[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 131 (Monday, September 15, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1408-E1409]
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, September 16, 2014 may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              SEPTEMBER 17
     Time to be announced
       Committee on Rules and Administration
         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.
                                                             S-216
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         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.
                                                            SD-419
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         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.
                                                            SD-430
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         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.
                                                            SD-342
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine certain nominations.
                                                            SD-226
     10:15 a.m.
       Committee on Finance
         To hold hearings to examine reforming America's outdated 
           energy tax code.
                                                            SD-215
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine why net neutrality matters, 
           focusing on protecting consumers and competition 
           through meaningful open Internet rules.
                                                            SH-216
     2:15 p.m.
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 2670, to prohibit gaming 
           activities on certain Indian land in Arizona until the 
           expiration of certain gaming compacts.
                                                            SD-628
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Subcommittee on Economic Policy
         To hold hearings to examine the impact of rising 
           inequality on the American economy.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         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.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the United States strategy to 
           defeat the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant.
                                                            SD-419

                              SEPTEMBER 18
     Time to be announced
       Committee on Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting to consider GSA resolutions.
                                                               TBA
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine overcoming persistent 
           barriers to economic self-sufficiency for people with 
           disabilities.
                                                            SD-430
     11 a.m.
       Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine assessing and enhancing 
           protections in consumer financial services.
                                                            SD-538
       Committee on the Judiciary
         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.
                                                            SD-226
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
         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, 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

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           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.
                                                             S-116
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
         To hold hearings to examine tax audits of large 
           partnerships.
                                                            SD-342
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To receive closed briefings on certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219