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Time (EST) Session
12/9
10:30 am
Hearing: Setting Fiscal Priorities Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health
12/9
1:00 pm
Hearing: Timeless Honor: Reviewing Current Operations of our National Cemeteries Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs
12/10
9:30 am
Hearing: "Examining EPA's Management of the Renewable Fuel Standard Program." Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Health Care, and Entitlements
12/10
10:00 am
Hearing: Countering ISIS: Are We Making Progress? Committee on Foreign Affairs:
12/10
10:00 am
Hearing: A Review of the Transition Assistance Program (TAP) Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
12/10
10:00 am
Hearing: Hearing 2 The Select Committee on Benghazi:
12/10
10:00 am
Hearing: U.S. Unmanned Aircraft Systems: Integration Oversight and Competitiveness Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation
12/10
2:00 pm
Hearing: Russian Arms Control Cheating and the Administrations Responses Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade
12/10
2:00 pm
Hearing: After the Withdrawal: The Way Forward in Afghanistan and Pakistan Part III Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Middle East and North Africa
12/10
2:00 pm
Hearing: The Impact on Local Communities of the Release of Unaccompanied Minors and the Need for Consultation and Notification Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security
12/10
2:00 pm
Hearing: The United States as an Arctic Nation: Opportunities in the High North Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats
12/10
2:00 pm
Hearing: Russian Arms Control Cheating and the Administrations Responses Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
12/11
10:00 am
Hearing: Evaluating Federal and Community Efforts to Eliminate Veteran Homelessness Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Full Committee
12/11
10:00 am
Hearing: The Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975: Are We Positioning America for Success in an Era of Energy Abundance Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power
12/11
10:00 am
Hearing: Business Meeting to Approve the Second Annual Activities Report for the 113th Congress Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Full Committee
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Time Session
5:34 P.M. - The House adjourned pursuant to a previous special order. The next meeting is scheduled for 12:00 p.m. on December 8, 2014.
5:34 P.M. - On motion to adjourn Agreed to by voice vote.
5:34 P.M. - Mr. King (IA) moved that the House do now adjourn.
3:09 P.M. - SPECIAL ORDER SPEECHES - The House has concluded all anticipated legislative business and has proceeded to Special Order speeches.
2:55 P.M. - ONE MINUTE SPEECHES - The House proceeded with further one minute speeches.
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Roll Date Bill Result Title/Description
551 12-04 H R 3979 Passed Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act of 2014
550 12-04 H R 5759 Passed To establish a rule of construction clarifying the limitations on executive authority to provide certain forms of immigration relief
549 12-04 H R 5759 Failed To establish a rule of construction clarifying the limitations on executive authority to provide certain forms of immigration relief
548 12-04 H RES 758 Passed Strongly condemning the actions of the Russian Federation, under President Vladimir Putin, which has carried out a policy of aggression against neighboring countries aimed at political and economic domination
547 12-04 H RES 770 Passed Providing for consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 3979, an Act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; providing for consideration of H.R. 5759, Executive Amnesty Prevention Act of 2014; and providing for consideration of H.R. 5781, to provide short-term water supplies to drought-stricken CA

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