agency, 
Roy K. J. Williams, of Ohio, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Economic Development, Rhea Sun Suh, of Colorado, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife, Richard J. Engler, 
of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board, and proposed resolutions relating to the 
General Services Administration, 10:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider the nomination 
of Karen Dynan, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Luis G. Moreno, of Texas, to be Ambassador to 
Jamaica, John L. Estrada, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and Noah Bryson Mamet, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Argentine Republic, all of the 
Department of State, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine supporting children and families through 
investments in high-quality early education, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to resume consideration of S. 1486, to improve, sustain, and 
transform the United States Postal Service, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 1675, 
to reduce recidivism and increase public safety, S. 149, to provide 
effective criminal prosecutions for certain identity thefts, and the 
nominations of Indira Talwani, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Massachusetts, James D. Peterson, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, Nancy 
J. Rosenstengel, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Illinois, and Debo P. Adegbile, of New York, and John P. 
Carlin, of New York, both to be an Assistant Attorney General, 
Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: with the Committee on Armed 
Services, to hold a closed joint hearing to examine counterterrorism 
policy in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal 
year 2015 and the Future Years Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.


                                 House

  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Management Efficiency, hearing entitled ``Examining Challenges and 
Wasted Taxpayer Dollars in Modernizing Border Security IT Systems'', 
10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs, hearing 
entitled ``The IRS Targeting Investigation: What is the 
Administration Doing?'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy 
and Trade, hearing entitled ``Duplication, Overlap and Fragmentation 
in Federal Financial Assistance Programs'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
business meeting on member access requests, 9 a.m., HVC-304. This is 
a closed meeting.