[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 93 (Monday, June 16, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D650-D653]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 17 through June 20, 2014

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 11 a.m., Senate will vote on confirmation of the 
nominations of Salvador Mendoza, Jr., of Washington, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Washington, Michelle 
Yandle, of Illinois, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Illinois, and Darrin P. Gayles, of Florida, to be 
United States

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District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, and on the motion 
to invoke cloture on the nomination of Peter Joseph Kadzik, of New 
York, to be an Assistant Attorney General.
  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: June 17, to 
hold hearings to examine creating jobs through bio based 
manufacturing, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: June 17, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Water Development, business meeting to mark up proposed legislation 
making appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for Energy and Water 
Development, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  June 17, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, business meeting to mark up proposed legislation making 
appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of State, 
Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies, 4 p.m., SD-138.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Department of Defense, to hold hearings 
to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the 
Department of Defense, 10 a.m., SD-192.
  June 19, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for Energy and Water 
Development, State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, and 
the Legislative Branch (H.R. 4487), 10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 17, Subcommittee on SeaPower, to 
receive a closed briefing on the major threats facing Navy forces 
and the current and projected capabilities of the Navy to meet those 
threats, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  June 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Laura Junor, of Virginia, to be a Principal Deputy 
Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, Gordon O. Tanner, of 
Alabama, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force, 
Debra S. Wada, of Hawaii, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Miranda A. A. Ballentine, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
Installations, Environment, and Energy, all of the Department of 
Defense, and Monica C. Regalbuto, of Illinois, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 17, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Julian Castro, of Texas, to 
be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and Laura S. 
Wertheimer, of the District of Columbia, to be Inspector General of 
the Federal Housing Finance Agency, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment, to 
hold hearings to examine high frequency trading's impact on the 
economy, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 17, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance, 
to hold hearings to examine protecting consumers from false and 
deceptive advertising of weight-loss products, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  June 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine e-cigarette 
marketing and potential consequences for youth, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 18, business 
meeting to consider S. 1771, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act 
to adjust the Crooked River boundary, to provide water certainty for 
the City of Prineville, Oregon, S. 1800, to require the Secretary of 
the Interior to submit to Congress a report on the efforts of the 
Bureau of Reclamation to manage its infrastructure assets, S. 1946, 
to amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 to modify the 
authorization of appropriations, S. 1965, to amend the East Bench 
Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act to permit the 
Secretary of the Interior to extend the contract for certain water 
services, S. 2010, to amend the Water Conservation and Utilization 
Act to authorize the development of non-Federal hydropower and 
issuance of leases of power privileges at projects constructed 
pursuant to the authority of the Water Conservation and Utilization 
Act, S. 2019, to reauthorize and update certain provisions of the 
Secure Water Act, H.R. 1963, to amend the Water Conservation and 
Utilization Act to authorize the development of non-Federal 
hydropower and issuance of leases of power privileges at projects 
constructed pursuant to the authority of the Water Conservation and 
Utilization Act, an original bill entitled, ``To approve the 
Keystone XL Pipeline'', and 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, Monica C. 
Regalbuto, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for 
Environmental Management, and Norman C. Bay, of New Mexico, and 
Cheryl A. LaFleur, of Massachusetts, both to be a Member of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 10:30 a.m., SD-366.
  June 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine resources for 
export, domestic consumption, and transportation fuel, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: June 18, Subcommittee 
on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety, to hold hearings to examine climate 
change, focusing on the need to act now, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: June 18, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Henry J. Aaron, 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: June 17, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Jonathan Nicholas Stivers, of the 
District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United 
States Agency for International Development, and Mark William 
Lippert, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, 
Theodore G. Osius III, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and Joan A. Polaschik, of Virginia, 
to be Ambassador to the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, all 
of the Department of State, 3 p.m., SD-419.

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  June 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine United States 
policy in Afghanistan and the regional implications of the 2014 
transition, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  June 19, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Protocol 
Amending the Convention between the United States of America and the 
Kingdom of Spain for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the 
Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and its 
Protocol, signed at Madrid on February 22, 1990 (Treaty Doc.113-04), 
and the Convention between the United States of America and the 
Republic of Poland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the 
Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, signed 
on February 13, 2013, at Warsaw (Treaty Doc.113-05), 11 a.m., SD-
419.
  June 19, Full Committee, to receive a closed briefing on an update 
on Iraq, 2 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 17, 
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to 
examine conflicts of interest, investor loss of confidence, and high 
speed trading in the United States stock markets, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  June 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
intelligence community, focusing on keeping watch over its 
contractor workforce; with the possibility of a closed session in 
SVC-217 following the open session, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 18, to hold hearings to examine 
S. 1948, to promote the academic achievement of American Indian, 
Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children with the establishment 
of a Native American language grant program, and S. 2299, to amend 
the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize a provision 
to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American 
languages, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Judiciary: June 18, Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
Civil Rights and Human Rights, business meeting to consider S.J. 
Res. 19, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United 
States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect 
elections, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  June 19, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2454, to 
amend title 17, United States Code, to extend expiring provisions of 
the Satellite Television Extension and Localism Act of 2010, and 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, 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, 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, Ronnie L. 
White, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Missouri, Leslie Joyce Abrams, Mark Howard Cohen, Leigh Martin 
May, and Eleanor Louise Ross, all to be a United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, and Nancy B. Firestone, 
of Virginia, and Thomas L. Halkowski, of Pennsylvania, both to be a 
Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 9:30 a.m., SD-
226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: June 18, to hold 
hearings to examine growing small business exports, growing United 
States Jobs, 3 p.m., SR-428A.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 17, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  June 19, Full Committee, closed business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: June 18, to hold hearings to examine 
the reduction in face-to-face services at the Social Security 
Administration, 2:15 p.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 19, Subcommittee on Conservation, 
Energy, Forestry, hearing on a review of the Interpretive Rule 
regarding the applicability of Clean Water Act agricultural 
exemptions, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 18, Subcommittee on Financial 
Services and General Government, markup on Financial Services and 
General Government Appropriations Bill FY 2015, 9:15 a.m., 2358-B 
Rayburn.
  June 18, Full Committee, markup on Energy and Water Development, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations FY 2015, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 19, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``P5+1 Negotiations over Iran's Nuclear Program and Its 
Implications for United States Defense'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, hearing 
entitled ``Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and 
Strike (UCLASS) Requirements Assessment'', 3:30 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 18, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``The GM Ignition 
Switch Recall: Investigation Update'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled 
``EPA's Proposed Carbon Dioxide Regulations for Power Plants'', 9:30 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 18, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Semi-Annual Report of the Consumer Financial 
Protection Bureau'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Allegations of Discrimination and Retaliation within the 
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Part Three'', 2 p.m. 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 18, Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade; and the Subcommittee on the Middle East 
and North Africa, joint subcommittee hearing entitled ``The Bergdahl 
Exchange: Implications for U.S. National Security and the Fight 
Against Terrorism'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, markup on H.R. 4653, to 
reauthorize the United States Commission on International Religious 
Freedom, and for other purposes; H. Res. 503, expressing the sense 
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House of Representatives regarding the need to bring the South Sudan 
conflict to a sustainable and lasting end and to promote 
reconciliation of longstanding and recent grievances to allow for a 
peaceful society with good governance; and H. Res. 588, concerning 
the suspension of exit permit issuance by the Government of the 
Democratic Republic of Congo for adopted Congolese children seeking 
to depart the country with their adoptive parents, 1:30 p.m., 2200 
Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``Human 
Rights Abuses and Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea'', 2 p.m., 
2200 Rayburn.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Middle East and North Africa, markup on 
H. Res. 109, condemning the Government of Iran for its state-
sponsored persecution of its Baha'i minority and its continued 
violation of the International Covenants on Human Rights; and H. 
Res. 435, calling on the government of Iran to fulfill their 
promises of assistance in this case of Robert Levinson, one of the 
longest held United States civilians in our Nation's history, 9:45 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 19, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa; and the 
Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and 
International Organizations joint subcommittee hearing entitled 
``One Year Under Rouhani: Iran's Abysmal Human Rights Record'', 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled 
``Thailand: A Democracy in Peril'', 12 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, June 18, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Critical Role of First Responders: Sharing Lessons 
Learned from Past Attacks'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Oversight Management Efficiency, hearing 
entitled ``Stakeholder Perspectives on Priorities for the 
Quadrennial Homeland Security Review'', 9 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 18, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 3086, the ``Permanent Internet Tax Freedom Act''; and 
legislation regarding the Search for and Cutting Regulations that 
are Unnecessarily Burdensome Act of 2014, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 19, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the 
Internet, hearing entitled ``GSA's Failure to Meet the Needs of the 
Judiciary: A Case Study of Bureaucratic Negligence and Waste'', 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and 
Antitrust Law, hearing entitled ``Net Neutrality: Is Antitrust Law 
More Effective than Regulation in Protecting Consumers and 
Innovation?'', 9 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources. June 18, Subcommittee on Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing entitled ``American Energy Jobs: 
Opportunities for States and Localities,'' 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 19, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 2455, the ``Nevada Native 
Nations Lands Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing on 
H.R. 4293, the ``Natural Gas Gathering Enhancement Act''; and H.R. 
1587, the ``Energy Infrastructure Improvement Act'', 9:30 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 18, 
Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory 
Affairs, hearing entitled ``Poised to Profit: How ObamaCare Helps 
Insurance Companies Even If It Fails Patients'', 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  June 19, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Whistleblower Reprisal 
and Management Failure at the U.S. Chemical Safety Board'', 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Government Operations, hearing entitled 
``Mixed Signals: The Administration's Policy on Marijuana, Part 
Four--the Health Effects and Science'', 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, June 18, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 4413, 
the ``Customer Protection and End User Relief Act,'' 3 p.m., H-313, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, June 18, Subcommittee 
on Research and Technology, hearing entitled ``The Future of Surface 
Transportation,'' 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 20, Subcommittee on Space; and Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing entitled ``NASA Security: Assessing the Agency's Efforts to 
Protect Sensitive Information,'' 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, June 18, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing 
entitled ``Maintaining Coast Guard Readiness'', 9:30 a.m., 2253 
Rayburn.
  June 18, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing entitled ``Airport 
Financing and Development'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 18, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Non-VA Care: An Integrated Solution for Veteran Access'', 
10:15 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  June 20, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Review of Awarding 
Bonuses to Senior Executives at the Department of Veterans 
Affairs'', 9 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 18, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's (MedPAC) June 
report to the Congress, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: June 18, to hold hearings to examine 
empowerment in the workplace, 2 p.m., SH-216.