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    In the Committees - Wednesday, July 30, 2014

    House Committees:
    • Agriculture - Horticulture, Research, Biotechnology, and Foreign Agriculture Subc. On reviewing the impact of enforcement activities by the Department of Labor on specialty crop growers. Dept. and public witnesses. 1300 LHOB. ( 10:00-Open)
    • Armed Services - Seapower and Projection Forces Subc. On examining logistics and sealift force requirements and force structure assessments. Dept. witnesses. 2212 RHOB. ( 2:00-Open)
    • Judiciary - Full Committee. On discussing the need for a special counsel in regards to the IRS targeting scandal. Public witnesses. 2141 RHOB. ( 10:00-Open) Constitution and Civil Justice Subc. On oversight of the False Claims Act. Public witnesses. 2237 RHOB. ( 1:00-Open) Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet Subc. On oversight of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Dept. witnesses. 2141 RHOB. ( 3:00-Open)
    • Natural Resources - Full Committee. Markup of H.J.Res. 120 ? Approving the location of a memorial to commemorate the more than 5,000 slaves and free Black persons who fought for independence in the American Revolution, H.R. 361 ? Alpine Lakes Wilderness Additions and Pratt and Middle Fork Snoqualmie Rivers Protection Act, H.R. 3006 ? To authorize a land exchange involving the acquisition of private land adjacent to the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge in Arizona for inclusion in the refuge in exchange for certain Bureau of Land Management lands in Riverside County, California, H.R. 3109 ? To amend the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to exempt certain Alaskan Native articles from prohibitions against sale of items containing nonedible migratory bird parts, H.R. 4119 ? West Hunter Street Baptist Church Study Act, H.R. 4182 ? To provide that the Ozark National Scenic Riverways shall be administered in accordance with the general management plan for that unit of the National Park System, H.R. 4867 ? Economic Development Through Tribal Land Exchange Act, H.R. 5026 ? Fish Hatchery Protection Act, H.R. 5069 ? Federal Duck Stamp Act of 2014, H.R. 5203 ? Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Commission Reform Act, H.R. 5204- Federal Lands Recreation Enhancement Modernization Act of 2014, H.R. 5205 ? Northern Nevada Land Conservation and Economic Development Act, S. 311 ? Lower Mississippi River Area Study Act, S. 354 ? Oregon Caves Revitalization Act of 2013, 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. 1603 ? Gun Lake Trust Land Reaffirmation Act. 1324 LHOB. ( 10:00-Open)
    • Oversight & Govt Reform - Full Committee. On discussing the IRS abuses and ensuring that targeting never happens again. Public witnesses. 2154 RHOB. ( 9:30-Open)
    • Small Business - Full Committee. On examining the EPA?s compliance with the Regulatory Flexibility Act in relation to the agency?s recent rule makings. Dept. witnesses. 2360 RHOB. ( 1:00-Open)
    • Transportation and Infrastructure - Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subc. On examining the General Services Administration?s leasing program, the real estate strategies of key tenant agencies, and the challenges and opportunities that exist to take advantage of the current real estate market and reduce costs to the taxpayer. Dept. and public witnesses. 2167 RHOB. ( 10:00-Open)
    • Ways and Means - Select Revenue Measures Subc. On analysis of the Tax Reform Act of 2014. Dept. and public witnesses. 1100 LHOB. ( 10:00-Open) Human Resources Subc. On examining state subsidized jobs programs designed to move individuals form welfare to work, including what research reveals about the impact of such programs on employment and earnings. Public witnesses. 1100 LHOB. ( 2:00-Open)
    • SCIENCE, SPACE, & TECHNOLOGY - Full Committee. On examining the EPA?s methods to calculate each state?s specific carbon-reduction goal. Public witnesses. 2318 RHOB. ( 10:00-Open)
    Senate Committees:
    • Aging - Hearings to examine the impact of Medicare observation status on seniors. SR-418. (02:15 PM)
    • Armed Services - To receive a closed briefing on the situation in Ukraine. SVC-217. (02:30 PM)
    • Banking - Housing, Transportation, and Community Development. Hearings to examine flood insurance claims process in communities after Sandy, focusing on lessons learned and potential improvements. SD-538. (09:45 AM)
    • Commerce - Hearings to examine wireless phone bills, focusing on a review of consumer protection practices and gaps. SR-253. (02:45 PM)
    • Energy - Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee. Hearings to examine S.1049 and H.R.2166, bills to direct the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture to expedite access to certain Federal lands under the administrative jurisdiction of each Secretary for good Samaritan search-and-recovery missions, S.1437, to provide for the release of the reversionary interest held by the United States in certain land conveyed in 1954 by the United States, acting through the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, to the State of Oregon for the establishment of the Hermiston Agricultural Research and Extension Center of Oregon State University in Hermiston, Oregon, S.1554, to direct the heads of Federal public land management agencies to prepare reports on the availability of public access and egress to Federal public land for hunting, fishing, and other recreational purposes, to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 to provide funding for recreational public access to Federal land, S.1605, for the relief of Michael G. Faber, S.1640, to facilitate planning, permitting, administration, implementation, and monitoring of pinyon-juniper dominated landscape restoration projects within Lincoln County, Nevada, S.1888 and H.R.1241, bills to facilitate a land exchange involving certain National Forest System lands in the Inyo National Forest, S.2123, to authorize the exchange of certain Federal land and non-Federal land in the State of Minnesota, S.2616, to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to Idaho County in the State of Idaho, H.R.1684, to convey certain property to the State of Wyoming to consolidate the historic Ranch A, and H.R.3008, to provide for the conveyance of a small parcel of National Forest System land in Los Padres National Forest in California. SD-366. (09:30 AM)
    • Environment - Business meeting to consider S.1463, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit importation, exportation, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, and purchase in interstate or foreign commerce, or in a manner substantially affecting interstate or foreign commerce, of any live animal of any prohibited wildlife species, the nominations of Jane Toshiko Nishida, of Maryland, and Ann Elizabeth Dunkin, of California, both to be an Assistant Administrator, and Manuel H. Ehrlich, Jr., of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation, all of the Environmental Protection Agency, Corps of Engineers Study Resolution relating to San Francisco Bay to Stockton Navigation Channels, California, and General Services Administration resolutions. TBA. (Time to be announced.)
    • Finance - Hearings to examine "The African Growth and Opportunity Act" at 14, focusing on the road ahead; to be immediately followed by a business meeting to consider the nominations of Robert W. Holleyman II, of Louisiana, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, D. Nathan Sheets, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary, and Ramin Toloui, of Iowa, to be Deputy Under Secretary, both of the Department of the Treasury, Maria Cancian, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Sevices for Family Support, and Cary Douglas Pugh, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court. SD-215. (02:00 PM)
    • Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - Business meeting to consider H.R.4007, to recodify and reauthorize the Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards Program, S.1618, to enhance the Office of Personnel Management background check system for the granting, denial, or revocation of security clearances or access to classified information of employees and contractors of the Federal Government, S.1347, to provide transparency, accountability, and limitations of Government sponsored conferences, S.1396, to authorize the Federal Emergency Management Agency to award mitigation financial assistance in certain areas affected by wildfire, S.2640, to amend title 44, United States Code, to require information on contributors to Presidential library fundraising organizations, S.2547, to establish the Railroad Emergency Services Preparedness, Operational Needs, and Safety Evaluation (RESPONSE) Subcommittee under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Advisory Council to provide recommendations on emergency responder training and resources relating to hazardous materials incidents involving railroads, S.2323, to amend chapter 21 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that fathers of certain permanently disabled or deceased veterans shall be included with mothers of such veterans as preference eligibles for treatment in the civil service, S.2664, Integrated Public Alert and Warning System Authorization Act of 2014, S.2651, DHS OIG Mandates Revision Act of 2014, H.R.4197, to amend title 5, United States Code, to extend the period of certain authority with respect to judicial review of Merit Systems Protection Board decisions relating to whistleblowers, S.2665, Emergency Information Improvement Act of 2014, S.1898, to require adequate information regarding the tax treatment of payments under settlement agreements entered into by Federal agencies, S.2247, to prohibit the awarding of a contract or grant in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that the contractor or grantee has no seriously delinquent tax debts, H.R.606, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 815 County Road 23 in Tyrone, New York, as the "Specialist Christopher Scott Post Office Building", H.R.1671, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 6937 Village Parkway in Dublin, California, as the "James 'Jim' Kohnen Post Office", H.R.2291, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 450 Lexington Avenue in New York, New York, as the "Vincent R. Sombrotto Post Office", H.R.3472, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 13127 Broadway Street in Alden, New York, as the "Sergeant Brett E. Gornewicz Memorial Post Office", H.R.3765, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 198 Baker Street in Corning, New York, as the "Specialist Ryan P. Jayne Post Office Building", and the nominations of Joseph L. Nimmich, of Maryland, to be Deputy Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security, Anne E. Rung, of Pennsylvania, to be Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, and James C. Miller, III, of Virginia, Stephen Crawford, of Maryland, David Michael Bennett, of North Carolina, and Victoria Reggie Kennedy, of Massachusetts, all to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service. SD-342. (09:30 AM)
    • Health and Education - Children and Families Subcommittee. Hearings to examine paid family leave, focusing on the benefits for businesses and working families. SD-430. (10:15 AM)
    • Indian Affairs - Business meeting to consider S.1948, to promote the academic achievement of American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children with the establishment of a Native American language grant program, S.2299, to amend the Native American Programs Act of 1974 to reauthorize a provision to ensure the survival and continuing vitality of Native American languages, S.2442, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to take certain land and mineral rights on the reservation of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Montana and other culturally important land into trust for the benefit of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, S.2465, to require the Secretary of the Interior to take into trust 4 parcels of Federal land for the benefit of certain Indian Pueblos in the State of New Mexico, S.2479, to provide for a land conveyance in the State of Nevada, S.2480, to require the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain Federal land to Elko County, Nevada, and to take land into trust for certain Indian tribes, and H.R.4002, to revoke the charter of incorporation of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma at the request of that tribe; to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to examine responses to natural disasters in Indian country. SD-628. (02:30 PM)
    • Judiciary - Hearings to examine the next steps for the "Violence Against Women Act" (VAWA), focusing on protecting women from gun violence. SD-106. (10:00 AM); Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights Subcommittee. Hearings to examine pricing policies and competition in the contact lens industry. SD-226. (02:15 PM)
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