[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 10, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D123-D125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 11, 2015

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, to hold hearings to examine

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proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2016 for 
the United States Army Corps of Engineers and the Department of the 
Interior, 2:30 p.m., SD-192.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
situation in Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, to receive a closed briefing on 
world-wide nuclear capabilities, 2:45 p.m., SVC-217.
  Subcommittee on Personnel, to hold hearings to examine the 
retirement and compensation proposals of the Military Compensation 
and Retirement Modernization Commission, 3 p.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine Social 
Security disability trust fund insolvency, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the Internet, 9:45 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 
proposed carbon dioxide emissions rules from new, modified, and 
existing power plants, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: business meeting to markup an original bill 
relating to access and administration of the U.S. Tax Court; an 
original bill to remove alcohol bonding requirements for certain 
taxpayers; an original bill relating to modifications to alternative 
tax for certain small insurance companies; an original bill to 
modify the excise tax on cider; an original bill to truncate the 
collection period for taxpayers hospitalized for combat zone 
injuries; an original bill to provide special rules concerning 
charitable contributions to, and public charity status of, 
agricultural research organizations; an original bill to provide an 
exception to the private foundation excess business holdings rules 
for certain philanthropic business holdings; an original bill to 
clarify a special rules for certain governmental plans; an original 
bill to modify the treatment of income received under student work-
learning-service programs; an original bill for a waste-heat-to-
power investment tax credit; an original bill to allow enrolled 
agents who meet certain requirements to use specified designations; 
an original bill relating to real estate investment trusts (REITs), 
regulated investment companies (RICs) and the Foreign Investment in 
Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA); an original bill to exclude from 
gross income certain compensation received by public safety officers 
and their dependents; an original bill to convert the tax on 
liquefied natural gas and liquefied petroleum gas to an energy 
equivalent basis; an original bill to require the Internal Revenue 
Service to notify exempt organizations before revoking exempt status 
for failing to file information returns; an original bill to exclude 
from gross income certain clean coal power grants; and an original 
bill to create a military spouse job continuity credit, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine ending 
modern day slavery, focusing on the role of United States 
leadership, 2:15 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine the National Labor Relations Board's (NLRB) new 
election rule, focusing on employers and employees, 9:30 a.m., SD-
430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the Government Accountability Office's (GAO) 
2015 list of high risk government programs, 10 a.m., SD-342.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, hearing to review the 
state of the rural economy, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, 
Environment, and Related Agencies, hearing on the Indian Health 
Service budget, 9:30 a.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies, hearing on the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission budget, 10 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, hearing on Army 
Corps of Engineers, Civil Works budget, 10:30 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, 
hearing on oversight of funding to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to the Ebola virus disease outbreak, 10:30 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The FY16 Budget Request: A View from Outside Experts: `Alternative 
Budgets and Strategic Choices' '', 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing entitled ``Final 
Recommendations from the Military Compensation and Retirement 
Modernization Commission'', 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Full Committee, markup 
on H.R. 5, the ``Student Success Act'', 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Federal Efforts on Mental Health: 
Why Greater HHS Leadership Is Needed'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Examining ICD-10 
Implementation'', 10:15 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Power, hearing entitled ``The Fiscal 
Year 2016 Department of Energy Budget'', 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Full Committee, markup on H.R. 734, the ``Federal Communications 
Commission Consolidated Reporting Act of 2015''; H.R. 639, the 
``Improving Regulatory Transparency for New Medical Therapies Act''; 
H.R. 471, the ``Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug 
Enforcement Act of 2015''; H.R. 647, the ``Access to Life-Saving 
Trauma Care for All Americans Act''; H.R. 648, the ``Trauma Systems 
and Regionalization of Emergency Care Reauthorization Act''; and 
H.R. 212, the ``Drinking Water Protection Act'', 5 p.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Future of Housing in America: Oversight of the Federal Housing 
Administration'', 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade, hearing entitled

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``State Sponsor of Terror: The Global Threat of Iran'', 2 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``Countering Violent Islamist Extremism: The Urgent Threat of 
Foreign Fighters and Homegrown Terror'', 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, Full Committee, hearing on 
committee funding for the 114th Congress, 11 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, 
Homeland Security, and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Federal 
Asset Forfeiture: Uses and Reforms'', 10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, hearing on a bill 
to improve immigration law enforcement within the interior of the 
United States, and for other purposes; a bill to modify the 
treatment of unaccompanied alien children who are in Federal custody 
by reason of their immigration status, and for other purposes; and a 
bill to amend the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection 
Reauthorization Act of 2008 to provide for the expedited removal of 
unaccompanied alien children who are not victims of a severe form of 
trafficking in persons and who do not have a fear of returning to 
their country of nationality or last habitual residence, and for 
other purposes, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
markup on the committee's oversight plan for the 114th Congress; 
hearing entitled ``GAO's High Risk Report: 25 Years of Problematic 
Practices'', 1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``Surface Transportation Reauthorization Bill: 
Laying the Foundation for U.S. Economic Growth and Job Creation Part 
I'', 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, business meeting 
to designate Rep. Jerry McNerney and Rep. Tim Walz to subcommittees; 
hearing entitled ``U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Budget 
Request for Fiscal Year 2016'', 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight, 
organizational meeting for the 114th Congress; hearing on the IRS's 
use of civil asset forfeiture laws to seize the bank accounts of law 
abiding small businesses, and the settlement tactics employed by the 
agency, 10 a.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Human Resources, organizational meeting for the 
114th Congress; hearing on challenges facing low-income individuals 
and families in today's economy, 2 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.