[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 106 (Wednesday, July 9, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D754-D755]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, JULY 10, 2014

     (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                                        Senate

       Committee on Appropriations: to hold hearings to examine 
     proposed emergency supplemental request for fiscal year 2015 
     for unaccompanied children and related matters, 2:30 p.m., 
     SD-106.
       Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine 
     the nominations of Admiral William E. Gortney, USN, for 
     reappointment to the grade of admiral and to be Commander, 
     United States Northern Command, and Commander, North American 
     Aerospace Defense Command, General John F. Campbell, USA, for 
     reappointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, 
     International Security Assistance Force, and Commander, 
     United States Forces, Afghanistan, and Lieutenant General 
     Joseph L. Votel, USA, to be general and Commander, United 
     States Special Operations Command, all of the Department of 
     Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
       Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine 
     the nominations of Leslie Ann Bassett, of California, to be 
     Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay, and Todd D. Robinson, 
     of New Jersey, to be Ambassador the Republic of Guatemala, 
     both of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
       Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 
     517, to promote consumer choice and wireless competition by 
     permitting consumers to unlock mobile wireless devices, S.J. 
     Res. 19, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
     United States relating to contributions and expenditures 
     intended to affect elections, and 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, 9:30 
     a.m., SD-226.
       Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed 
     briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                                         House

       Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm 
     Commodities and Risk Management, hearing entitled 
     ``Implementing the Agricultural Act of 2014: Commodity Policy 
     and Crop Insurance'', 9:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
       Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing 
     entitled ``Defense Reform: Empowering Acquisition Success'', 
     10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
       Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, hearing 
     entitled ``Cruiser and Destroyer Modernization and Large 
     Surface Combatant Force Structure Assessment'', 3:30 p.m., 
     2212 Rayburn.
       Committee on Education and the Workforce, Full Committee, 
     markup on H.R. 3136, the ``Advancing Competency-Based 
     Education Demonstration Project Act of 2013''; H.R. 4983, the 
     ``Strengthening Transparency in Higher Education Act''; and 
     H.R. 4984, the ``Empowering Students through Enhanced 
     Financial Counseling Act'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
       Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, 
     Manufacturing, and Trade continued markup

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     on the following legislation: 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'', 
     10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
       Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing 
     entitled ``Legislation to Reform the Federal Reserve on Its 
     100-year Anniversary'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
       Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing 
     entitled ``The Future of International Civilian Nuclear 
     Cooperation'', 9:45 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
       Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, 
     and International Organizations, ``Human Rights Vetting: 
     Nigeria and Beyond'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
       Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Oversight 
     and Management Efficiency, hearing entitled ``The Executive 
     Proclamation Designating the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks a 
     National Monument: Implications for Border Security'', 2 
     p.m., 311 Cannon.
       Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
     5036, to amend title 17, United States Code, to extend 
     expiring provisions of the Satellite Television Extension and 
     Localism Act of 2010; and H.J. Res. 105, Conferring honorary 
     citizenship of the United States on Bernardo de Galvez y 
     Madrid, Viscount of Galveston and Count of Galvez, 10 a.m., 
     2141 Rayburn.
       Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full 
     Committee, hearing entitled ``Examining New Embassy 
     Construction: Are New Administration Policies Putting 
     Americans Overseas in Danger?'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
       Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and 
     Entitlements, hearing entitled ``Medicare Mismanagement Part 
     II: Exploring Medicare Appeals Reform'', 2 p.m., 2154 
     Rayburn.
       Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Economic 
     Growth, Tax and Capital Access, hearing entitled ``Cash 
     Accounting: A Simpler Method for Small Firms?'', 10 a.m., 
     2360 Rayburn.
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, hearing 
     entitled ``Service should not lead to suicide: Access to VA's 
     Mental Health Care'', 9:15 a.m., 334 Cannon.
       Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, markup on H. 
     Res. 645, ``Requesting that the President of the United 
     States transmit to the House of Representatives copies of any 
     emails in the possession of the Executive Office of the 
     President that were transmitted to or from the email 
     account(s) of former Internal Revenue Service Exempt 
     Organizations Division Director Lois Lerner between January 
     2009 and April 2011''; H. Res. 647, ``Directing the Secretary 
     of the Treasury to transmit to the House of Representatives 
     copies of any emails in the possession of the Department that 
     were transmitted to or from the email account(s) of former 
     Internal Revenue Service Exempt Organizations Division 
     Director Lois Lerner between January 2009 and April 2011''; 
     and H.R. 5021, ``Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 
     2014'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
       House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full 
     Committee, hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence 
     Activities'', 10 a.m., 304-HVC. This is a closed hearing.