[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 11, 2015)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D134-D135]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 12, 2015

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
situation in Afghanistan; to be immediately followed by a closed 
hearing in SVC-217, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Full Committee, closed business meeting to markup S. 165, to 
extend and enhance prohibitions and limitations with respect to the 
transfer or release of individuals detained at United States Naval 
Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 2:30 p.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to resume 
hearings to examine regulatory relief for community banks and credit 
unions, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2016 
for the Department of Energy; to be immediately followed by an 
organizational business meeting to consider committee rules of 
procedure and subcommittee assignments for the 114th Congress, 10 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Loretta E. Lynch, of New York, to be Attorney 
General, Daniel Henry Marti, of Virginia, to be Intellectual 
Property Enforcement Coordinator, Executive Office of the President, 
Michelle K. Lee, of California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce 
for Intellectual Property and Director of the United States Patent 
and Trademark Office, Alfred H. Bennett, George C. Hanks, Jr., and 
Jose Rolando Olvera, Jr., each to be a United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Texas, Jill N. Parrish, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Utah, and Nancy B. 
Firestone, of Virginia, Thomas L. Halkowski, of Pennsylvania, 
Patricia M. McCarthy, of Maryland, Jeri Kaylene Somers, of Virginia, 
and Armando Omar Bonilla, of the District of Columbia, each to be a 
Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: business meeting to markup 
an original resolution authorizing the expenditures by committees of 
the Senate for March 1, 2015 through February 28, 2017, 9:45 a.m., 
SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Full Committee, business meeting to 
consider the Budget Views and Estimates Letter of the Committee on 
Agriculture for the agencies and programs under jurisdiction of the 
Committee for FY 2016 and other organizational matters, 9:30 a.m., 
1300 Longworth.
  Full Committee, hearing to review the 2015 Agenda for the 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, hearing on Bureau of Reclamation budget, 10:30 a.m., 
2362-B Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``Update on Detainee Transfers from 
GTMO'', 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn. This hearing will close.
  Committee on Education and the Workforce, Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, hearing entitled 
``How Emerging Technology Affects Student Privacy'', 11:15 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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'', 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ethics, Full Committee, organizational meeting for 
the 114th Congress, 10 a.m., 1015 Longworth.
  Committee on Financial Services, Full Committee, meeting to adopt 
the committee's views and estimates on the budget for fiscal year 
2016, 10 a.m., HVC-210.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Full Committee, hearing entitled 
``The Growing Strategic Threat of ISIS'', 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.

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  Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats, hearing 
entitled ``Azerbaijan: U.S. Energy, Security, and Human Rights 
Interests'', 1 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa; Subcommittee on 
Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International 
Organizations, joint hearing entitled ``The Syrian Humanitarian 
Crisis: Four Years Later and No End in Sight'', 1:30 p.m., 2172 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Cybersecurity, 
Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies, hearing 
entitled ``Emerging Threats and Technologies to Protect the 
Homeland'', 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Full Committee, meeting to adopt the 
committee's oversight plan for the 114th Congress, 10 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law, 
hearing entitled ``Consumers Shortchanged? Oversight of the Justice 
Department's Mortgage Lending Settlements'', 10:30 a.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``Examining Recent Supreme Court Cases in the 
Patent Arena'', 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Full Committee, 
hearing entitled ``U.S. Secret Service: Identifying Steps to Restore 
the Protective Agency'', 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security; and Subcommittee on Health 
Care, Benefits and Administrative Rules, joint hearing entitled, 
``The President's Executive Actions on Immigration and Their Impact 
on Federal and State Elections'', 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, Subcommittee on 
Environment; and Subcommittee on Oversight, joint hearing entitled 
``Bridging the Gap: America's Weather Satellites and Weather 
Forecasting'', 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Research and Technology; and Subcommittee on 
Oversight, joint hearing entitled ``Can Americans Trust the Privacy 
and Security of their Information on HealthCare.gov?'', 2 p.m., 2318 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Full Committee, organizational 
meeting for the 114th Congress; hearing entitled ``Contracting and 
the Industrial Base'', 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Full Committee, 
markup on H.R. 749, the ``Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act 
of 2015''; the committee's Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Views and 
Estimates; General Services Administration Capital Investment and 
Leasing Program Resolutions; and possible other matters cleared for 
consideration, 10:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Full Committee, markup on H.R. 
280, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to recoup 
bonuses and awards paid to employees of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs; H.R. 294, the ``Long-Term Care Veterans Choice Act''; H.R. 
216, the ``Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Planning Reform Act 
of 2015''; and H.R. 189, the ``Servicemember Foreclosure Protections 
Extension Act of 2015'', 10:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity, hearing entitled ``A Review 
of the President's Fiscal Year 2016 Budget Request for the 
Department of Labor's Veteran Employment and Training Service'', 2 
p.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Full Committee, markup on the 
committee's Views and Estimates on the Fiscal Year 2016 Federal 
Budget; H.R. 529, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
improve 529 plans; H.R. 622, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 to make permanent the deduction of State and local general 
sales taxes; H.R. 880, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to 
simplify and make permanent the research credit, 9:30 a.m., 1324 
Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Full Committee, 
business meeting to consider member access requests and views and 
estimates, 9 a.m., HVC-304. This meeting will be closed.