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Last Updated on Tuesday, May 7, 2013 at 8:30 am EDT
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Senate Judiciary Committee Members Must File Amendments Today to "Gang of Eight" Immigration Bill
Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee to Hold Hearing on "Gang of Eight" Immigration Bill
Joint Economic Committee to Hold Hearing on "Gang of Eight" Immigration Bill
House Foreign Affairs Committee to Hold Hearing on Efforts to Combat Human Trafficking
United States House of Representatives
House Floor Action
The House convenes at 12:00 Noon EDT today.
The following floor action is scheduled on measures containing significant immigration- or refugee-related provisions or on measures that could become a target for immigration- or refugee-related amendments:
- No floor action is scheduled for today in the U.S. House of Representatives on measures containing significant iimmigration- or refugee-related provisions.
House Hearings
The following hearings are scheduled for today in the U.S. House of Representatives at which significant immigration- or refugee-related matters could be examined:
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House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on Preventing Human Trafficking: The House Committee on Foreign Affairs has scheduled a hearing for today titled "Local and Private Sector Initiatives to Combat International Human Trafficking." Scheduled to testify at the hearing are Don Knabe, Supervisor, Fourth District, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors; Bradley Myles, Executive Director and CEO, Polaris Project; Shawn MacDonald, Director, Programs and Research, Verite.
The hearing is scheduled for 10:00 am EDT in Room 2172 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
House Markups
The following markups are scheduled for today in the U.S. House of Representatives on measures containing significant immigration- or refugee-related provisions:
United States Senate
Senate Floor Action
The Senate convenes at 10:00 am EDT today.
The following floor action is scheduled for today on measures containing significant immigration- or refugee-related provisions or on measures that could become a target for immigration- or refugee-related amendments:
- No floor action is scheduled for today in the U.S. Senate on measures containing significant immigration- or refugee-related provisions.
The following hearings are scheduled for today in the U.S. Senate at which significant immigration- or refugee-related matters could be examined:
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Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Hearing on Border Security Provisions of "Gang of Eight" Immigration Reform Bill: The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has scheduled a hearing for today titled "Border Security: Examining Provisions in the Border Security, Economic Opportunity and Immigration Modernization Act." Testifying at the hearing will be David F. Heyman, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for Policy; Kevin K. McAleenan, Acting Deputy Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Michael J. Fisher, Chief, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection; Daniel H. Ragsdale, Deputy Director, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement; Anne L. Richards, Assistant Inspector general, Office of Audits, Office of Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security.
The hearing is scheduled for 10:30 am EDT in Room SH-216 of the Hart Senate Office Building.
Senate Markups
The following markups are scheduled for today in the U.S. Senate on measures containing significant immigration- or refugee-related provisions or on matters that could have significant immigration- or refugee-related consequences:
- No markups are scheduled for today in the U.S. Senate on measures containing significant immigration- or refugee-related provisions.
Joint Chamber Activities
The following joint House and Senate activities are scheduled for today that feature significant immigration- or refugee-related matters or that could have significant immigration- or refugee-related consequences:
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Joint Economic Committee Hearing on the Role of Immigration in Economic Strength: The Joint Economic Committee has scheduled two hearings for this week titled "Immigration and Its Contributions to Our Economic Strength." The first of the hearings is scheduled for Monday, May 7, 2013. Witnesses at the first hearing will include Grover Norquist, President, Americans for Tax Reform; and Dr. Adriana Kugler, Professor, Georgetown Public Policy Institute, Georgetown University.
The first hearing is scheduled for 9:30 am EDT today in Room SD-562 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Off of the House and Senate Floors
At the time of this writing, the following "off-of-the-floor" activity on immigration- or refugee-related legislative matters is anticipated today:
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Discussion on Displacement and Migration: The Brookings Institution has scheduled a discussion for today titled "Displacement and Migration Policies: Exploring the Interconnections." Participants in the discussion will include Anne Richard, Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration at the U.S. Department of State; Ambassador Claude Wild, head of Human Security Division at the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs; Chaloka Beyani, United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Human Rights of IDPs and Co-Director of the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement; and Senior Fellow Elizabeth Ferris, Co-Director of the Brookings-LSE Project on Internal Displacement.
The discussion is scheduled for 1:30 pm EDT at the Brookings Institution in Washington, DC.
White House Daily Briefing: White House Press Secretary Jay Carney today is expected to conduct his White House Daily Briefing, at which he will field questions from the White House press corps, including possible questions on immigration- and refugee-related matters. Today's briefing is scheduled for 12:30 pm EDT in the White House's Brady Briefing Room.
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