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This Week in the House Judiciary Committee

July 6, 2015

Wednesday, July 8

10:30 a.m. Full Committee Markup

2141 Rayburn House Office Building

H.R. 2329, the "Ensuring Access to Justice for Claims Against the United States Act"

H.R. 2604, the "Need-Based Educational Aid Act of 2015"

Thursday, July 9

10:00 a.m. Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law

2141 Rayburn House Office Building

Hearing: H.R. _, the "Financial Institution Bankruptcy Act of 2015"

Witnesses:

· Mr. Donald S. Bernstein, Esq., Partner, Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

· Mr. Stephen E. Hessler, Esq., Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP

· Mr. Richard Levin, Esq., Partner, Jenner & Block LLP

2:00 p.m. Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice

2141 Rayburn House Office Building

Hearing on: The State of Property Rights in America Ten Years After Kelo v. City of New London

Witnesses:

· Mr. Dan Alban, Attorney, Institute for Justice

· Mr. John Groen, Principal Attorney, Pacific Legal Foundation

· Mr. John Echeverria, Professor of Law, Vermont Law School

· Brian Seasholes, Director, Endangered Species Project, Reason Foundation