[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 148 (Monday, December 8, 2014)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1094-D1095]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of December 9 through December 12, 2014

                             Senate Chamber

  On Tuesday, at 10:30 a.m., Senate will vote on the motions to invoke 
cloture on the nominations of Virginia Tyler Lodge, of Tennessee, to be 
a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, 
and Ronald Anderson Walter, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board 
of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority. If cloture is invoked, 
Senate will vote on confirmation of the nominations at 6 p.m.
  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: December 10, to 
hold hearings to examine the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 
focusing on the effective enforcement and the future of derivatives 
regulation, 10 a.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: December 9, 
Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development, 
to hold hearings to examine inequality, opportunity, and the housing 
market, 11 a.m., SD-538.
  December 10, Full Committee, to hold an oversight hearing to 
examine cybersecurity, focusing on enhancing coordination to protect 
the financial sector, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: December 9, 
business meeting to consider the nominations of Willie E. May, of 
Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and 
Technology, Tho Dinh-Zarr, of Texas, to be a Member of the National 
Transportation Safety Board, and Mark R. Rosekind, of California, to 
be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, and Carlos A. Monje, Jr., of Louisiana, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, both of the 
Department of Transportation, Time to be announced, S-219, Capitol.
  December 10, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant 
Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, to hold hearings to 
examine passenger rail, focusing on investing in our nation's 
future, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: December 10, business 
meeting to consider the nomination of Colette Dodson Honorable, of 
Arkansas, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: December 11, with the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, to hold a joint 
oversight hearing to examine the implementation of the President's 
executive order on Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security, 
9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: December 9, to hold hearings to examine 
Social Security, focusing on if there is a key foundation of 
economic security working for women, 9:30 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: December 9, Subcommittee on 
International Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, 
and Global Women's Issues, to hold hearings to examine the Islamic 
State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), focusing on confronting the 
growing humanitarian crisis in Iraq and Syria, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  December 9, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
authorization for the use of military force

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against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), 2 p.m., SD-
106.
  December 10, Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold hearings to 
examine the Ebola epidemic, focusing on the keys to success for the 
international response, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
  December 11, Full Committee, business meeting to consider an 
original resolution entitled, ``to authorize the limited use of the 
United States Armed Forces against the Islamic State of Iraq and the 
Levant, and the nomination of Antony Blinken, of New York, to be 
Deputy Secretary of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: December 11, 
with the Committee on Environment and Public Works, to hold a joint 
oversight hearing to examine the implementation of the President's 
executive order on Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security, 
9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Judiciary: December 9, Subcommittee on Crime and 
Terrorism, to hold hearings to examine campus sexual assault, 
focusing on the roles and responsibilities of law enforcement, 10 
a.m., SD-226.
  December 9, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and 
Human Rights, to hold hearings to examine the state of civil and 
human rights in the United States, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
  December 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Michelle K. Lee, of California, to be Under Secretary 
of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United 
States Patent and Trademark Office, and Daniel Henry Marti, of 
Virginia, to be Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, 
Executive Office of the President, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  December 10, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's executive action on immigration and the need to pass 
comprehensive reform, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  December 11, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Joan Marie Azrack, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of New York, Loretta Copeland Biggs, to be 
United States District Judge for the Middle District of North 
Carolina, Elizabeth K. Dillon, to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Virginia, and Michael P. Botticelli, of 
the District of Columbia, to be Director of National Drug Control 
Policy, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, December 10, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``Examining FDA's Role in the Regulation of 
Genetically Modified Food Ingredients'', 10:15 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  December 11, Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled 
``The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975: Are We Positioning 
America for Success in an Era of Energy Abundance?'', 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, December 10, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Countering ISIS: Are We Making Progress?'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  December 10, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and 
Trade; and Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the Committee on 
Armed Services, joint hearing entitled ``Russian Arms Control 
Cheating and the Administration's Responses'', 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  December 10, Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging 
Threats, hearing entitled ``The United States as an Arctic Nation: 
Opportunities in the High North'', 2 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  December 10, Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa; and 
the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific, joint hearing entitled 
``After the Withdrawal: The Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan 
(Part III)'', 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, December 10, Subcommittee on 
Immigration and Border Security, hearing entitled ``The Impact on 
Local Communities of the Release of Unaccompanied Alien Minors and 
the Need for Consultation and Notification'', 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, December 10, 
Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements, hearing 
entitled ``Examining EPA's Management of the Renewable Fuel Standard 
Program'', 9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  December 10, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, U.S. Postal 
Service, and the Census, hearing entitled ``Addressing the Backlog 
in the Federal Employee Retirement Process'', 1:30 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, December 10, 
Subcommittee on Space, hearing entitled ``An Update on the Space 
Launch System and Orion: Monitoring the Development of the Nation's 
Deep Space Exploration Capabilities'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  December 11, Subcommittee on Energy, hearing entitled ``The Future 
of Nuclear Energy'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, December 10, 
Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing entitled ``U.S. Unmanned Aircraft 
Systems: Integration, Oversight, and Competitiveness'', 10 a.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, December 11, Full Committee, 
business meeting to approve the second annual activities report for 
the 113th Congress; hearing entitled ``Evaluating Federal and 
Community Efforts to Eliminate Veteran Homelessness'', 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Select Committee on Benghazi, December 10, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Hearing 2'', relating to reviewing efforts to secure U.S. 
diplomatic facilities and personnel, 10 a.m., HVC-210.