[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 114 (Monday, July 21, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D817-D821]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

                 Week of July 22 through July 25, 2014

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 10:45 a.m., Senate will vote on the motions to invoke 
cloture on the nominations of Andre Birotte, Jr., of California, to be 
United States District Judge for the Central District of California, 
Robin L. Rosenberg, of Florida, to be United States District Judge for 
the Southern District of Florida, and John W. deGravelles, of 
Louisiana, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District 
of Louisiana. If cloture is invoked on the nominations, at

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2:15 p.m., Senate will vote on confirmation of the nominations.
  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 Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: July 23, to 
hold hearings to examine meeting the challenges of feeding America's 
school children, 9:30 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Appropriations: July 23, Subcommittee on Department 
of Homeland Security, to hold hearings to examine insuring our 
future, focusing on building a flood insurance program we can live 
with, grow with, and prosper with, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: July 22, 
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 Commerce, Science, and Transportation: July 23, 
business meeting to consider S. 1804, to amend title 49, United 
States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security 
(Transportation Security Administration) to establish an Aviation 
Security Advisory Committee, S. 1893, to require the Transportation 
Security Administration to implement best practices and improve 
transparency with regard to technology acquisition programs, S. 
2030, to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College 
Program Act, S. 2094, to provide for the establishment of nationally 
uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges 
incidental to the normal operation of a vessel, and S. 2250, to 
extend the Travel Promotion Act of 2009, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  July 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S. 1340, to 
improve passenger vessel security and safety, focusing on improving 
consumer protections for cruise passengers, 2:45 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: July 22, 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.
  July 23, Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to 
examine H.R. 412, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to 
designate segments of the mainstem of the Nashua River and its 
tributaries in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for study for 
potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 
1189, to adjust the boundaries of Paterson Great Falls National 
Historical Park to include Hinchliffe Stadium, S. 1389 and H.R. 
1501, bills to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
suitability and feasibility of designating the Prison Ship Martyrs' 
Monument in Fort Greene Park, in the New York City borough of 
Brooklyn, as a unit of the National Park System, S. 1520 and H.R. 
2197, bills to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 
segments of the York River and associated tributaries for study for 
potential inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, 
S. 1641, to establish the Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area, 
S. 1718, to modify the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield 
in the Commonwealth of Virginia, S. 1750, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into 
agreements with States and political subdivisions of States 
providing for the continued operation, in whole or in part, of 
public land, units of the National Park System, units of the 
National Wildlife Refuge System, and units of the National Forest 
System in the State during any period in which the Secretary of the 
Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture is unable to maintain 
normal level of operations at the units due to a lapse in 
appropriations, S. 1785, to modify the boundary of the Shiloh 
National Military Park located in the States of Tennessee and 
Mississippi, to establish Parker's Crossroads Battlefield as an 
affiliated area of the National Park System, S. 1794, to designate 
certain Federal land in Chaffee County, Colorado, as a national 
monument and as wilderness, S. 1866, to provide for an extension of 
the legislative authority of the Adams Memorial Foundation to 
establish a commemorative work in honor of former President John 
Adams and his legacy, S. 2031, to amend the Act to provide for the 
establishment of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in the State 
of Wisconsin, to adjust the boundary of that National Lakeshore to 
include the lighthouse known as Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light, S. 
2104, to require the Director of the National Park Service to refund 
to States all State funds that were used to reopen and temporarily 
operate a unit of the National Park System during the October 2013 
shutdown, S. 2111, to reauthorize the Yuma Crossing National 
Heritage Area, S. 2221, to extend the authorization for the 
Automobile National Heritage Area in Michigan, S. 2264, to designate 
memorials to the service of members of the United States Armed 
Forces in World War I, S. 2293, to clarify the status of the North 
Country, Ice Age, and New England National Scenic Trails as units of 
the National Park System, S. 2318, to reauthorize the Erie Canalway 
National Heritage Corridor Act, S. 2346, to amend the National 
Trails System Act to include national discovery trails, and to 
designate the American Discovery Trail, S. 2356, to adjust the 
boundary of the Mojave National Preserve, S. 2392, to amend the Wild 
and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of East Rosebud 
Creek in Carbon County, Montana, as components of the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers System, S. 2576, to establish the Maritime Washington 
National Heritage Area in the State of Washington, and S. 2602, to 
establish the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in 
the State of Washington, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.
  July 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, of California, to be 
Deputy Secretary of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: July 23, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's 
proposed carbon pollution standards for existing power plants, 9:30 
a.m., SD-406.

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  Committee on Finance: July 22, to hold hearings to examine the 
United States Tax Code, 9:45 a.m., SD-215.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight, to hold 
hearings to examine saving for an uncertain future, focusing on how 
the ``Achieving a Better Life Experience Act'' (ABLE) can help 
people with disabilities and their families, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  July 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Social 
Security, focusing on a fresh look at workers' disability insurance, 
10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: July 22, 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.
  July 22, 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.
  July 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Iraq at a 
crossroads, focusing on options for United States policy, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: July 22, 
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety, to hold hearings to 
examine coal miners, focusing on black lung claimants, 9:45 a.m., 
SD-430.
  July 23, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 315, to 
reauthorize and extend the Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy 
Community Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments of 2008, S. 
2154, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the 
Emergency Medical Services for Children Program, S. 531, to provide 
for the publication by the Secretary of Human Services of physical 
activity guidelines for Americans, S. 2405, to amend title XII of 
the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain trauma care 
programs, S. 2406, to amend title XII of the Public Health Service 
Act to expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, 
electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents, S. 
2539, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain 
programs relating to traumatic brain injury and to trauma research, 
S. 2511, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 to clarify the definition of substantial cessation of 
operations, and any pending nominations, Time to be announced, Room 
to be announced.
  July 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the role of 
states in higher education, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: July 22, 
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.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Financial and Contracting Oversight, to 
hold hearings to examine a more efficient and effective government, 
focusing on the National Technical Information Service, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-342.
  July 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Anne E. Rung, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator for 
Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget, 10:30 
a.m., SD-342.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Emergency Management, Intergovernmental 
Relations, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
making the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) more effective 
for streamlined disaster operations, focusing on the path to 
efficiency, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  July 24, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Joseph L. Nimmich, of Maryland, to be Deputy 
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security, 3:45 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: July 23, to hold an oversight hearing 
to examine Indian gaming, focusing on the next 25 years, 3:30 p.m., 
SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: July 24, to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of Stephen R. Bough, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Missouri, Armando Ormar Bonilla, 
of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the United States 
Court of Federal Claims, and Wendy Beetlestone, Mark A. Kearney, and 
Joseph F. Leeson, Jr., all to be a United States District Judge for 
the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 10:15 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: July 23, 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, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: July 23, to hold 
hearings to examine empowering women entrepreneurs, focusing on 
understanding successes, addressing persistent challenges, and 
identifying new opportunities, 1:45 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: July 22, 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: July 22, to hold closed hearings 
to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

   Committee on Agriculture, July 24, Subcommittee on Department 
Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition, hearing on the role of the 
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in relation to other 
Federal assistance programs, 2:30 p.m., 1300 Longworth.
   Committee on Armed Services, July 23, Subcommittee on Strategic 
Forces, hearing entitled ``Adapting U.S. Missile

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Defense for Future Threats: Russia, China and Modernizing the 
National Missile Defense (NMD) Act'', 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.,
  July 25, Subcommittee on Seapower and Projection Forces, hearing 
on amphibious fleet requirements, 9 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
   Committee on Education and the Workforce, July 23, Subcommittee 
on Workforce Protections, hearing entitled ``Improving the Federal 
Wage and Hour Regulatory Structure'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
   Committee on Energy and Commerce, July 23, Subcommittee on 
Environment and the Economy, entitled ``Modernizing the Business of 
Environmental Regulation and Protection'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled ``Labs 
of Democracy: The Economic Impacts of State Energy Policies'', 10 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, hearing on 
the following legislation: H.R. 3670, the ``Anti-Spoofing Act of 
2013''; the ``LPTV and Translator Act of 2014''; and the ``E-LABEL 
Act'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
   Committee on Financial Services, July 23, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Assessing the Impact of the Dodd-Frank Act Four Years 
Later'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government-Sponsored 
Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the SEC's Division of 
Corporation Finance'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
   Committee on Foreign Affairs, July 23, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Terrorist March in Iraq: The U.S. Response'', 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.,
  July 23, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``The 
Troubling Case of Meriam Ibrahim'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing entitled 
``U.S.-Dominican Republic Relations: Bolstering Economic Growth and 
Energy Independence'', 2 p.m., 2255 Rayburn.
  , July 24, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, 
hearing entitled ``The Struggle for Civil Society in Egypt'', 10 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations, hearing entitled ``The 
Global Challenge of Autism'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing entitled 
``U.S.-India Relations Under the Modi Government'', 3 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  July 25, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, markup 
on H. Res. 665, Condemning the murder of Israeli and Palestinian 
children in Israel and the ongoing and escalating violence in that 
country; and H. Con. Res. 107, Denouncing the use of civilians as 
human shields by Hamas and other terrorist organizations in 
violation of international humanitarian law, 9:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
   Committee on Homeland Security, July 23, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Rising Terrorist Threat and the Unfulfilled 9/11 
Recommendation'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, 
hearing entitled ``Jihadist Safe Havens: Efforts to Detect and Deter 
Terrorist Travel'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
   Committee on House Administration, July 23, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Examining the Voting Process-How States Can Build 
on Recommendations from the Bauer-Ginsberg Commission'', 10:30 a.m., 
1310 Longworth.
   Committee on the Judiciary, July 24, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Constitutional Solutions to our Escalating National Debt: 
Examining Balanced Budget Amendments'', 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the 
Internet, hearing on copyright remedies, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  July 25, Over-Criminalization Task Force, hearing entitled ``The 
Crimes on the Books and Committee Jurisdiction'', 9:30 a.m., 2237 
Rayburn.
   Committee on Natural Resources, July 23, Subcommittee on Energy 
and Mineral Resources, hearing entitled ``American Metals and 
Mineral Security: An examination of the domestic critical minerals 
supply and demand chain'', 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular 
Affairs, hearing on the following legislation: H.R. 3109, to assist 
Alaskan Native Handicrafts; H.R. 3409, the ``National Wildlife 
Refuge Expansion Limitation Act''; H.R. 5026, the ``Fish Hatchery 
Protection Act''; and H.R. 5069, the ``Federal Duck Stamp Act'', 10 
a.m., 1334 Longworth. 
  July 24, Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental 
Regulation, hearing entitled ``Threats, Intimidation and Bullying by 
Federal Land Managing Agencies, Part II'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
   Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, July 23, 
Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory 
Affairs, hearing entitled ``An Update on the IRS Response to Its 
Targeting Scandal'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 24, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Federal Trade 
Commission and Its Section 5 Authority: Prosecutor, Judge, and 
Jury'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  July 24, Full Committee, markup on pending legislation, 1 p.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  July 25, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``White House Office of 
Political Affairs: Is Supporting Candidates and Campaign Fund-
Raising an Appropriate Use of a Government Office?''; markup on 
pending legislation, 9 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
   Committee on Rules, July 23, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 
3393, the ``Student and Family Tax Simplification Act''; and H.R. 
4935, the ``Child Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2014'', 3 p.m., H-
313 Capitol.
   Committee on Small Business, July 23, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Oversight of the Small Business Innovation Research and 
Small Business Technology Transfer Programs-Part II'', 1 p.m., 2360 
Rayburn.

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  July 24, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Energy and Trade, hearing 
entitled ``Modernizing Agriculture Producer Size Standards'', 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
   Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, July 23, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing 
entitled ``Implementing U.S. Policy in the Arctic'', 10:30 a.m., 
2253 Rayburn.
  July 23, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing entitled ``Domestic 
Aviation Manufacturing: Challenges and Opportunities'', 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
entitled ``Integrated Planning and Permitting Framework: An 
Opportunity for EPA to Provide Communities with Flexibility to Make 
Smart Investments in Water Quality'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
   Committee on Veterans' Affairs, July 24, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Restoring Trust: The View of the Acting Secretary and the 
Veterans Community'', 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
   Committee on Ways and Means, July 23, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
hearing on the integrity of the administration of the Affordable 
Care Act's Premium Tax Credit, 10:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  July 24, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the status of the 
Medicare Advantage program and the impact of the Affordable Care Act 
on the Medicare Advantage program, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, July 24, Full 
Committee, markup on Technical and Tactical Intelligence report; 
member access requests, 10 a.m., 304-HVC. A portion of the markup 
will close.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: July 22, 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.