[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 109 (Monday, July 14, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1154-E1155]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and 
purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, July 15, 2014 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 16
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold a joint hearing to examine options for assuring 
           domestic space access.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
           Protection
         To hold hearings to examine what makes a bank 
           systemically important.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Finance
         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.
                                                            SD-215
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         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.
                                                             S-116
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         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.
                                                            SD-342
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the state of Veterans' 
           Affairs health care.
                                                            SD-G50
     2:15 p.m.
       Special Committee on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine phone scams, focusing on 
           progress and potential solutions.
                                                            SD-562
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
       Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security
         To hold hearings to examine strengthening trade 
           enforcement to protect American enterprise and grow 
           American jobs.
                                                            SD-138
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine consumer choice, 
           consolidation and the future video marketplace.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Department of 
           the Interior's land buy-back program.
                                                            SD-628
     3 p.m.
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
       Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife
         To hold hearings to examine S. 571, to amend the Federal 
           Water Pollution 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.
                                                            SD-406
       Committee on Foreign Relations
       Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian 
           Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine reenergizing United States-
           India ties.
                                                            SD-419

                                JULY 17
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         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.
                                                            SD-G50
       Committee on the Judiciary
         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.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       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.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the role of trade and 
           technology in 21st century manufacturing.
                                                            SD-215
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine Central America in crisis and 
           the exodus of unaccompanied minors.
                                                            SD-419
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Subcommittee on Primary Health and Aging
         To hold hearings to examine the need to improve patient 
           safety and reduce preventable deaths.
                                                            SD-430

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     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
         Business meeting to markup proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2015 for the Department of Defense.
                                                            SD-106
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the Federal reserve 
           portfolio, focusing on capitalizing on investments in 
           research and development.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         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.
                                                            SD-419
     2:30 p.m.
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                JULY 22
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
         To hold hearings to examine abuse of structured financial 
           products, focusing on misusing barrier options to avoid 
           taxes and leverage limits, including a set of 
           transactions that utilize financial engineering and 
           structured financial products.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine anti-semitism, racism and 
           discrimination in the Organization for Security and 
           Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) region, including 
           xenophobia, discrimination against Christians, and 
           members of other religions, and intolerance and 
           discrimination against Muslims.
                                                            SD-562

                                JULY 23
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings to examine S. 2516, to amend the Federal 
           Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional 
           disclosure requirements for corporations, labor 
           organizations, Super PACs and other entities, focusing 
           on the need for expanded public disclosure of funds 
           raised and spent to influence Federal elections.
                                                            SR-301
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Indian gaming, 
           focusing on the next 25 years.
                                                            SD-628
       Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine empowering women 
           entrepreneurs, focusing on understanding successes, 
           addressing persistent challenges, and identifying new 
           opportunities.
                                                            SH-216

                                JULY 30
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine responses to 
           natural disasters in Indian country.
                                                            SD-628