[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 36 (Tuesday, March 4, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D220-D223]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of March 5 through March 7, 2014

                             Senate Chamber

  On Wednesday, at 10 a.m., Senate will resume consideration of the 
nomination of Debo P. Adegbile, of New York, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
nomination at 11:45 a.m. If cloture is invoked, Senate will vote on 
confirmation of the nomination. Following disposition of the nomination 
of Debo P. Adegbile, or if cloture is not invoked on the nomination, 
Senate will vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of 
Pedro A. Delgado Hernandez, of Puerto Rico, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: March 6, to 
hold hearings to examine the nominations of Timothy G. Massad, of 
Connecticut, to be Chairman, Sharon Y. Bowen, of New York, and J. 
Christopher Giancarlo, of New Jersey, all to be a Commissioner, all 
of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: March 5, Subcommittee on Department 
of Defense, to hold hearings to examine national security space 
launch programs, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: March 5, to hold hearings to examine 
the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold hearings to 
examine nuclear forces and policies in review of the Defense 
Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future Years 
Defense Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  March 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United States 
Central Command and United States Africa Command in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the Future 
Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: March 6, to hold 
hearings to examine Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century 
Act (MAP-21) reauthorization, focusing on the Federal role and 
current challenges to public transportation, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: March 5, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2015, 10 a.m., 
SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: March 6, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine 
Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, to hold hearings to examine 
enhancing our rail safety, focusing on current challenges for 
passenger and freight rail, 11 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: March 6, to hold 
hearings to examine preventing potential chemical threats and 
improving safety, focusing on oversight of the President's executive 
order on improving chemical facility safety and security, 10 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: March 5, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2015; to be 
immediately followed by a business meeting to consider subcommittee 
vacancies and other organizational matters, 10:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: March 6, to hold hearings to 
examine Syria spillover, focusing on the growing threat of terrorism 
and sectarianism in the Middle East, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  March 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Deborah L. Birx, of Maryland, to be Ambassador at 
Large and Coordinator of United States Government Activities to 
Combat HIV/AIDS Globally, Suzan G. LeVine, of Washington, to be 
Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of 
Liechtenstein, Maureen Elizabeth Cormack, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Peter A. Selfridge, of 
Minnesota, to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service, all of the Department of 
State, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: March 5, 
to hold hearings to examine the nominations of L. Reginald Brothers, 
Jr., of Massachusetts, to be Under

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Secretary for Science and Technology, and Francis Xavier Taylor, of 
Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, both 
of the Department of Homeland Security, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight, to 
hold an oversight hearing to examine contractor performance 
information, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: March 6, business meeting to consider 
S. 1675, to reduce recidivism and increase public safety, and the 
nominations of 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.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: March 5, 
business meeting to consider the nomination of Maria Contreras-
Sweet, of California, to be Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration, 10:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: March 6, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: March 5, to hold hearings to examine 
income security and the elderly, focusing on securing gains made in 
the war on poverty, 2:15 p.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, March 5, Subcommittee on Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related 
Agencies, hearing on Department of Agriculture FY 2015 Budget, 10 
a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, hearing on Library of 
Congress FY 2015 Budget, 10 a.m., HT-2, Capitol.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, hearing on Government 
Accountability Office FY 2015 Budget, 11 a.m., HT-2, Capitol.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, hearing on House 
Officers FY 2015 Budget, 10 a.m., HT-2, Capitol.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and 
Related Agencies, hearing on Commodity Futures Trading Commission FY 
2015 Budget, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, March 5, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Fiscal Year 2015 National Defense Authorization 
Budget Requests from the U.S. Pacific Command, U.S. Central Command, 
and U.S. Africa Command'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  March 6, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Fiscal Year 2015 
National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the Department of 
Defense'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, March 5, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The President's Fiscal Year 2015 Budget'', 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, March 5, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Culture of Union Favoritism: The Return of the 
NLRB's Ambush Election Rule'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, March 6, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Power, hearing entitled ``Benefits of and Challenges to Energy 
Access in the 21st Century: Fuel Supply and Infrastructure'', 9 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, March 5, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``Data 
Security: Examining Efforts to Protect Americans' Financial 
Information'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  March 5, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``The Growth of Financial Regulation and its Impact on 
International Competitiveness'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, March 5, Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade, hearing entitled ``Threats to Israel: 
Terrorist Funding and Trade Boycotts'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  March 6, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``U.S. Foreign Policy 
Toward Ukraine'', 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, March 5, Full Committee, markup on the 
following legislation: H.R. 3732, the ``Immigration Compliance 
Enforcement Act''; H.R. 3973, the ``Faithful Execution of the Law 
Act of 2014''; and H.R. 4138, the ``Executive Needs to Faithfully 
Observe and Respect Congressional Enactments Act'', 10:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, March 5, Subcommittee on 
Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs, hearing entitled 
``National Fish Hatchery System: Strategic Hatchery and Workforce 
Planning Report'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental 
Regulation, hearing on the following legislation: H.R. 414, to 
provide for the continued lease or eventual conveyance of certain 
Federal land within the boundaries of Fort Wainwright Military 
Reservation in Fairbanks, Alaska; H.R. 1839, the ``Hermosa Creek 
Watershed Protection Act of 2013''; H.R. 2430, the ``Hinchliffe 
Stadium Heritage Act of 2013''; and H.R. 3606, the ``Emigrant 
Wilderness Historical Use Preservation Act of 2013'', 10 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, March 5, Full 
Committee, continued hearing on ``The IRS: Targeting Americans for 
Their Political Beliefs'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, March 5, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 2641, 
the ``Responsibly and Professionally Invigorating Development Act of 
2013''; and H.R. 2824, the ``Preventing Government Waste and 
Protecting Coal Mining Jobs in America'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, March 6, Subcommittee 
on Oversight and Subcommittee on Research and Technology, joint 
hearing entitled ``Can Technology Protect Americans from 
International Cybercriminals?'', 9:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Small Business, March 5, Full Committee, markup on 
the following legislation: H.R. 4093, the ``Greater Opportunities 
for Small Business Act of 2014''; H.R. 4094, the ``Contracting Data 
and Bundling Accountability Act of 2014''; H.R. 2751, the 
``Commonsense Construction Contracting Act of 2013''; H.R. 2882, the 
``Improving Opportunities for Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small 
Businesses Act of 2013''; H.R. 776, the ``Security in Bonding Act of 
2013''; H.R. 2452, the ``Women's Procurement Program Equalization 
Act of 2013''; and H.R. 4121, the ``Small Business Development 
Centers Improvements Act of 2014'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  March 6, Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, hearing 
entitled ``ObamaCare and the Self-Employed: What About Us?'', 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, March 5, Panel on 
Public-Private Partnership, hearing entitled ``Overview of Public-
Private Partnerships for Highway and Transit Projects'', 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, March 6, Full Committee, hearing on 
President Obama's budget proposals for fiscal year 2015, 9:30 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, March 6, Full 
Committee, hearing on access to transcripts; member access request; 
and ongoing intelligence activities, 9 a.m., 304-HVC. This is a 
closed hearing.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: March 5, to hold 
hearings to examine developments in the Western Balkans and policy 
responses, focusing on policy approaches of the United States toward 
the countries of the Western Balkans, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Joint Hearing: March 5, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to 
hold a joint hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs 
to examine the legislative presentation of Veterans of Foreign Wars, 
10 a.m., SD-G50.
  March 6, Full Committee, to hold a joint hearing with the House 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative 
presentation of the American Veterans (AMVETS), Blinded Veterans 
Association, Jewish War Veterans, Military Officers Association of 
America, Military Order of the Purple Heart, National Association of 
State Directors of Veterans Affairs, National Guard Association of 
the United States, The Retired Enlisted Association, Vietnam 
Veterans of America, 9:30 a.m., 345, Cannon Building.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanying report. A total of 7 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 51 reports have been filed in the House.

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