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.
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.
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
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.
