[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 131 (Monday, September 15, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D953-D957]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

            Week of September 16 through September 19, 2014

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at approximately 2:15 p.m., Senate will vote on 
confirmation of the nominations of Jeffery Martin Baran, of Virginia, 
to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and Stephen G.

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Burns, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission.
  Following the vote on confirmation of the nomination of Stephen G. 
Burns, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission, Senate will begin consideration of the nominations of Linda 
A. Schwartz, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs (Policy and Planning), Matthew T. Harrington, of Virginia, a 
Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Counselor, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho, Todd D. Robinson, of New Jersey, 
a Career Member of the Senior Foreign Service, Class of Minister-
Counselor, 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, Nina Hachigian, of California, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the Association of 
Southeast Asian Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and 
Gordon O. Tanner, of Alabama, to be General Counsel of the Department 
of the Air Force, and vote on confirmation of the nominations.
  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 Appropriations: September 16, Subcommittee on 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies, with the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 
and Pensions, to hold a joint hearing to examine Ebola in West 
Africa, focusing on a global challenge and public health threat, 
2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Armed Services: September 16, to hold hearings to 
examine United States policy towards Iraq and Syria and the threat 
posed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), 9:30 p.m., 
SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: September 16, to 
hold hearings to examine the state of small depository institutions, 
10 a.m., SD-538.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Economic Policy, to hold hearings to 
examine the impact of rising inequality on the American economy, 
2:30 p.m., SD-538.
  September 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
assessing and enhancing protections in consumer financial services, 
11 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: September 16, 
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance, 
to hold an oversight hearing to examine oversight of and policy 
considerations for the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  September 17, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 
2338, to reauthorize the United States Anti-Doping Agency, S. 2482, 
to implement the Convention on the Conservation and Management of 
the High Seas Fisheries Resources in the North Pacific Ocean, as 
adopted at Tokyo on February 24, 2012, S. 2484, to implement the 
Convention on the Conservation and Management of the High Seas 
Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean, as adopted at Auckland 
on November 14, 2009, S. 2485, to implement the Amendment to the 
Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest 
Atlantic Fisheries, as adopted at Lisbon on September 28, 2007, S. 
2581, to require the Consumer Product Safety Commission to 
promulgate a rule to require child safety packaging for liquid 
nicotine containers, S. 2583, to promote the non-exclusive use of 
electronic labeling for devices licensed by the Federal 
Communications Commission, S. 2759, to release the City of St. 
Clair, Missouri, from all restrictions, conditions, and limitations 
on the use, encumbrance, conveyance, and closure of the St. Clair 
Regional Airport, S. 2777, to establish the Surface Transportation 
Board as an independent establishment, S. 2799, to extend the 
authority of satellite carriers to retransmit certain television 
broadcast station signals, and the nominations of Christopher A. 
Hart, of Colorado, to be Chairman of the National Transportation 
Safety Board, and Manson K. Brown, of the District of Columbia, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: September 18, business 
meeting to consider GSA resolutions, Time to be announced, Room to 
be announced.
  Committee on Finance: September 16, to hold hearings to examine 
retirement savings 2.0, focusing on updating savings policy for the 
modern economy, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  September 16, Subcommittee on Health Care, to hold hearings to 
examine the Children's Health Insurance Program, focusing on 
protecting America's children and families, 2:45 p.m., SD-215.
  September 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
reforming America's outdated energy tax code, 10:15 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: September 17, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Robert Francis Cekuta, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Richard M. Mills, Jr., of 
Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia, Jess Lippincott 
Baily, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Macedonia, and 
Margaret Ann Uyehara, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to Montenegro, all 
of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  September 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
United States strategy to defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and the 
Levant, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  September 18, Full Committee, business meeting to consider an 
original bill entitled ``Ukraine Freedom Support Act'', S. 2778, to 
require the Secretary of State to offer rewards totaling up to 
$10,000,000 for information on the kidnapping and murder of James 
Foley and Steven Sotloff, S. Res. 530, expressing the sense of the 
Senate on the current situation in Iraq and the urgent need to 
protect religious minorities from persecution from the Sunni 
Islamist insurgent and terrorist group the Islamic State,

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formerly known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), 
as it expands its control over areas in northwestern Iraq, S. Res. 
541, recognizing the severe threat that the Ebola outbreak in West 
Africa poses to populations, governments, and economies across 
Africa and, if not properly contained, to regions across the globe, 
and expressing support for those affected by this epidemic, S. Res. 
540, recognizing September 15, 2014, as the International Day of 
Democracy, affirming the role of civil society as a cornerstone of 
democracy, and encouraging all governments to stand with civil 
society in the face of mounting restrictions on civil society 
organizations, and the nominations of 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, Stafford Fitzgerald 
Haney, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa 
Rica, Charles C. Adams, Jr., of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Finland, Earl Robert Miller, of Michigan, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana, 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 Tonga, and Tuvalu, Barbara A. Leaf, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates, Pamela Leora Spratlen, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan, and a 
list in the Foreign Service, 2 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: September 16, 
with the Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
Agencies, to hold a joint hearing to examine Ebola in West Africa, 
focusing on a global challenge and public health threat, 2:30 p.m., 
SH-216.
  September 17, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 
2141, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide 
an alternative process for review of safety and effectiveness of 
nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients and for other purposes, 
H.R. 4366, to strengthen the Federal education research system to 
make research and evaluations more timely and relevant to State and 
local needs in order to increase student achievement, the nomination 
of Sharon Block, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the 
National Labor Relations Board, and any pending nominations, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  September 18, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
overcoming persistent barriers to economic self-sufficiency for 
people with disabilities, 9:30 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: September 
17, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Sarah R. Saldana, 
of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, and Russell C. Deyo, of New Jersey, to be Under 
Secretary for Management, both of the Department of Homeland 
Security, and Mickey D. Barnett, of New Mexico, to be a Governor of 
the United States Postal Service, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  September 18, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold 
hearings to examine tax audits of large partnerships, 2:30 p.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: September 17, to hold hearings to 
examine S. 2670, to prohibit gaming activities on certain Indian 
land in Arizona until the expiration of certain gaming compacts, 
2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: September 17, to hold hearings to 
examine certain nominations, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  September 17, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine why net 
neutrality matters, focusing on protecting consumers and competition 
through meaningful open Internet rules, 10:30 a.m., SH-216.
  September 18, Full Committee, business meeting to consider 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, S. 1690, to reauthorize the Second Chance Act 
of 2007, S. 2646, to reauthorize the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, 
S. 2520, to improve the Freedom of Information Act, and H.R. 1447, 
to encourage States to report to the Attorney General certain 
information regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody of 
law enforcement agencies, 11 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: September 17, business 
meeting to consider S. 2017, to amend the Help America Vote Act of 
2002 to ensure that voters in elections for Federal office do not 
wait in long lines in order to vote, S. 85, to provide incentives 
for States to invest in practices and technology that are designed 
to expedite voting at the polls and to simplify voter registration, 
and nominations of Matthew Vincent Masterson, of Ohio, and Christy 
A. McCormick, of Virginia, both to be a Member of the Election 
Assistance Commission, Time to be announced, S-216, Capitol.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: September 16, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  September 18, Full Committee, to receive closed briefings on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: September 16, to hold hearings to 
examine harnessing the power of telehealth, focusing on promises and 
challenges, 2 p.m., SD-562.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, September 17, Full Committee, hearing to 
review the implementation of Section 4022 of the Agricultural Act of 
2014: pilot projects to reduce dependency and increase work 
requirements and work effort under the Supplemental Nutrition 
Assistance Program, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.

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  September 18, Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and Forestry, 
hearing on the benefits of promoting soil health in agriculture and 
rural America, 11:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, September 18, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``The Administration's Strategy for the Islamic State in 
Iraq and the Levant (ISIL)'', 11:15 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  September 19, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing entitled 
``Religious Accommodations in the Armed Services'', 8 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  September 19, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing entitled ``The Department of Defense Excess Property Program 
in Support of U.S. Law Enforcement Agencies: An Overview of DOD 
Authorities, Roles, Responsibilities, and Implementation of Section 
1033 of the 1997 National Defense Authorization Act'', 9 a.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, September 17, 
Subcommittee on Workforce Protections, hearing on the following 
legislation: H.R. 4959, the ``EEOC Transparency and Accountability 
Act''; H.R. 5422, the ``Litigation Oversight Act of 2014''; and H.R. 
5423, the ``Certainty in Enforcement Act of 2014'', 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 17, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Power, hearing entitled ``A hearing on H.R. 4526, the 
21st Century Energy Workforce Development Jobs Initiative Act of 
2014'', 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, 
hearing entitled ``Oversight of FCC Budget and Management'', 10:15 
a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade, 
hearing entitled ``Cross Border Data Flows: Could Foreign 
Protectionism Hurt U.S. Jobs?'', 1:30 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing entitled ``Suicide Prevention and Treatment: Helping Loved 
Ones in Mental Health Crisis'', 11:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  September 19, Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``21st 
Century Cures: Examining Ways to Combat Antibiotic Resistance and 
Foster New Drug Development'', 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, September 17, Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Oversight of the 
Financial Stability Oversight Council'', 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, September 17, Subcommittee on 
Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International 
Organizations, hearing entitled ``Global Efforts to Fight Ebola'', 
10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, markup on H. 
Res. 714, reaffirming the peaceful and collaborative resolution of 
maritime and jurisdictional disputes in the South China Sea and the 
East China Sea as provided for by universally recognized principles 
of international law, and reaffirming the strong support of the 
United States Government for freedom of navigation and other 
internationally lawful uses of sea and airspace in the Asia-Pacific 
region, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, hearing 
entitled ``A New Era of U.S.-China Relations?'', 2:30 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  September 18, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The ISIS Threat: 
Weighing the Obama Administration's Response'', 11:30 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa; 
and Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, joint 
hearing entitled ``The Struggles of Recovering Assets for Holocaust 
Survivors'', 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  September 19, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging 
Threats, hearing entitled ``Islamist Foreign Fighters Returning Home 
and the Threat to Europe'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, September 17, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Worldwide Threats to the Homeland'', 10 a.m., 311 
Cannon.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Transportation Security, hearing 
entitled ``Safeguarding Privacy and Civil Liberties While Keeping 
our Skies Safe'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  September 19, Subcommittee on Oversight and Management Efficiency, 
hearing entitled ``Oversight of the DHS Headquarters Project at St. 
Elizabeths: Impact on the Taxpayer'', 9:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, September 17, Subcommittee on Courts, 
Intellectual Property, and the Internet, hearing on Chapter 12 of 
Title 17, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  September 17, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 5233, the ``Trade 
Secrets Protection Act of 2014'', 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, 
and Investigations, hearing on oversight of the Drug Enforcement 
Administration, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and 
the Internet, hearing on oversight of the U.S. Copyright Office, 2 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  September 19, Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and 
Antitrust Law, hearing entitled ``Ongoing Oversight: Monitoring the 
Activities of the Justice Department's Civil, Tax and Environment 
and Natural Resources Divisions and the U.S. Trustee Program'', 9:15 
a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, September 17, Subcommittee on 
Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing on H.R. 5066, the ``Data 
Preservation Act of 2014''; and H.R. 5176, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to retire coal preference right lease 
applications for which the Secretary has made an affirmative 
commercial quantities determination, and for other purposes, 2 p.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  September 18, Full Committee, markup on pending legislation, 11 
a.m. or conclusion of the Joint Session, whichever occurs later, 
1324 Longworth.
  September 19, Subcommittee on Water and Power, hearing on H.R. 
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Rights Settlement Act of 2014'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, September 17, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Tiversa, Inc.: White Knight or Hi-Tech 
Protection Racket?'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 17, Full Committee, markup on pending legislation, 12 
p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and 
Regulatory Affairs, hearing entitled ``The IRS Targeting Scandal: 
Changing Stories of Missing E-mails'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 18, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``Examining 
ObamaCare's Failures in Security, Accountability and Transparency'', 
11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on National Security, hearing entitled 
``Protecting International Religious Freedom'', 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal 
Service, and the Census, hearing entitled ``U.S. Census Bureau: 
Addressing Data Collection Vulnerabilities'', 2 p.m., 2247 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, September 17, Full Committee, Members' Day 
hearing on proposed rules changes for the 114th Congress, 11 a.m., 
H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, September 17, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``The Administration's Climate Plan: 
Failure by Design'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  September 17, Subcommittee on Oversight, meeting on a resolution 
authorizing the Chairman to issue subpoenas, 4 p.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  September 18, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The Science of 
Dyslexia'', 11 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, -September 17, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Is the FCC Responding to the Needs of Small 
Business and Rural America?'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  September 18, Subcommittee on Health and Technology, hearing 
entitled ``An Update on the Small Business Health Options Program: 
Is It Working for Small Businesses?'', 1 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, September 17, Full 
Committee, markup on the following legislation: General Services 
Administration Capital Investment and Leasing Program Resolutions; 
H.R. 5449, the ``Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2014''; 
H.R. 5146, to designate the United States courthouse located at 700 
Grant Street in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as the ``Joseph F. Weis 
Jr. United States Courthouse''; H.R. 5448, the ``John F. Kennedy 
Center Reauthorization Act of 2014''; H.R. 5266, to reauthorize the 
National Estuary Programs, and for other purposes; H.R. 4926, to 
designate the ``James L. Oberstar Memorial Highway'' and the ``James 
L. Oberstar National Scenic Byway'' in the State of Minnesota; and 
possible other matters cleared for consideration, 10:30 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, September 17, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Scheduling Manipulation and Veteran Deaths in 
Phoenix: Examination of the OIG's Final Report'', 12 p.m., 334 
Cannon.
  September 19, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, 
hearing entitled ``A Model of Inefficiency: VA's Poorly-Managed 
Land-Use Agreements Cause Tremendous Waste'', 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, September 17, Subcommittee on Select 
Revenue Measures, hearing on defined benefit pension plans offered 
by private sector employers, 10:15 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, September 18, Full 
Committee, hearing entitled ``Threat Posed by the Islamic State of 
Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), al-Qa'ida, and other Islamic 
Extremists'', 8 a.m., HVC-210.
  Select Committee on Benghazi, September 17, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Hearing 1'', relating to Accountability Review 
Board implementation, 10 a.m., HVC-210.