[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 133 (Wednesday, September 17, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D977-D979]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine assessing and enhancing protections in consumer financial 
services, 11 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider GSA resolutions, Time to be announced, Room to be 
announced.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to consider the nomination 
of Carolyn Watts Colvin, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of Social 
Security for the term expiring January 19, 2019, Time to be 
announced, Room to be announced.
  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 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

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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: 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: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine tax 
audits of large partnerships, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  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, 11 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive closed briefings on 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, 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, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Administration's Strategy for the Islamic State in Iraq and 
the Levant (ISIL)'', 11:15 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Suicide Prevention and Treatment: 
Helping Loved Ones in Mental Health Crisis'', 11:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The ISIS Threat: Weighing the Obama Administration's Response'', 
11:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  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.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation 
Security, hearing entitled ``Safeguarding Privacy and Civil 
Liberties While Keeping our Skies Safe'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, 
Homeland Security, and Investigations, hearing on oversight of the 
Drug Enforcement Administration, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, 
hearing on oversight of the U.S. Copyright Office, 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup on the 
following legislation: H.R. 69, the ``Illegal, Unreported, and 
Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2013''; H.R. 706, the 
``Blackstone River Valley National Historical Park Establishment 
Act''; H.R. 712, to extend the authorization of the Highlands 
Conservation Act through fiscal year 2024; H.R. 1363, the 
``Exploring for Geothermal Energy on Federal Lands Act''; H.R. 1839, 
the ``Hermosa Creek Watershed Protection Act of 2013''; H.R. 3226, 
to remove from the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System 
certain properties in South Carolina; H.R. 3227, to remove from the 
John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier Resources System certain properties 
in South Carolina; H.R. 3326, the ``Trinity County Land Exchange Act 
of 2013''; H.R. 3608, the ``Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment 
Act''; H.R. 3980, the ``Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act''; 
H.R. 3981, the ``Accelerated Revenue, Repayment, and Surface Water 
Storage Enhancement Act''; H.R. 4166, the ``Lake Berryessa 
Recreation Enhancement Act of 2014''; H.R. 4534, the ``Native 
American Children's Safety Act''; 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. 5049, the ``Blackfoot River Land Exchange Act of 2014''; 
H.R. 5050, the ``May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act''; H.R. 5139, to 
correct the boundaries of the John H. Chafee Coastal Barrier 
Resources System Unit P16; 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; 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; H.R. 5412, the ``Bureau of Reclamation Surface Water 
Storage Streamlining Act''; H.R. 5476, the ``Cabin Fee Act of 
2014''; S. 363, the ``Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2013''; 
and S. 609, the ``San Juan County Federal Land Conveyance Act'', 11 
a.m. or conclusion of the Joint Session, whichever occurs later, 
1324 Longworth.

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  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Examining ObamaCare's Failures in Security, 
Accountability and Transparency'', 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security, hearing entitled ``Protecting 
International Religious Freedom'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  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 Science, Space, and Technology, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``The Science of Dyslexia'', 11 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, 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.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, 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.