[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 77 (Wednesday, May 21, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D550-D551]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                              MAY 22, 2014

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: business meeting to adopt the fiscal 
year 2015 302(b) allocations, and markup proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2015 for Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, 
and Related Agencies, and Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 
Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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: 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 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine access and supports for servicemembers and 
veterans in higher education, 10 a.m., SD-430.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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, 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 to provide certain disclosures relating 
to compensatory benefits plans; H.R. 4569, the ``Disclosure 
Modernization and Simplification Act''; H.R. 4570, the

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``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, Subcommittee on Middle East and 
North Africa, hearing entitled ``The Gulf Cooperation Council: 
Deepening Rifts and Emerging Challenges'', 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  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 Oversight and Government Reform, 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.
  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 Small Business, 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 Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, markup on pending 
legislation, 9 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence House, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 4681, the ``Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Years 2014 and 2015'', 9 a.m., 304-HVC. A portion of the markup will 
close.