[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 114 (Monday, July 21, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D817]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JULY 22, 2014

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, to hold hearings 
to examine building economically resilient communities, focusing on 
local and regional approaches, 3 p.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine leveraging America's resources as a revenue generator and 
job creator, focusing on the state and local government benefits in 
terms of revenue generated and jobs created from natural resource 
production, 10:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the United 
States Tax Code, 9:45 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider The 
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, adopted by 
the United Nations General Assembly on December 13, 2006, and signed 
by the United States of America on June 30, 2009 (the 
``Convention'') (Treaty Doc. 112-07), and S.J. Res. 36, relating to 
the approval and implementation of the proposed agreement for 
nuclear cooperation between the United States and the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam, 10 a.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, 
Economic Affairs, International Environmental Protection, and Peace 
Corps, to hold hearings to examine United States security 
implications of international energy and climate policies and 
issues, 3 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee 
on Employment and Workplace Safety, to hold hearings to examine coal 
miners, focusing on black lung claimants, 9:45 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine abuse of 
structured financial products, focusing on misusing basket options 
to avoid taxes and leverage limits, including a set of transactions 
that utilize financial engineering and structured financial 
products, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Robert Alan McDonald, of Ohio, to be Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs, 3 p.m., SD-G50.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``21st Century Cures: Examining Barriers to Ongoing 
Evidence Development and Communication'', 3 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 3136, the 
``Advancing Competency-Based Education Demonstration Project Act of 
2013''; and H.R. 4984, the ``Empowering Students Through Enhanced 
Financial Counseling Act'', 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  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, 10 a.m., SD-562.