House and Senate Cloakroom: July 12 – July 16, 2010

Dustin Carmack / July 12, 2010

House Cloakroom: July 12 – July 16, 2010

Analysis:

Coming out of the July 4^th recess week, the House will return to action on Tuesday for legislative business and a number of bills under suspension. Overall, it will be a light week with several parks and lands bills as well as setting a federal telework policy and extending the flood insurance program.

Major Floor Action

• H.R. 5114 – Flood Insurance Extension
• H.R. 1722 – Federal Telework Policy

Major Committee Action:

• The House Homeland Security Committee Subcommittee on Management, Investigations, and Oversight will hold a field hearing on the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Chain of Command. The Heritage Foundation has recently sent down a team of respected energy, environment, homeland security and response experts to investigate what is and is not working and what more needs to be done.
• The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee will hold a hearing on the implementation of Iran sanctions.
• The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law will hold a hearing on the ethics of immigration policy overhaul. (more…)