A bill to amend the East Bench Irrigation District Water Contract Extension Act to permit the Secretary of the Interior to extend the contract for certain water services.

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been scheduled before the Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. The hearing will be held on Thursday, February 27, 2014, at 2:30 p.m., in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.

The purpose of this hearing will be to hear testimony on the following measures:

S. 1419, the Marine and Hydrokinetic Renewable Energy Act

of 2013;

S. 1771, the Crooked River Collaborative Water Security Act

of 2013;

S. 1800, the Bureau of Reclamation Transparency Act;

S. 1946, a bill to amend the Reclamation Safety of Dams Act

of 1978 to modify the authorization of appropriations;

S. 1965, a bill to amend the East Bench Irrigation District

Water Contract Extension Act to permit the Secretary of the

Interior to extend the contract for certain water services;

S. 2010 and H.R. 1963, the Bureau of Reclamation Conduit

Hydropower Development Equity and Jobs Act;

S. 2019, SECURE Water Amendments Act of 2014; and,

S. 2034, the Reclamation Title Transfer Act of 2014.

Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written testimony for the hearing record should send it to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, Washington, DC 20510-6150, or by email to [email protected].

For further information, please contact Sara Tucker at (202) 224-6224 or John Assini at (202) 224-9313.

Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet in executive session on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at a time to be determined, in room 216 of the Capitol Building to mark up the nominations of Vivek Hallegere Murthy, of Massachusetts, to serve as Surgeon General of the Public Health Service; Portia Y. Wu, of the District of Columbia, to serve as Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training; Nomination of Christopher P. Lu, of Virginia, to serve as Deputy Secretary of Labor; Heather Lynn MacDougall, of Florida, to serve as a Member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission; and Massie Ritsch, of the District of Columbia, to serve as Assistant Secretary for Communications and Outreach, Department of Education; as well as any additional nominations cleared for action.

For further information regarding this meeting, please contact the Committee at (202) 224-5375.

Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions will meet on February 27, 2014, at 10 am, in room SH-216 of the Hart Senate Office Building, to conduct a hearing entitled ``Promoting College Access and Success For Students With Disabilities.''

For further information regarding this meeting, please contact Alyssa Mowitz of the committee staff on (202) 228-3453.

Mr. President, I would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has scheduled a hearing entitled, ``Offshore Tax Evasion: The Effort to Collect Billions in Unpaid Taxes on Hidden Offshore Accounts.'' The hearing will continue the Subcommittee's examination of tax haven bank facilitation of U.S. tax evasion, focusing on the status of efforts to hold Swiss banks and their U.S. clients accountable for billions of dollars in unpaid U.S. taxes. Witnesses will include representatives from a Swiss bank and the U.S. Department of Justice. A witness list will be available Monday, February 24, 2014.

The Subcommittee hearing has been scheduled for Wednesday, February 26, 2014, at 9:30 a.m., in room G-50 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. For further information, please contact Elise Bean of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations at (202) 224-9505.

committee on indian affairs

Mr. President, I would like to announce that the Committee on Indian Affairs will meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, February 26, 2014, in room SD-628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 2:30 p.m., to conduct an oversight hearing to receive testimony on ``Early Childhood Development and Education in Indian Country: Building a Foundation for Academic Success.''

Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs Committee at (202) 224-2251.