[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 98 (Monday, June 23, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D692-D695]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of June 24 through June 27, 2014

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 11 a.m., Senate will vote on confirmation of the 
nominations of Paul G. Byron, of Florida, to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Carlos Eduardo Mendoza, of 
Florida, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of 
Florida, Beth Bloom, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of Florida, and Geoffrey W. Crawford, of Vermont, 
to be United States District Judge for the District of Vermont, and on 
the motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Leon Rodriguez, of 
Maryland, to be Director of the United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security.
  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: June 24, Subcommittee on Department 
of Homeland Security, business meeting to markup proposed 
legislation making appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for Homeland 
Security, 10 a.m., SD-138.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Financial Services and General 
Government, business meeting to markup proposed legislation making 
appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for Financial Services and 
General Government, 10:30 a.m., SD-124.
  Committee on Armed Services: June 25, Subcommittee on Strategic 
Forces, to receive a closed briefing on United States nuclear 
deterrence policy, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: June 25, 
business meeting to consider 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; to be immediately followed by 
a hearing to examine the Financial Stability Oversight Council 
annual report to Congress, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Economic Policy, to hold hearings to 
examine young workers and recent graduates in the United States 
economy, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: June 24, business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Shaun L. S. Donovan, of New York, to be Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget, Time to be announced, S-115, 
Capitol.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: June 25, 
Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, to hold 
hearings to examine NextGen, focusing on a review of progress, 
challenges, and opportunities for improving aviation safety and 
efficiency, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Tourism, Competitiveness, and Innovation, 
to hold hearings to examine the state of the United States travel 
and tourism industry, focusing on Federal efforts to attract 100 
million visitors annually, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: June 25, Subcommittee 
on Water and Power, to hold hearings to examine S. 1971, to 
establish an interagency coordination committee or subcommittee with 
the leadership of the Department of Energy and the Department of the 
Interior, focused on the nexus between energy and water production, 
use, and efficiency, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: June 24, to hold hearings to examine less 
student debt from the start, focusing on what role the tax system 
should play, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  June 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of D. Nathan Sheets, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary, 
and Ramin Toloui, of Iowa, to be Deputy Under Secretary, both of the 
Department of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  June 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine trade 
enforcement, focusing on using trade rules to level the playing 
field for United States companies and workers, 2 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: June 24, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, 
and Global Women's Issues, to hold hearings to examine combating 
violence and discrimination against women, focusing on a global call 
to action, 9:45 a.m., SD-419.
  June 24, Full Committee, business meeting to consider H.R. 3212, 
to ensure compliance with the 1980 Hague Convention on the Civil 
Aspects of International Child Abduction by countries with which the 
United States enjoys reciprocal obligations, to establish procedures 
for the prompt return of children abducted to other countries, S. 
2508, to establish a comprehensive United States Government policy 
to assist countries in sub-Saharan Africa to improve access to and 
the affordability, reliability, and sustainability of power, S. 
1933, to impose sanctions with respect to foreign persons 
responsible for gross violations of internationally recognized human 
rights, S. 1104, to measure the progress of recovery and development 
efforts in Haiti following the earthquake of January 12, 2010, S. 
Res. 447, recognizing the threats to freedom of the press and 
expression around the world and reaffirming

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freedom of the press as a priority in the efforts of the United 
States Government to promote democracy and good governance, S. Res. 
462, recognizing the Khmer and Lao/Hmong Freedom Fighters of 
Cambodia and Laos for supporting and defending the United States 
Armed Forces during the conflict in Southeast Asia and for their 
continued support and defense of the United States, and the 
nominations of Robert Stephen Beecroft, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, Dana Shell Smith, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the State of Qatar, Stuart E. Jones, 
of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq, James D. 
Nealon, of New Hampshire, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Honduras, Noah Bryson Mamet, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Argentine Republic, Gentry O. Smith, of North Carolina, to be 
Director of the Office of Foreign Missions, and to have the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service, Mark William Lippert, of 
Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, and Joan A. 
Polaschik, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the People's Democratic 
Republic of Algeria, all of the Department of State, Karen Kornbluh, 
of New York, to be a Member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, 
and Jonathan Nicholas Stivers, of the District of Columbia, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  June 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the future of 
United States-China relations, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  June 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Alfonso E. Lenhardt, of New York, to be Deputy 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, and Marcia Denise Occomy, of the District of Columbia, 
to be United States Director of the African Development Bank, 2 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: June 24, to 
hold hearings to examine moving toward greater community inclusion, 
focusing on Olmstead at 15, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  June 25, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 2449, to 
reauthorize certain provisions of the Public Health Service Act 
relating to autism, proposed legislation to amend The Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the nominations of 
William D. Adams, of Maine, to be Chairperson of the National 
Endowment for the Humanities, Robert M. Gordon, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of Education for Planning, 
Evaluation, and Policy Development, and any additional nominations 
cleared for action, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  June 26, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine sexual 
assault on campus, focusing on working to ensure student safety, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: June 25, 
business meeting to consider an original bill entitled, ``Federal 
Information Security Modernization Act of 2014'', an original bill 
entitled, ``National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration 
Center Act of 2014'', H.R. 1232, to amend titles 40, 41, and 44, 
United States Code, to eliminate duplication and waste in 
information technology acquisition and management, 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, H.R. 4194, to provide for the elimination or 
modification of Federal reporting requirements, S. 2061, to prevent 
conflicts of interest relating to contractors providing background 
investigation fieldwork services and investigative support services, 
S. 231, to reauthorize the Multinational Species Conservation Funds 
Semipostal Stamp, S. 1214, to require the purchase of domestically 
made flags of the United States of America for use by the Federal 
Government, S. 2117, to amend title 5, United States Code, to change 
the default investment fund under the Thrift Savings Plan, S. 1347, 
to provide transparency, accountability, and limitations of 
Government sponsored conferences, H.R. 1376, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 Martin 
Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, as the ``Judge 
Shirley A. Tolentino Post Office Building'', H.R. 1813, to 
redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 162 Northeast Avenue in Tallmadge, Ohio, as the ``Lance Corporal 
Daniel Nathan Deyarmin, Jr., Post Office Building'', S. 2056, to 
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located 
at 13127 Broadway Street in Alden, New York, as the ``Sergeant Brett 
E. Gornewicz Memorial Post Office'', S. 2057, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 198 Baker 
Street in Corning, New York, as the ``Specialist Ryan P. Jayne Post 
Office Building'', and the nomination of Shaun L. S. Donovan, of New 
York, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 10 
a.m., SD-342.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental 
Relations, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
the path to efficiency, focusing on making FEMA more effective for 
streamlined disaster operations, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: June 25, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine economic development, focusing on encouraging investment 
in Indian country, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: June 24, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of Pamela Harris, of Maryland, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Pamela Pepper, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Brenda 
K. Sannes, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of New York, and Patricia M. McCarthy, of Maryland, and 
Jeri Kaylene Somers, of Virginia, both to be a Judge of the United 
States Court of Federal Claims, 10:15 a.m., SD-226.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and 
Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine the AT&T and DIRECTV 
merger, focusing on the impact on competition and consumers in the 
video market and beyond, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.

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  June 25, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S. 1945, to 
amend the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to revise the criteria for 
determining which States and political subdivisions are subject to 
section 4 of the Act, focusing on updating the ``Voting Rights Act'' 
in response to Shelby County v. Holder, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  June 26, 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, S. 517, 
to promote consumer choice and wireless competition by permitting 
consumers to unlock mobile wireless devices, and S.J. Res. 19, 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect 
elections, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: June 25, to hold hearings 
to examine how early and absentee voting can benefit citizens and 
administrators, focusing on election administration, 2 p.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: June 24, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  June 26, Full Committee, closed business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: June 25, to hold hearings to examine 
brain injuries and diseases of aging, 2:15 p.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, June 25, Subcommittee on Livestock, 
Rural Development, and Credit, hearing on a review of credit 
availability in rural America, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, June 24, Full Committee markup on 
State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Bill 
FY 2015, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  June 25, Full Committee, markup on Financial Services and General 
Government Appropriations Bill FY 2015, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, June 24, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Case Studies in DOD Acquisition: Finding What Works'', 10 
a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund: Examining the 
Department of Defense and Interagency Process for Verifying 
Eligibility'', 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, June 24, Full Committee, 
meeting to assign recently elected Members to subcommittees; and 
Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, hearing 
entitled ``What Should Workers and Employers Expect Next From the 
National Labor Relations Board?'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, June 25, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Medicare Program 
Integrity: Screening Out Errors, Fraud, and Abuse'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, June 24, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Annual Report of the Financial Stability Oversight 
Council'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 25, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Examining 
Reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank: Corporate Necessity or 
Corporate Welfare?'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored 
Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the SEC's Division of 
Trading and Markets'', 9:15 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, June 24, Subcommittee on Asia and 
the Pacific, hearing entitled ``Thailand: A Democracy in Peril'', 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 25, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Afghanistan's 
Transition'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, ``Libya 
at a Crossroads: A Faltering Transition'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia and Emerging Threats, 
hearing entitled ``Reviewing the Administration's FY 2015 Budget 
Request for Europe and Eurasia'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled 
``Children Migrating from Central America: Creating a Humanitarian 
Crisis'', 2 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  June 26, Full Committee, markup on the following legislation: H.R. 
2283, to prioritize the fight against human trafficking within the 
Department of State according to congressional intent in the 
Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 without increasing the 
size of the Federal Government, and for other purposes; H.R. 4347, 
to require the Secretary of State to provide an annual report to 
Congress regarding United States Government efforts to survey and 
secure the return, protection, and restoration of stolen, 
confiscated, or otherwise unreturned Christian properties in the 
Republic of Turkey and in those areas currently occupied by the 
Turkish military in northern Cyprus; H.R. 4411, to prevent Hezbollah 
and associated entities from gaining access to international 
financial and other institutions, and for other purposes; H.R. 4640, 
to establish the Western Hemisphere Drug Policy Commission; and H.R. 
4653, to reauthorize the United States Commission on International 
Religious Freedom, and for other purposes, 9 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, June 24, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Dangerous Passage: The Growing Problem of Unaccompanied 
Children Crossing the Border'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Transportation Security, hearing entitled 
``Utilizing Canine Teams to Detect Explosives and Mitigate 
Threats'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, 
and Security Technologies; and Committee on Education and the 
Workforce, Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary and Secondary 
Education, joint hearing entitled ``How Data Mining Threatens 
Student Privacy'', 11 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, June 25, Full Committee, 
hearing on H.R. 186, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 to permit candidates for election for Federal office to 
designate an individual who will

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be authorized to disburse funds of the authorized campaign 
committees of the candidate in the event of the death of the 
candidate, 11 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, June 24, Subcommittee on Regulatory 
Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, hearing entitled ``The 
Proposed Merger of AT&T and DIRECTV'', 10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the 
Internet, hearing entitled ``Trade Secrets: Promoting and Protecting 
American Innovation, Competitiveness and Market Access in Foreign 
Markets'', 1:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the 
Internet, ``Music Licensing Under Title 17 Part Two'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  June 25, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``An Administration Made 
Disaster: The South Texas Border Surge of Unaccompanied Alien 
Minors'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  June 26, Task Force on Over-Criminalization, hearing entitled 
``Collateral Consequences'', 9:30 a.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, June 24, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Mineral Resources, oversight hearing entitled ``American Energy 
Jobs: Opportunities for Education'', 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Water and Power, oversight hearing on 
``New Federal Schemes to Soak Up Water Authority: Impacts on States, 
Water Users, Recreation, and Jobs'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, hearing 
entitled ``Child Protection and the Justice System on the Spirit 
Lake Indian Reservation'', 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  June 24, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular 
Affairs, oversight hearing entitled ``The U.S. Fish and Wildlife 
Service's Plan to Implement a Ban on the Commercial Trade in 
Elephant Ivory'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental 
Regulation, oversight hearing entitled ``Increasing Carbon Soil 
Sequestration on Public Lands'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, June 23, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``IRS Obstruction: Lois Lerner's Missing 
E-Mails, 7 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 24, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``IRS Obstruction: Lois 
Lerner's Missing E-Mails, Part II, 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  June 25, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Management Failures: 
Oversight of the EPA'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, June 23, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 6, 
the ``Domestic Prosperity and Global Freedom Act''; and H.R. 3301, 
the ``North American Energy Infrastructure Act'', 5 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  June 24, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 4899, the ``Lowering 
Gasoline Prices to Fuel an America That Works Act of 2014''; and 
H.R. 4923, Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act FY 2015, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  June 25, Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget Process, 
legislative hearing on H.R. 1869, the ``Biennial Budgeting and 
Enhanced Oversight Act of 2014'', 10 a.m., 313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, June 24, Full 
Committee, markup on H.R. 4012, the ``Secret Science Reform Act of 
2014'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 25, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Pathways to 
Exploration: A Review of the Future of Human Space Exploration'', 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  June 26, Subcommittee on Research and Technology; and Subcommittee 
on Oversight, joint subcommittee hearing entitled ``Technology for 
Patient Safety at Veterans Hospitals'', 9 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, June 26, Subcommittee on Agriculture, 
Energy and Trade, hearing entitled ``The New Domestic Energy 
Paradigm: Downstream Challenges for Small Energy Businesses'', 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, June 23, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Evaluating the Capacity of the VA to Care for Veteran 
Patients'', 7:30 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  June 25, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``VBA and VHA 
Interactions: Ordering and Conducting Medical Examinations'', 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, June 25, Full Committee, markup on 
H.R. 3393, the ``Student and Family Tax Simplification Act''; and 
H.R. 4935, the ``Child Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2014'', 9:30 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: June 24, to hold hearings to examine the 
economic impact of increased natural gas production, 10 a.m., SH-
216.
  June 24, Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, meeting of 
conferees on H.R. 3230, to improve the access of veterans to medical 
services from the Department of Veterans Affairs, 2 p.m., SVC-212-
10.