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Time (EST) Session
9:00 am Markup: H.R. 5, "Student Success Act" Committee on Education and the Workforce: Full Committee
9:30 am Hearing: Federal Government Approaches to Issuing Biometric IDs: Part II Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Operations
10:00 am Hearing: Subcommittee Mark Up - FY 2014 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Bill Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
10:00 am Markup: H.R. 1871, H.R. 1874 Committee On The Budget: Full Committee
10:00 am Hearing: NASA Authorization Act of 2013 Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space
10:00 am Hearing: Chairman Johnson Announces Hearing on Encouraging Work Through the Social Security Disability Insurance Program Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security
1:00 pm Hearing: Made in the USA: Stories of American Manufacturers Committee on Small Business: Full Committee
1:30 pm Hearing: Legislative Hearing on H.R. 1490 ‘Veterans’ Privacy Act;’ H.R. 1792, ‘Infectious Disease Reporting Act;’ and H.R. 1804, ‘Foreign Travel Accountability Act’ Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight & Investigations
2:00 pm Hearing: Regional Security Cooperation: An Examination of the Central American Regional Security Initiative -CARSI- and the Caribbean Basin Security Initiative -CBSI Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere
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7:12 P.M. - DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 271, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hudson Part B amendment No. 22.
7:11 P.M. - An amendment, offered by Mr. Hudson, numbered 22 printed in Part B of House Report 113-117 to allow states to conduct drug testing on SNAP applicants as a condition for receiving benefits.
7:11 P.M. - On agreeing to the Grimm amendment; Agreed to by voice vote.
7:08 P.M. - DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 271, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Grimm Part B amendment No. 21.
7:07 P.M. - An amendment, offered by Mr. Grimm, numbered 21 printed in Part B of House Report 113-117 to amend Sec. 4016 by specifying that at least one such pilot program shall be conducted in a large urban area that administers its own SNAP program and otherwise complies with the pilot program requirements.
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Roll Date Bill Result Title/Description
255 06-19 JOURNAL Passed On Approving the Journal
254 06-19 H RES 271 Passed Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1947) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal years 2018, and for other purposes
253 06-19 H RES 271 Passed Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1947) to provide for the reform and continuation of agricultural and other programs of the Department of Agriculture through fiscal years 2018, and for other purposes
252 06-18 H R 1896 Passed To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure that the United States can comply fully with the obligations of the Hague Convention of 23 November 2007 on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance, and for other purposes
251 06-18 H R 1797 Passed District of Columbia Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

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