[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 75 (Monday, May 19, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D520-D523]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of May 20 through May 23, 2014

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 5:30 p.m., Senate will vote on confirmation of the 
nomination of Gregg Jeffrey Costa, of Texas, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, to be followed by a vote on the 
motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Stanley Fischer, of New 
York, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System, at 5:30 p.m.
  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 Appropriations: May 20, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold 
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 
for Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and related 
agencies, 11 a.m., SD-124.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold hearings to 
examine energy security and research, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, 
to hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
justification for fiscal year 2015 for the Small Business 
Administration and the Community Development Financial Institutions 
Fund, 2 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: May 20, Subcommittee on Airland, 
business meeting to mark up those provisions which fall under the 
subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2015, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  May 20, Subcommittee on SeaPower, closed business meeting to mark 
up those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction 
of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
2015, 11 a.m., SR-222.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, closed business meeting 
to mark up those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's 
jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for 
fiscal year 2015, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, business 
meeting to mark up those provisions which fall under the 
subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2015, 3:30 p.m., SD-G50.
  May 20, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities, 
business meeting to mark up those provisions which fall under the 
subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed National Defense 
Authorization Act for fiscal year 2015, 5 p.m., SD-G50.

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  May 21, Subcommittee on Personnel, business meeting to mark up 
those provisions which fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of 
the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
2015, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  May 21, Full Committee, closed business meeting to mark up the 
proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2015, 
2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  May 22, Full Committee, closed business meeting to continue to 
mark up the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
year 2015, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  May 23, Full Committee, closed business meeting to continue to 
mark up the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
year 2015, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: May 22, 
Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, 
to hold hearings to examine bringing our transit infrastructure to a 
state of good repair, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: May 21, to 
hold hearings to examine delivering better health care value to 
consumers, focusing on the first three years of the medical loss 
ratio, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: May 20, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Cheryl A. LaFleur, of 
Massachusetts, and Norman C. Bay, of New Mexico, both to be a Member 
of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 10:15 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: May 21, Subcommittee on Social Security, 
Pensions, and Family Policy, to hold hearings to examine 
strengthening Social Security to meet the needs of tomorrow's 
retirees, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: May 20, business meeting to 
consider S. 2142, to impose targeted sanctions on persons 
responsible for violations of human rights of antigovernment 
protesters in Venezuela, to strengthen civil society in Venezuela, 
S. 462, to enhance the strategic partnership between the United 
States and Israel, S. Res. 412, reaffirming the strong support of 
the United States Government for freedom of navigation and other 
internationally lawful uses of sea and airspace in the Asia-Pacific 
region, and for the peaceful diplomatic resolution of outstanding 
territorial and maritime claims and disputes, S. Res. 421, 
expressing the gratitude and appreciation of the Senate for the acts 
of heroism and military achievement by the members of the United 
States Armed Forces who participated in the June 6, 1944, amphibious 
landing at Normandy, France, and commending them for leadership and 
valor in an operation that helped bring an end to World War II, S. 
Res. 426, supporting the goals and ideals of World Malaria Day, and 
the nominations of Michael Anderson Lawson, of California, for the 
rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Representative on 
the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, and 
Noah Bryson Mamet, of California, to be Ambassador to the Argentine 
Republic, both of Department of State, and Michael W. Kempner, of 
New Jersey, to be a Member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, 
2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  May 21, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine authorization 
for the use of military force after Iraq and Afghanistan, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  May 21, Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs, with the 
Subcommittee on African Affairs, subcommittee on East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs with the Subcommittee on African Affairs to hold 
joint hearings to examine the escalating international wildlife 
trafficking crisis, focusing on ecological, economic and national 
security issues, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: May 20, to 
hold hearings to examine economic security for working women, 2:30 
p.m., SD-430.
  May 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine access and 
supports for servicemembers and veterans in higher education, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: May 21, 
business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, ``DHS 
Cybersecurity Workforce Recruitment and Retention Act of 2014'', S. 
2113, to provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost 
and performance of Government programs and areas of duplication 
among them, H.R. 1233, to amend chapter 22 of title 44, United 
States Code, popularly known as the Presidential Records Act, to 
establish procedures for the consideration of claims of 
constitutionally based privilege against disclosure of Presidential 
records, S. 1045, to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide 
that persons having seriously delinquent tax debts shall be 
ineligible for Federal employment, S. 1744, to strengthen the 
accountability of individuals involved in misconduct affecting the 
integrity of background investigations, to update guidelines for 
security clearances, S. 1691, to amend title 5, United States Code, 
to improve the security of the United States border and to provide 
for reforms and rates of pay for border patrol agents, S. 675, to 
prohibit contracting with the enemy, S. 1820, to prohibit the use of 
Federal funds for the costs of official portraits of Members of 
Congress, heads of executive agencies, and heads of agencies and 
offices of the legislative branch, H.R. 1036, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 103 Center 
Street West in Eatonville, Washington, as the ``National Park Ranger 
Margaret Anderson Post Office'', H.R. 1228, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 123 South 
9th Street in De Pere, Wisconsin, as the ``Corporal Justin D. Ross 
Post Office Building'', H.R. 1451, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 14 Main Street in Brockport, 
New York, as the ``Staff Sergeant Nicholas J. Reid Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 2391, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 5323 Highway N in Cottleville, 
Missouri as the ``Lance Corporal Phillip Vinnedge Post Office'', 
H.R. 3060, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 232 Southwest Johnson Avenue in Burleson, Texas, 
as the ``Sergeant William Moody Post Office Building'', and the 
nominations of Sherry Moore Trafford, and Steven M. Wellner, both to 
be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia, Julia Akins Clark, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of 
the Federal Labor Relations Authority, and Tony Hammond, of 
Missouri, and Nanci E. Langley, of Hawaii, both to be a Commissioner 
of the Postal Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., SD-342.

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  Committee on Indian Affairs: May 21, business meeting to consider 
S. 1474, to encourage the State of Alaska to enter into 
intergovernmental agreements with Indian tribes in the State 
relating to the enforcement of certain State laws by Indian tribes, 
to improve the quality of life in rural Alaska, to reduce alcohol 
and drug abuse, S. 1603, to reaffirm that certain land has been 
taken into trust for the benefit of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish 
Band of Pottawatami Indians, S. 1622, to establish the Alyce Spotted 
Bear and Walter Soboleff Commission on Native Children, S. 1818, to 
ratify a water settlement agreement affecting the Pyramid Lake 
Paiute Tribe, S. 2040, to exchange trust and fee land to resolve 
land disputes created by the realignment of the Blackfoot River 
along the boundary of the Fort Hall Indian Reservation, S. 2132, to 
amend the Indian Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination 
Act of 2005, and H.R. 2388, to take certain Federal lands located in 
El Dorado County, California, into trust for the benefit of the 
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians; to be immediately followed by 
an oversight hearing to examine Indian education, focusing on the 
Bureau of Indian Education, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: May 20, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of Andre Birotte, Jr., to be United States District 
Judge for the Central District of California, John W. deGravelles, 
to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of 
Louisiana, Randolph D. Moss, of Maryland, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Columbia, Robin L. Rosenberg, to 
be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
Florida, and Ronnie L. White, to be United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Missouri, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  May 21, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to examine 
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  May 22, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1720, to 
promote transparency in patent ownership and make other improvements 
to the patent system, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: May 20, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: May 21, to hold hearings to examine 
the role of health care providers in advance care planning, 10 a.m., 
SD-106.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, May 21, Full Committee, markup on 
Transportation, HUD and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill FY 
2015, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 21, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Power, hearing on legislation regarding Promoting New 
Manufacturing Act, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Keeping the 
Promise: Site of Service Medicare Payment Reforms'', 10:15 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  May 22, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing on legislation regarding federal and state enforcement of 
fraudulent patent demand letters, 9:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, May 21, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations hearing entitled ``Allegations of Discrimination 
and Retaliation within the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, 
Part Two'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``Legislative Proposals to Improve 
Transparency and Accountability at the CFPB'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  May 22, Full Committee, continued markup on the following 
legislation: H.R. 4200, the ``SBIC Advisers Relief Act''; H.R. 4554, 
the ``Restricted Securities Relief Act''; H.R. 4568, the ``Small 
Business Freedom to Grow Act''; H.R. 4571, to direct the SEC to 
revise its rules so as to increase the threshold amount for 
requiring issuers; H.R. 4569, the ``Disclosure Modernization and 
Simplification Act''; H.R. 4570, the ``Private Placement Improvement 
Act''; H.R. 4565, the ``Startup Capital Modernization Act''; H.R. 
1779, the ``Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act''; H.R. 
2673, the ``Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act''; H.R. 4466, 
the ``Financial Regulatory Clarity Act''; and H.R. 4521, the 
``Community Institution Mortgage Relief Act'', 9:45 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 21, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Boko Haram: The Growing Threat to Schoolgirls, Nigeria, 
and Beyond'', 9:45 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats, 
hearing entitled ``The Development of Energy Resources in Central 
Asia'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, hearing 
entitled ``The Humanitarian Crisis in Syria: Views from the 
Ground'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 22, Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, hearing 
entitled ``The Gulf Cooperation Council: Deepening Rifts and 
Emerging Challenges'', 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 22, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled 
``Protecting Religious Freedom: U.S. Efforts to Hold Accountable 
Countries of Particular Concern'', 10 a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, May 21, Subcommittee on 
Counterterrorism and Intelligence; and Subcommittee on 
Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies 
joint subcommittee hearing entitled ``Assessing Persistent and 
Emerging Cyber Threats to the U.S. Homeland,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on Natural Resources, May 21, Full Committee, hearing on 
H.R. 4402, the ``Guam Military Training and Readiness Act of 2014'', 
10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, May 21, Full 
Committee, markup on the following legislation: H.R. 4670, the 
``Secure Delivery for America Act of 2014''; H.R. 4671, the ``Public 
Interest Declassification Board Reauthorization Act of 2014''; H.R. 
2750, the ``Design-Build Efficiency and Jobs Act of 2013''; H.R.

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43, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 14 Red River Avenue North in Cold Spring, Minnesota, as 
the ``Officer Tommy Decker Memorial Post Office''; H.R. 451, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 500 North Brevard Avenue in Cocoa Beach, Florida, as the 
``Richard K. Salick Post Office''; H.R. 606, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 815 Country 
Road 23 in Tyrone, New York, as the ``Specialist Christopher Scott 
Post Office Building''; H.R. 1671, to designate the facility of the 
United Postal Service located at 6937 Village Parkway in Dublin, 
California, as the ``James `Jim' Kohnen Post Office''; H.R. 1701, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 302 East Green Street in Champaign, Illinois, as the ``James R. 
Burgess, Jr. Post Office Building''; H.R. 1865, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 35 Park 
Street in Danville, Vermont, as the ``Thaddeus Stevens Post 
Office''; H.R. 2112, to designate the facility of the United States 
Post Service located at 787 State Route 17M in Monroe, New York, as 
the ``National Clandestine Service of the Central Intelligence 
Agency NCS Officer Gregg David Wenzel Memorial Post Office''; H.R. 
2223, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 220 Elm Avenue in Munising, Michigan, as the ``Elizabeth 
L. Kinnunen Post Office Building''; H.R. 2291, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 450 
Lexington Avenue in New York, New York, as the ``Vincent R. 
Sombrotto Post Office''; H.R. 2678, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 10360 Southwest 186th Street 
in Miami, Florida, as the ``Larcenia J. Bullard Post Office 
Building''; H.R. 2802, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 418 Liberty Street in Covington, 
Indiana, as the ``Fountain County Veterans Memorial Post Office''; 
H.R. 3027, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 442 Miller Valley Road in Prescott, Arizona, as 
the ``Barry M. Goldwater Post Office''; H.R. 3085, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3349 West 
111th Street in Chicago, Illinois, as the ``Captain Herbert Johnson 
Memorial Post Office Building''; H.R. 3534, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 113 West 
Michigan Avenue in Jackson, Michigan, as the ``Officer James Bonneau 
Memorial Post Office''; H.R. 4355, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 201 B Street in Perryville, 
Arkansas, as the ``Harold George Bennett Post Office''; and H.R. 
4416, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 161 Live Oak Street in Miami, Arizona, as the 
``Staff Sergeant Manuel V. Mendoza Post Office Building'', 9:30 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 22, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and 
the Census, hearing entitled ``Examining Innovative Postal Products 
for the 21st Century'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  May 22, Subcommittee on Government Operations, hearing entitled 
``Evaluating Public Housing in the U.S.: Reining in Waste, Fraud, 
Abuse and Mismanagement at Public House Authorities'', 9 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, May 21, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Astrobiology and the Search for Life 
in the Universe'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  May 21, Full Committee, markup on S. 1254, the ``Harmful Algal 
Bloom and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2013''; and 
H.R. 4186, the ``FIRST Act of 2014'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 21, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the Small Business Innovation Research and 
Small Business Technology Transfer Programs'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  May 22, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade, hearing 
entitled ``Unfair Trade Practices: Addressing Barriers Facing Small 
Business Exporters'', 9:30 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, May 21, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 
Emergency Management, ``Examining the Federal Protective Service: 
Are Federal Facilities Secure?'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  May 21, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, 
hearing entitled ``Using New Ocean Technologies: Promoting Efficient 
Maritime Transportation and Improving Maritime Domain Awareness and 
Response Capability'', 9:30 a.m., 2253 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence House, May 22, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 4661, the ``Intelligence Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2015'', 9 a.m., 304-HVC. A portion of the markup 
will close.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: May 21, to hold hearings to examine 
women's retirement security, 10 a.m., SH-216.