[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 26, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D181-D183]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 27, 2014

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine United 
States Strategic Command and United States Cyber Command in review 
of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Full Committee, to resume closed hearings to examine responses to 
questions from the open session on current and future worldwide 
threats to the national security of the United States, 2:30 p.m., 
SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to hold hearings 
to examine North Pacific perspectives on Magnuson-Stevens Act 
reauthorization, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water 
and Power, to hold hearings to examine S. 1419, to promote research, 
development, and demonstration of marine and hydrokinetic renewable 
energy technologies, S. 1771, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers 
Act to adjust the Crooked River boundary, to provide water certainty 
for the City of Prineville, Oregon, S. 1800, to require the 
Secretary of the Interior to submit to Congress a report on the 
efforts of the Bureau of Reclamation to manage its infrastructure 
assets, S. 1946, to amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 
to modify the authorization of appropriations, S. 1965, to amend the 
East Bench Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act to 
permit the Secretary of the Interior to extend the contract for 
certain water services, S. 2010 and H.R. 1963, bills to amend the 
Water Conservation and Utilization Act to authorize the development 
of non-Federal hydropower and issuance of leases of power privileges 
at projects constructed pursuant to the authority of the Water 
Conservation and Utilization Act, S. 2019, to reauthorize and update 
certain provisions of the Secure Water Act, and S. 2034, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a program to 
facilitate the transfer to non-Federal ownership of appropriate 
reclamation projects or facilities, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
international parental child abduction, 11:15 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Vivek Hallegere Murthy, of 
Massachusetts, to be Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the 
Public Health Service, and to be Surgeon General of the Public 
Health Service, Portia Y. Wu, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Labor, Christopher P. Lu, of Virginia, to be 
Deputy Secretary of Labor, Heather L. MacDougall, of Florida, to be 
a Member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission, 
Massie Ritsch, of the

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District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Education for 
Communications and Outreach, and any pending nominations, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine promoting college 
access and success for students with disabilities, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine recycling electronics, focusing on a common 
sense solution for enhancing government efficiency and protecting 
our environment, 1:30 p.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 Steven Paul Logan, John Joseph Tuchi, Diane J. 
Humetewa, Rosemary Marquez, Douglas L. Rayes, and James Alan Soto, 
all to be a United States District Judge for the District of 
Arizona, Robin S. Rosenbaum, of Florida, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, Bruce Howe Hendricks, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, Mark G. 
Mastroianni, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Massachusetts, and Leslie Ragon Caldwell, of New York, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies, hearing on the Federal Investments in 
Neuroscience Research Oversight, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health, and Human Services, and Education, 
hearing on Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasure Enterprise 
Oversight, 10 a.m., 2358-C Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Posture of the U.S. Special Operations Command and U.S. 
Transportation Command'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, hearing entitled 
``Seapower and Projection Forces Capabilities to Support the Asia 
Pacific Rebalance'', 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education; and Subcommittee on 
Higher Education and Workforce Training, joint hearing entitled 
``Exploring Efforts to Strengthen the Teaching Profession'', 10 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Counterfeit Drugs: Fighting 
Illegal Supply Chains'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled ``Benefits of 
and Challenges to Energy Access in the 21st Century: Electricity'', 
10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, markup on the following legislation: H.R. 
3548, the ``Improving Trauma Care Act of 2013''; H.R. 1281, the 
``Newborn Screening Saves Lives Reauthorization Act of 2013''; H.R. 
1528, the ``Veterinary Medicine Mobility Act of 2013''; and H.R. 
4080, the ``Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emergency Care 
Reauthorization Act'', 4:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 2548, 
the ``Electrify African Act'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, 
Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies, hearing on 
H.R. 4007, the ``Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards 
Authorization and Accountability Act of 2014'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, 
Homeland Security, and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' Use of Storefront 
Operations'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup on the 
following legislation: H.R. 1103, to amend the Alaska Native Claims 
Settlement Act to provide that Alexander Creek, Alaska, is and shall 
be recognized as an eligible Native village under that Act, and for 
other purposes; H.R. 1259, the ``Coltsville National Historical Park 
Act''; H.R. 2015, the ``Las Vegas Valley Public Land and Tule 
Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Act of 2013''; H.R. 3110, the 
``Huna Tlingit Traditional Gull Egg Use Act''; and H.R. 3605, the 
``Sandia Pueblo Settlement Technical Amendment Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs, 
hearing on the following legislation: H.R. 3105, the ``Aquaculture 
Risk Reduction Act''; H.R. 3280, the ``Lacey Act Clarifying 
Amendments Act''; H.R. 3324, the ``Lacey Act Paperwork Reduction 
Act''; and H.R. 4032, the ``North Texas Invasive Species Barrier 
Act'', 1:30 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing entitled 
``Obama Administration Oversight: GAO Report--Interior Hiring and 
Retention Challenges'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs, hearing 
entitled ``The Administration's Proposed Restrictions on Political 
Speech: Doubling Down on IRS Targeting'', 9:30 a.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, hearing entitled ``Afghanistan: 
Honoring the Heroes of Extortion 17'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care, and Entitlements, 
hearing entitled ``Examining the Endangered Species Act'', 2 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Mars Flyby 2021: The First Deep Space Mission for 
the Orion and Space Launch System?'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
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``Improving the Nation's Highway Freight Network'', 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Review of the Effectiveness of VA's 
Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Program'', 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities'', 10 a.m., 304-
HVC.