[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 116 (Wednesday, July 23, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1218-E1219]
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 Thursday, July 24, 2014 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 29
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine certain nominations.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Committee on the Budget
         To hold hearings to examine the economic and budgetary 
           consequences of climate change, focusing on the cost of 
           inaction.
                                                            SD-608
       Committee on Finance
         To hold hearings to examine tobacco, focusing on taxes 
           owed, avoided, and evaded.
                                                            SD-215
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast 
           Guard
         To hold hearings to examine revisiting the Resources and 
           Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities and 
           Revived Economies (RESTORE) Act, focusing on progress 
           and challenges in Gulf restoration post-Deepwater 
           Horizon.
                                                            SR-253
     2:15 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of John 
           Francis Tefft, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
           Russian Federation, Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine breaking the logjam at the 
           Bureau of Land Management (BLM), focusing on ways to 
           more efficiently process permits for energy production 
           on Federal lands, and understanding the obstacles in 
           permitting more energy projects on Federal lands, 
           including S. 279, to promote the development of 
           renewable energy on public land, and S. 2440, to expand 
           and extend the program to improve permit coordination 
           by the Bureau of Land Management.
                                                            SD-366
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
       Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety
         To hold hearings to examine the threats posed by climate 
           change.
                                                            SD-406
       Committee on Finance
       Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global 
           Competitiveness
         To hold hearings to examine the United States-Korea free 
           trade agreement, focusing on lessons learned two years 
           later.
                                                            SD-215
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine increasing economic 
           opportunity for African Americans, focusing on local 
           initiatives that are making a difference.
                                                            SD-G50
     3 p.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine 
           Infrastructure, Safety, and Security
         To hold hearings to examine opportunities and challenges 
           for improving truck safety on our highways.
                                                            SR-253

                                JULY 30
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
       Subcommittee on Public Lands, Forests, and Mining
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1049 and H.R. 2166, bills 
           to direct the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary 
           of Agriculture to expedite access to certain Federal 
           lands under the administrative jurisdiction of each 
           Secretary for good Samaritan search-and-recovery 
           missions, S. 1437, to provide for the release of the 
           reversionary interest held by the United States in 
           certain land conveyed in 1954 by the United States, 
           acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land 
           Management, to the State of Oregon for the 
           establishment of the Hermiston Agricultural Research 
           and Extension Center of Oregon State University in 
           Hermiston, Oregon, S. 1554, to direct the heads of 
           Federal public land management agencies to prepare 
           reports on the availability of public access and egress 
           to Federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other 
           recreational purposes, to amend the Land and Water 
           Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide funding for 
           recreational public access to Federal land, S. 1605, 
           for the relief of Michael G. Faber, S. 1640, to 
           facilitate planning, permitting, administration, 
           implementation, and monitoring of pinyon-juniper 
           dominated landscape restoration projects within Lincoln 
           County, Nevada, S. 1888 and H.R. 1241, bills to 
           facilitate a land exchange involving certain National 
           Forest System lands in the Inyo National Forest, S. 
           2123, to authorize the exchange of certain Federal land 
           and non-Federal land in the State of Minnesota, S. 
           2616, to require the Secretary of the Interior to 
           convey certain Federal land to Idaho County in the 
           State of Idaho, H.R. 1684, to convey certain property 
           to the State of Wyoming to consolidate the historic 
           Ranch A, and H.R. 3008, to provide for the conveyance 
           of a small parcel of National Forest System land in Los 
           Padres National Forest in California.
                                                            SD-366
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community 
           Development
         To hold hearings to examine flood insurance claims 
           process in communities after Sandy, focusing on lessons 
           learned and potential improvements.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the ``African Growth and 
           Opportunity Act'' at 14, focusing on the road ahead.
                                                            SD-215
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider H.R. 4007, to recodify and 
           reauthorize the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism 
           Standards Program, S. 1618, to enhance the Office of 
           Personnel Management background check system for the 
           granting, denial, or revocation of security clearances 
           or access to classified information of employees and 
           contractors of the Federal Government, S. 1347, to 
           provide transparency, accountability, and limitations 
           of Government sponsored conferences, S. 1396, to 
           authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to 
           award mitigation financial assistance in certain areas 
           affected by wildfire, an original bill entitled, 
           ``Presidential Library Donation Reform Act of 2014'', 
           S. 2547, to establish the Railroad Emergency Services 
           Preparedness, Operational Needs, and Safety Evaluation 
           (RESPONSE) Subcommittee under the Federal Emergency 
           Management Agency's National Advisory Council to 
           provide recommendations on emergency responder training 
           and resources relating to hazardous materials incidents 
           involving railroads, S. 2323, to amend chapter 21 of 
           title 5, United States Code, to provide that fathers of 
           certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall 
           be included with mothers of such veterans as preference 
           eligibles for treatment in the civil service, an 
           original bill entitled, ``Integrated Public Alert and 
           Warning System Authorization Act of 2014'', an original 
           bill entitled, ``DHS OIG Mandates Revision Act of 
           2014'', H.R. 4197, to amend title 5, United States 
           Code, to extend the period of certain authority with 
           respect to judicial review of Merit Systems Protection 
           Board decisions relating to whistleblowers, an original 
           bill entitled, ``Emergency Information Improvement Act 
           of 2014'', S. 1898, to require adequate information 
           regarding the tax treatment of payments under 
           settlement agreements entered into by Federal agencies, 
           S. 2447, to amend title 31, United States Code, to 
           clarify the use of credentials by enrolled agents, H.R. 
           606, to designate the facility of the United States 
           Postal Service located at 815 County Road 23 in Tyrone, 
           New York, as the ``Specialist Christopher Scott Post 
           Office Building'', H.R. 1671, to designate the facility 
           of the United States Postal Service located at 6937 
           Village Parkway in Dublin, California, as the ``James 
           `Jim' Kohnen Post Office'', H.R. 2291, to designate the 
           facility of the United States Postal Service located at 
           450 Lexington Avenue in New York, New York, as the 
           ``Vincent R. Sombrotto Post Office'', H.R. 3472, to 
           designate the facility of the United States Postal 
           Service located at 13127 Broadway Street in Alden, New 
           York, as the ``Sergeant Brett E. Gornewicz

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           Memorial Post Office'', H.R. 3762, to impose penalties 
           for the unauthorized disclosure of personal tax 
           information by Federal employees, and the nominations 
           of Joseph L. Nimmich, of Maryland, to be Deputy 
           Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
           Department of Homeland Security, Anne E. Rung, of 
           Pennsylvania, to be Administrator for Federal 
           Procurement Policy, and James C. Miller, III, of 
           Virginia, Stephen Crawford, of Maryland, David Michael 
           Bennett, of North Carolina, and Victoria Reggie 
           Kennedy, of Massachusetts, all to be a Governor of the 
           United States Postal Service.
                                                            SD-342
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the next steps for the 
           ``Violence Against Women Act'' (VAWA), focusing on 
           protecting women from gun violence.
                                                            SD-226
     10:15 a.m.
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Subcommittee on Children and Families
         To hold hearings to examine paid family leave, focusing 
           on the benefits for businesses and working families.
                                                            SD-430
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security
         To hold hearings to examine domestic challenges and 
           global competition in aviation manufacturing.
                                                            SR-253
     2:15 p.m.
       Special Committee on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine the impact of Medicare 
           observation status on seniors.
                                                            SH-216
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine wireless phone bills, 
           focusing on a review of consumer protection practices 
           and gaps.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine responses to 
           natural disasters in Indian country.
                                                            SD-628
       Committee on the Judiciary
       Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer 
           Rights
         To hold hearings to examine pricing policies and 
           competition in the contact lens industry.
                                                            SD-226

                                JULY 31
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Carolyn 
           Watts Colvin, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Social 
           Security.
                                                            SD-215