[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 24, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D703-D705]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JUNE 25, 2014

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: 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: 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

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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.
  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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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: 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.
  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: to hold hearings to examine the 
future of United States-China relations, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 2449, to reauthorize certain provisions of 
the Public Health Service Act relating to autism, 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, Time to be announced, Room to be 
announced.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider S. 2521, Federal Information Security 
Modernization Act of 2014, S. 2519, 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.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: 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: 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.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold hearings to examine 
how early and absentee voting can benefit citizens and 
administrators, focusing on election administration, 2 p.m., SR-301.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine brain 
injuries and diseases of aging, 2:15 p.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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, Full Committee, markup on Financial 
Services and General Government Appropriations Bill FY 2015, 10 
a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Examining Reauthorization of the Export-Import Bank: Corporate 
Necessity or Corporate Welfare?'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
North Africa, ``Libya at a Crossroads: A Faltering Transition'', 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  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.

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  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled ``Children 
Migrating from Central America: Solving a Humanitarian Crisis'', 2 
p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, 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, 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 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 Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual 
Property and the Internet, ``Music Licensing Under Title 17 Part 
Two'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``An Administration Made 
Disaster: The South Texas Border Surge of Unaccompanied Alien 
Minors'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, 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, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Management Failures: Oversight of the EPA'', 9:30 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Subcommittee on Legislative and Budget 
Process, legislative hearing on H.R. 1869, the ``Biennial Budgeting 
and Enhanced Oversight Act of 2014'', 10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Pathways to Exploration: A Review of the Future 
of Human Space Exploration'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``VBA and VHA Interactions: Ordering and Conducting Medical 
Examinations'', 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, 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.