[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 109 (Monday, July 14, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D777-D781]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 15 through July 18, 2014

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 12 noon, Senate will vote on the motions 
to invoke cloture on the nominations of Norman C. Bay, of New Mexico, 
to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and Cheryl 
A. LaFleur, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission. If cloture is invoked, Senate will vote on 
confirmation of the nominations at 3 p.m.
  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: July 15, 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.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security, to hold 
hearings to examine strengthening trade enforcement to protect 
American enterprise and grow American jobs, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  July 17, Full Committee, business meeting to mark up proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Defense, 
10:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: July 16, Subcommittee on Strategic 
Forces, with the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 
to hold a joint hearing to examine options for assuring domestic 
space access, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of General Joseph F. Dunford, Jr., USMC, for 
reappointment to the grade of general and to be Commandant of the 
Marine Corps, Department of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 15, to hold 
hearings to examine the semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the 
Congress, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Protection, to hold hearings to examine what makes a bank 
systemically important, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 15, 
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.
  July 16, Full Committee, with the Committee on Armed Services, 
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to hold a joint hearing to examine 
options for assuring domestic space access, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  July 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine consumer 
choice, consolidation and the future video marketplace, 2:30 p.m., 
SR-253.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and 
Insurance, to hold hearings to examine accountability and corporate 
culture in wake of the General Motors (GM) recalls, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the Federal 
reserve portfolio, focusing on capitalizing on investments in 
research and development, 2 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 15, 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 Environment and Public Works: July 16, Subcommittee 
on Water and Wildlife, to hold hearings to examine S. 571, to amend 
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Control Act to establish a deadline for restricting sewage dumping 
into the Great Lakes and to fund programs and activities for 
improving wastewater discharges into the Great Lakes, S. 1153, to 
establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife to 
prevent the introduction and establishment in the United States of 
nonnative wildlife and wild animal pathogens and parasites that are 
likely to cause harm, S. 1175, to require the Secretary of the 
Treasury to establish a program to provide loans and loan guarantees 
to enable eligible public entities to acquire interests in real 
property that are in compliance with habitat conservation plans 
approved by the Secretary of the Interior under the Endangered 
Species Act of 1973, S. 1202, to establish an integrated Federal 
program to respond to ongoing and expected impacts of extreme 
weather and climate change by protecting, restoring, and conserving 
the natural resources of the United States, and to maximize 
government efficiency and reduce costs, in cooperation with State, 
local, and tribal governments and other entities, S. 1232, to amend 
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to protect and restore the 
Great Lakes, H.R. 1300, to amend the Fish and Wildlife Act of 1956 
to reauthorize the volunteer programs and community partnerships for 
the benefit of national wildlife refuges, S. 1381, to amend the 
Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to clarify provisions enacted by the 
Captive Wildlife Safety Act, to further the conservation of certain 
wildlife species, S. 1650, to amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to 
exempt certain Alaska Native articles from prohibitions against sale 
of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts, S. 2225, to 
provide for a smart water resource management pilot program, S. 
2530, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the 
importation or exportation of mussels of certain genus, and S. 2560, 
to authorize the United States Fish and Wildlife Service to seek 
compensation for injuries to trust resources and use those funds to 
restore, replace, or acquire equivalent resources, 3 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: July 15, to hold hearings to examine chronic 
illness, focusing on addressing patients' unmet needs, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  July 16, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Robert W. Holleyman II, of Louisiana, to be a Deputy 
United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, and 
Cary Douglas Pugh, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States 
Tax Court, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the role of 
trade and technology in 21st century manufacturing, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 15, 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.
  July 16, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the Protocol 
Amending the Convention between the United States of America and the 
Kingdom of Spain for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the 
Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income and its 
Protocol, signed at Madrid on February 22, 1990 (Treaty Doc. 113-
04), The Convention between the United States of America and the 
Republic of Poland for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the 
Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income, signed 
on February 13, 2013, at Warsaw (Treaty Doc. 113-05), H.R. 4028, to 
amend the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 to include the 
desecration of cemeteries among the many forms of violations of the 
right to religious freedom, S. 2577, to require the Secretary of 
State to offer rewards totaling up to $5,000,000 for information on 
the kidnapping and murder of Naftali Fraenkel, a dual United States-
Israeli citizen, that began on June 12, 2014, S. Res. 498, 
expressing the sense of the Senate regarding United States support 
for the State of Israel as it defends itself against unprovoked 
rocket attacks from the Hamas terrorist organization, S. Res. 500, 
expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to enhanced 
relations with the Republic of Moldova and support for the Republic 
of Moldova's territorial integrity, and 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, 10 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian 
Affairs, to hold hearings to examine reenergizing United States-
India ties, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Central 
America in crisis and the exodus of unaccompanied minors, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat, of New Jersey, to be 
Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh, and David 
Pressman, of New York, to be Alternate Representative of the United 
States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United 
Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate 
Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United 
Nations, during his tenure of service as Alternate Representative 
for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, both of the 
Department of State, 2 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 17, 
Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging, to hold hearings to 
examine the need to improve patient safety and reduce preventable 
deaths, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 16, 
to hold hearings to examine challenges at the border, focusing on 
examining and addressing the root of the causes behind the rise in 
apprehensions at the Southern Border, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 16, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine the Department of the Interior's land buy-back program, 
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  Committee on the Judiciary: July 15, 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.
  July 15, 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.
  July 17, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: July 16, to hold hearings to 
examine the state of Veterans Affairs health care, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: July 15, to receive a closed 
briefing on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  July 17, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: July 16, to hold hearings to examine 
phone scams, focusing on progress and potential solutions, 2:15 
p.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, July 15, Subcommittee on Defense, 
hearing on Overseas Contingency Operations Funding FY 2015, 8 a.m., 
H-140, The Capitol. This is a closed hearing.
  July 15, Full Committee, markup on Interior and Environment and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY 2015, 10:30 a.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, July 15, 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.
  July 16, Full Committee, markup on H. Res. 649, directing the 
Secretary of Defense to transmit to the House of Representatives 
copies of any emails in the possession of the Department of Defense 
or the National Security Agency 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, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  July 16, Full Committee, hearing on Fiscal Year 2015 OCO Budget 
Request, 10:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, hearing 
on Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike 
(UCLASS) Requirements Assessment, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing entitled 
``Russian Violations of the INF Treaty: After detection-what?'', 
9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, July 16, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Long-Term Budget Outlook'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  July 17, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The President's 
Funding Request for Overseas Contingency Operations'', 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 15, 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, July 15, 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.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
entitled ``Review of CDC Anthrax Lab Incident'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Failure to 
Verify: Concerns Regarding PPACA's Eligibility System'', 10:15 a.m., 
2322 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology; and 
Subcommittee on Health, joint subcommittee hearing entitled ``21st 
Century Technology for 21st Century Cures'', 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, July 15, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``The Department of 
Justice's `Operation Choke Point' '', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
Credit, hearing entitled ``Examining Regulatory Relief Proposals for 
Community Financial Institutions, Part II'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 16, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Monetary Policy and 
the State of the Economy'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Monetary Policy and Trade, hearing 
entitled ``A Legislative Proposal Entitled the `Bank Account Seizure 
of Terrorist Assets (BASTA) Act' '', 9:45 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 15, Subcommittee on Europe, 
Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, hearing entitled ``The Future of 
Turkish Democracy'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  July 15, 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.

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  July 16, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Iran's Destabilizing 
Role in the Middle East'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 16, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``The 
Growing Crisis of Africa's Orphans'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, July 16, Subcommittee on Border 
and Maritime Security, hearing entitled ``Port of Entry 
Infrastructure: How Does the Federal Government Prioritize 
Investments?'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, July 15, Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Lessons from the States: Responsible Prison Reform'', 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the 
Internet, hearing entitled ``Moral Rights, Termination Rights, 
Resale Royalty, and Copyright Term'', 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 15, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and 
Antitrust Law, hearing on the ``Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act 
of 2014'', 3:30 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 16, Full Committee, markup on H. Res. 646, directing the 
Attorney General to transmit to the House of Representatives copies 
of any emails in the possession of the Department of Justice 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. 744, the ``STOP 
Identity Theft Act of 2013'', 10:15 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and 
Antitrust Law, hearing entitled ``Guilty until Proven Innocent? A 
Study of the Propriety & Legal Authority for the Justice 
Department's Operation Choke Point'', 9:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, July 15, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Mineral Resources, hearing entitled ``Implementation and 
Administration of the 2013 Helium Stewardship Act'', 10 a.m., 1334 
Longworth.
  July 15, 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.
  July 16, Full Committee markup on the following legislation: the 
``Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Act''; H.R. 277, to revise 
the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System 
Sachuest Point Unit RI-04P, Easton Beach Unit RI-05P, Almy Pond Unit 
RI-06, and Hazards Beach Unit RI-07 in Rhode Island; H.R. 916, the 
``Federal Land Asset Inventory Reform Act of 2013''; H.R. 1810, to 
revise the boundaries of John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources 
System Gasparilla Island Unit in Florida; H.R. 2158, the ``Expedited 
Departure of Certain Snake Species Act''; H.R. 3572, to revise the 
boundaries of certain John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources 
System units in North Carolina; H.R. 3806, the ``Great Smoky 
Mountains National Park Agreement Act of 2013''; 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, July 15, 
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.
  July 16, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``White House Office of 
Political Affairs: Is Supporting Candidates and Campaign Fund-
Raising an Appropriate Use of a Government Office?'', 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and 
Regulatory Affairs, hearing entitled ``Examining the Justice 
Department's Response to the IRS Targeting Scandal'', 9 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, July 15, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 4719, 
the ``Fighting Hunger Incentive Act of 2014'', 3 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  July 16, Full Committee, hearing on a discussion draft of a House 
Resolution providing for the authority to initiate litigation for 
actions by the President inconsistent with his duties under the 
Constitution of the United States, 10 a.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, July 16, Subcommittee 
on Oversight; and Subcommittee on Environment, joint subcommittee 
hearing entitled ``Status of Reforms to EPA's Integrated Risk 
Information System'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  July 17, Subcommittee on Research and Technology, hearing entitled 
``Policies to Spur Innovative Medical Breakthroughs from 
Laboratories to Patients'', 9 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, July 15, 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, July 15, 
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.
  July 16, Full Committee, markup on the following legislation: 
General Services Administration Capital Investment and Leasing 
Program Resolutions; H. Con. Res. 103, authorizing the use of the 
Capitol Grounds for the District of Columbia Special Olympics Law 
Enforcement Torch Run; H.R. 3044, to approve the transfer of Yellow 
Creek Port properties in Iuka, Mississippi; H.R. 5078, the ``Waters 
of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act of 2014''; 
H.R. 4854, the ``Regulatory Certainty Act''; H.R. 5077, the ``Coal 
Jobs Protection Act of 2014'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 16, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Creating Efficiency through Comparison: An Evaluation of 
Private Sector Best Practices and the VA Health Care System'', 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 17, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence Activities'', 9 
a.m., 304-HVC. This is a closed hearing.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: July 15, to hold hearings to examine an 
assessment of the recovery at five years, 2 p.m., SH-216.