[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 18 (Tuesday, February 3, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D100-D101]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            FEBRUARY 4, 2015

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Ashton B. Carter, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of 
Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine private sector experience with the National 
Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) framework, focusing on 
building a more secure cyber future, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, to 
hold hearings to examine the impacts of vessel discharge regulations 
on shipping and fishing industries, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold a joint hearing 
with the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to 
examine impacts of the proposed waters of the United States rule on 
state and local governments, 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2016, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine ending 
modern slavery, focusing on the best way forward, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine deferred action on immigration, focusing on 
implications and unanswered questions, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider S. 184, 
to amend the Indian Child Protection and Family Violence Prevention 
Act to require background checks before foster care placements are 
ordered in tribal court proceedings, S. 209, to amend the Indian 
Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act of 2005, S. 
246, to establish the Alyce Spotted Bear and Walter Soboleff 
Commission on Native Children, and an original bill to amend the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act to provide 
further self-governance by Indian tribes; to be immediately followed 
by an oversight hearing to examine loan leveraging in Indian 
country, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing on 
certain intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine combating 
financial exploitation of vulnerable seniors, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.


                                 House

  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Final Recommendations from the Military Compensation and 
Retirement Modernization Commission'', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, Full Committee, hearing entitled ``The 
President's Fiscal Year 2016 Budget'', 10:30 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Full Committee, hearing 
entitled ``Expanding Opportunity in America's Schools and 
Workplaces'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications 
and Technology, markup on the ``Federal Communications Commission 
Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, markup on H.R. 639, the ``Improving 
Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act''; H.R. 471, 
the ``Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act''; 
the ``Trauma Systems and Regionalization of Emergency Care 
Reauthorization Act''; and the ``Access to Life-Saving Trauma Care 
for All Americans Act'', 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Exploring Alleged Ethical and 
Legal Violations at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban 
Development'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Cuba: Assessing the Administration's Sudden Shift'', 10 a.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa, hearing entitled 
``The Palestinian Authority's International Criminal Court Gambit: A 
True Partner for Peace?'', 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, hearing on 
committee funding for the 114th Congress, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration and Border 
Security, hearing on the ``Legal Workforce Act'', 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, 
hearing on H.R. 526, the ``Furthering Asbestos Claim Transparency 
(FACT) Act of 2015'', 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 644, 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend and 
expand the charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory; 
H.R. 637, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make

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permanent the rule allowing certain tax-free distributions from 
individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes; H.R. 641, 
the ``Conservation Easement Incentive Act of 2015''; H.R. 640, to 
amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the tax rate for 
excise tax on investment income of private foundations; H.R. 636, 
the ``America's Small Business Tax Relief Act of 2015''; H.R. 629, 
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the 
reduced recognition period for built-in gains of S corporations; 
H.R. 630, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make 
permanent certain rules regarding basis adjustments to stock of S 
corporations making charitable contributions of property, 11:15 
a.m., 1334 Longworth.