[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 71 (Monday, May 12, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D496-D497]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of May 13 through May 16, 2014

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 11:10 a.m., Senate will vote on the motion to invoke 
cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 3474, Hire 
More Heroes Act.
  Following disposition of H.R. 3474, Senate will vote on the motion to 
invoke cloture on the nominations of Steven Paul Logan, of Arizona, to 
be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, John 
Joseph Tuchi, of Arizona, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Arizona, and of Diane J. Humetewa, of Arizona, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Arizona.
  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: May 13, to hold 
hearings to examine high frequency and automated trading in futures 
markets, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: May 14, Subcommittee on Department of 
Defense, to hold hearings to examine defense research and 
innovation, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  May 14, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, 
to hold hearings to examine strengthening oversight and integrity of 
the financial markets, focusing on fiscal year 2015 resource needs 
of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U.S. 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 15, business 
meeting to resume consideration of S. 1217, to provide secondary 
mortgage market reform, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: May 13, to hold hearings to examine 
expanding economic opportunity for women and families, 10:30 a.m., 
SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 15, 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine 
Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, to hold hearings to examine 
Surface Transportation Reauthorization, focusing on local 
perspectives on moving America, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 13, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Suzette M. Kimball, of West 
Virginia, to be Director of the United States Geological Survey, and 
Estevan R. Lopez, of New Mexico, to be Commissioner of Reclamation, 
both of the Department of the Interior, and Monica C. Regalbuto, of 
Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental 
Management, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: May 13, Subcommittee on 
Water and Wildlife, to hold hearings to examine polluted 
transportation infrastructure stormwater runoff, 3 p.m., SD-406.
  May 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine nuclear 
reactor decommissioning, focusing on stakeholder views, 10 a.m., SD-
406.
  Committee on Finance: May 14, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell, of West Virginia, to be 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, 2:15 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 13, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Paige Eve Alexander, of Virginia, to be 
an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, and Alice G. Wells, of Washington, to be 
Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Thomas P. Kelly III, 
of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti, and 
Cassandra Q. Butts, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to 
the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, all of the Department of State, 
3:30 p.m., SD-419.
  May 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Mark Sobel, of Virginia, to be United States 
Executive Director, and Sunil Sabharwal, of California, to be United 
States Alternate Executive Director, both of the International 
Monetary Fund, Matthew T. McGuire, of the District of Columbia, to 
be United States Executive Director of the International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, and Mileydi Guilarte, of the 
District of Columbia, to be United States Alternate Executive 
Director of the Inter-American Development Bank, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  May 15, Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine addressing the threat of Boko Haram, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  May 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Andrew H. Schapiro, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to 
the Czech Republic, and Nina Hachigian, of California, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the Association of 
Southeast Asian Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, 
both of the Department of State, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 13, to 
hold hearings to examine strengthening minority serving 
institutions, focusing on the best practices and innovations for 
student success, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  May 14, Full Committee, business meeting to consider an original 
bill entitled, ``The Strong Start for America's Children Act'', and 
the nomination of R. Jane Chu, of Missouri, to be Chairperson of the 
National Endowment for the Arts, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  May 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the state of 
tobacco use and regulation in the United States, focusing on 
progress and challenges, 2:30 p.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: May 13, 
to hold hearings to examine improving financial management at the 
Department of Defense, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  May 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine charting a 
path forward for the Chemical Facilities Anti-Terrorism Standards 
Program, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  May 14, Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental 
Relations, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
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in reducing Federal expenditures for disaster response, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-342.
  May 15, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings 
to examine online advertising and hidden hazards to consumer 
security and date privacy, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 14, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine wildfires and forest management, focusing on how 
prevention is preservation, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 13, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of Julie E. Carnes, of Georgia, and Jill A. Pryor, 
of Georgia, both to be a United States Circuit Judge for the 
Eleventh Circuit, Leslie Joyce Abrams, to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, and Michael P. Boggs, Mark 
Howard Cohen, Leigh Martin May, and Eleanor Louise Ross, all to be a 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, 
9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  May 13, Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, to hold hearings to 
examine economic espionage and trade secret theft, focusing on if 
laws are adequate for today's threats, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  May 14, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Program, focusing on supporting 
law enforcement officers, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: May 14, to hold hearings to 
examine a collection, analysis and use of elections data, focusing 
on a measured approach to improving election administration, 9:30 
a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: May 15, to hold hearings to 
examine the state of Veterans' Affairs health care, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 13, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  May 15, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: 
May 14, to hold hearings to examine heroin and prescription drug 
abuse, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.