[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 119 (Monday, July 28, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D861-D863]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JULY 29, 2014

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the economic 
and budgetary consequences of climate change, focusing on the cost 
of inaction, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  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, 10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  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, 3 p.m., SR-253.
  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, 2:30 p.m., 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, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine tobacco, 
focusing on taxes owed, avoided, and evaded, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  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, 
2:30 p.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine Iran, 
focusing on the status of the P-5+1 negotiations with Iran, 10 a.m., 
SD-419.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. Res. 502, 
concerning the suspension of exit permit issuance by the Government 
of the Democratic Republic of Congo for adopted Congolese children 
seeking to depart the country with their adoptive parents, S. Res. 
522, expressing the sense of the Senate supporting the U.S.-Africa 
Leaders Summit to be held in Washington, D.C. from August 4 through 
6, 2014, S. Res. 513, honoring the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw 
Uprising, S. Res. 520, condemning the downing of Malaysia Airlines 
Flight 17 and expressing condolences to the families of the victims, 
and the nominations of Todd D. Robinson, of New Jersey, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala, Jane D. Hartley, of New 
York, to be Ambassador to the French Republic, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
the Principality of Monaco, Kevin F. O'Malley, of Missouri, to be 
Ambassador to Ireland, James D. Pettit, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, Brent Robert Hartley, of 
Oregon, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, Marcia 
Stephens Bloom Bernicat, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the 
People's Republic of Bangladesh, 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 of the United 
States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the 
United Nations, during his tenure of service as Alternate 
Representative of the United States of America for Special Political 
Affairs in the United Nations, George Albert Krol, of New Jersey, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Allan P. Mustard, of 
Washington, to be Ambassador to Turkmenistan, Erica J. Barks 
Ruggles, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda, 
and John R. Bass, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Turkey, all of the Department of State; to be immediately followed 
by a hearing to examine the nominations of John Francis Tefft, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Donald L. 
Heflin, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cabo Verde, 
Craig B. Allen, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, 
Earl Robert Miller, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Botswana, Michele Jeanne Sison, of Maryland, to be Representative of 
the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly 
of the United Nations, during her tenure of service as Deputy 
Representative of the United States of America to the United 
Nations, and to be the Deputy Representative of the United States of 
America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador and the Deputy Representative of the United States of 
America in the Security Council of the United Nations, Stafford 
Fitzgerald Haney, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Costa Rica, and Charles C. Adams, Jr., of Maryland, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Finland, all of the Department of State, 2:15 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Madeline Cox Arleo, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of New Jersey, Victor Allen Bolden, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut, and 
David J. Hale, and Gregory N. Stivers, both to be a United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 9:30 a.m., SD-
226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

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                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock, Rural 
Development, and Credit, hearing on coordinating future investments 
in broadband, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Security Situation in Iraq and Syria: U.S. Policy Options and 
Implications for the Region'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, markup on H. Res. 644, condemning and disapproving 
of the Obama administration's failure to comply with the lawful 
statutory requirement to notify Congress before releasing 
individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 
Cuba, and expressing national security concerns over the release of 
five Taliban leaders and the repercussions of negotiating with 
terrorists, 2:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Power, hearing entitled ``FERC Perspectives: Questions Concerning 
EPA's Proposed Clean Power Plan and other Grid Reliability 
Challenges'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, hearing 
entitled ``Nanotechnology: Understanding How Small Solutions Drive 
Big Innovation'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, markup on the following legislation: H.R. 3522, 
the ``Employee Health Care Protection Act''; H.R. 4701, the ``Lyme 
and Tick-borne Diseases Act of 2014''; H.R. 4067, to provide for the 
extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements 
for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small 
rural hospitals through 2014; a bill to require the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services to provide for recommendations for the 
development and use of clinical data registries for the improvement 
of patient care; H.R. 3670, the ``Anti-Spoofing Act of 2013''; H.R. 
5161, the ``E-LABEL Act''; and H.R. 1575, the ``Kelsey Smith Act'', 
4 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, markup on the 
following legislation: H.R. 5018, the ``Federal Reserve 
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014''; H.R. 4329, the 
``Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination 
Reauthorization Act of 2014''; H.R. 3240, the ``Regulation D Study 
Act''; H.R. 3913, to amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to 
require agencies to make considerations relating to the promotion of 
efficiency, competition, and capital formation before issuing or 
modifying certain regulations; H.R. 4042, the ``Community Bank 
Mortgage Service Asset Capital Requirements Study Act of 2014''; and 
H.R. 5148, the ``Access to Affordable Mortgages Act of 2014'', 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and 
Emerging Threats; and Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, 
and Trade, joint subcommittee, hearing entitled ``The Shootdown of 
Malaysian Flight 17 and the Escalating Crisis in Ukraine'', 10:15 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Iran Nuclear Negotiations: From 
Extension to Final Agreement?'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation 
Security, hearing entitled ``Examining TSA's Management of the 
Screening Partnership Program'', 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and 
Security Technologies, hearing entitled ``Protecting the Homeland 
from Nuclear and Radiological Threats'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing on oversight 
of U.S. citizenship and immigration services, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, hearing on the following legislation: H.R. 596, the 
``Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013''; H.R. 
1363, the ``Exploring for Geothermal Energy on Federal Lands Act''; 
and H.R. 2004, the ``Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2013'', 
10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation, hearing 
on the following legislation: H.R. 445, the ``National Heritage Area 
Act of 2013''; H.R. 1785, the ``Mountains to Sound Greenway National 
Heritage Area Act''; H.R. 4119, the ``West Hunter Street Baptist 
Church Study Act''; H.R. 4901, the ``Advancing Conservation and 
Education Act of 2014''; H.R. 4979, the ``Red River Private Property 
Protection Act''; H.R. 5086, to amend the National Trails System Act 
to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the 
feasibility of designating the Chief Standing Bear National Historic 
Trail, and for other purposes; S. 311, the ``Lower Mississippi River 
Area Study Act''; S. 476, to amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal 
Development Act to extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National 
Historical Park Commission; and S. 609, the ``San Juan County 
Federal Land Conveyance Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, hearing on the 
following legislation: H.R. 3608, the ``Grand Portage Band Per 
Capita Adjustment Act''; H.R. 4534, the ``Native American Children's 
Safety Act''; H.R. 5020, the ``Indian Tribal Self-Determination in 
Land Consolidation Act of 2014''; H.R. 5049, the ``Blackfoot River 
Land Exchange Act of 2014''; and H.R. 5050, the ``May 31, 1918 Act 
Repeal Act'', 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs, hearing 
entitled ``Examining Allegations of Corruption at the Export-Import 
Bank'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements, 
hearing entitled ``Examining the Federal Government's Failure to 
Curb Wasteful State Medicaid Financing Schemes'', 10 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Government Operations, hearing entitled ``Federal 
Real Property: Eliminating Waste and Mismanagement of Real Property 
Assets'', 10 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H. Res. 676, 
providing for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the 
President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with 
their duties under the Constitution of the United States, 3 p.m., H-
313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Research and Technology, hearing entitled ``Review of the National 
Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Social Security, 
hearing on what workers need to know about Social Security as they 
plan for retirement, 11 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Trade, hearing on trade with Africa and the 
African Growth and Opportunity Act, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine increasing 
economic opportunity for African Americans, focusing on local 
initiatives that are making a difference, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50.