[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 127 (Monday, September 8, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D922-D925]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

             Week of September 9 through September 12, 2014

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 11 a.m., Senate will continue 
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S.J. Res. 
19, Election Contributions and Expenditures, post-cloture.
  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: September 10, 
to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Lisa Afua Serwah 
Mensah, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural 
Development, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 9, to 
hold hearings to examine Wall Street reform, focusing on assessing 
and enhancing the financial regulatory system, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 10, 
to hold hearings to examine freight rail service, focusing on 
improving the performance of America's rail system, 2:30 p.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: September 11, business 
meeting to consider 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: September 9, 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.
  September 11, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Jeffery Martin Baran, of Virginia, and Stephen G. 
Burns, of Maryland, both to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Time to be announced, Room to be announced.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 9, to receive a closed 
briefing on Arms Control Compliance issues, 4 p.m., SVC-217.
  September 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of William V. Roebuck, of North Carolina, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Bahrain, Judith Beth Cefkin, of 
Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
the Republic of Kiribati, the Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of

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Tonga, and Tuvalu, and Barbara A. Leaf, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, all of the Department of 
State, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  September 11, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of James Peter Zumwalt, of California, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Senegal, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-
Bissau, Robert T. Yamate, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Madagascar, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Union of the Comoros, 
and Virginia E. Palmer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Malawi, all of the Department of State, 3:15 p.m., SD-
419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 9, 
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: September 
9, to hold an oversight hearing to examine Federal programs for 
equipping State and local law enforcement agencies, 10:30 a.m., SD-
342.
  September 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
cybersecurity, terrorism, and beyond, focusing on addressing 
evolving threats to the homeland, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 10, to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine irrigation projects in Indian country, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 9, 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.
  September 11, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 
1690, to reauthorize the Second Chance Act of 2007, S. 1535, to 
deter terrorism, provide justice for victims, S. 2646, to 
reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, and the nominations 
of Madeline Cox Arleo, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of New Jersey, Wendy Beetlestone, Mark A. Kearney, Joseph 
F. Leeson, Jr., and Gerald J. Pappert, all to be a United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Victor 
Allen Bolden, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Connecticut, Armando Ormar Bonilla, of the District of Columbia, to 
be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, Stephen R. 
Bough, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Missouri, David J. Hale, and Gregory N. Stivers, both to be a 
United States District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, 
and Arthur Lee Bentley III, to be United States Attorney for the 
Middle District of Florida, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: September 10, to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Matthew Vincent Masterson, of 
Ohio, and Christy A. McCormick, of Virginia, both to be a Member of 
the Election Assistance Commission, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: September 9, to hold hearings to 
examine the state of VA health care, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 9, to receive closed 
briefings on certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  September 11, Full Committee, to receive closed briefings on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: September 10, to hold hearings to 
examine Older Americans and student loan debt, 2:15 p.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, September 10, Subcommittee on 
Conservation, Energy, and Forestry, hearing to review the U.S. 
Forest Service's proposed groundwater directive, 10 a.m., 1300 
Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, September 10, Subcommittee on 
Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities, hearing entitled 
``Operationalizing Cyber for the Military Services'', 2 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 10, 
Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training; and 
Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary 
Education, joint hearing entitled ``Improving Department of 
Education Policies and Programs Through Independent Oversight'', 
9:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 11, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``Examining H.R. __, the Trafficking 
Awareness Training for Health Care Act of 2014'', 9:15 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 10, Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, hearing entitled ``An 
Overview of the Credit Reporting System'', 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 10, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Libya's Descent'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 10, Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human 
Rights, and International Organizations; and Subcommittee on the 
Middle East and North Africa, joint subcommittee hearing entitled 
``Genocidal Attacks Against Christian and Other Religious Minorities 
in Syria and Iraq'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, September 10, Subcommittee on 
Border and Maritime Security, hearing entitled ``One Flight Away: An 
Examination of the Threat Posed by ISIS Terrorists with Western 
Passports'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 10, Full Committee, markup 
on the following legislation: H.R. 4771, the ``Designer Anabolic 
Steroid Control Act of 2014''; H.R. 4299, the ``Improving Regulatory 
Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act''; H.R. 5108, to 
establish the Law School Clinic Certification Program of the United 
States Patent and Trademark Office, and for other purposes; the 
``Protecting the Homeland Act''; the ``Financial Institution 
Bankruptcy Act of 2014''; H.R. 5233, the

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``Trade Secrets Protection Act of 2014''; and the ``Standard Merger 
and Acquisition Reviews Through Equal Rules Act of 2014'', 10 a.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, September 10, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The Status of the Fish and Wildlife Service's 
Responses to Committee Subpoenas and the Continued Lack of 
Transparency about Its Implementation and Enforcement of American 
Wildlife Laws, and Oversight of the Department of the Interior's 
Solicitor's Office'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 10, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on the 
``Bureau of Reclamation Surface Water Storage Streamlining Act'', 2 
p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  September 10, Subcommittee on Indian and Alaska Native Affairs, 
hearing on H.R. 1600, the ``Requirements, Expectations, and Standard 
Procedures for Executive Consultation with Tribes (RESPECT) Act''; 
and H.R. 4668, the ``Point Spencer Coast Guard and Public-Private 
Sector Infrastructure Development Facilitation and Land Conveyance 
Act'', 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  September 11, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the 
Office of Inspector General and Its Ongoing Failure to Comply with a 
Subpoena for Documents about a Recent Investigation'', 9 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, September 10, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Obstructing Oversight: Concerns from 
Inspectors General'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, September 10, 
Subcommittee on Space, hearing entitled ``Exploring Our Solar 
System: The ASTEROIDS Act as a Key Step'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, September 10, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Small Business Administration: Management and Outlook'', 
1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  September 11, Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, hearing 
entitled ``The Decline in Business Formation: Implications for 
Entrepreneurship and the Economy'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 10, 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing 
entitled ``The Status of the Merchant Marine'', 9:30 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 10, Full Committee, 
markup on the following legislation: draft of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2014; H.R. 3593, the 
``VA Construction Assistance Act of 2013''; H.R. 4276, the 
``Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Improvement Act of 2014''; 
H.R. 4399, the ``Comprehensive Department of Veterans Affairs 
Performance Management and Accountability Reform Act of 2014''; H.R. 
4862, the ``Our Vets Deserve Better Act''; H.R. 4971, the ``Ask 
Veterans Act''; and H.R. 5094, to amend title 38, United States 
Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to recoup 
certain bonuses or awards paid to employees of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  September 10, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing entitled ``Metrics, Measurements and Mismanagement in the 
Board of Veterans' Appeals'', 1 p.m., 340 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 10, Subcommittee on Health, 
hearing on the status of Affordable Care Act implementation, 10 
a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 11, 
Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Ongoing Intelligence 
Activities'', 9 a.m., HVC-304. This hearing will be closed.


* These figures include all measures reported, even if there was 
no accompanying report. A total of 118 written reports have been 
filed in the Senate, 251 reports have been filed in the House.

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