[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 80 (Tuesday, May 27, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D564-D565]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                  Week of May 27 through May 30, 2014

                             Senate Chamber

  The Senate will meet in a pro forma session at 2 p.m., on Friday, May 
30, 2014, with no business conducted.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  No meetings/hearings scheduled.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, May 28, Subcommittee on Homeland 
Security, markup on Homeland Security Appropriations Bill FY 2015, 6 
p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  May 29, Full Committee, markup on Agriculture, Rural Development, 
FDA, and Related Agencies, 9 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  May 30, Subcommittee on Defense, markup on Defense Appropriations 
Bill FY 2015, 8:30 a.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, May 28, Subcommittee on Health, 
markup on H.R. 4299, the ``Improving Regulatory Transparency for New 
Medical Therapies Act''; H.R. 4709, the ``Ensuring Patient Access 
and Effective Drug Enforcement Act''; and H.R. 4631, the ``Combating 
Autism Reauthorization Act of 2014'', 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 28, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, markup on legislation 
regarding Promoting New Manufacturing Act, 4:30 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 29, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, markup on legislation 
regarding Promoting New Manufacturing Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  May 30, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Department of Energy Oversight: Status of Loan 
Programs'', 9:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, May 29, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 1771, to improve the enforcement of sanctions against the 
Government of North Korea, and for other purposes; and H.R. 4449, to 
amend the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 to expand the 
training for Federal Government personnel related to trafficking in 
persons, and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 29, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled 
``Energy Needs in Asia: The U.S. Liquefied Natural Gas Option'', 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  May 30, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled 
``Tiananmen 25 Years Later: Six Leaders Who Were There'', 9:30 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  May 30, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, markup on H.R. 4640, 
the ``Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission Act of 2014'', 9:30 
a.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, May 29, Subcommittee on 
Transportation Security, hearing entitled ``Lessons from the LAX 
Shooting: Airport and Law Enforcement Perspectives'', 1:30 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, May 29, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security'', 
10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  May 30, Over-Criminalization Task Force, hearing entitled 
``Penalties'', 9 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, May 29, Full Committee, markup on 
the following legislation: H.R. 2175, the ``World War II Memorial 
Prayer Act of 2013''; H.R. 2569, the ``Upper Missisquoi and Trout 
Wild and Scenic Rivers Act''; H.R. 3606, the ``Emigrant Wilderness 
Historical Use Preservation Act of 2013''; H.R. 4296, to amend 
Public Law 94-241 with respect to the Northern Mariana Islands; H.R. 
4350, the ``Northern Cheyenne Lands Act''; and H.R. 4742, the 
``Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in 
Fisheries Management Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, May 29, Subcommittee 
on Government Operations, hearing entitled ``Pseudo-Classification 
of Executive Branch Documents: Problems with the Transportation 
Security Administration's Use of the Sensitive Security Information 
Designation'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, May 29, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 4681, 
the ``Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Years 2014 and 
2015''; and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act FY 2015, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, May 28, Full 
Committee, continued markup on H.R. 4186, the ``Frontiers in 
Innovation, Research, Science, and Technology Act of 2014'', 5 p.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  May 29, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Examining the UN 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Process'', 11 a.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, May 29, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Will EPA's `Waters of the United States' Rule Drown Small 
Businesses?'', 1 p.m., 2369 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, May 28, Full Committee, hearing to 
receive witness testimony related to committee subpoena, 7:30 p.m., 
334 Cannon.
  May 29, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Assessing Inadequacies in VA Data Usage for and Services 
Provided to Visually-Impaired Veterans'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  May 29, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial 
Affairs, hearing entitled ``Defined Expectations: Evaluating VA's 
Performance in the Servicemember Transition Process'', 1 p.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, May 29, Full Committee, markup on the 
following legislation: H.R. 2807, the ``Conservation Easement 
Incentive Act of 2013''; H.R. 4619, to amend the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 to

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make permanent the rule allowing certain tax-free distributions from 
individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes; H.R. 4719, 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and 
expand the charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory; 
H.R. 3134, the ``Charitable Giving Extension Act''; H.R. 4691, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the tax rate for 
excise tax on investment income of private foundations; and H.R. 
4718, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make 
permanent bonus depreciation, 10:15 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  May 29, Subcommittee on Human Resources, hearing on the use of 
psychotropic medications among children in foster care, 2 p.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, May 29, Full 
Committee, business meeting on Technical and Tactical Intelligence 
report; member access requests; and hearing entitled ``Ongoing 
Intelligence Activities'' 10 a.m., 304-HVC. A portion of the 
business meeting will close; and the hearing is closed.