[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 105 (Tuesday, July 8, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D742-D743]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                             COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                                                  JULY 9, 2014

     (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                                        Senate

       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
     hearings to examine promoting the well-being and academic 
     success of college athletes, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.

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       Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
     Russia and developments in Ukraine, 9:45 a.m., SD-419.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to 
     hold hearings to examine challenges at the border, focusing 
     on the causes, consequences, and responses to the rise in 
     apprehensions at the southern border, 10 a.m., SD-342.
       Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine S. 
     2442, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain 
     land and mineral rights on the reservation of the Northern 
     Cheyenne Tribe of Montana and other culturally important land 
     into trust for the benefit of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, S. 
     2465, to require the Secretary of the Interior to take into 
     trust 4 parcels of Federal land for the benefit of certain 
     Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, S. 2479, to 
     provide for a land conveyance in the State of Nevada, S. 
     2480, to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
     certain Federal land to Elko County, Nevada, and to take land 
     into trust for certain Indian tribes, and S. 2503, to direct 
     the Secretary of the Interior to enter into the Big Sandy 
     River-Planet Ranch Water Rights Settlement Agreement and the 
     Hualapai Tribe Bill Williams River Water Rights Settlement 
     Agreement, to provide for the lease of certain land located 
     within Planet Ranch on the Bill Williams River in the State 
     of Arizona to benefit the Lower Colorado River Multi-Species 
     Conservation Program, and to provide for the settlement of 
     specific water rights claims in the Bill Williams River 
     watershed in the State of Arizona, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
       Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine 
     improving audits, focusing on strengthening the Medicare 
     program for future generations, 2:15 p.m., SH-216.


                                                         House

       Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Horticulture, 
     Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to 
     consider the societal benefits of biotechnology, 10 a.m., 
     1300 Longworth.
       Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, 
     Environment, and Related Agencies, markup on Interior, 
     Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill FY, 
     2015, 10 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
       Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
     ``A Progress Report on the War on Poverty: Working with 
     Families In Need'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
       Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, 
     hearing entitled ``21st Century Cures: Modernizing Clinical 
     Trials'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
       Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, markup 
     on legislation regarding Targeting Rogue and Opaque Letters; 
     H.R. 4450, the ``Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and 
     Modernization Act of 2014''; and H.R. 4013, the ``Low Volume 
     Motor Vehicle Manufacturers Act of 2014'', 4 p.m., 2123 
     Rayburn.
       Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing 
     entitled ``Spotlighting Human Rights in Southeast Asia'', 10 
     a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
       Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Public 
     Lands and Environmental Regulation, hearing on H.R. 3994, the 
     ``Federal Lands Invasive Species Control, Prevention, and 
     Management Act''; and H.R. 4751, to make technical 
     corrections to Public Law 110-229 to reflect the renaming of 
     the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial, 
     and for other purposes, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
       Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee 
     on Government Operations, hearing entitled ``Examining 
     Solutions to Close the $106 Billion Improper Payments Gap'', 
     1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
       Committee on Rules, Full Committee hearing on H.R. 4718, to 
     amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify and make 
     permanent bonus depreciation; and H.R. 5016, the ``Financial 
     Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2015'', 3 
     p.m., H-313 Capitol.
       Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Full 
     Committee, hearing entitled ``Navigating the Clean Water Act: 
     Is Water Wet?'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.


                                                Joint Meetings

       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold 
     hearings to examine political pluralism in the Organization 
     for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Mediterranean 
     Partners, focusing on political developments among the 
     Mediterranean Partners in the years following the popular 
     uprisings that began in late 2010, 10 a.m., SVC-203/202.