[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 141 (Tuesday, November 18, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1036-D1037]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           NOVEMBER 19, 2014

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider the nominations of Lourdes Maria Castro Ramirez, of 
California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, and Therese W. McMillan, of California, to be Federal 
Transit Administrator, Department of Transportation; to be 
immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine the Federal 
Housing Finance Agency, focusing on balancing stability, growth, and 
affordability in the mortgage market, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Antony Blinken, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of 
State, 2:45 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider S. 2917, Adding Ebola to the FDA Priority Review 
Voucher Program Act, H.R. 669, to amend the Public Health Service 
Act to improve the health of children and help better understand and 
enhance awareness about unexpected sudden death in early life, and 
the nominations of P. David Lopez, of Arizona,

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to be General Counsel, and Charlotte A. Burrows, of the District of 
Columbia, to be a Member, both of the Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, Adri Davin Jayaratne, of Michigan, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Labor for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, 
Mary Lucille Jordan, of Maryland, and Michael Young, of 
Pennsylvania, both to be a Member of the Federal Mine Safety and 
Health Review Commission, and any pending nominations, 10 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine preparedness and response to public health 
threats, focusing on how ready we are, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine protecting our children's mental health, focusing on 
preventing and addressing childhood trauma in Indian country, 2:30 
p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
veterans' mental health and suicide, 10:30 a.m., SR-418.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine the 
private industry's role in stemming the tide of phone scams, 2:15 
p.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, 
hearing entitled ``Religious Accommodations in the Armed Services'', 
2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
entitled ``Examining Medical Product Development in the Wake of the 
Ebola Epidemic'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy, hearing entitled 
``Cyanotoxins in Drinking Water'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Housing and 
Insurance, hearing entitled ``Opportunities for a Private and 
Competitive Sustainable Flood Insurance Market'', 2 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on the Middle East and 
North Africa, markup on H.R. 5648, to improve defense cooperation 
between the United States and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 2 
p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, hearing entitled 
``Next Steps for U.S. Foreign Policy on Syria and Iraq'', 2:30 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on The Judiciary, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Oversight of the United States Secret Service'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn. A portion of this hearing will close.
  Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``Copyright Issues in Education and for the 
Visually Impaired'', 3 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Full Committee, markup on the 
following legislative measures: H.R. 1561, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to make improvements to support facilities 
for National Historic Sites operated by the National Park Service, 
and for other purposes; H.R. 1785, the ``Mountains to Sound Greenway 
National Heritage Area Act''; H.R. 4220, the ``School District 318 
Land Exchange Act''; H.R. 4668, the ``Point Spencer Coast Guard and 
Public-Private Sector Infrastructure Development Facilitation and 
Land Conveyance Act''; H.R. 4924, the ``Bill Williams River Water 
Rights Settlement Act of 2014''; H.R. 4979, the ``Red River Private 
Property Protection Act''; H.R. 5086, to amend the National Trails 
System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a 
study on the feasibility of designating the Chief Standing Bear 
National Historic Trail, and for other purposes; 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; H.R. 5699, the ``John Muir National Historic Site 
Expansion Act'', 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, hearing entitled 
``Volcano Hazards: Exploring the National Preparation and 
Response'', 1 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal Service, and the Census, hearing 
entitled ``Examining Data Security at the United States Postal 
Service'', 10:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Oversight, hearing entitled ``The Role of the White House Chief 
Technology Officer in the HealthCare.gov Website Debacle'', 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, hearing entitled ``The Role of the State Approving 
Agencies in Ensuring Quality Education Programs for Veterans'', 10 
a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the following legislative 
measures: H.R. 4720, the ``Medal of Honor Priority Care Act''; H.R. 
4887, the ``Expanding Care for Veterans Act''; H.R. 4977, the 
``COVER Act''; H.R. 5059, the ``Clay Hunt SAV Act''; H.R. 5475, to 
amend title 38, United States Code, to improve the care provided by 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to newborn children; H.R. 5484, 
the ``Toxic Exposure Research Act of 2014''; and H.R. 5686, the 
``Physician Ambassadors Helping Veterans Act'', 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
business meeting to consider Member access requests, 10 a.m., HVC-
304. This meeting may close.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine combating corruption in the Organization for Security and 
Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) region, focusing on the link between 
security and good governance, including a need to build effective 
institutions and the important role played by civil society in 
combating corruption, 10 a.m., SVC-203-202.