[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 39 (Monday, March 10, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D246-D247]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             MARCH 11, 2014

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, 
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2015 for the Congressional Budget Office and the Government 
Accountability Office, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of General Paul J. Selva, USAF, for reappointment to the 
grade of general, and to be Commander, United States Transportation 
Command, and Vice Admiral Michael S. Rogers, USN, to be admiral and 
Director, National Security Agency, Chief, Central Security 
Services, and Commander, United States Cyber Command, 9:30 a.m., SD-
G50.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, to hold closed 
hearings to examine United States Special Operations Command in 
review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and 
the Future Years Defense Program; with the possibility of a closed 
session in SVC-217 following the open session, 2:15 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection, to hold hearings to 
examine finding the right capital regulations for insurers, 10 a.m., 
SD-538.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider 
Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter, and Eliminate 
Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing, done at the Food and 
Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in Rome, Italy, on 
November 22, 2009 (the ``Agreement'') (Treaty Doc. 112-04) 
Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery 
Resources in the South Pacific Ocean, done at Auckland, New Zealand, 
November 14, 2009 (Treaty Doc. 113-01), Convention on the 
Conservation and Management of High Seas Fisheries Resources in the 
North Pacific Ocean, done at Tokyo on February 24, 2012, and signed 
by the United States on May 2, 2012 (Treaty Doc. 113-02), Amendment 
to the Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the 
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, adopted on September 28, 2007, at the 
twenty-ninth Annual Meeting of the North Atlantic Fisheries 
Organization (NAFO) (Treaty Doc. 113-03), S. Res. 361, recognizing 
the threats to freedom of the press and expression in the People's 
Republic of China and urging the Government of the People's Republic 
of China to take meaningful steps to improve freedom of expression 
as fitting of a responsible international stakeholder, S. Res. 365, 
deploring the violent repression of peaceful demonstrators in 
Venezuela, calling for full accountability for human rights 
violations taking place in Venezuela, and supporting the right of 
the Venezuelan people to the free and peaceful exercise of 
representative democracy, original Ukraine legislation, and the 
nominations of Bathsheba Nell Crocker, of the District of Columbia, 
to be Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs, 
Robert A. Wood, of New York, for the rank of Ambassador during his 
tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the Conference on 
Disarmament, 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, Joseph William Westphal, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Douglas Alan Silliman, of 
Texas, to be Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, Mark Gilbert, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently 
and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Independent 
State of Samoa, and Matthew H. Tueller, of Utah, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Yemen, all of the Department of State, 2:15 p.m., S-
116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Primary Health and Aging, to hold hearings to examine what the 
U.S. health care system can learn from other countries, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight, to hold 
hearings to examine whistleblower retaliation at the Hanford nuclear 
site, 11 a.m., SD-628.
  Subcommittee on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal 
Programs and the Federal Workforce, to hold hearings to examine more 
efficient and effective government, focusing on improving the 
regulatory framework, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine open 
government and freedom of information, focusing

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on reinvigorating the Freedom of Information Act for the digital 
age, 10:15 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, 
hearing on Department of Homeland Security FY 2015 Budget, 4 p.m., 
2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Africa, Global 
Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations; and 
Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, joint 
subcommittee hearing entitled ``The Northern Ireland Peace Process 
Today: Attempting to Deal With the Past'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 3973, the 
``Faithful Execution of the Law Act of 2014''; and H.R. 4138, the 
``ENFORCE the Law Act of 2014'', 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.