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    In the Committees - Wednesday, July 23, 2014

    House Committees:
    • Armed Services - Strategic Forces Subc. On discussing how to adapt U.S. missile defense for future threats. Public witnesses. 2118 RHOB. ( 2:00-Open)
    • Education - Workforce Protections Subc. On improving the federal wage and hour regulatory structure. Public witnesses. 2175 RHOB. ( 10:00-Open)
    • Energy - Environment and the Economy Subc. On examining ways in which states and the EPA are modernizing and streamlining environmental programs and regulations. Dept. and public witnesses. 2322 RHOB. ( 10:00-Open)
    • Financial Services - Full Committee. On assessing the impact of the Dodd-Frank Act four years later. Public witnesses. 2128 RHOB. ( 10:00-Open)
    • Foreign Affairs - Full Committee. On discussing the ongoing terrorist advance in Iraq led by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria and the U.S. response. Dept. witnesses. 2172 RHOB. ( 10:00-Open) Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations Subc. On examining the troubling violation of basic human rights in the case of Meriam Ibrahim Ishag in Sudan. Public witnesses. 2172 RHOB. ( 2:00-Open) Western Hemisphere Subc. On discussing U.S.-Dominican Republic relations. Public witnesses. 2255 RHOB. ( 2:00-Open)
    • Homeland Security - Full Committee. On discussing the rising terrorist threat and the unfulfilled 9/11 recommendations. Public witnesses. 311 CHOB. ( 10:00-Open)
    • House Administration - Full Committee. On examining the voting process and how states can build on recommendations from the Bauer-Ginsberg Commission. Public witnesses. 1310 LHOB. ( 10:30-Open)
    • Natural Resources - Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans, and Insular Affairs Subc. On H.R. 3109 ? To assist Alaskan Native Handicrafts, H.R. 3409 ? National Wildlife Refuge Expansion Limitation Act, H.R. 5026 ? Fish Hatchery Protection Act, and H.R. 5069 ? Federal Duck Stamp Act. Dept. and public witnesses. 1334 LHOB. ( 10:00-Open) Energy and Mineral Resources Subc. On examining the domestic critical minerals supply and demand chain. Public witnesses. 1334 LHOB. ( 2:00-Open)
    • Oversight & Govt Reform - Economic Growth, Job Creation, and Regulatory Affairs Subc. On an update on the IRS response to its targeting scandal. John Koskinen, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service. 2154 RHOB. ( 10:00-Open)
    • Rules - Full Committee. On H.R. 3393 ? Student and Family Tax Simplification Act, and H.R. 4935 ? Child Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2014. H-313 Capitol. ( 3:00-Open)
    • Small Business - Full Committee. On examining private sector actions of the Small Business Administration, National Institutes of Health, and the Department of Defense following the changes contained in the reauthorization of the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs. Dept. and public witnesses. 2360 RHOB. ( 1:00-Open)
    • Transportation and Infrastructure - Aviation Subc. On discussing the challenges and opportunities in domestic aviation manufacturing. Dept. and public witnesses. 2167 RHOB. ( 10:00-Open) Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subc. On implementing U.S. policy in the Arctic. Dept. and public witnesses. 2253 RHOB. ( 10:30-Open)
    • Ways and Means - Oversight Subc. On discussing the federal government?s ability to protect premium tax credits from fraud, waste, and abuse. Dept. witnesses. 1100 LHOB. ( 10:30-Open)
    Senate Committees:
    • Agriculture - Hearings to examine meeting the challenges of feeding America's school children. SR-328A. (09:30 AM)
    • Appropriations - Department of Homeland Security Subcommittee. Hearings to examine insuring our future, focusing on building a flood insurance program we can live with, grow with, and prosper with. SD-138. (02:30 PM)
    • Commerce - Business meeting to consider S.1804, to amend title 49, United States Code, to direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to establish an Aviation Security Advisory Committee, S.1893, to require the Transportation Security Administration to implement best practices and improve transparency with regard to technology acquisition programs, S.2030, to reauthorize and amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act, S.2094, to provide for the establishment of nationally uniform and environmentally sound standards governing discharges incidental to the normal operation of a vessel, and S.2250, to extend the Travel Promotion Act of 2009. SR-253. (02:30 PM); Hearings to examine S.1340, to improve passenger vessel security and safety, focusing on improving consumer protections for cruise passengers. SR-253. (02:45 PM)
    • Energy - National Parks Subcommittee. Hearings to examine H.R.412, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the mainstem of the Nashua River and its tributaries in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S.1189, to adjust the boundaries of Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park to include Hinchliffe Stadium, S.1389 and H.R.1501, bills to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Prison Ship Martyrs' Monument in Fort Greene Park, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, as a unit of the National Park System, S.1520 and H.R.2197, bills to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate segments of the York River and associated tributaries for study for potential inclusion in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S.1641, to establish the Appalachian Forest National Heritage Area, S.1718, to modify the boundary of Petersburg National Battlefield in the Commonwealth of Virginia, S.1750, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture to enter into agreements with States and political subdivisions of States providing for the continued operation, in whole or in part, of public land, units of the National Park System, units of the National Wildlife Refuge System, and units of the National Forest System in the State during any period in which the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture is unable to maintain normal level of operations at the units due to a lapse in appropriations, S.1785, to modify the boundary of the Shiloh National Military Park located in the States of Tennessee and Mississippi, to establish Parker's Crossroads Battlefield as an affiliated area of the National Park System, S.1794, to designate certain Federal land in Chaffee County, Colorado, as a national monument and as wilderness, S.1866, to provide for an extension of the legislative authority of the Adams Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work in honor of former President John Adams and his legacy, S.2031, to amend the Act to provide for the establishment of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in the State of Wisconsin, to adjust the boundary of that National Lakeshore to include the lighthouse known as Ashland Harbor Breakwater Light, S.2104, to require the Director of the National Park Service to refund to States all State funds that were used to reopen and temporarily operate a unit of the National Park System during the October 2013 shutdown, S.2111, to reauthorize the Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area, S.2221, to extend the authorization for the Automobile National Heritage Area in Michigan, S.2264, to designate memorials to the service of members of the United States Armed Forces in World War I, S.2293, to clarify the status of the North Country, Ice Age, and New England National Scenic Trails as units of the National Park System, S.2318, to reauthorize the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Act, S.2346, to amend the National Trails System Act to include national discovery trails, and to designate the American Discovery Trail, S.2356, to adjust the boundary of the Mojave National Preserve, S.2392, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of East Rosebud Creek in Carbon County, Montana, as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S.2576, to establish the Maritime Washington National Heritage Area in the State of Washington, and S.2602, to establish the Mountains to Sound Greenway National Heritage Area in the State of Washington. SD-366. (02:30 PM)
    • Environment - An oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed carbon pollution standards for existing power plants. SD-406. (09:30 AM)
    • Finance - Taxation and IRS Oversight Subcommittee. Hearings to examine saving for an uncertain future, focusing on how the "Achieving a Better Life Experience Act" (ABLE) can help people with disabilities and their families. SD-215. (10:00 AM)
    • Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs - Financial and Contracting Oversight Subcommittee. Hearings to examine a more efficient and effective government, focusing on the National Technical Information Service. SD-342. (02:30 PM)
    • Health and Education - Business meeting to consider S.315, to reauthorize and extend the Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments of 2008, S.2154, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program, S.531, to provide for the publication by the Secretary of Human Services of physical activity guidelines for Americans, S.2405, to amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain trauma care programs, S.2406, to amend title XII of the Public Health Service Act to expand the definition of trauma to include thermal, electrical, chemical, radioactive, and other extrinsic agents, S.2539, to amend the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize certain programs relating to traumatic brain injury and to trauma research, S.2511, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to clarify the definition of substantial cessation of operations, and any pending nominations. TBA. (Time to be announced.)
    • Indian Affairs - An oversight hearing to examine Indian gaming, focusing on the next 25 years. SD-628. (03:30 PM)
    • Rules - Hearings to examine S.2516, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for additional disclosure requirements for corporations, labor organizations, Super PACs and other entities, focusing on the need for expanded public disclosure of funds raised and spent to influence Federal elections. SR-301. (10:00 AM)
    • Small Business - Hearings to examine empowering women entrepreneurs, focusing on understanding successes, addressing persistent challenges, and identifying new opportunities. SH-216. (01:45 PM)
    • Veterans - Business meeting to consider the nomination of Robert Alan McDonald, of Ohio, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs. S-219. (Time to be announced.)
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