[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 5]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 6327-6329]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate of February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place and 
purpose of the meetings, when scheduled and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.

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  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, April 29, 2014 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                APRIL 30
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
       Subcommittee on Department of the Interior, Environment, 
           and Related Agencies
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2015 for the Forest Service.
                                                            SD-124
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine reform of the defense 
           acquisition system in review of the Defense 
           Authorization Request for fiscal year 2015 and the 
           Future Years Defense Program.
                                                            SD-G50
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
       Subcommittee on Department of Defense
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2015 for the Department of the Army.
                                                            SD-106
       Committee on Appropriations
       Subcommittee on Departments of Labor, Health and Human 
           Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
           justification for fiscal year 2015 for the Department 
           of Education.
                                                            SD-192
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine lessons learned from the 
           Boston marathon bombings, focusing on improving 
           intelligence and information sharing; with the 
           possibility of a closed session in SVC-217 following 
           the open session.
                                                            SD-342
       Committee on the Judiciary
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Drug 
           Enforcement Administration.
                                                            SD-226
       Committee on Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings to examine how undisclosed money and 
           post-McCutcheon campaign finance will affect the 2014 
           election and beyond.
                                                            SH-216
       Committee on Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine overmedication, focusing on 
           problems and solutions.
                                                            SR-418
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the first step to cutting red 
           tape, focusing on a better analysis.
                                                            SR-301
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on Foreign Relations
       Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian 
           Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine Afghanistan beyond 2014.
                                                            SD-419
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
       Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates and 
           justification for fiscal year 2015 for the Department 
           of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service.
                                                            SD-138
     2:15 p.m.
       Special Committee on Aging
         To hold hearings to examine exploring the perils of the 
           precious metals market.
                                                            SD-562
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Appropriations
       Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2015 for the National Nuclear Security 
           Administration.
                                                            SD-192
       Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the 
           Transportation Security Administration, focusing on 
           confronting America's transportation security 
           challenges.
                                                            SR-253
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 2132, to amend the Indian 
           Tribal Energy Development and Self-Determination Act of 
           2005.
                                                            SD-628

                                 MAY 1
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
       Subcommittee on Jobs, Rural Economic Growth and Energy 
           Innovation
         To hold hearings to examine the importance of regional 
           strategies in rural economic development.
                                                           SR-328A
       Committee on Appropriations
       Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related 
           Agencies
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2015 for the National Aeronautics and Space 
           Administration.
                                                            SD-192
       Committee on the Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 1720, to promote 
           transparency in patent ownership and make other 
           improvements to the patent system, and the nominations 
           of Carlos Eduardo Mendoza, and Paul G. Byron, both to 
           be a United States District Judge for the Middle 
           District of Florida, Darrin P. Gayles, and Beth Bloom, 
           both to be a United States District Judge for the 
           Southern District of Florida, James Walter Frazer 
           Green, to be United States Attorney for the Middle 
           District of Louisiana, Department of Justice, and 
           Elisebeth Collins Cook, of Virginia, to be a Member of 
           the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Committee on the Budget
         To hold hearings to examine exploring social impact 
           bonds, focusing on investing in what works.
                                                            SD-608
     11 a.m.
       Committee on Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the President's 2014 Trade 
           Policy Agenda.
                                                            SD-215
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To receive a closed briefing on the Ukrainian crisis and 
           Russia.
                                                           SVC-217
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine shortages on gas, focusing on 
           a look into propane shortages this winter.
                                                            SD-366
       Select Committee on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                 MAY 6
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine Department of Defense 
           proposals relating to military compensation.
                                                            SH-216
     12 noon
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To receive a briefing on Georgia 2008, and Ukraine 2014, 
           focusing on if Moldova is next, and to examine Russia's 
           intentions with regard to Transnistria and Moldova.
                                                           CVC-268
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Subcommittee on the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Federal 
           Programs and the Federal Workforce
         To hold hearings to examine a more efficient and 
           effective government, focusing on cultivating the 
           Federal workforce.
                                                            SD-342

                                 MAY 7
     10 a.m.
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the economic outlook.
                                                            SH-216
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1603, to reaffirm that 
           certain land has been taken into trust for the benefit 
           of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatami 
           Indians, S. 1818, to ratify a water settlement 
           agreement affecting the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, S. 
           2040, to exchange trust and fee land to resolve land 
           disputes created by the realignment of the Blackfoot 
           River along the boundary of the Fort Hall Indian 
           Reservation, S. 2041, to repeal the Act of May 31, 
           1918, and S. 2188, to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, 
           to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the 
           Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes.
                                                            SD-628


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                                 MAY 14
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine wildfires and 
           forest management, focusing on how prevention is 
           preservation.
                                                            SD-628

                                 MAY 20
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Airland
         Business meeting to markup those provisions which fall 
           under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed 
           National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
           2015.
                                                            SD-G50
     11 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on SeaPower
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2015.
                                                            SR-222
     2 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2015.
                                                            SR-222
     3:30 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
         Business meeting to markup those provisions which fall 
           under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed 
           National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
           2015.
                                                            SD-G50
     5 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
         Business meeting to markup those provisions which fall 
           under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed 
           National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
           2015.
                                                            SD-G50

                                 MAY 21
     10 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
       Subcommittee on Personnel
         Business meeting to markup those provisions which fall 
           under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the proposed 
           National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 
           2015.
                                                            SD-G50
     2:30 p.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         Closed business meeting to markup the proposed National 
           Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2015.
                                                            SR-222
       Committee on Indian Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Indian education, 
           focusing on the Bureau of Indian Education.
                                                            SD-628

                                 MAY 22
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         Closed business meeting to continue to markup the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2015.
                                                            SR-222

                                 MAY 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Committee on Armed Services
         Closed business meeting to continue to markup the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal 
           year 2015.
                                                            SR-222