[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 127 (Monday, September 8, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D921-D922]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine Wall Street reform, focusing on assessing and enhancing 
the financial regulatory system, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Jeffery Martin Baran, of Virginia, and 
Stephen G. Burns, of Maryland, both to be a Member of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to receive a closed briefing on 
Arms Control Compliance issues, 4 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Sharon Block, of the District 
of Columbia, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, 
10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
an oversight hearing to examine Federal programs for equipping State 
and local law enforcement agencies, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Jorge Luis Alonso, and John Robert Blakey, both to be 
a United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Illinois, Amos L. Mazzant, III, and Robert William Schroeder III, 
both to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Texas, and Robert Lee Pitman, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Texas, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
state of VA health care, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive closed briefings on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Health, 
Employment, Labor, and Pensions, hearing entitled ``Expanding Joint 
Employer Status: What Does it Mean for Workers and Job Creators?'', 
10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``21st Century Cures: Examining the Regulation of 
Laboratory Developed Tests'', 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled ``State 
Perspectives: Questions Concerning EPA's Proposed Clean Power 
Plan'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
North Africa; and Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
Trade, joint subcommittee hearing entitled ``Hamas' Benefactors: A 
Network of Terror'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, markup on H.R. 4377, to 
place conditions on assistance to the Government of Burma, 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, 
Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies; and the 
Subcommittee on Research and Technology of the Committee on Science, 
Space, and Technology, joint hearing entitled ``Strategy and Mission 
of the DHS Science and Technology Directorate'', 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Access to Justice?: Does DOJ's Office of Inspector General Have 
Access to Information Needed to Conduct Proper Oversight?'', 10 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, hearing on 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
relating to parental rights, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, hearing on the 
following legislation: H.R. 1314, to amend the Endangered Species 
Act of 1973 to establish a procedure for approval of certain 
settlements; H.R. 1927, the ``More Water and Security for 
Californians Act''; H.R. 4256, the ``Endangered Species Improvement 
Act of 2014''; H.R. 4284, the ``ESA Improvement Act of 2014''; H.R. 
4319, the ``Common Sense in Species Protection Act of 2014''; and 
H.R. 4866, the ``Lesser Prairie Chicken Voluntary Recovery Act of 
2014'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation, hearing 
on the following legislation: H.R. 3326, the ``Trinity County Land 
Exchange Act of 2013''; H.R. 3411, the ``Sabine National Forest Land 
Exchange Act of 2013''; H.R. 4846, the ``Arapaho National Forest 
Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014''; H.R. 5003, the ``Kennesaw 
Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 
2014''; H.R. 5040, the ``Idaho County Shooting Range Land Conveyance 
Act''; H.R. 5074, the ``Land Adjacency Notification and Disclosure 
Act''; H.R. 5162, to amend the Act entitled ``An Act to allow a 
certain parcel of land in Rockingham County, Virginia, to be used 
for a child care center'' to remove the use restriction, and for 
other purposes; and H.R. 5167, to direct the Administrator of 
General Services, on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior, to 
convey certain Federal property located in the National Petroleum 
Reserve in Alaska to the Olgoonik Corporation, an Alaska Native 
Corporation established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement 
Act, 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and the Census, hearing 
entitled ``Examining the Administration's Treatment of 
Whistleblowers'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, Full Committee, hearing on H.R. 3522, the 
``Employee Health Care Protection Act of 2013'', 3 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Energy; and Subcommittee on Oversight, joint subcommittee hearing 
entitled ``Bakken Petroleum: The Substance of Energy Independence'', 
2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit, hearing entitled ``Surface Transportation 
Infrastructure Projects: Case Studies of the Federal Environmental 
Review and Permitting Process'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Human Resources, 
hearing on Social Impact Bonds and whether they can help government 
achieve better results for families in need, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.