[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 109 (Monday, July 14, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D776-D777]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JULY 15, 2014

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of 
Defense, business meeting to mark up proposed legislation making 
appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Defense, 
10 a.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, 10 
a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: business 
meeting to consider the nominations of Elliot F. Kaye, of New York, 
to be a Commissioner and Chairman, and Joseph P. Mohorovic, of 
Illinois, and Robert S. Adler, of the District of Columbia, both to 
be a Commissioner, all of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
Judith M. Davenport, of Pennsylvania, and Elizabeth Sembler, of 
Florida, both to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Victor M. Mendez, of Arizona, 
to be Deputy Secretary, and Peter M. Rogoff, of Virginia, to be 
Under Secretary for Policy, both of the Department of 
Transportation, Bruce H. Andrews, of New York, to be Deputy 
Secretary, and Marcus Dwayne Jadotte, of Florida, to be an Assistant 
Secretary, both of the Department of Commerce, and a Coast Guard 
Promotion List, Time to be announced, S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine wildland fire preparedness and to consider the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2015 for the Forest Service, 
10:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine chronic illness, 
focusing on addressing patients' unmet needs, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of John R. Bass, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Turkey, Jane D. Hartley, of New York, to be Ambassador 
to the French Republic, James D. Pettit, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, Brent Robert Hartley, of 
Oregon, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, and Kevin F. 
O'Malley, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to Ireland, all of the 
Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine S. 1696, 
to protect a women's right to determine whether and when to bear a 
child or end a pregnancy by limiting restrictions on the provision 
of abortion services, focusing on removing barriers to 
constitutionally protected reproductive rights, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism, to hold hearings to examine 
taking down botnets, focusing on public and private efforts to 
disrupt and dismantle cybercriminal networks, 2:30 p.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 Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, hearing on 
Overseas Contingency Operations Funding FY 2015, 8 a.m., H-140, The 
Capitol. This is a closed hearing.
  Full Committee, markup on Interior and Environment and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2015, 10:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, 
hearing on Government Accountability Office review of the Prisoner 
of War/Missing in Action (POW/MIA) community and the restructuring 
of these agencies as proposed by the Department of Defense, 2 p.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, hearing entitled 
``Protecting America's Youth: An Update from the National Center for 
Missing and Exploited Children'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Full Committee, markup on the 
following legislation: H.R. 4771, the ``Designer Anabolic Steroid 
Control Act''; H.R. 4250, the ``Sunscreen Innovation Act''; H.R. 
594, the ``Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community 
Assistance, Research and Education Amendments of 2014''; H.R. 669, 
the ``Sudden Unexpected Death and Data Enhancement and Awareness 
Act''; H.R. 4290, the ``Wakefield Act of 2014''; H.R. 4450, the 
``Travel Promotion, Enhancement, and Modernization Act of 2014''; 
and H.R. 5057, the ``EPS Service Parts Act of 2014'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``The Department of Justice's 
`Operation Choke Point' '', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, 
hearing entitled ``Examining Regulatory Relief Proposals for 
Community Financial Institutions, Part II'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and 
Emerging Threats, hearing entitled ``The Future of Turkish 
Democracy'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade; and 
Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, joint subcommittee 
hearing entitled ``The Rise of ISIL: Iraq and Beyond'', 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, 
Homeland Security and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Lessons 
from the States: Responsible Prison Reform'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``Moral Rights, Termination Rights, Resale Royalty, 
and Copyright Term'', 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, 
hearing on the ``Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2014'', 
3:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing entitled ``Implementation and Administration of 
the 2013 Helium Stewardship Act'', 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, hearing on the 
following legislation: H.R. 3229, the ``Indian Health Service 
Advance Appropriations Act of 2013''; H.R. 4546, the ``Department of 
the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Act of 2014''; H.R. 4867, the 
``Economic Development Through Tribal Land Exchange Act''; and S. 
1603, the ``Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act'', 11 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service and the Census, hearing 
entitled ``Is the Federal Government's General Schedule (GS) a 
Viable Personnel System for the Future?'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 4719, the 
``Fighting Hunger Incentive Act of 2014'', 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Workforce, hearing entitled ``Action Delayed, Small Business 
Opportunities Denied: Implementation of Contracting Reforms in the 
FY 2013 NDAA'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water Resources and Environment, hearing entitled ``EPA's Expanded 
Interpretation of its Permit Veto Authority Under the Clean Water 
Act'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine an 
assessment of the recovery at five years, 2 p.m., SH-216.