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    In the Committees - Tuesday, July 29, 2014

    House Committees:
    • Agriculture - Livestock, Rural Development, and Credit Subc. On coordinating future investments in broadband. Dept. and public witnesses. 1300 LHOB. ( 10:00-Open)
    • Armed Services - Full Committee. On discussing U.S. policy options in Iraq and Syria. Public witnesses. 2118 RHOB. ( 10:00-Open) Full Committee. Markup of H.Res. 644 ? Condemning and disapproving of the Obama administration?s failure to comply with the lawful statutory requirement to notify Congress before releasing individuals detained at United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and expressing national security concerns over the release of five Taliban leaders and the repercussions of negotiating with terrorists. 2118 RHOB. ( 2:30-Open)
    • Energy - Energy and Power Subc. On discussing perspectives from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the EPA?s proposed Clean Power Plan and other grid reliability challenges. Dept. witnesses. 2123 RHOB. ( 10:00-Open) Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade Subc. On discussing the growing field of nanotechnology. Public witnesses. 2322 RHOB. ( 10:15-Open) Full Committee. Markup of H.R. 3522 ? Employee Health Care Protection Act, H.R. 4701 ? Lyme and Tick-borne Diseases Act of 2014, H.R. 4067 ? To provide for the extension of the enforcement instruction on supervision requirements for outpatient therapeutic services in critical access and small rural hospitals through 2014, H.R. ___ - To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for recommendations for the development and use of clinical data registries for the improvement of patient care, H.R. 3670 ? Anti-Spoofing Act of 2013, H.R. 5161 ? E-LABEL Act, and H.R. 1575 ? Kelsey Smith Act. 2123 RHOB. ( 4:00-Open)
    • Financial Services - Full Committee. Markup of H.R. 5018 ? Federal Reserve Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014, H.R. 4329 ? Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Reauthorization Act of 2014, H.R. 3240 ? Regulation D Study Act, H.R. 3913 ? To amend the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 to require agencies to make considerations relating to the promotion of efficiency, competition, and capital formation before issuing or modifying certain regulations, H.R. 4042 ? Community Bank Mortgage Service Asset Capital Requirements Study Act of 2014, and H.R. 5148 ? Access to Affordable Mortgages Act of 2014. 2128 RHOB. ( 10:00-Open)
    • Foreign Affairs - Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats Subc. and Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade Subc. Joint hrng. on discussing the shoot down of Malaysian Flight 17 and the escalating crisis in Ukraine. Public witnesses. 2172 RHOB. ( 10:15-Open) Full Committee. On examining the extension of nuclear negotiations with Iran. Dept. witnesses. 2172 RHOB. ( 2:00-Open)
    • Homeland Security - Transportation Security Subc. On examining the TSA?s management of the Screening Partnership Program. Dept. and public witnesses. 311 CHOB. ( 9:30-Open) Cybersecurity, Infrastructure Protection, and Security Technologies Subc. On discussing how to protect the homeland from nuclear and radiological threats. Dept. witnesses. 311 CHOB. ( 2:00-Open)
    • Judiciary - Full Committee. On oversight of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Dept. witnesses. 2141 RHOB. ( 10:00-Open)
    • Natural Resources - Energy and Mineral Resources Subc. On H.R. 596 ? Public Lands Renewable Energy Development Act of 2013, H.R. 1363 ? Exploring for Geothermal Energy on Federal Lands Act, and H.R. 2004 ? Geothermal Production Expansion Act of 2013. Public witnesses. 1334 LHOB. ( 10:00-Open) Public Lands and Environmental Regulation Subc. On H.R. 445 ? National Heritage Area Act of 2013, H.R. 1785 ? Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area Act, H.R. 4119 ? West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act, H.R. 4901 ? Advancing Conservation and Education Act of 2014, H.R. 4979 ? Red River Private Property Protection Act, H.R. 5086 ? To amend the National Trails System Act to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study on the feasibility of designing the Chief Standing Bear National Historic Trail, S. 311 ? Lower Mississippi River Area Study Act, S. 476 ? To amend the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Development Act to extend to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park Commission, and S. 609 ? San Juan County Federal Land Conveyance Act. Public witnesses. 1324 LHOB. ( 10:00-Open) Indian and Alaska Native Affairs Subc. On H.R. 3608 ? Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act, H.R. 4534 ? Native American Children?s Safety Act, H.R. 5020 ? Indian Tribal Self-Determination in Land Consolidation Act of 2014, H.R. 5049 ? Blackfoot River Land Exchange Act of 2014, and H.R. 5050 ? May 31, 1918 Act Repeal Act. Dept. and public witnesses. 1324 LHOB. ( 2:00-Open)
    • Oversight & Govt Reform - Economic Growth, Job Creation, and Regulatory Affairs Subc. On examining allegations of corruption at the Export-Import Bank. Dept. and public witnesses. 2154 RHOB. ( 10:00-Open) Energy Policy, Health Care, and Entitlements Subc. On examining the federal government?s failure to curb wasteful state Medicaid financing schemes. 2247 RHOB. ( 10:00-Open) Government Operations Subc. On eliminating waste and mismanagement of federal real property assets. 2203 RHOB. ( 10:00-Open)
    • Rules - Full Committee. On H.Res. 676 - Providing for authority to initiate litigation for actions by the President or other executive branch officials inconsistent with their duties under the Constitution of the United States. H-313 Capitol. ( 3:00-Open)
    • Ways and Means - Social Security Subc. On examining the financial status of Social Security programs, the factors influencing the benefits paid, the status of Americans? retirement readiness and how workers can be helped to better plan for retirement. Public witnesses. B-318 RHOB. ( 11:00-Open) Trade Subc. On examining the African Growth and Opportunity Act and the U.S. trade policy in sub-Saharan Africa. Public witnesses. 1100 LHOB. ( 2:00-Open)
    • SCIENCE, SPACE, & TECHNOLOGY - Research and Technology Subc. On reviewing the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program. Dept. and public witnesses. 2318 RHOB. ( 10:00-Open)
    Senate Committees:
    • Budget - Hearings to examine the economic and budgetary consequences of climate change, focusing on the cost of inaction. SD-608. (10:00 AM)
    • Commerce - Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee. Hearings to examine revisiting the Resources and Ecosystems Sustainability, Tourist Opportunities and Revived Economies (RESTORE) Act, focusing on progress and challenges in Gulf restoration post-Deepwater Horizon.
      SR-253. (10:30 AM); Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security. Hearings to examine opportunities and challenges for improving truck safety on our highways. SR-253. (03:00 PM)
    • Energy - Hearings to examine breaking the logjam at the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), focusing on ways to more efficiently process permits for energy production on Federal lands, and understanding the obstacles in permitting more energy projects on Federal lands, including S.279, to promote the development of renewable energy on public land, and S.2440, to expand and extend the program to improve permit coordination by the Bureau of Land Management. SD-366. (02:30 PM)
    • Environment - Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee. Hearings to examine the threats posed by climate change. SD-406. (02:30 PM)
    • Finance - Hearings to examine tobacco, focusing on taxes owed, avoided, and evaded. SD-215. (10:00 AM); International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness. Hearings to examine the United States-Korea free trade agreement, focusing on lessons learned two years later. SD-215. (02:30 PM)
    • Foreign Relations - Hearings to examine Iran, focusing on the status of the P-5+1 negotiations with Iran. SD-419. (10:00 AM); Business meeting to consider S.Res.502, concerning the suspension of exit permit issuance by the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo for adopted Congolese children seeking to depart the country with their adoptive parents, S.Res.522, expressing the sense of the Senate supporting the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit to be held in Washington, D.C. from August 4 through 6, 2014, S.Res.513, honoring the 70th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising, S.Res.520, condemning the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and expressing condolences to the families of the victims, and the nominations of Todd D. Robinson, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Guatemala, Jane D. Hartley, of New York, to be Ambassador to the French Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of Monaco, Kevin F. O'Malley, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to Ireland, James D. Pettit, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova, Brent Robert Hartley, of Oregon, a to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh, David Pressman, of New York, to be Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during his tenure of service as Alternate Representative of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, George Albert Krol, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Allan P. Mustard, of Washington, to be Ambassador to Turkmenistan, Erica J. Barks Ruggles, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda, and John R. Bass, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, all of the Department of State; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the nominations of John Francis Tefft, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Donald L. Heflin, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cabo Verde, Craig B. Allen, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, Earl Robert Miller, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Botswana, Michele Jeanne Sison, of Maryland, to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during her tenure of service as Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, and to be the Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador and the Deputy Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations, Stafford Fitzgerald Haney, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, and Charles C. Adams, Jr., of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Finland, all of the Department of State. SD-419. (02:15 PM)
    • Intelligence - Closed business meeting to consider pending calendar business. SH-219. (02:30 PM)
    • Joint Economic Committee - Hearings to examine increasing economic opportunity for African Americans, focusing on local initiatives that are making a difference. SD-G50. (02:30 PM)
    • Judiciary - Hearings to examine the nominations of Madeline Cox Arleo, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, Victor Allen Bolden, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut, and David J. Hale, and Gregory N. Stivers, both to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky. SD-226. (09:30 AM)
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