[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 119 (Monday, July 28, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1251-E1253]
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 Tuesday, July 29, 2014 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

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                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JULY 30
     Time to be announced
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting to consider S. 1463, to amend the Lacey 
           Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit importation, 
           exportation, transportation, sale, receipt, 
           acquisition, and purchase in interstate or foreign 
           commerce, or in a manner substantially affecting 
           interstate or foreign commerce, of any live animal of 
           any prohibited wildlife species, the nominations of 
           Jane Toshiko Nishida, of Maryland, and Ann Elizabeth 
           Dunkin, of California, both to be an Assistant 
           Administrator, and Manuel H. Ehrlich, Jr., of New 
           Jersey, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and 
           Hazard Investigation, all of the Environmental 
           Protection Agency, Corps of Engineers Study Resolution 
           relating to San Francisco Bay to Stockton Navigation 
           Channels, California, and General Services 
           Administration resolutions.
                                                               TBA
     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 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, S. 2640, to amend title 44, 
           United States Code, to require information on 
           contributors to Presidential library fundraising 
           organizations, 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, S. 2664, Integrated Public Alert and 
           Warning System Authorization Act of 2014, S. 2651, 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, S. 2665, 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. 2247, to prohibit the awarding of a 
           contract or grant in excess of the simplified 
           acquisition threshold unless the prospective contractor 
           or grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding 
           the contract or grant that the contractor or grantee 
           has no seriously delinquent tax debts, 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 Memorial 
           Post Office'', H.R. 3765, to designate the facility of 
           the United States Postal Service located at 198 Baker 
           Street in Corning, New York, as the ``Specialist Ryan 
           P. Jayne Post Office Building'', 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-106
     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 p.m.
       Committee on Finance
         To hold hearings to examine ``The African Growth and 
           Opportunity Act'' at 14, focusing on the road ahead; to 
           be immediately followed by a business meeting to 
           consider the nominations of Robert W. Holleyman II, of 
           Louisiana, to be a Deputy United States Trade 
           Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, D. Nathan 
           Sheets, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary, and Ramin 
           Toloui, of Iowa, to be Deputy Under Secretary, both of 
           the Department of the Treasury, Maria Cancian, of 
           Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary of Health and 
           Human Sevices for Family Support, and Cary Douglas 
           Pugh, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States 
           Tax Court.
                                                            SD-215
     2:15 p.m.
       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
       Special Committee on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine the impact of Medicare 
           observation status on seniors.
                                                            SR-418
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To receive a closed briefing on the situation in Ukraine.
                                                           SVC-217
       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

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       Committee on Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider S. 1948, to promote the 
           academic achievement of American Indian, Alaska Native, 
           and Native Hawaiian children with the establishment of 
           a Native American language grant program, S. 2299, to 
           amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to 
           reauthorize a provision to ensure the survival and 
           continuing vitality of Native American languages, S. 
           2442, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take 
           certain land and mineral rights on the reservation of 
           the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana and other 
           culturally important land into trust for the benefit of 
           the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, S. 2465, to require the 
           Secretary of the Interior to take into trust 4 parcels 
           of Federal land for the benefit of certain Indian 
           Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, S. 2479, to provide 
           for a land conveyance in the State of Nevada, S. 2480, 
           to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey 
           certain Federal land to Elko County, Nevada, and to 
           take land into trust for certain Indian tribes, and 
           H.R. 4002, to revoke the charter of incorporation of 
           the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma at the request of that 
           tribe; to be immediately followed by an oversight 
           hearing to examine responses to natural disasters in 
           Indian country.
                                                            SD-628

                                JULY 31
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine financial products for 
           students, focusing on issues and challenges.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Carolyn 
           Watts Colvin, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Social 
           Security.
                                                            SD-215
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer 
           Protection
         To hold hearings to examine the Government Accountability 
           Office report on expectations of government support for 
           bank holding companies.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                             S-116

                             CANCELLATIONS

                                JULY 31
     10 a.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226