[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 68 (Wednesday, May 7, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D478-D479]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





              COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, MAY 8, 2014

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the United 
States economic and fiscal outlook, 9:30 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Tourism, Competitiveness, and Innovation, to hold hearings to 
examine the state of United States travel and tourism, focusing on 
industry efforts to attract 100 million visitors annually, 10 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the nominations 
of Stefan M. Selig, of New York, to be Under Secretary of Commerce 
for International Trade, Darci L. Vetter, of Nebraska, to be Chief 
Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade 
Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, and Henry J. Aaron,

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of the District of Columbia, Lanhee J. Chen, of California, and Alan 
L. Cohen, of Virginia, all to be a Member of the Social Security 
Advisory Board, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
assessing Venezuela's political crisis, focusing on human rights 
violations and beyond, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell, of 
West Virginia, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, 9:30 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine identifying critical factors for success in 
information technology acquisitions, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight, to hold 
hearings to examine waste and abuse in Army sponsorship and 
marketing contracts, 3 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 1720, 
to promote transparency in patent ownership and make other 
improvements to the patent system, and the nominations of Carlos 
Eduardo Mendoza, and Paul G. Byron, both to be a United States 
District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Darrin P. Gayles, 
and Beth Bloom, both to be a United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Florida, 11:15 a.m., S-216, Capitol.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Full Committee, markup on Commerce, 
Justice, and Science Appropriations Bill, FY 2015; and Report on the 
Suballocation of Budget Allocations for FY 2015, 10 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Big Labor on College Campuses: Examining the Consequences 
of Unionizing Student Athletes'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Full Committee, markup on the 
following legislation: H.R. 3301, the ``North American Energy 
Infrastructure Act''; H.R. 4342, the ``Domain Openness Through 
Continued Oversight Matters Act of 2014''; and a bill to amend the 
Communications Act of 1934 to extend expiring provisions relating to 
the retransmission of signals of television broadcast stations, and 
for other purposes, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Annual Testimony of the Secretary of the Treasury on the State 
of the International Financial System'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Russia's Destabilization of Ukraine'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, hearing entitled 
``The Palestinian Authority, Israel and the Peace Process: What's 
Next?'', 1:45 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, 
Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies, hearing 
entitled ``Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP): Threat to Critical 
Infrastructure'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, 
Commercial and Antitrust Law, hearing entitled ``Oversight Hearing 
on ``Competition in the Video and Broadband Markets: the Proposed 
Merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable'', 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``Compulsory Video Licenses of Title 17'', 2 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup on the 
following legislation: H.R. 3687, the ``Military Land and National 
Defense Act''; H.R. 4402, the ``Guam Military Training and Readiness 
Act of 2014''; H.R. 4458, the ``Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake 
Security Enhancement Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, business meeting 
on the ``Update on Department of Veterans' Affairs in Phoenix VA'', 
9 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing entitled ``Defining 
and Improving Success for Student Veterans'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 4291, the ``FISA Transparency and Modernization 
Act''; H.R. 3361, the ``USA Freedom Act''; and member access 
request, 10 a.m., 304-HVC. A portion of this markup may close.