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This Week in Congress

HOUSE FLOOR

Monday, May 20

The House will reconvene at 2 p.m. for legislative business and consider measures under suspension of the rules. Roll call votes will be postponed until 6:30 p.m.

HR 1073 — A bill to amend Title 18, United States Code, to provide for protection of maritime navigation and prevention of nuclear terrorism, and for other purposes.

Tuesday, May 21

The House will reconvene at noon for legislative business and is expected to consider measures under suspension of the rules.

HR 1344 — A bill to amend Title 49, United States Code, to direct the assistant secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to provide expedited air passenger screening to severely injured or disabled members of the armed forces and severely injured or disabled veterans, and for other purposes.

Wednesday, May 22

The House will reconvene at noon for legislative business. The chamber is expected to consider measures under suspension of the rules and a bill (HR 3) that would remove the requirement of a presidential permit for the northern route of the Keystone XL pipeline from Alberta, Canada to Nebraska.

HR 3 — Northern Route Approval Act

HR 271 — Resolving Environmental and Grid Reliability Contracts Act of 2013

Thursday, May 23

The House will reconvene at 9 a.m. for legislative business and is expected to consider a bill (HR 1911) that would change federal student loan interest rates from fixed to market-based and therefore variable for each year.

HR 1911 — Smarter Solutions for Students Act

Friday, May 24

No votes are expected.

SENATE FLOOR

Monday, May 20

The Senate will reconvene at 2 p.m. and, after an hour for morning business, proceed to the consideration of S 954, a five-year farm policy bill. At 5 p.m., senators will move into executive session to consider two U.S. district court judge nominations. Votes on those nominations will be around 5:30 p.m.

S 954 — Agriculture Reform, Food and Jobs Act of 2013

Tuesday, May 21

The Senate will be in session.

HOUSE COMMITTEES

Tuesday, May 21

Maritime Transportation

House Transportation and Infrastructure — Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation

Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee (Chairman Hunter, R-Calif.) of House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a hearing titled "Maritime Transportation: The Role of U.S. Ships and Mariners."

Date     Tuesday, May 21, 9:30 a.m.

Place    2167 Rayburn Bldg.

John Porcari, deputy secretary of Transportation

Gen. William M. Fraser III, commander, U.S. Transportation Command

Fred Harris, CEO, NASSCO, representing Shipbuilders Council of America

Joseph H. Pyne, chairman and CEO, Kirby Corporation, representing Maritime Partnership

Augustin Tellez, executive vice president, Seafarers International Union

Mike Jewell, president, Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association

Fiscal 2014 Budget: Department of Education

House Education and the Workforce Committee

House Education and the Workforce Committee (Chairman Kline, R-Minn.) will hold a hearing on the proposed fiscal 2014 budget request for the Department of Education.

Date     Tuesday, May 21, 10 a.m.

Place    2175 Rayburn Bldg.

Arne Duncan - secretary of Education

Health Care Act Outreach Campaign

House Oversight and Government Reform — Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs

Economic Growth, Job Creation and Regulatory Affairs Subcommittee (Chairman Jordan, R-Ohio) and Energy Policy, Health Care and Entitlements Subcommittee (Chairman Lankford, R-Okla.) of House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing titled "Examining the Concerns about ObamaCare Outreach Campaign."

Date     Tuesday, May 21, 10 a.m.

Place    2154 Rayburn Bldg.

Visa Security and Overstays

House Homeland Security — Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security

Border and Maritime Security Subcommittee (Chairwoman Miller, R-Mich.) of House Homeland Security Committee will hold a hearing titled "Visa Security and Overstays: How Secure is America?"

Date     Tuesday, May 21, 10 a.m.

Place    311 Cannon Bldg.

John Wagner, acting deputy assistant commissioner, Office of Field Operations, Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security

James Dinkins, executive associate director, Homeland Security Investigations, immigration and Customs Enforcement, DHS

Rebecca Gambler, director, Homeland Security and Justice, Government Accountability Office

Medicare Overhaul -- Review of Proposals to Change Cost-Sharing for Services Received Under Medicare Program

House Ways and Means — Subcommittee on Health

Health Subcommittee (Chairman Brady, R-Texas) of House Ways and Means Committee will hold a series of hearings on Medicare overhaul proposals.

Date     Tuesday, May 21, 10 a.m.

Place    1100 Longworth Bldg.

Joseph R. Antos, scholar in health care and retirement policy, American Enterprise Institute

Alice M. Rivlin, senior fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution

Joe Baker, president, Medicare Rights Center

Fiscal 2014 Appropriations: 302(b) Allocations

House Appropriations Committee

House Appropriations Committee (Chairman Rogers, R-Ky.) will meet to consider a report on the revised suballocations of budget allocations for fiscal 2014.

Date     Tuesday, May 21, 11 a.m.

Place    2359 Rayburn Bldg.

Cost Drivers of Passenger Rail Systems

House Transportation and Infrastructure — Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials

Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee (Chairman Denham, R-Calif.) of House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will hold a hearing titled "Understanding the Cost Drivers of Passenger Rail."

Date     Tuesday, May 21, 1 p.m.

Place    2167 Rayburn Bldg.

Joseph H. Boardman, president and CEO, Amtrak

Roberts Puentes, senior fellow, Brookings Institution

David Kutrosky, managing director, Capitol Corridor

Ross Capon, executive director, National Association of Railroad Passengers

Rules for Floor Debate

House Rules Committee

House Rules Committee (Chairman Sessions, R-Texas) will meet to consider rules for floor debate for pending legislation.

Date     Tuesday, May 21, 3 p.m.

Place    H-313 Capitol Bldg.

Agenda HR 3 — Northern Route Approval Act

Wednesday, May 22

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

House Education and the Workforce — Subcommittee on Workforce Protections

Workforce Protections Subcommittee (Chairman Walberg, R-Mich.) of House Education and the Workforce Committee will hold a hearing "Examining the Regulatory and Enforcement Actions of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission."

Date     Wednesday, May 22, 10 a.m.

Place    2175 Rayburn Bldg.

Jacqueline A. Berrien, chairwoman, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Financial Stability Oversight Council Annual Report

House Financial Services Committee

House Financial Services Committee (Chairman Hensarling, R-Texas) will hold a hearing on the Financial Stability Oversight Council's annual report.

Date     Wednesday, May 22, 10 a.m.

Place    2128 Rayburn Bldg.      

Jacob J. Lew - secretary of the Treasury

Energy Bills

House Natural Resources — Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources

Energy and Mineral Resources Subcommittee (Chairman Lamborn, R-Colo.) of House Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing on oil, gas and energy security legislation.

Date     Wednesday, May 22, 10 a.m.

Place    1324 Longworth Bldg.

HR 1964 — A bill to amend the Naval Petroleum Reserves Production Act of 1976 to direct the secretary of the Interior to conduct an expeditious program of competitive leasing of oil and gas in the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska, including at least one lease sale in the reserve each year in the period 2013 through 2023, and for other purposes.

HR 1965 — A bill to streamline and ensure onshore energy permitting, provide for onshore leasing certainty and give certainty to oil shale development for American energy security, economic development and job creation, and for other purposes.

HR 1394 — Planning for American Energy Act of 2013

HR 555 — A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act to authorize the secretary of the Interior to conduct onshore oil and gas lease sales through Internet-based live lease sales, and for other purposes.

Government Overhaul and Transparency Bills

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee

House Oversight and Government Reform Committee (Chairman Issa, R-Calif.) will hold a business meeting to consider government overhaul and transparency bills.

Date     Wednesday, May 22, 1 p.m.

Place    2154 Rayburn Bldg.

DOJ and 'Too Big to Jail' Financial Institutions

House Financial Services — Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations

Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee (Chairman McHenry, R-N.C.) of House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing on how the Department of Justice determines whether a financial institution is "Too Big to Jail."

Date     Wednesday, May 22, 2 p.m.

Place    2128 Rayburn Bldg.

Immigration Modernization Act

House Judiciary Committee

House Judiciary Committee (Chairman Goodlatte, R-Va.) will hold a hearing titled "S. 744 [Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act] and the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986: Lessons Learned or Mistakes Repeated?"

Date     Wednesday, May 22, 2 p.m.

Place    2141 Rayburn Bldg.

S 744 — Border Security Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act

Rules for Floor Debate

House Rules Committee

House Rules Committee (Chairman Sessions, R-Texas) will meet to consider rules for floor debate for pending legislation.

Date     Wednesday, May 22, 3 p.m.

Place    H-313 Capitol Bldg.

HR 1911 — Smarter Solutions for Students Act

Thursday, May 23

Capital Markets and GSE Bills

House Financial Services — Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises

Subcommittee Hearing

Capital Markets and Government Sponsored Enterprises Subcommittee (Chairman Garrett, R-N.J.) of House Financial Services Committee will hold a hearing titled "Legislative Proposals to Relieve the Red Tape Burden on Investors and Job Creators."

Date     Thursday, May 23, 9:30 a.m.

Place    2128 Rayburn Bldg.

Agenda

HR 1135 — Burdensome Data Collection Relief Act

HR 1105 — A bill to amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide a registration exemption for private equity fund advisers, and for other purposes.

HR 1564 — Audit Integrity and Job Protection Act

Entitlement Programs Overhaul -- Proposed Adjustments to Social Security Benefits

House Ways and Means — Subcommittee on Social Security

Social Security Subcommittee (Chairman Johnson, R-Texas) of House Ways and Means Committee will hold a series of hearings on the administration's and other entitlement overhaul proposals.

Date     Thursday, May 23, 9:30 a.m.

Place    B-318 Rayburn Bldg.

Small Construction Contractors

House Small Business Committee

House Small Business Committee (Chairman Graves, R-Mo.) will hold a hearing titled "Building America: Challenges for Small Construction Contractors."

Date     Thursday, May 23, 10 a.m.

Place    2360 Rayburn Bldg.

Mark McCallum, CEO, National Association of Surety Bond Producers

Thomas J. Kelleher Jr., senior partner, Smith, Currie and Hancock, Atlanta Ga., representing Associated General Contractors of America

Helene Combs Dreiling, first vice president, American Institute of Architects, Roanoke, Va.         

James C. Dalton, chief, Engineering and Construction Division, Directorate of Civil Works, Headquarters, Army Corps of Engineers

Jeanne Hulit, associate administrator for capital access, Small Business Administration

SENATE COMMITTEES

Tuesday, May 21

Profit Shifting to Avoid U.S. Taxes

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs — Subcommittee on Permanent Investigations

Permanent Investigations Subcommittee (Chairman Levin, D-Mich.) of Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing titled "Offshore Profit Shifting and the U.S. Tax Code." Some large corporations avoid U.S. federal income taxes by shifting profits into offshore subsidiaries.

Date     Tuesday, May 21, 9:30 a.m.

Place    106 Dirksen Bldg.

Stephen E. Shay, Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Mass.

J. Richard Harvey, Villanova University School of Law, Villanova, Pa.

Panel   

Timothy D. Cook, CEO, Apple, Inc.

Peter Oppenheimer, senior vice president and chief financial officer, Apple, Inc.

Phillip A, Bullock, head of tax operations, Apple, Inc.

Panel   

Samuel M. Maruca, director, Transfer Pricing Operations, Large Business and International Division, IRS

Mark J. Mazur, assistant secretary of the Treasury for tax policy

Financial Stability Oversight Council Annual Report

Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee

Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee (Chairman Johnson, D-S.D.) will hold a hearing on the Financial Stability Oversight Council annual report to Congress.

Date     Tuesday, May 21, 10 a.m.

Place    538 Dirksen Bldg.

Jacob J. Lew - secretary of the Treasury

Wednesday, May 22

Judicial and OMB Nominations

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (Chairman Carper, D-Del.) will vote on pending nominations.

Date     Wednesday, May 22, Time TBA

Place    S-216 Capitol Bldg.      

Brian C. Deese to be deputy director, Office of Management and Budget

Michael K. O'Keefe to be an associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Robert D. Okun to be an associate judge, Superior Court of the District of Columbia

Pharmaceutical Drug Legislation, NLRB Nominations

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee

Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (Chairman Harkin, D-Iowa) will mark up pharmaceutical drug legislation and vote on pending NLRB nominations.

Date     Wednesday, May 22, 10 a.m.

Place    430 Dirksen Bldg.

Draft Bill — Pharmaceutical Compounding Quality and Accountability Act

Draft Bill — Drug Supply Chain Security Act

Nominations      Mark Gaston Pearce, Richard F. Griffin, Jr., Sharon Block, Harry I. Johnson III, Philip Andrew Miscimarra, to be members of the National Labor Relations Board

Performance Management and Congressional Oversight

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (Chairman Carper, D-Del.) will hold a hearing titled "Performance Management and Congressional Oversight: 380 Recommendations to Reduce Overlap and Duplication to Make Washington More Efficient"

Date     Wednesday, May 22, 10 a.m.

Place    342 Dirksen Bldg.

Eugene L. Dodaro, comptroller general of the United States, Government Accountability Office

Daniel I. Werfel, controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget

Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2013

Senate Finance Committee

Senate Finance Committee (Chairman Baucus, D-Mont.) will hold a hearing on S 662, Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2013.

Date     Wednesday, May 22, 10 a.m.

Place    215 Dirksen Bldg.

S 662 — Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2013  

William A. Cook, director of worldwide logistics and customs, Chrysler Group, LLC

David Cooper, global Customs compliance manager, Procter and Gamble

Clark Silcox, general counsel, and secretary, National Electrical Manufacturers Association

Mary Ann Comstock, brokerage compliance manager, UPS Supply Chain Solutions

Judicial Nominations

Senate Judiciary Committee

Senate Judiciary Committee (Chairman Leahy, D-Vt.) will hold a hearing on judicial nominations.

Date     Wednesday, May 22, 12:30 p.m.

Place    226 Dirksen Bldg.

Secretary of Transportation Nomination

Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee

Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee (Chairman Rockefeller, D-W.Va.) will hold a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Anthony R. Foxx to be secretary of Transportation.

Date     Wednesday, May 22, 2:30 p.m.

Place    253 Russell Bldg.

Tax Overhaul

Senate Budget Committee

Senate Budget Committee (Chairwoman Murray, D-Wash.) will hold a hearing on tax overhaul efforts as it relates to economic growth and deficit reduction.

Date     Wednesday, May 22, 2:30 p.m.

Place    608 Dirksen Bldg.

Michael Linden, managing director, Economic Policy, Center for American Progress

Adam Looney, senior fellow, Economic Studies, Brookings Institution

Veronique de Rugy, senior research fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University

Medicare Prescription Drug Program

Senate Special Aging Committee

Senate Special Aging Committee (Chairman Nelson, D-Fla.) will hold a hearing on the ten-year anniversary of the Medicare prescription drug program.

Date     Wednesday, May 22, 2:30 p.m.

Place    366 Dirksen Bldg.

Margaret Woerner, volunteer, Medicare Beneficiary and Helpline, Medicare Rights Center

Jack Hoadley, research professor, Health Policy Institute, Georgetown University

Richard Smith, executive vice president for policy and research, Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America

Robert G. Romasco, president, American Association of Retired Persons

Thursday, May 23

Secretary of Commerce Nomination

Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee

Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee (Chairman Rockefeller, D-W.Va.) will hold a confirmation hearing on the nomination of Penny Pritzker to be secretary of Commerce.

Date     Thursday, May 23, 11 a.m.

Place    253 Russell Bldg.

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