[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 110 (Tuesday, July 15, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D790-D791]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                             JULY 16, 2014

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  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, 
2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: 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.
  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, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine consumer choice, 
consolidation and the future video marketplace, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  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, 3 p.m., SD-406.
  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, 10 a.m., 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, Marcia Denise 
Occomy, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Director of 
the African Development Bank, and Leslie Ann Bassett, of California, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay, Department of State, 
10 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  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.

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  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, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of the Interior's land buy-back program, 2:30 
p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
state of Veterans' Affairs health care, 10 a.m., SD-G50.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine phone 
scams, focusing on progress and potential solutions, 2:15 p.m., SD-
562.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, 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.
  Full Committee, hearing on Fiscal Year 2015 OCO Budget Request, 
10:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, hearing on 
Unmanned Carrier-Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike (UCLASS) 
Requirements Assessment, 2 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The 
Long-Term Budget Outlook'', 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Review of CDC Anthrax Lab 
Incident'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Failure to Verify: 
Concerns Regarding PPACA's Eligibility System'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Monetary Policy and the State of the Economy'', 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Iran's Destabilizing Role in the Middle East'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  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, 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, 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.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee markup on the 
following legislation: 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, 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.
  Committee on Rules, 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, 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.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Barriers to Entrepreneurship: Examining the Anti-Trust 
Implications of Occupational Licensing'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, 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.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Trade, hearing 
entitled ``Advancing the U.S. Trade Agenda: The World Trade 
Organization'', 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.